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How to Talk to People: How to Make Small Talk

How to Talk to People: How to Make Small Talk

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How can we overcome the awkwardness that keeps us from starting a conversation?

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Making small talk can be hard—especially when you’re not sure
whether you’re doing it well. But conversations are a central part
of relationship-building. In this first episode of How to
Talk to People, we explore the psychological barriers to making
good small talk and unravel the complexities of the mutual
discomfort that comes with talking to people we don’t know
well. The social scientist Ty Tashiro and the hairstylists
Erin Derosa and Mimi Craft help us understand what it means to
integrate awkwardness into our pursuit of relationships. This
episode is hosted by Julie Beck, produced by Rebecca Rashid, and
edited by Jocelyn Frank and Claudine Ebeid. Fact-check by Ena
Alvarado. Engineering by Rob Smierciak. The managing editor is
Andrea Valdez. Special thanks to AC Valdez. Music by Tellsonic
(“The Whistle Funk”), Ryan James Carr (“Botanist Boogie
Breakdown”), and Arthur Benson (“Organized Chaos,” “She Is
Whimsical”). Talk to How to Talk to People—by “talk,” we mean
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