How to have good arguments with world debate champion Bo Seo | ReThinking with Adam Grant

ℹ️ EPISODE INFO

Released

December 29, 2022

Duration

45m

Channel

Re:Thinking with Adam Grant

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📝 EPISODE DESCRIPTION

Growing up, Bo Seo avoided arguments at all costs–until he discovered competitive debate. He went on to win the world debate championship twice and coach the Australian national team as well as the Debating Union at Harvard. Adam and Bo discuss the value of good arguments, how key debate skills pushes us to sharpen our thinking, and how we can get better at disagreeing. Bo’s new book “Good Arguments: How Debate Teaches Us to Listen and Be Heard,” is out now. This episode first aired on The Next Big Idea podcast. You can listen to The Next Big Idea wherever you’re listening to this. 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

• Adam Grant

  host

  Organizational psychologist and author who hosts the podcast ReThinking.

• Bo Seo

  guest

  World debate champion and author of the book Good Arguments.

🧾 EPISODE SUMMARY

In this episode of Re:Thinking with Adam Grant, featuring Adam Grant and Bo Seo, How to have good arguments with world debate champion Bo Seo | ReThinking with Adam Grant explores world debate champion shares tools for better, kinder arguments daily Bo Seo explains that effective debate is not just critique: you must argue for an alternative, because audiences (and opponents) look for reasons to support something, not only reasons to reject.

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