logo
episode-header-image
Aug 2021
52m 6s

Listen Again: It Takes Time

NPR
About this episode
Original broadcast date: February 5, 2021. We live in an era of instant gratification. But some things--to reach their full potential--simply cannot be rushed. This hour, TED speakers explore what we can learn from ideas ... that take time. Guests include zoologist Lucy Cooke, neuroscientist Matthew Walker, architect Julia Watson, and NASA engineer Nagin Cox.

See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for sponsorship and to manage your podcast sponsorship preferences.

NPR Privacy Policy
Up next
Today
Trusting medicine in an age of doubt
Medicine keeps advancing. Trust is falling behind. This hour, TED speakers explore why the future of healthcare depends not only on innovation, but also on listening, humility and honesty.Guests include viral immunologist Kizzmekia Corbett-Helaire and writer James Robinson.Suppor ... Show More
50m 9s
Jul 31
Addiction, motherhood and Jesus with writer Anne Lamott
Writer Anne Lamott has gained a cult following through shockingly honest prose on love, death, faith, writing and more. This hour, her wisdom from a career spanning 21 books and some 40 years.This episode originally aired April 2024.See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our c ... Show More
50m 3s
Jul 24
Rethinking addiction in the age of Ozempic
GLP-1s could be a breakthrough in addiction treatment. But is medicine alone enough to treat such a complicated disease? This hour, TED speakers explore modern science and old wisdom on addiction. Guests include journalist and physician Dr. Dhruv Khullar, author and behavioral co ... Show More
50m 4s
Recommended Episodes
Feb 2022
Presenting 'TED Radio Hour': Work, Play, Rest
The past few years have shaken the fundamental ways we live. It's... disorienting. But it's also an opportunity to reexamine how we spend our time. In this episode from TED Radio Hour, speakers investigate evolving notions of what it means to pay our bills.See pcm.adswizz.com for ... Show More
50m 40s
Nov 2023
Introducing: How to Keep Time
Why can it feel like there’s never enough time in a day, and why are so many of us conditioned to believe that being more productive makes us better people? On How to Keep Time, co-hosts Becca Rashid and contributing writer Ian Bogost talk with social scientists, authors, philoso ... Show More
1m 57s
Jan 2020
Listen To This If You Need To Slow Life Down
Today we are talking about knowing what you want, how to get there and understanding that things do take time. On this podcast we have my buddy Jesus, and i really hope you enjoy!Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy 
56m 6s
Nov 2020
#226 — The Price of Distraction
Sam Harris speaks with Adam Gazzaley about the way our technology is changing us. They discuss our limited ability to process information, our failures of multitasking, "top-down" vs "bottom-up" attention, self-interruptions and switching costs, anxiety, boredom, "digital medicin ... Show More
44m 18s
May 2022
Episode 24
On today’s tapes…>> Surrounded << Unexpected guests crash a date.>> Dating App << Sometimes a month still isn’t enough time to get to know someone. 
31 m
Oct 2021
Can we make time tangible?
Artist Alicia Eggert shares the process and beliefs behind her work that focuses on the nature of time.This talk was filmed at TEDxSMU. All TEDx events are organized independently by volunteers in the spirit of TED's mission of ideas worth spreading. To learn more about TEDxSHORT ... Show More
8m 27s
Oct 2021
Welcome to The Academy!
Right now so many of us are burnt out and overwhelmed: by the pandemic; by the uncertainty of the future; and by huge challenges like climate change, systemic racism, and inequality. The Long Time Academy is an immersive and entertaining new podcast that steps into this space wit ... Show More
4m 40s
Dec 2023
Mind, body, spirit (part 1) | TED Radio Hour
For millennia, we have debated the mind, body, spirit connection. But today, it sounds trite, #selfcare. In this special series on the TED Radio Hour, we explore fresh ideas on how we think, move and feel. Up first: the mind. In this segment, neurotech entrepreneur Tom Oxley join ... Show More
17m 19s
May 2020
Dispatch 6: Strange Times
<p>Covid has disrupted the most basic routines of our days and nights. But in the middle of a conversation about how to fight the virus, we find a place impervious to the stalled plans and frenetic demands of the outside world. It’s a very different kind of front line, where urge ... Show More
33m 36s
Oct 2025
Jake’s Notebook | Remember When You Used to Be Good at Waiting?
This week in my notebook, I’ve been thinking about time — how quickly it moves, and how much of life we spend rushing to catch up with it.In this episode, I talk about rediscovering patience, the difference between recreation and re-creation, and the reminder that anything above ... Show More
19m 55s