Nayeema Raza

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637 appearances 2 recordings 2 series first heard Mar 2026 last heard 9 Jun

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TED Talks Daily · 3 habits to practice curiosity — and escape your phone | Nayeema Raza · 12 Mar 2026 podcast

What can I tell you?

Well, I'm very much my father's daughter.

My dad was at the World Bank, and so I grew up in all these places around the world.

I grew up mostly in Africa and Asia, and largely being from places that I was not in.

I was what's called a third culture kid.

And I think that same kind of

Curiosity and fascination with the unknown has led me into my career, which is what I do these days, which is journalism, and now independent journalism.

I started off as a documentary filmmaker.

I landed in journalism at the New York Times in the video section, the opinion video section.

And then I ran a show called Sway, which was hosted by the veteran tech journalist Kara Swisher.

So I covered technology, was on air with her for another show.

And then kind of left more institutional media about a year ago as I realized that, you know, so much of media is distrusted these days.

It's really what brought me to this next arc.

And now I host a show called Smart Girl Dumb Questions.

And the idea is to, you know, ask questions as I recommend doing in the talk.

Yes, they're a starting point.

I think it's more the ethos of the show.

So the title is decidedly provocative, but I felt like it was a memorable title, which is important when you title a show.

And it gets to the idea.

And the idea is really about suspending certainty and

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