Kio Stark, author of When Strangers Meet, TED speaker, and person who by her own admission makes strange faces, joins us to talk about the benefits of talking to people you don’t know. We talk about ways to step out of your comfort zone to experience moments of ‘fleeting intimacy’ without coming across as a sociopath. And it turns out this is all connected to research.

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EPISODE LINKS 

 

• Kio Stark



• Kio on Twitter



• Why you should talk to strangers | TED Talks



• When Strangers Meet: How People You Don't Know Can Transform You



• Glide.org



• Kindergarteners are choosing how they're greeted...



• BBC interviewee interrupted by his children live on air



• Just Enough Research, Second Edition

 

 

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