How to pronounce “anderson” in English

Hey, it's Sean. Today, we're bringing back a conversation that feels more relevant than when we first aired it. It's with the philosopher ElizabethAnderson about work, morality, and the strange hold the Protestant workethic has on American life that has always had on American life. And the episode really takes ideas that we

And just as important, it is not a morally neutral book.Anderson tells a history of something we're all familiar with, at least vaguely, the Protestant work ethic, andhow it gave rise to dueling interpretations.

But let's bring in-- at least we're going to start off with Norman Buckley and executive producer Sheryl J.Anderson. Hello. SHERYL J. ANDERSON: Hi.How are you, Alan?

And of course, the major reference these days is "The Matrix," where Keanu Reeves plays a character named Neo who is living a regular life as Mr.Anderson, working in an office like many of us do.And he comes across Morpheus, who's played by Laurence Fishburne, who is named after the Greek god of dreams, who tells him that everything he sees around him is an illusion.

And I, uh, well we went through an exercise to go through it.Anderson Cooper: Uh, thanks very much.

And I, uh, well we went through an exercise to go through it.Anderson Cooper: Alright, did I mention that theater is called the Alamo Drafthouse and that they serve beer?

Male Presenter: My name is Steve Grove. I'm the Head of News and Politics at YouTube and it's my pleasure to welcome today, Anderson Cooper.Anderson Cooper: Alright. Yep.Steve: Welcome. It's good to see you.

Steve: Welcome. It's good to see you.Anderson Cooper: Thanks. Steve: Thanks for joining us.Anderson Cooper: I love that you have to tell people to put away their laptops.

Anderson Cooper: Thanks. Steve: Thanks for joining us.Anderson Cooper: I love that you have to tell people to put away their laptops.Steve: That's a very Google thing.

Steve: That's a very Google thing.Anderson Cooper: It's a very Google--. Don't you all have work to do? What the hell are you all doing here?Steve: You've actually torn people away, but not really 'cause they brought their laptops.

Steve: You've actually torn people away, but not really 'cause they brought their laptops.Anderson Cooper: I appreciate it. I hope the whole company hasn't come to a halt. I feel like--.Steve: Well, we'll see. Productivity is definitely going down right now.

Steve: Well, we'll see. Productivity is definitely going down right now.Anderson Cooper: That's right. OK. Sergey Brin is screaming.Steve: Well, welcome. Anderson Cooper: Thanks. Yeah, it's good to be here.

Steve: Have you ever been here before?Anderson Cooper: I have not. No. I mean, I've gone to Chelsea Markets. So, I've been near here.Steve: Not the office.

Steve: Not the office.Anderson Cooper: No, not the office itself.Steve: But you've been a friend of YouTube for-- Anderson Cooper: But you also--. I work in news where everybody is like, grizzled

Steve: I'm guessing the mean age here is lower than over at--.Anderson Cooper: I think so, yeah. And on my daytime show, you're about the mean age, but at news, yeah. We have a lot more grizzled vets.Steve: Well tell us about that. So, you're starting a talk show on television.

Steve: Well tell us about that. So, you're starting a talk show on television.Anderson Cooper: I am. I'm starting a daytime talk show. So, yeah. I mean, I'm staying at CNN and I'll continue to do that at night. But I'm starting a talk show that goes onthe air September 12th.

Steve: And what's it about? What's your focus?Anderson Cooper: Well, it's a daytime talk show, so it's really a variety of things.It's a show which one day will have a big celebrity interview, the next day will have a provocative social issue, the next day it'll be some pop culture stuff, which I'm addicted

Steve: You're addicted to pop culture?Anderson Cooper: I am. Yeah. I watch-- Steve: I thought you were a news guy.Anderson Cooper: I am a news guy, but I watch nonstop television and I have since--.

Anderson Cooper: I am. Yeah. I watch-- Steve: I thought you were a news guy.Anderson Cooper: I am a news guy, but I watch nonstop television and I have since--.I literally recently found my TV viewing schedule that I made for myself when I was in 4th grade.

Which, in 4th grade, it was acceptable. But yeah, I-- Steve: You had a TV schedule.Anderson Cooper: A TV schedule.Steve: Any pop culture stuff?

Steve: Any pop culture stuff?Anderson Cooper: Magilla Gorilla starting at 3:30 and then it went The Andy Griffith Show. All sorts of things, yeah.Steve: Wow. So this isn't uncharted territory.

Steve: Wow. So this isn't uncharted territory.Anderson Cooper: Yeah. I mean, I literally watch tons of just cheesy reality TV shows.I watch The Soup to catch the shows that I've missed.

Chris Anderson: Great to see you, welcome to TED.Now, Silvana, you've been passionate about science for quite a long time.

turned against workers is essential if we want to reclaim it today.Elizabeth Anderson, welcome to the gray area.It's a great pleasure to talk with you.

Harry and Meghan left for the United States 6 years ago.Ilsley Anderson, a former press secretary to the late Queen Elizabeth, says an earlier visit to the UK thisyear may have prompted Harry's return.

Yep, everyone. OK, so the gentleman that we are about to bring on stage will be no stranger to you.Chris Anderson has spent the last two decades and more being the curator of TED Talks, one of the biggest talk platforms in the world, about 3 billion TEDTalks viewed annually. And "ideas worth spreading" is the wonderful, empowering mantra of TED.

So without further ado, let's bring Chris on stage.Chris Anderson, everyone.Hi. Thanks.

you called it keyboard activism one time in a conversation.Steven Anderson is the Arizona pastor who celebrated the deaths of 49 of our brothers and sisters at the Pulse nightclub in Orlando in his church.

I like this paper that came out a long time ago.Chris Anderson wrote this, "The End of Theory-- The Data Deluge Makes the Scientific Method Obsolete."In a way, we are seeing that right now, because one of the problems with scientific method is that you take samples from a big population.

And I remember the biggest thing that I heard from anybody doing stop motion animation is that it's a dying art.Wes Anderson is just about to release another stop-frame film.

Kip just came out with a bombshell of a documentary on Netflix.Kip Anderson, by the way.And it basically has caused a lot of people around the world to go vegan.

And then we started newspapers.Debbie Anderson. Yes. And it turns out it's the same person that I had e-mailed previously, but I didn't get far with her,

learn from yeah that was a turning point in our lives for sure I was a machinistin Anderson Indiana running a Bridgeport Mill and uh I decided that um I neededto get a pilot's license I eventually got a pilot's license and then of course it was too expensive to rent a plane so

MD Anderson says that 25% of the time when people come for a second opinion they reverse the first opinion, which just isn't acceptable.

Chris Anderson that runs TED at the Aspen Institute said, this is awesome.

Chris Anderson found out about my equation and asked me to give a finale TED talk two years ago at the TED conference and introduced my happiness equation.

Chris Anderson calls generational generation free uh that that also contributes to the internship boom so

Ray Anderson: Thanks very much, Anthony and Ruben -- very generous introduction.

Ray Anderson: That handle 'radical industrialism' did become incorporated into the title of

in Anderson, Indiana would necessarily, you know, I think relate to what I was doing on a given day or David Axelrod, but they relate to what the volunteer in Denver, Colorado

Like Harry Anderson was my hero as a kid.

This is Bobby Raw Anderson here on the guitar, Mr. Zac Clark on the keys.

This Diane Anderson-Minshall, she's a woman I worked with years ago.

you called it keyboard activism one time in a conversation.And pastor Anderson was planning a speaking tour in South Africa to spread that message of hatred,

I'm Marinda Anderson, and I play Elizabeth, Miss York, also known as Miss York.

And Tom Anderson who founded it was a huge music fan, and so he decided he wanted a record label.

So Gillian Anderson is an award-winning film, television and theater actor and producer, writer, and activist.

joined Arthur Anderson uh you know I just it just finally dawned on me the the leaders that I admired the most and

And so Carol Anderson, who is a scholar at Emory University, wrote this brilliant book this last year called "White Rage." And I highly recommend it to everyone because it's