Living On The Edge of Chaos

125: Talking To Strangers by Malcolm Gladwell

Episode Summary

In this episode I am sharing the third book in my new podcast project for this podcast called Coffee and Chapters with Coffeechug. Head to this page to learn more, listen to the podcast about the format, and get involved. Today we are sharing the book, Talking to Strangers by Malcolm Gladwell. Talking to Strangers: What We Should Know about the People We Don't Know by Gladwell, Malcolm 

Episode Notes

In this episode I am sharing the third book in my new podcast project for this podcast called Coffee and Chapters with Coffeechug. Head to this page to learn more, listen to the podcast about the format, and get involved.

Today we are sharing the book, Talking to Strangers by Malcolm Gladwell.

Talking to Strangers: What We Should Know about the People We Don't Know by Gladwell, Malcolm

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Roundtable Discussion Participants

All participants are from the Mississippi Bend AEA 9 who I am lucky to call both friends and colleagues.

• Brett Van Deventer

Topics We Explore

• 7:30 - Quick overview of the book
• 10:30 - What story stood out the most to us as readers?
  • Larry Nassar
• 20:00 - How quick we are to judge others and get upset when others judge us
• 25:00 - Brock Turner case, rape culture, and alcohol
• 35:00 - Trauma/stress and impacts on brain
• 40:00 - What can we actually take away from this book to impact our lives?

Resources

• Our old podcast when we worked together talking about the OA - 041: Living On The Edge Of Chaos Roundtable Talk on The OA
• Our second conversation we used to hold on Fridays back in the day - 038: Living On The Edge Of Chaos 2nd Roundtable Insanity Talk 
• Previous Book Discussions
  • 120: Atomic Habits Book Discussion with Nancy Peterson 
  • 116: Happiness Advantage Roundtable Discussion Part 2
  • 111: Happiness Advantage Roundtable Discussion Part 1 
  • 110: Coffee and Chapters with Coffeechug 
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R1won522XRA

• Oprah Podcast link 
• Joe Rogan podcast with Malcolm Gladwell
• Crucial Conversations: Tools for Talking When Stakes Are High, Second Edition by Roppe, Laura