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Hey folks, it's Charles Duhigg, the former host of Slate's advice podcast, How To, and the author of

The Power of Habit. I'm teaming up with Slate again for a mini-series based on my latest book, Super Communicators,

How to Unlock the Secret Language of Connection.

It's a deep dive into how to have better conversations about the neuroscience behind

how we connect with each other and why the right questions can transform complete strangers

into immediate friends.

The very first time I did this was at a conference.

These were all like C-suite executives.

That's the psychologist Nick Epley.

He paired all those execs up, and then he told them that they had to ask and answer a really

personal question.

When's the last time you cried in front of another person?

And you could sort of feel the whole room just groan.

After 10 minutes, everybody was deep in conversation.

I finally get to 20 minutes.

A couple of them were hugging each other.

It was kind of magical that moment, actually.

Join me, Charles Duhigg, for super communicators, wherever you get your podcasts.

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Music Biophonic.com Hi everyone, welcome to Outward Slate's podcast about queers, talking, laughing, loving, breathing, fighting, fucking, crying, drinking, writing, winning, losing, cheating, kissing, thinking, and dreaming. A little L-word reference there for all you real ones. I'm Brian Lauder, an editor at Slate, and this week we're going to be talking about a lot of those things, a lot of the things in that list, especially the ones related to relationships and love. Yes, I know it's after Valentine's Day and yes, I understand that many of us might not have romance at the top of our minds right now as American democracy crumbles around us. At least it's not a turn on for me, but you do you. But for those of us

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