Manoush Zomorodi is the host and managing editor of the podcast Note to Self from WNYC Studios.
Every week on her podcast, Manoush searches for answers to life’s digital quandaries, through experiments and conversations with listeners and experts. Topics include information overload, digital clutter, sexting “scandals," and the eavesdropping capabilities of our gadgets.
Her book, Bored and Brilliant: How Spacing Out Can Unlock Your Most Productive and Creative Self, is based on an experiment she did with tens of thousands of her listeners in 2015.
Prior to New York Public Radio, Manoush reported and produced around the world for BBC News and Thomson Reuters. Manoush grew up in Princeton, New Jersey and went to Georgetown University. She lives with her family in Brooklyn.
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Manoush Zomorodi appears in the following:
What It's Like To Be A Radio Host With Hearing Loss
Tuesday, October 27, 2020
Manoush Zomorodi of the TED Radio Hour podcast talks with NPR's Mary Louise Kelly about her hearing loss and strategies she's developed to cope.
TED Radio Hour Offers A Show About Loneliness During The Pandemic
Friday, May 01, 2020
The pandemic has left people to deal with various complicated emotions. TED Radio Hour has put together a show about one of them, loneliness.
A Good Time for Boredom
Monday, March 30, 2020
Manoush Zomorodi, host of TED Radio Hour, discusses her book, Bored and Brilliant: How Spacing Out Can Unlock Your Most Productive and Creative Self.
Whose Bot Army Is Following Manoush?
Wednesday, May 16, 2018
Generic usernames, no photos, no tweets. This week, we investigate the dozens of mysterious accounts following Manoush on Twitter. Plus, what makes a good bot – and a bad one.
The Fourth Amendment Needs Your Attention
Wednesday, May 02, 2018
This week, the Supreme Court cases that defined privacy for the digital age. Because the founding fathers didn’t write the Bill of Rights with the internet in mind.
How To Have No Filter
Wednesday, April 04, 2018
Listener stories and tips: we wrap up our No Filter series of conversations about how women live online.
How Women Are Owning It Online
Tuesday, April 03, 2018
Note to Self's Manoush Zomorodi and Stella Bugbee, president of New York Magazine's The Cut, on what they've learned by talking to women about life online.
No Filter: Jasmyn Lawson
Tuesday, April 03, 2018
The woman behind some of your favorite gifs takes us to the future. See what being a woman on the web may look like.
No Filter: Barbara Kruger
Friday, March 30, 2018
The iconic artist on our curated selfies, owning a font, and why we all need likes. You know?
No Filter: Christiane Amanpour
Thursday, March 29, 2018
The CNN anchor on sex, wearing a “uniform,” and staying profesh on air and online.
No Filter: Amy Sherald
Wednesday, March 28, 2018
Her portrait of Michelle Obama went viral. Amy Sherald dismisses the haters. “Some people want their poetry to rhyme.”
No Filter: Trace Lysette
Tuesday, March 27, 2018
The Transparent star on the political nude selfie, her #metoo moment, and constructing her self online and IRL.
No Filter: Lele Pons
Monday, March 26, 2018
What 23 million Instagram followers see when they look at Lele. Day 1 of our weeklong series with The Cut.
No Filter: Women Owning It Online
Monday, March 26, 2018
In her new series, Manoush Zomorodi of Note to Self talks to women of different generations about the highs and lows of living online. And how they've bent the internet to their will.
Why We Need No Filter
Wednesday, March 21, 2018
Five women, owning it online. Our new series, with NY Mag’s The Cut.
My Digital Revolution
Tuesday, March 20, 2018
Stories of life online, told live. We team up with Generation Women.
Am I Normal?
Wednesday, March 14, 2018
Everyone wants to know. Data artist Mona Chalabi will tell you - and explain why normal is BS.
What to Think About Before Posting Family Photos
Wednesday, February 28, 2018
We asked how you share personal photos. Your 1,200 (!) answers were so complex, we brought in psychologist Guy Winch to help.
Have Dating Apps Killed Romance?
Wednesday, February 14, 2018
“I walked into this bar. Every single guy was on their phone, on dating apps. Every single one.”
