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Charles Duhigg's “Supercommunicators” Breaks Down How to Talk Better and Forge Connections

Charles Duhigg's “Supercommunicators” Breaks Down How to Talk Better and Forge Connections

Duhigg joins us to talk about how to listen better, how to make yourself understood and how to connect on a much deeper level.

KQED's Forum

February 26, 202455m 47s

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Show Notes

Have you ever encountered someone you felt like you could share your life story with, even if you just met? In his latest book, “Supercommunicators,” journalist Charles Duhigg details just how some people have come to master the art of conversation. To learn the secrets of effective communication, Duhigg interviewed a CIA agent tasked with recruiting spies, a NASA psychiatrist who screened astronauts for intense missions, and the creators of the hit sitcom “The Big Bang Theory,” who duke out ideas in the writer’s room. Duhigg joins us to talk about how to listen better, how to make yourself understood and how to connect on a much deeper level.


Guests:


Charles Duhigg, reporter, New York Times; author, "Supercommunicators: How to Unlock the Secret Language of Connection" and "The Power of Habit: Why We Do What We Do in Life and Business"

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