Worklife with Adam Grant

In the age of social media and short-form content, many people insist that our attention spans are getting shorter. But historian Daniel Immerwahr reminds us that people have cried wolf for centuries about technology hijacking our attention. In this episode, Adam and Daniel dive into evidence that what’s changing is not our attention spans, but the objects of our focus. They also discuss moral panics of the past, compare the cognitive benefits of video games and the opera, and debate whether or not Marvel movies are a waste of time. Follow Host: Adam Grant (Instagram: @adamgrant [https://www.instagram.com/adamgrant/] | LinkedIn: @adammgrant [https://www.linkedin.com/in/adammgrant] | Website: adamgrant.net/ [http://adamgrant.net/]) Guest: Daniel Immerwahr (Website: history.northwestern.edu/people/faculty/core-faculty/daniel-immerwahr.html [https://history.northwestern.edu/people/faculty/core-faculty/daniel-immerwahr.html])  Links How to Hide an Empire: A History of the Greater United States [https://bookshop.org/p/books/how-to-hide-an-empire-a-history-of-the-greater-united-states-daniel-immerwahr/6985644?utm_source=google&utm_medium=pmax&utm_campaign=gift_cards&utm_content=6443417794&gad_source=1&gad_campaignid=16243514117&gbraid=0AAAAACfld40BqJu-KeKzapXk-TF9Nakl3&gclid=CjwKCAjw1ozEBhAdEiwAn9qbzRt4wGT8ySl4FOCEGwj9EljGmZj8roJh4Z5TOSZIVCTFHLOlwd0aAhoC4wAQAvD_BwE] Subscribe to TED  Instagram: @ted [https://www.instagram.com/ted/?hl=en] YouTube: @TED [https://www.youtube.com/@TED] TikTok: @tedtoks [https://www.tiktok.com/@tedtoks?lang=en] LinkedIn: @ted-conferences [https://www.linkedin.com/company/ted-conferences] Website: ted.com [https://ted.com] Podcasts: https://www.ted.com/podcaststed.com/podcasts [http://ted.com/podcasts] For the full text transcript, visit ted.com/podcasts/worklife/worklife-with-adam-grant-transcripts [https://www.ted.com/podcasts/worklife/worklife-with-adam-grant-transcripts] For a chance to give your own TED Talk, fill out the Idea Search Application: ted.com/ideasearch [https://ted.com/ideasearch]. Interested in learning more about upcoming TED events? Follow these links: TEDNext: ted.com/futureyou [https://ted.com/futureyou] TEDAI Vienna: ted.com/ai-vienna [https://ted.com/ai-vienna] ---------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.

Do you hate the taste of cilantro and chocolate? You might be a super taster! Rachel Herz is a neuroscientist at Brown University who specializes in taste and smell. In this episode, Adam, Rachel, and Adam’s wife Allison Sweet Grant investigate the sources of their different food preferences, uncover the overlooked power of smell, and analyze the effects of the gene that can turn some people into picky eaters.  Follow Host: Adam Grant (Instagram: @adamgrant [https://www.instagram.com/adamgrant/] | LinkedIn: @adammgrant [https://www.linkedin.com/in/adammgrant] | Website: adamgrant.net/ [http://adamgrant.net/]) Guest: Rachel Herz (Instagram | LinkedIn: @rachelherz [https://www.linkedin.com/in/rachelherz/] | Website: rachelherz.com/) [https://rachelherz.com/]  Links Books: Why You Eat What You Eat [https://bookshop.org/p/books/why-you-eat-what-you-eat-the-science-behind-our-relationship-with-food-rachel-herz/11187718?ean=9780393356601&next=t&next=t] (2019),  That’s Disgusting [https://bookshop.org/p/books/that-s-disgusting-unraveling-the-mysteries-of-repulsion-rachel-herz-phd/8REQq3XJmbpFbGEE?ean=9780393344165&next=t&next=t] (2013), The Scent of Desire [https://bookshop.org/p/books/the-scent-of-desire-discovering-our-enigmatic-sense-of-smell-rachel-herz/8837815?ean=9780060825386&] (2008) Subscribe to TED  Instagram: @ted [https://www.instagram.com/ted/?hl=en] YouTube: @TED [https://www.youtube.com/@TED] TikTok: @tedtoks [https://www.tiktok.com/@tedtoks?lang=en] LinkedIn: @ted-conferences [https://www.linkedin.com/company/ted-conferences] Website: ted.com [https://ted.com] Podcasts: https://www.ted.com/podcaststed.com/podcasts [http://ted.com/podcasts] For the full text transcript, visit ted.com/podcasts/worklife/worklife-with-adam-grant-transcripts [https://www.ted.com/podcasts/worklife/worklife-with-adam-grant-transcripts] For a chance to give your own TED Talk, fill out the Idea Search Application: ted.com/ideasearch [https://ted.com/ideasearch]. Interested in learning more about upcoming TED events? Follow these links: TEDNext: ted.com/futureyou [https://ted.com/futureyou] TEDAI Vienna: ted.com/ai-vienna [https://ted.com/ai-vienna] ---------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.

You may know John Green as the best-selling author of The Fault In Our Stars or the co-creator of the popular YouTube education channel Crash Course. In this episode, John joins Adam for a live conversation at the Authors@Wharton series to discuss his book Everything is Tuberculosis and his mission to fight diseases of injustice. The two also explore strategies for finding motivation and creativity, address John’s banned books, explain how writing is like playing Marco Polo, and uncover John’s favorite Hank Green invention.  Follow Host: Adam Grant (Instagram: @adamgrant [https://www.instagram.com/adamgrant/] | LinkedIn: @adammgrant [https://www.linkedin.com/in/adammgrant] | Website: adamgrant.net/ [http://adamgrant.net/]) Guest: John Green (Instagram: @johngreenwritesbooks [https://www.instagram.com/johngreenwritesbooks/] | TikTok: @literallyjohngreen [https://www.tiktok.com/@literallyjohngreen] | Website: johngreenbooks.com/ [https://www.johngreenbooks.com/])  Links Crash Course YouTube [https://www.youtube.com/user/crashcourse] Everything is Tuberculosis [https://bookshop.org/p/books/everything-is-tuberculosis-signed-edition-the-history-and-persistence-of-our-deadliest-infection-john-green/21901967?ean=9780525556572&next=t] by John Green Authors@Wharton Program [https://leadership.wharton.upenn.edu/authors-wharton/] Subscribe to TED  Instagram: @ted [https://www.instagram.com/ted/?hl=en] YouTube: @TED [https://www.youtube.com/@TED] TikTok: @tedtoks [https://www.tiktok.com/@tedtoks?lang=en] LinkedIn: @ted-conferences [https://www.linkedin.com/company/ted-conferences] Website: ted.com [https://ted.com] Podcasts: https://www.ted.com/podcaststed.com/podcasts [http://ted.com/podcasts] For the full text transcript, visit ted.com/podcasts/worklife/worklife-with-adam-grant-transcripts [https://www.ted.com/podcasts/worklife/worklife-with-adam-grant-transcripts] For a chance to give your own TED Talk, fill out the Idea Search Application: ted.com/ideasearch [https://ted.com/ideasearch]. Interested in learning more about upcoming TED events? Follow these links: TEDNext: ted.com/futureyou [https://ted.com/futureyou] TEDAI Vienna: ted.com/ai-vienna [https://ted.com/ai-vienna] ---------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.

Ron Chernow is a Pulitzer Prize-winning biographer whose work has deepened our understanding of the men who made history in America, and even inspired Lin Manuel Miranda to write his musical about Alexander Hamilton. In this episode, he and Adam discuss Ron’s new book on Mark Twain, analyze what fuels outsized accomplishments, and dig into what it takes to uncover new insights into the lives of historical figures. Follow Host: Adam Grant (Instagram: @adamgrant [https://www.instagram.com/adamgrant/] | LinkedIn: @adammgrant [https://www.linkedin.com/in/adammgrant] | Website: adamgrant.net/ [http://adamgrant.net/]) Guest: Ron Chernow (Website: ronchernow.com/ [https://ronchernow.com/])  Links Mark Twain [https://bookshop.org/p/books/mark-twain-ron-chernow/21810476?ean=9780525561729&next=t&affiliate=2186] by Ron Chernow  Alexander Hamilton [https://bookshop.org/p/books/alexander-hamilton-ron-chernow/586714?ean=9780143034759&next=t] by Ron Chernow Subscribe to TED  Instagram: @ted [https://www.instagram.com/ted/?hl=en] YouTube: @TED [https://www.youtube.com/@TED] TikTok: @tedtoks [https://www.tiktok.com/@tedtoks?lang=en] LinkedIn: @ted-conferences [https://www.linkedin.com/company/ted-conferences] Website: ted.com [https://ted.com/] Podcasts: https://www.ted.com/podcaststed.com/podcasts [http://ted.com/podcasts] For the full text transcript, visit ted.com/podcasts/worklife/worklife-with-adam-grant-transcripts [https://www.ted.com/podcasts/worklife/worklife-with-adam-grant-transcripts] For a chance to give your own TED Talk, fill out the Idea Search Application: ted.com/ideasearch [https://ted.com/ideasearch]. Interested in learning more about upcoming TED events? Follow these links: TEDNext: ted.com/futureyou [https://ted.com/futureyou] TEDAI Vienna: ted.com/ai-vienna [https://ted.com/ai-vienna] ---------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.

When Jacinda Ardern was thrown into the race for New Zealand’s prime ministry just months before the general election in 2017, she had no intention of even running for the position—but she knew it was her responsibility to become the leader her country needed. In this episode, Adam and Jacinda reflect on strategies for closing confidence gaps, discuss the importance of compassion in leadership, and break down a phenomenon that New Zealanders call “tall poppy syndrome.” They also look back on Jacinda’s most pivotal decisions, from steering the country through the COVID pandemic to stepping down as Prime Minister. Follow Host: Adam Grant (Instagram: @adamgrant [https://www.instagram.com/adamgrant/] | LinkedIn: @adammgrant [https://www.linkedin.com/in/adammgrant] | Website: adamgrant.net/ [http://adamgrant.net/]) Guest: Jacinda Ardern (Instagram: @jacindaardern [https://www.instagram.com/jacindaardern/?hl=en]) Links Preorder [https://linktr.ee/JacindaArdernBook?fbclid=PAZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAafi6WK5_OeLmJy_CGONnLBIJ6eyq28ht4aQh5TF8sgU0O_ZOjltChnbiCFJ_g_aem_C1HIVjc5DoKDX6ikWdi-iQ] A Different Kind of Power by Jacinda Ardern Subscribe to TED  Instagram: @ted [https://www.instagram.com/ted/?hl=en] YouTube: @TED [https://www.youtube.com/@TED] TikTok: @tedtoks [https://www.tiktok.com/@tedtoks?lang=en] LinkedIn: @ted-conferences [https://www.linkedin.com/company/ted-conferences] Website: ted.com [https://ted.com] Podcasts: https://www.ted.com/podcaststed.com/podcasts [http://ted.com/podcasts] For the full text transcript, visit ted.com/podcasts/worklife/worklife-with-adam-grant-transcripts [https://www.ted.com/podcasts/worklife/worklife-with-adam-grant-transcripts] For a chance to give your own TED Talk, fill out the Idea Search Application: ted.com/ideasearch [https://ted.com/ideasearch]. Interested in learning more about upcoming TED events? Follow these links: TEDNext: ted.com/futureyou [https://ted.com/futureyou] TEDAI Vienna: ted.com/ai-vienna [https://ted.com/ai-vienna] ---------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.