Think from KERA

The Benefits of Not Fitting In


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We all want to feel like we fit in. But insecurity about our social status is actually something many of us have in common.Olga Khazan, staff writer at The Atlantic, joins host Krys Boyd to talk about how her outsider status growing up shaped her–and about what research says about the advantages of being different.Her book is called “Weird: The Power of Being an Outsider in an Insider World.”
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