How to get better at interviewing with NYT's Andrew Ross Sorkin | ReThinking with Adam Grant

ℹ️ EPISODE INFO

Released

October 24, 2025

Duration

37m

Channel

Re:Thinking with Adam Grant

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📝 EPISODE DESCRIPTION

As a business journalist, Andrew Ross Sorkin writes for the New York Times DealBook, which he founded, and co-anchors Squawk Box on CNBC. In this episode, Adam and Andrew riff on what makes a great conversation and compare notes on their best and worst interviews—including when Elon Musk told Bob Iger to f*** off. They also investigate what Andrew has learned about the psychology of powerful people and explore surprising insights from his new book, 1929, on the infamous stock market crash. Follow Host: Adam Grant (Instagram: @adamgrant | LinkedIn: @adammgrant | Website: https://adamgrant.net/) Guest: Andrew Ross Sorkin (Instagram: @sorkinsays | Website: https://www.andrewrosssorkin.com/) Links Book: https://sites.prh.com/1929 Join us in person at a TED conference: https://tedtalks.social/events Become a TED Member to support our mission: https://ted.com/membership Subscribe to a TED newsletter: https://ted.com/newsletters Follow TED! X: https://www.twitter.com/TEDTalks Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ted Facebook: https://facebook.com/TED LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/ted-conferences TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@tedtoks Podcasts: https://www.ted.com/podcasts The TED Audio Collective is a collection of podcasts for the curious. The TED Audio Collective videos may be used for non-commercial purposes under a Creative Commons License, Attribution–Non Commercial–No Derivatives (or the CC BY – NC – ND 4.0 International) and in accordance with our TED Talks Usage Policy (https://www.ted.com/about/our-organiz...). For more information on using TED for commercial purposes (e.g. employee learning, in a film or online course), please submit a Media Request at https://media-requests.ted.com.

🎤 SPEAKERS

• Andrew Ross Sorkin

  guest

  Financial journalist and interviewer at The New York Times and CNBC, known for interviewing business leaders.

• Adam Grant

  host

  Organizational psychologist and host of the ReThinking podcast.

🧾 EPISODE SUMMARY

In this episode of Re:Thinking with Adam Grant, featuring Andrew Ross Sorkin and Adam Grant, How to get better at interviewing with NYT's Andrew Ross Sorkin | ReThinking with Adam Grant explores nYT’s Andrew Ross Sorkin shares interviewing mastery and human insight Sorkin argues the interviewer bears primary responsibility for making a conversation work—like an animal trainer who can’t blame the elephant.

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