Trevor Noah on the importance of context

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4.8 • 9.4K Ratings

🗓️ 27 August 2024

⏱️ 45 minutes

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Trevor Noah is widely admired for his quick wit. He's hosted The Daily Show and the Grammy Awards, sold out huge arenas around the world, had numerous hit comedy specials on Netflix, and published a bestselling memoir, Born a Crime. One of the keys to his success is his ability to read people and communicate clearly. In a lively discussion with Adam, Trevor dives into the importance of context in everything from personal relationships to global politics. The two also debate the best way to improve American politics — and Trevor does a few impromptu impressions, including one of Adam. Trevor's new podcast, What Now?, is available on all platforms.

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0:00.0	Ted Audio Collective.
0:20.0	Now I think of happiness as a frequency that you hit as a welcome coincidence to just other things that you might have been doing. Hey everyone, it's Adam Graham. Welcome back to
0:24.8	Rethinking, my podcast on the science of what makes us tick with the Ted
0:28.6	Audio Collective. I'm an organizational psychologist and I'm taking you inside the minds of fascinating people
0:34.5	to explore new thoughts and new ways of thinking.
0:40.1	My guest today is comedian Trevor Noah. He's best known for hosting the Daily Show and the Grammys.
0:46.0	But if you haven't seen his stand-up specials on Netflix, you're missing out.
0:50.1	My top picks are, where was I, and son of Patricia?
0:54.0	They both made me laugh so hard I couldn't breathe.
0:57.0	We've been at several conferences together in the past year,
1:00.0	and along with being the funniest person in the room,
1:02.0	Trevor is consistently the smartest.
1:04.9	He hosts my favorite new podcast, What Now?
1:08.2	And I could listen to him think out loud all day.
1:11.2	If we could focus on the context of everything, maybe just maybe we would
1:15.9	diminish how many conflicts we get into. I was excited to talk with Trevor about
1:20.0	how to understand each other better and what he wants to change about America and I
1:24.8	couldn't resist asking him to do a few impressions including one of me.
1:29.2	Damn you see this is why you man this is like when you do caricatures at the park,
1:33.6	you know and they like, and someone like, draw my face and then you're like,
1:36.1	wait, that's where I want to start.
1:47.0	Let's go.
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