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Manoush Zomorodi

Journalist, podcaster, media entrepreneur

@manoushz

Bored and Brilliant

TED Radio Hour

As the host of the "TED Radio Hour," Manoush Zomorodi explores fascinating ideas, astonishing inventions and new ways to think and create with the world's most remarkable minds.

Why you should listen

Manoush Zomorodi's passion and expertise lie in investigating how technology is transforming humanity. She is the author of Bored and Brilliant: Rediscovering the Lost Art of Spacing Out, which explores the fascinating side of boredom. In 2018, she cofounded Stable Genius Productions, a media company aimed at helping people navigate personal and global change. Its first project is ZigZag, a show about the changing culture of business and work.Zomorodi is also the creator and host of Note to Self, "the tech show about being human," which is a coproduction with WNYC Studios. The show was named "Best Tech Podcast of 2017" by the Academy of Podcasters. She’s won numerous awards, including two Gracies for Best Radio Host. She has two kids who still enjoy her company. For now.

Manoush Zomorodi’s TED talks

Manoush Zomorodi

How boredom can lead to your most brilliant ideas

Posted Aug 2017

Robin Steinberg and Manoush Zomorodi

The US is addicted to incarceration. Here's how to break the cycle

Posted May 2020

More news and ideas from Manoush Zomorodi

Business

Have you quietly quit? Your next step: Go to the neutral zone

November 9, 2022

Have you been rethinking the way you work, your values or your place in the world? Before you plunge headlong into your next big thing, podcast host and author Manoush Zomorodi suggests trying this instead.

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Business

The wrong way to email someone for career advice — and the right way to do it

June 15, 2021

If you're emailing someone for guidance, one general rule of thumb from podcast host Manoush Zomorodi is: "Dole out bits of nice wherever possible." Here, she shows us an email that rubbed her the wrong way, plus one that she would have loved receiving.

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TED Audio Collective

The ZigZag Project launches from the TED Audio Collective

March 25, 2021

ZigZag, a business podcast about being human hosted by Manoush Zomorodi (who also hosts TED Radio Hour with NPR), returns March 25 with its sixth season in the form of The ZigZag Project. The latest iteration of the show takes listeners on a journey to discover new ways to align business ambitions with systemic change […]

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