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Manoush Zomorodi

Manoush Zomorodi

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Oct 27, 2026

Eric ZimmerHOST
47:39
Yeah, I mean, exactly.
Eric ZimmerHOST
47:40
I have started after interviewing someone, I don't know if you know who it is, Manoush Zomorodi, she's an NPR, to overcome the bad effects of sitting because sitting is, as we know, not good for us.
Eric ZimmerHOST
47:52
And even if you exercise, you know, once in the morning, sitting all day is still not good.
Eric ZimmerHOST
47:57
They came up with a rough prescription.
Manoush ZomorodiHOST
0:57
From TED and NPR.
Manoush ZomorodiHOST
1:02
I'm Manoush Zomorodi.
Manoush ZomorodiHOST
1:04
On the show today, how we experience time.
Manoush ZomorodiHOST
1:09
And we are starting with a call to an old friend.

12 MINS LATER

Manoush ZomorodiHOST
13:10
That's artist Katie Paterson.
Manoush ZomorodiHOST
13:11
You can see her TED Talk at TED.com. On the show today, how we experience time.
Manoush ZomorodiHOST
13:19
I'm Manoush Zomorodi, and you're listening to the TED Radio Hour from NPR.
Manoush ZomorodiHOST
13:24
Stay with us.
Sherrell DorseyHOST
0:15
To do this, I'm enlisting the help of my colleagues from the TED podcast world.
Sherrell DorseyHOST
0:20
Journalist and TED Radio Hour host Manoush Zomorodi took over the TED Talks Daily feed earlier this year.
Sherrell DorseyHOST
0:27
She produced a special series examining how our digital habits and changing technologies are rewiring our minds and our bodies.
Sherrell DorseyHOST
0:37
Over the next few weeks, you'll be hearing from Manoush and the speakers she curated at this year's TED conference.
Sherrell DorseyHOST
1:01
Thanks for listening and enjoy the show.
Manoush ZomorodiGUEST
1:09
You are listening to TED Talks Daily, where we bring you new ideas and conversations to spark your curiosity every day.
Manoush ZomorodiGUEST
1:16
Hello, I am Manoush Zomorodi.
Manoush ZomorodiGUEST
1:19
I'm a journalist, an author, a two-time TED speaker, and you may know my voice because I host the TED Radio Hour podcast over on NPR.
Manoush ZomorodiHOST
0:45
Do you feel that way? Ideas worth spreading from TED and NPR.
Manoush ZomorodiHOST
0:53
I'm Manoush Zomorodi.
Manoush ZomorodiHOST
0:55
We're going to start in the 1950s in Illinois and a small farming town called Sheldon.
Manoush ZomorodiHOST
1:02
[birds chirping] Sheldon's fields were filled with rich, black soil.

12 MINS LATER

Manoush ZomorodiHOST
12:54
When we come back, more with evolutionary biologist and childhood psychology professor Peter Gray.
Manoush ZomorodiHOST
13:02
We'll get into how school has curbed kids' ability to play, and what parents, teachers, and the public can do to change that.
Manoush ZomorodiHOST
13:10
I'm Manoush Zomorodi, and you're listening to the TED Radio Hour from NPR.
Manoush ZomorodiHOST
13:15
Stay with us.
Sherrell DorseyHOST
0:15
To do this, I'm enlisting the help of my colleagues from the TED podcast world.
Sherrell DorseyHOST
0:20
Journalist and TED Radio Hour host Manoush Zomorodi took over the TED Talks Daily feed earlier this year.
Sherrell DorseyHOST
0:27
She produced a special series examining how our digital habits and changing technologies are rewiring our minds and our bodies.
Sherrell DorseyHOST
0:37
Over the next few weeks, you'll be hearing from Manoush and the speakers she curated at this year's TED conference.
Sherrell DorseyHOST
1:01
Thanks for listening and enjoy the show.
Manoush ZomorodiHOST
1:07
You're listening to TED Talks Daily, where we bring you new ideas and conversations to spark your curiosity every day.
Manoush ZomorodiHOST
1:15
I am Manoush Zomorodi.
Manoush ZomorodiHOST
1:16
I am a journalist, an author, a two-time TED speaker, and you may recognize my voice from the TED Radio Hour podcast over on NPR.
Laura VanderkamHOST
0:50
Today's tip is to know why you are going online, and then get offline once you have done what you went online to do.
Laura VanderkamHOST
1:03
Today's tip comes from Manoush Zomorodi, host of the TED Radio Hour and author of the new book, Body Electric: The Hidden Health Costs of the Digital Age and the New Science to Reclaim Your Wellbeing.
Laura VanderkamHOST
1:18
On a recent episode of the podcast Life Kit, she talked about how to avoid information overload.
Laura VanderkamHOST
1:27
One strategy, she suggested that when you go on your phone or on the internet, know what you are looking for.
Manoush ZomorodiHOST
0:46
Do you feel that way? Ideas worth spreading from TED and NPR.
Manoush ZomorodiHOST
0:54
I'm Manoush Zomorodi, and today on the show, small but mighty.
Anne MaddenGUEST
1:01
So I want you to touch your face.
Anne MaddenGUEST
1:03
[percussive music] Go on, touch it.

12 MINS LATER

Anne MaddenGUEST
12:47
And there are groups that are now using AI and machine learning to enhance the activity of those microbe-made enzymes that tear apart plastic.
Anne MaddenGUEST
12:57
And so it's going to be microbial skillsets and human ingenuity linked together to create that better future.
Manoush ZomorodiHOST
13:05
When we return, the most famous microbe of all? I'm Manoush Zomorodi, and you're listening to the TED Radio Hour from NPR.
Manoush ZomorodiHOST
13:15
Stay with us.
Sherrell DorseyHOST
0:15
To do this, I'm enlisting the help of my colleagues from the TED podcast world.
Sherrell DorseyHOST
0:20
Journalist and TED Radio Hour host Manoush Zomorodi took over the TED Talks Daily feed earlier this year.
Sherrell DorseyHOST
0:27
She produced a special series examining how our digital habits and changing technologies are rewiring our minds and our bodies.
Sherrell DorseyHOST
0:37
Over the next few weeks, you'll be hearing from Manoush and the speakers she curated at this year's TED conference.
Sherrell DorseyHOST
1:01
Thanks for listening and enjoy the show.
Manoush ZomorodiGUEST
1:07
You are listening to TED Talks Daily, where we bring you new ideas and conversations to spark your curiosity every day.
Manoush ZomorodiGUEST
1:15
I'm Manoush Zomorodi, sitting in for Elise Hu this week with a special series of episodes all about how you can live a healthier life in our high-tech era.
Manoush ZomorodiGUEST
1:25
You may know my voice from the TED Radio Hour podcast over at NPR.

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