

Kelly connects with The Atlantic journalist Olga Khazan whose new book, “Me, But Better: The Science and Promise of Personality Change,” follows her as she attempts to change her own personality including taking improv classes in order to boost her extroversion.
“Improv taught me I can rely on others to supply their side of the interaction.”
“Behaving against our natures doesn’t bother us as much as we fear it might.”
“In improv, as in life, sometimes it helps to just make a choice, weird though it might be.”
167 episodes
Kelly connects with The Atlantic journalist Olga Khazan whose new book, “Me, But Better: The Science and Promise of Personality Change,” follows her as she attempts to change her own personality including taking improv classes in order to boost her extroversion.
“Improv taught me I can rely on others to supply their side of the interaction.”
“Behaving against our natures doesn’t bother us as much as we fear it might.”
“In improv, as in life, sometimes it helps to just make a choice, weird though it might be.”
167 episodes
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