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The TED talk that put writer Pico Iyer in “Marty Supreme”

Category: Technology
Duration: 00:15:19
Publish Date: 2026-03-18 07:00:00
Description: “Marty Supreme” stars Timothée Chalamet as a young, brash table tennis player in the 1950s trying to hustle his way to a world championship. One of the characters standing in Marty’s way is played by frequent guest, Pico Iyer, a TED speaker and travel writer who’d never acted before. In this bonus episode, Iyer shares how a TED talk unexpectedly landed him the role and reflects on how this simple game can teach us to play with someone, not just against them.

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