Part 1
Please listen to the second part of this Hidden Brain podcast episode. Start at the time stamp 20:50 (20
minutes and 50 seconds). The segment is about 8 minutes long.
The first half of the podcast is an interview between the host, Shankar Vedantam, and Professor Angela
Duckworth about the upsides of grit. Feel free to listen to that section if you want to, but it's optional.
The second part of the podcast is an interview between Vedantam and a researcher at the University of
Southern California (USC) named Gale Lucas. They discuss the downsides of grit. Listen to the second part of
the interview.
Part 2
Here's the transcript for the Gale Lucas segment of "The Power and Problem of Grit" episode of Hidden Brain.
After listening to the Lucas interview, please actively read and annotate this transcript of that podcast excerpt,
uploaded here in a Word doc.
Reminder: Active reading includes underlining or highlighting key words; numbering or lettering important
ideas; putting an asterisk or star next to important points, etc. It also includes taking notes in your own words
about important points and your reactions to the text's content.
The better your annotations and notes, the less likely it is that you'll need to re-read the transcript later. You'll
also have a record of your initial reactions. It's interesting to see how our reactions to a text can sometimes
change over time, after discussing it with classmates, reading related articles, etc.
If you're interested in the transcript for the entire podcast episode, here's the link:
https://www.npr.org/templates/transcript/transcript.php?storyId=472162167
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