Brian Ler on WNYC.

And here's a little 10 minute tag for the end of the show today.

The question is, what is your superpower and how do you use it?

What is your superpower and how do you use it? 212-433, W-N-YC, call a text right now.

212, 433-9-6-9-2. Maybe you're familiar with this question, you know, it comes up as an icebreaker at parties

or sometimes increasingly during job interviews, And we hear it more these days

in political and cultural analysis too, right? Referring to things different politicians or

musicians or whoever are really good at. So maybe by now you've thought about this regarding

yourself. Maybe you're even one of those college-educated boboes or college-educated working class members

who've been coached that in your next job interview, they may ask you, what is your superpower,

and you should be ready with an answer.

So what is your superpower?

And how do you use it?

212, 433, WNYC33-9-6-9-2 and obviously it means what are you especially good at, right?

It can be interpersonal skills for some people, oh, my superpower is my ability to listen.

My superpower is that I always show up on time. My superpower is, I'm great at remembering

faces, you know, or from the even more sort of day to day, maybe my superpower is spatial awareness.

Or my superpower is, I'm really good at parallel parking. That's definitely not my

superpower. You always seem to know where everything is around your house. That's your

superpower. Your remote control. Your keys and your spouse's keys. Maybe your superpower is

remaining calm in any situation. Maybe you know you are the family's text expert and you can fix anyone's

Wi-Fi or whatever. What is your superpower and how do you use it? 212-433, W-NYC, 212-433,

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