Manoush Zomorodi

Host of NPR's TED Radio Hour

Manoush Zomorodi (Host of NPR's TED Radio Hour) hosts TED Radio Hour. Topics they speak about most include Vulnerability, Operating Instructions.

In their words

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Zomorodi relates that postpartum depression caused her to lose her filter, after which her career took off.
“having honestly postpartum depression. And the one thing that came out of that was that I lost my filter and just kind of said what I thought”
TED Radio Hour: What this musician’s identity crisis teaches us about navigating change (Sep 11, 2026) · Listen from 45:59

Zomorodi says she sought an honest book about parenting when she had her first child and felt seen by Lamott's account.
“looking for a book about parenting and what it was really like. And I there was really at the time not that much out there. And I found your book and you I felt just seen”
TED Radio Hour: Addiction, motherhood and Jesus with writer Anne Lamott (Jul 31, 2026) · Listen from 28:40

Big mysteries explained through your senses
TED Radio Hour · Sep 18, 2026 · 50 min
Manoush Zomorodi talks with astronomer Mark Whittle, smell researcher Paule Joseph and artist Yiyun Kang about perceiving hidden realities through the senses.
What this musician’s identity crisis teaches us about navigating change
TED Radio Hour · Sep 11, 2026 · 50 min
Manoush Zomorodi talks with cellist Joshua Roman about how long COVID upended his lifelong devotion to the cello, his faith, and his debut album Immunity.
Less guilt, more joy: A new chapter for climate action
TED Radio Hour · Sep 4, 2026 · 50 min
Manoush Zomorodi talks with social psychologist Elizabeth Dunn about climate actions that also increase happiness, featuring co-author Jiaying Zhao's TED Talk.
The price of creativity
TED Radio Hour · Aug 14, 2026 · 50 min
Manoush Zomorodi talks with Kickstarter co-founder Yancey Strickler about the history of creativity, the creator economy, and his proposed artist corporation (A Corp).
Addiction, motherhood and Jesus with writer Anne Lamott
TED Radio Hour · Jul 31, 2026 · 50 min
Writer Anne Lamott talks with Manoush Zomorodi about writing, alcoholism and recovery, faith, single motherhood, her son's addiction, death and turning 70.