Thaler Pekar

@thaler

Internationally-recognized pioneer in speaking, listening, & narrative. Award-winning video producer. Sought-after public speaker.

Hoboken, NJ & Unadilla, NY
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Joined December 2008
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  1. Pinned Tweet
    13 Dec 2021

    I just published & Moral Injury

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  2. Mar 17

    I Won’t Stop Talking about My Uterus

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  3. Mar 14

    How to talk to conspiracy theorists—and still be kind

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  4. Mar 9

    "It is not acceptable that some Americans have to flee their homes to secure their civil rights. Stop telling us to move. Help us." Yes, Texas is investigating parents of trans kids. We are two of them. via

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    Mar 3

    saw someone talk about how if Kim K, with all the money and resources in the world, can’t safely and simply divorce her husband without being harassed and stalked, then it’s about time we stop asking women in domestic violence situations the question “why doesn’t she just leave?”

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  6. Retweeted
    Feb 16

    "Black patients were two and a half times as likely as white patients to have at least one negative descriptive term used in their electronic health record."

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  7. Retweeted
    Feb 17

    Today @ 1pm - RSVP below. Better to be ready for those complicated conversations! I myself will be taking notes.

    Two years into the pandemic, and we are all stressed and finding ourselves in the middle of very difficult conversations—with our families, our colleagues, our friends and partners. This Thursday at 1pm EST, we will learn from expert communicators.
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  8. Feb 14

    “It would be much more reassuring – and also be much easier to explain to parents and to pupils – if there was a narrative rooted in science rather than a narrative rooted in libertarian aspiration.”

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  9. Jan 31

    Check out my latest article: The Three Stories You Must Now Tell

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  10. Retweeted
    Jan 23

    We need a new term for “avoid it like the plague” because apparently people don’t do that

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  11. Retweeted
    Jan 5

    It goes beyond strategic communications. Where strat comms is about winning short-term goals through persuasive messaging (still v. important), deep narrative change is about creating the cultural conditions necessary to make sure those persuasive messages stick. (8/12)

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    Jan 5

    For example, campaigners might talk of changing the narrative that migrants are 'taking over’, but the deeper narrative at play might be ‘fear of the other’. It is the power of this deep narrative (and others) that makes the more specific narrative so persuasive. (4/12)

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    Jan 12

    Sign of the times

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  14. Jan 23

    “We are lonely, exhausted, social creatures that are pre-programmed to connect with others and find ourselves in everything we see and hear. All anyone wants is to be heard and understood by a person that’s right there in the same room.” — 

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  15. Jan 16

    " properly understood requires power: the ability to decide, to be involved in decision-making." Democracy is the structure of belonging, by

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  16. Jan 15

    "I feel the youngest & most alive when I’m open and curious, when I don’t have an agenda, when I’m not trying to control the narrative but instead am present enough to tune into the discovery of the moment." -

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  17. Jan 14

    Compelling episode of , in part about how villain impedes practical solutions.

    “If we can't imagine that we could have prevented that situation in the first place, it's our failure of imagination that gets kids like Adam Toledo killed.” This week, how is working with communities to solve the unsolvable.
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  18. Jan 13

    The FDA is revoking its definition of French dressing. via

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  19. Retweeted
    Jan 12

    If you are thinking about how to make your career and workplace work better for *you* right now, is a VERY GOOD PERSON TO LISTEN TO. Please join us today @ 12ET - the event is free and online. cc

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  20. Jan 6

    "a Black man saved America from a coup" -

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  21. Jan 3

    Is the Human Impulse to Tell Stories Dangerous? ooh, the book that prompted my enraged piece, & , was eviscerated by !

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