Corey Jefferson has worked in almost every medium, from radio to print to television and film. He's now a director and an Emmy award-winning writer who's worked on network sitcoms like The Good Place. Jeffersons' work is unpredictable: you never quite know what project they're going to take on next.
Television writer Cord Jefferson has written for the kind of shows that crack hearts open. From The Good Place to Watchmen, Station Eleven to Master of None, Cord has spent his career wrangling human emotions in the writers’ room – but also in his own life. In this episode, Cord speaks about the connection between his personal life and his creative work, how he thinks about vulnerability in making art and why he thanked his therapist in his acceptance speech for his first Emmy. For the full text transcript, visit go.ted.com/BHTranscripts