Small talk can be awkward and boring. It’s also a requisite skill to learn to participate as a socially adept person in society—as well as the workplace. But mustering “So, where are you going for ...

Emotional intelligence is the secret sauce to getting ahead, both at work and in life. Even if it doesn't come naturally, having explicit conversations about feelings can help us understand each other ...

The New York band’s sixth LP feels like a scaled-up team effort. The newly expansive sound suits Greta Kline’s hard-won self-knowledge. The self-knowledge Kline confesses on Different Talking comes ...

For a band that broke up under a cloud of bitterness, Talking Heads still appreciate a good celebration. The recently released biography “Burning Down the House” (HarperCollins, 512 pages) from New ...

Fifty years ago this month, three clean-cut art-school students who called themselves Talking Heads played an audition night at the Bowery club CBGB. Different from the other newly minted punk bands ...

Fifty years ago, the Talking Heads performed for the first time, opening for the Ramones at CBGB. They’d go on to become one of the most influential art-house bands in music history, leaving fans with ...

As a dog parent, I have often pondered how much easier life would be if canines could speak. I have even gone so far as to give my pets dialogue when recalling funny stories about them. That is why I ...

Far too many executives fall into this trap. Here’s why the simple inability to stop talking can be so detrimental. In the past week, I had “conversations” with two leaders who talked too much. They ...

I used to dread my kids’ soccer games. Standing on the sidelines with parents I barely knew, fumbling through chitchat about how nice the coaches are, how nice so-and-so is for bringing oranges, how ...

Fifteen minutes after “hanging up” with Sesame’s new “lifelike” AI, and I’m still freaked out. So-called “conversations” with AI don’t do a lot for me, especially where text is concerned. With voice ...

“I just wanted to know why everyone is being so nice today.” That’s how host Jerry O’Connell kicked off the final episode Friday of The Talk, which is signing off at 2,993 episodes and 15 seasons on ...

The “talking stage” might seem like a comfortable way to ease into a relationship, but it can prevent you from connecting on a deeper level. You’ve met someone new, and things are going well. You text ...