Hidden Figures author Margot Lee Shetterly on reframing the stories we tell

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🗓️ 4 July 2023

⏱️ 40 minutes

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Margot Lee Shetterly used to be an investment banker, a business owner, and a content marketing and editorial consultant. Now she’s the author of the #1 New York Times bestseller “Hidden Figures,” which chronicles the challenges and contributions of the Black women who worked at NASA from the 1930s through the 1960s. Margot and Adam talk about the process of finding and researching the story behind “Hidden Figures,” how to navigate career transitions, and why reframing familiar tales creates more complex and compelling narratives. Transcripts for ReThinking are available at go.ted.com/RWAGscripts

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0:00.0	Ted Audio Collective
0:07.0	I'm Dylan Marin and I have 30 seconds to convince you to listen to my new podcast about
0:11.3	Jar Jar Binks.
0:12.3	Yep, Jar Jar Binks.
0:14.0	So Jar Jar was actually played by an actor named Ahmed Best, and he became the subject
0:18.6	of one of the internet's very first hate campaigns.
0:21.4	We made a podcast all about the early internet Star Wars cultural backlash Jar Jar and what
0:25.8	happens when internet hate gets too real.
0:28.3	Okay, stick around after this episode for a taste of the show.
0:32.4	You can find the redemption of Jar Jar Binks, wherever you get your podcasts.
0:38.9	Hey everyone, it's Adam Grant.
0:40.6	Welcome back to Rethinking, my podcast on the science of what makes us tick.
0:44.1	I'm an organizational psychologist and I'm taking you inside the minds of fascinating
0:48.1	people to explore new thoughts and new ways of thinking.
0:56.3	I guess today is Margot Lee Shatterley.
0:58.9	She's best known as the author of Hidden Figures, the hugely influential Bookturn movie
1:03.9	about the black women mathematicians at NASA who were responsible for some of the key calculations
1:08.9	in the space race.
1:10.7	But Margot wore many hats before becoming an author.
1:14.0	For years she worked in investment banking and media startups.
1:17.3	She's also the founder of the Human Computer Project, which archives the work of female
1:21.2	mathematicians and computers in early US air and space programs.
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