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	Podcast:		Other News
	Episode:		Everything I know, I learned at the bar
	Category:		Government & Organizations
	Duration:		00:09:54
	Publish Date:		2019-05-11 12:04:00
	Description:		This story originally aired on April 21, 2018. An essay: I always joke that dark, divey bars are where I'm most at home because that's where I first learned how to talk to people. I mean, we learn speech at a young age, on the mats at preschool, or at home, mimicking our parents. But forming phonemes is different than talking to people. Most of my life, I've supported myself through talking: talking my way into AP classes, and talking myself out of a trespassing charge when I pretended to be a caterer in order to eat leftovers after a banquet. Talking as a courtesy clerk at my first job when I was 15, and talking myself through college as a barista and as a bartender. Talking to people—the kind of talking I learned in bars and from barflies—requires quick wit, sure, but it’s also about what you do when you’re not speaking. It’s impossible to be a good talker without being a good listener. People, especially strangers, find you much more likable if you seem to like them . My mom calls
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