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Build For Tomorrow

Yes, Talk to Strangers!

Build For Tomorrow

Jason Feifer

Business, History, Technology, Entrepreneurship

4.7573 Ratings

🗓️ 30 July 2021

⏱️ 46 minutes

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Summary

You might think you’re bad at talking with strangers. But in fact, you were built to talk to them — and you’re more natural at it than you know. In this episode, we go back millions of years to learn how our cultures and even our bodies were shaped by strangers, and what that can teach us about healing today’s great divides. Get in touch! Website: jasonfeifer.com Newsletter: jasonfeifer.bulletin.com Instagram: Instagram.com/heyfeifer Twitter: Twitter.com/heyfeifer Check out guest Joe Keohane’s book, “The Power of Strangers” Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

Hear that? It's your big McDonald's hunger calling, because the big arch is back, and this time

0:05.3

is here to stay with juicy beef, cheddar cheese and that big arch sauce. Hungry? You are now.

0:11.6

Order delivery on the McDonald's app.

0:15.2

Serve from 11am. Upcharges and fees apply to delivery orders. Subjects availability, price and participation may vary.

0:20.2

This is Build for Tomorrow, a podcast about the things that shape us and how we can shape the future.

0:25.9

I'm Jason Pfeiffer.

0:27.3

This summer, as I was out in the neighborhood with my six-year-old son, I started talking to some random person on our block.

0:33.9

It was just the usual small talk stuff, nothing important.

0:37.1

And afterwards, my son turned to me and

0:39.2

asked, why was I talking to a stranger? Because aren't you not supposed to talk to strangers? And when he

0:46.9

said this, it occurred to me that he has been focusing a lot on strangers lately. He would point out

0:52.9

that someone is a stranger or be curious about why I just

0:55.7

spoke to someone we don't know. And so I asked him, what does he know about strangers? And he said,

1:03.0

Don't listen to them. Don't listen to them. Do you ever talk to them? He shook his head, no.

1:09.8

I just see them and I just make no sound. I just see them and I just make no sound.

1:12.6

I just see them and I make no sound.

1:15.6

And then he followed up with this, which I really didn't expect.

1:18.6

Carrying a gun in the pocket.

1:21.6

Do I think that somebody's carrying a gun in their pocket?

1:25.6

Strangers.

1:26.6

My son is telling me that strangers carry guns in their pockets.

1:31.3

Now, he is a social kid.

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