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Come Together: A Guide To Better Parties And Meetings

Even if we like the people we’re around, so often our interfaces revolve around mindless small talk and boring meeting agendas. Priya Parker has studied how people around the world are making the most of the time they spend together, and she joins us to talk about how we can improve these interactions. Her new book is called “The Art of Gathering: How We Meet and Why It Matters” (Riverhead Books).