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Can Optimism Be Learned? (Like Right Now?)
FromShort Wave
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Length:
14 minutes
Released:
Apr 29, 2020
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Podcast episode
Description
Optimism is often thought as a disposition, something you're born with or without. So can it be learned? On today's show, Maddie talks with Alix Spiegel, co-host of NPR's Invisibilia, about "learned optimism." We'll look at what it is, the research behind it, and how it might come in handy in certain circumstances, like maybe a global pandemic?
Released:
Apr 29, 2020
Format:
Podcast episode
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