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The Next Big Idea — 367 episodes
Caroline Webb on the Leadership Skills AI Can’t Replace
Can Democracy Survive the AI Revolution?
Your Mind Is a Propagandist
The Bedazzling Mystery of Why We’re Here
How to Lead a More Gratifying Life
Best Of: Adam Grant on the Science of Achieving Greater Things
Are Robots About to Change Everything?
You Can Just Do Things
The Lost Art of Asking Questions
Sorry, Skeptics — AI Is Not a Bubble
Why Creating Beats Consuming | Mark Pincus (Part 2)
ELiving at the Speed of Play
EHow to Be a Super Ager
What If Saving the Planet Could Be Fun?
How to Live a Long and Useful Life
As America Turns 250, Are You in the Mood to Celebrate?
THE GOD TEST (Part 2): Can Humanity Pass the Cosmic Reckoning?
THE GOD TEST (Part 1): Are You Ready for Superintelligence?
You Have 72 Free Hours a Week. How Do You Want to Spend Them?
Are You Playing Someone Else’s Game?
This World Cup Is Messy. Watch It Anyway.
The Case for AI Optimism with Peter Diamandis and Steven Kotler
Best Of: The Power of Thinking Outside Your Brain
Want to Be Happier? Try Talking to Strangers.
Best Of: Gretchen Rubin’s Guide to Getting Out of Your Head and Into the World
The Case for Speechmaking in the Age of Doomscrolling
Best Of: Stop Chasing More. Start Embracing Your Limits.
When Will AI Empty Your Dishwasher? (with Nicholas Thompson)
Best Of: An Epicurean Guide to the Good Life
What if Uncertainty Isn’t Such a Bad Thing?
You Can Grow Your Brain. Here’s How.
Turning Constraints Into Breakthroughs with David Epstein
You're in the Hospitality Business (Whether You Know It or Not)
EWe're Still Thinking About This Conversation with Will Guidara
Here’s Our Favorite Book of the Season
“Beliefs Are Tools, Not Truths”
The History and Future of Apple
EBest Of: Tony Fadell’s Guide to Building Products, Startups and Careers
Demis Hassabis Wants to Build AGI. Should We Trust Him?
Patrick Radden Keefe on a Double Life, a Gilded City and a Mysterious Death
How to Be Okay When Nothing Is Okay
Best Of: The New Science of Improving Your Memory
How to Find the Meaning of Your Life (with Arthur C. Brooks)
The Surprising Power of Oversharing
How a Mormon Journalist Became a Degenerate Gambler
Michael Pollan on Food, Psychedelics and His Next Book
The Story of Stories
Best Of: How To Connect With Anyone
A War Correspondent on the Crisis in Iran
How AI Could Change Everything in the Next 1,000 Days
Do We Even Need Politicians?
Inside the Most Creative Friendship in History
Michael Pollan on the Mystery of Consciousness
The Science of Change
Six Simple Rules for a Long and Healthy Life
A Practical Guide to Achieving Excellence
Does "Mattering" Explain Everything?
The Superpower You Didn’t Know You Had
‘It’s a Real Company Run by Fake People’
CRYPTO: Is It Quietly Transforming the Global Economy?
Why the Blockchain Is Still Critical to Our Future
Reading Rewired the Human Brain. What Happens If We Stop Doing It?
How to Make Your Holiday Gatherings Memorable
FLOURISH: Daniel Coyle on the Art and Science of Feeling Alive
Kari Leibowitz Loves Winter (And You Can Too)
Best Of: How Successful Groups Work
AI and the Future of the University
Best Of: David Brooks on the Art of Seeing Others Deeply
STRONG GROUND: Brené Brown on the Daring Leadership the World Needs Now
Brené Brown on courageous leadership (from ReThinking with Adam Grant)
Walter Isaacson on The Greatest Sentence Ever Written
Best Of: Decoding Elon Musk
Andrew Ross Sorkin: What the Crash of 1929 Says About Today
Atlantic CEO Nick Thompson on What Running Can Teach Us
COMMON KNOWLEDGE: Steven Pinker on Awkward Dates, Cancel Culture and the Necessity of Norms
A Food Crisis Is Brewing. Are We Ready?
EThe Future Is Going to Be Great
PRIMAL INTELLIGENCE: You’re Smarter Than You Realize
STEVEN PINKER: How Common Knowledge and Rationality Make the World Go Round
AI & THE BRAIN: How Different Are They?
Best Of: Jonathan Haidt on What Social Media Is Doing to Our Kids
ARTHUR C. BROOKS: Success Won’t Make You Happy — Here’s What Will
THE FUTURE OF WRITING: A Conversation with Ethan Mollick and Steven Johnson
Best Of: Sebastian Junger’s Journey to the Edge and Back
INTUITION: The Science of Trusting Your Gut
Can Rogue Archeologists Bring the Past Back to Life?
WHAT WE VALUE: A Neuroscientist's Guide to Making Better Choices
SUPER AGERS (Part 2): Eric Topol on Sleep, GLP-1s, and AI
SUPER AGERS (Part 1): The Revolutionary New Science of Longevity
GENIUS MYTH: The Dangerous Allure of Rule-Breakers
Best Of: Life Lessons From Wired Co-Founder Kevin Kelly
AI FIRST: The Tsunami Is Already Here
Best Of: Michael Lewis Runs Toward Pleasure
How Susan Cain Found Her Voice
HOPE FOR CYNICS: The Surprising Science of Human Goodness
RISE ABOVE: How to Realize Your Full Potential
MORAL AMBITION: Are You Wasting Your Talent?
NVIDIA: Jensen Huang Bet Big on AI. What Comes Next?
EXPLORATION: Why We Seek Out Big Challenges
AI 2027: What If Superhuman AI Is Right Around the Corner?
THE ART OF EDITING: Graydon Carter on the Golden Age of Magazines
FAMILY DYNAMICS: Unraveling the Mystery of Sibling Success
ABUNDANCE: Derek Thompson on How to Actually Rebuild the American Dream
WHY GIVERS WIN: Adam Grant Revisits 'Give and Take'
BITCOIN: A 15-Year Quest to Unmask the Mysterious Inventor of Crypto
YOU, BUT BETTER: The Science and Promise of Personality Change
CARL ZIMMER: The Untold Story of the Air We Breathe
SAHIL BLOOM: The 5 Types of Wealth
STORY: How to Tell a Great One (Part 2)
STORY: The Science Behind Humanity’s Superpower (Part 1)
The Former Head of USAID on Why Foreign Aid Benefits Everyone
Three Things We Learned Last Year
SUPERAGENCY: What Could Go Right With AI?
SHIFT: How to Manage Your Emotions
WINTER: The Secret to Thriving in the Darkest Season
DRIVE: A Fresh Look at the Science of Motivation (with Daniel Pink)
James Clear’s Ultimate Guide to Building Good Habits (Encore)
How to Find Purpose, Meaning, and Success (2022)
WHAT IS LIFE? (Part 2): Consciousness, AI, and Aliens
WHAT IS LIFE? (Part 1): A Mind-Bending Conversation with Sara Walker
STRATEGY: How to Make Better Plans
TECH AGNOSTIC: How Technology Became the World's Top Religion
The Remarkable Power of Giving People More Than They Expect (2023)
CATCHING SOULS: An Obituary Writer’s Lessons for Living
THE INTERESTING: How to Live the Good Life
A Productivity Podclass with Cal Newport
Human History Is Not Set In Stone
Want a More Meaningful Life? Embrace Your Limitations.
THE WORK OF ART: How Something Comes From Nothing
ANXIOUS GENERATION (Part 2): How to Raise Resilient Kids in the Digital Age
ANXIOUS GENERATION (Part 1): What Social Media Is Doing to Our Kids
Life Is a Game. Here's How to Play It.
REVENGE OF THE TIPPING POINT: Malcolm Gladwell Revisits the Science of Social Contagion
The Future of Storytelling, According to Malcolm Gladwell
NEXUS (Part 2): Yuval Noah Harari on How to Safeguard Humanity in the Age of AI
NEXUS (Part 1): Can Democracy Survive the AI Revolution? (with Yuval Noah Harari)
Can We End Poverty by Just Giving People Cash?
GOING INFINITE: Michael Lewis Wants to Change Your Mind About Sam Bankman-Fried
SUPERCONVERGENCE: Biotechnology Is About to Transform the World. Are We Ready?
ANXIOUS ACHIEVER: How You Can Turn Anxiety Into a Superpower
ON THE EDGE (Part 2): How to Get Ahead by Thinking Probabilistically
ON THE EDGE (Part 1): Nate Silver on Politics, Poker, and Risk-Taking
The Case for Effective Altruism
Laziness Does Not Exist
ALCOHOL: The Good, the Bad, and the Bubbly
Living for Pleasure
PROBABILITY: How a 250-Year-Old Theorem Still Explains the World
GOOD ENERGY (Part 2): Casey Means on How to Supercharge Your Diet
GOOD ENERGY (Part 1): How to Feel Incredible, Avoid Disease, and Age Well
BEN FRANKLIN: A Founder's Formula for a Long and Useful Life
Bill Gates Says Superhuman AI May Be Closer Than You Think
FRICTION: How Smart Leaders Make the Right Things Easier (with Adam Grant & Bob Sutton)
INFERNAL MACHINE: Dynamite, Anarchy and the Future of Creativity
UNCERTAINTY: The Surprising Power of Being Unsure
SAL KHAN: How AI Will Revolutionize the Way We Learn
AFTERLIFE: Sebastian Junger’s Journey to the Edge and Back
FUNNER: How Language Evolves and Why It Matters
DEMON OF UNREST: Why the Civil War Matters Today (with Erik Larson)
ALGEBRA OF WEALTH: Scott Galloway’s Formula for Financial Success
WHY WE REMEMBER: The New Science of Improving Your Memory
SLOW PRODUCTIVITY: Can We Get More Done by Doing Less?
MAGICAL OVERTHINKING: Why Modern Life Is Making Us More Irrational
Everything Paul Bloom Knows About Psychology
GET THE PICTURE: Why Bother With Art?
LOOK AGAIN: How to See Your Life With Fresh Eyes
GENEROSITY: How Simple Acts of Kindness Can Change the World
BURN BOOK: Kara Swisher Takes on Big Tech
SUPERCOMMUNICATORS: How to Connect With Anyone
MIDLIFE: Once a Crisis, Now an Opportunity
RADICAL CANDOR: Why Compassionate Honesty Is a Gift
BLOCKCHAIN: Why Chris Dixon Still Thinks It Matters
BIG BETS: A Practical Guide to Changing the World
CLIMATE OPTIMISM: Can We Still Build a Sustainable World?
FREE WILL: Are We Better Off Without It?
ATOMIC HABITS: James Clear’s Ultimate Guide to Building Good Habits (and Breaking Bad Ones)
THE GOOD LIFE: Lessons From the World's Longest Study of Happiness
How We Sipped, Danced, and Stumbled Our Way to Civilization (2021)
Rory Stewart on Politics, Ambition, and Making a Difference
PSYCHOLOGY OF MONEY: Timeless Lessons from Morgan Housel
EVE: How the Female Body Drove 200 Million Years of Human Evolution
THE FAMILY OUTING: Secrets, Memory, and Living Authentically
Mastering the Art of Difficult Conversations (with Anna Sale)
ACHIEVEMENT CULTURE: What It’s Doing to Our Kids—and to Us
FAILURE: The Science of Learning From Your Mistakes
HOW TO KNOW A PERSON: The Art of Seeing Others Deeply (with David Brooks)
HIDDEN POTENTIAL: Adam Grant on the Science of Achieving Greater Things
FACIAL RECOGNITION: A Secretive Startup's Quest to End Privacy as We Know It
Daniel Pink and Brian Lowery Aren’t Sure That You Exist
Susan Cain on the Power of the Bittersweet (2022)
HUMAN COMPATIBLE: Can We Control Artificial Intelligence?
UNREASONABLE HOSPITALITY: The Power of Giving People More Than They Expect
ELON MUSK: Walter Isaacson on the World’s Most Polarizing Person
CHANGE: How to Excel When Everything Is in Flux
DREAM TOWN: Shaker Heights and the Quest for Racial Equity
PERENNIALS: How to Thrive in a Post-Generational Society
ULTRA-PROCESSED: What Fake Food Is Doing to Our Health
How to Succeed by Quitting (2022)
Why the Modern World Puts Us All at Risk for Addiction (2021)
WORK: Henry David Thoreau on Making a Meaningful Living
RISE AND SHINE: How to Have the Perfect Morning
Artificial Intelligence Meets Virtual Worlds: The Future of Sentience
You Should Have More Fun This Summer. Here’s Why.
PARKING: How It Explains the World
OUTLIVE (Part 2): How to Optimize Your Diet, Sleep, and Emotional Health
OUTLIVE (Part 1): Peter Attia’s Guide to the Science of Longevity
THE WAGER: David Grann Tells a Tale of Shipwreck and Mutiny
THE REAL WORK: Adam Gopnik on the Mystery of Mastery
JOY OF MOVEMENT: How Exercise Can Help You Find Happiness and Connection
BREAKTHROUGH: How to Get Unstuck and Achieve Anything
EXCELLENT ADVICE: Life Lessons From Wired Co-Founder Kevin Kelly
SELFLESS: Why “You” Are a Social Creation
The Next Big Idea Club Presents — "Immortality: A User's Guide"
Steven Johnson & Michael Specter on the Future of Life
You Need a Bedtime (from The Next Big Idea Daily)
SENSES: Gretchen Rubin’s Guide to Getting Out of Your Head and Into the World
PSYCH: The Story of the Human Mind
PREPPY: The Surprising Origins of American Style
SUCCESSION: The True Story Behind the Hit Show
ABOLISH POVERTY: Matthew Desmond on How We Can Do It
READING: Are We Forgetting How To Do It?
David Chalmers Thinks We May Be Living in a Simulation (and He’s OK With It)
Is AI Moving Too Fast? A Conversation With Kevin Roose
LIFE IS SHORT: The Upside of Death
MUSIC: What the Songs You Love Say About You
AI: The Origin Story
Not Finished Is Not Failure (from The Next Big Idea Daily)
CELLS: Siddhartha Mukherjee on the Breakthroughs That Are Revolutionizing Medicine
Introducing: The Next Big Idea Daily
PLEASURE: An Epicurean Guide to the Good Life
POWER FAILURE: What Happened to GE? (with Malcolm Gladwell & William Cohan)
DIET: The New Science of Healthy Eating
How to Develop Your Passions and Avoid Burnout (with Atul Gawande and Adam Grant)
FEELINGS: The Secret Power of Embracing Emotions at Work
SAPIENS: Yuval Noah Harari on Our Past, Present, and Future
ANALOG: Let’s Build a More Human World
SLEEP: How Understanding Your Body’s Clock Can Revolutionize Your Health
ANIMALS: They’re Smarter Than You Think
HUMOR: The Case for Navigating Life on the Precipice of a Smile
GOOD ARGUMENTS: Adam Grant and Champion Debater Bo Seo on the Craft of Persuasion
NEURODIVERSITY: Why No Two Brains Are Alike
STATUS: Does Our Need for It Explain ... Everything?
Bittersweet: An Audio E-Course by Susan Cain
Bonus: Eric Barker Gives Daniel Pink Relationship Advice
LONGTERMISM: Why You Should Care About Future People
QUIT: Why You Have to Give Up if You Want to Get Ahead
PUZZLES: What Crosswords, Riddles, and Wordle Can Teach You About the Meaning of Life
BUILD: Tony Fadell’s Guide to Making Cool Stuff
SURVIVAL OF THE RICHEST: How Tech Billionaires Are Preparing for Doomsday
HAPPINESS: Arthur C. Brooks Shares His Roadmap for Finding Purpose, Meaning, and Success
DeepMind's Demis Hassabis on the future of AI (from The TED Interview)
Summer Getaway #4: The Making of ‘Bull Durham’ (with Ron Shelton)
Summer Getaway #3: The 12-Hour Walk (with Colin O’Brady)
Summer Getaway #2: An American Odyssey (with Ben McGrath)
Summer Getaway #1: The Beach (with Sarah Stodola)
Finding Stillness With Ryan Holiday
Amanda Little on the Fate of Food
John Colapinto on the Power and Beauty of the Human Voice
THE ESSENTIALS: Our Favorite Moments From Season 4
BICYCLES: Are They the Future of Transportation?
BIG DATA: Cracking the Codes of Love, Happiness and Success
Susan Cain & Daniel Pink: Writing, Longing, and the Search for Meaning
RELATIONSHIPS: Why Everything You Know About Them Is (Mostly) Wrong
How To Be a Grown-Up
IMAGINABLE: How Anyone Can Predict the Future (Yes, Even You)
CULTURE: How Successful Groups Work
GET IT DONE: How the Science of Motivation Can Help You Achieve Your Goals
Bonus: The Not-So-Great Resignation (WorkLife with Adam Grant)
FUN: How to Have More of It
TWITTER: What Elon Musk’s Acquisition Means for the Future of Social Media
EMOTIONAL: Do Your Feelings Make You Smarter?
ORIGIN: How Did Humans Migrate to the Americas?
BITTERSWEET: Susan Cain on the Beauty of Sorrow and Longing
Regrets: Daniel Pink Has a Few (And So Should You)
REALITY+: Are We Living in a Simulation?
HURT SO GOOD: The Pleasures of Suffering (Paul Bloom & Susan Cain)
EMPIRE: Why Ray Dalio Thinks We May Be Headed for Civil War
TIME MANAGEMENT FOR MORTALS: Malcolm Gladwell and Oliver Burkeman
EVENING ROCKET: Decoding Elon Musk’s Sci-Fi Visions of the Future
GOOD ANXIETY: Can You Turn Worrying Into a Superpower?
HACK YOUR HABITS: The Science of Making Changes That Stick
TOGETHER: The Surgeon General’s Prescription for Health and Happiness
SPIRITUAL TECHNOLOGIES: Two Scientists Debate the Benefits of Religion
DAWN OF EVERYTHING: The True History of Humanity
DOPAMINE NATION: Why the Modern World Puts Us All at Risk for Addiction
AMBITION: How to Achieve Success on Your Own Terms
FRIENDSHIP: The Science Behind Life’s Deepest Bond
EXPONENTIAL AGE: Everything Is Accelerating. Who’s at the Wheel?
NEW POWER: How to Spread Ideas, Build Movements, and Leap Ahead
SPORTS: Life Lessons From an Olympian, a Hockey Coach, and a Middle-Aged Beginner
FEELING & KNOWING: Unlocking the Secrets of Consciousness
Bonus: Adam Grant and Annie Murphy Paul
LAZINESS: There's No Such Thing
HOW TO CHANGE: Science-Backed Tips for Becoming Your Best Self (Katy Milkman & Daniel Pink)
RATIONALITY: Steven Pinker’s Love Song to Critical Thinking
LOONSHOTS: The Science of Generating Crazy Ideas (Safi Bahcall & Daniel Pink)
DEADLINE EFFECT: Can You Work Like It's the Last Minute Before the Last Minute?
EXTRA LIFE: We Doubled Life Expectancy in the Last Century. Can We Do It Again?
PARENTING: Learn How to Do It Better With Science, Data, and Mr. Rogers
PERSONALITY: The Science of Being Who You Want
JOYFUL: Ingrid Fetell Lee and Adam Grant on the Objects That Make Us Happy
CULT OF WE: How WeWork's CEO Vaporized $40 Billion
BREATH: Is Deep Breathing the Secret to Long Living?
DRUNK: Can Alcohol Make You More Creative, Sociable, and Attractive?
DEATH, SEX & MONEY: Anna Sale Talks About Hard Things
THE BOMBER MAFIA: Malcolm Gladwell on Warfare, Audiobooks, and the Future of Storytelling
EFFORTLESS: Embrace the Easy Option
HIGH CONFLICT: How to Defuse Any Squabble (Amanda Ripley & Susan Cain)
EXTENDED MIND: Want to Get Smarter? Try Thinking Outside of Your Brain
DELUSIONS: How Self-Deception Can Help You Flourish (Shankar Vedantam & Daniel Pink)
AI: The Extraordinary Story of the Tech That’s Changing the World
MINE: How the Rules of Ownership Control Our Lives
GATHERING: Mastering the Art of Hanging Out
EMAIL: Would the World Be Better Without It?
WORK: Should You Do Less of It? Adam Grant and James Suzman on the 15-Hour Workweek.
CODE BREAKER: Why Walter Isaacson Thinks CRISPR Will Change Life As We Know It
FOOD: Can We Taste Climate Change?
CHATTER: Learning to Love the Voice in Your Head
HUMOR: How to Turn Levity Into Your Secret Weapon
BEGINNERS: The Joys of Being an Amateur
THINK AGAIN: Adam Grant on the Power of Changing Your Mind
VOICE: You Are What You Speak
THE BRAIN: A User’s Guide to the Blob Between Your Ears
SERENDIPITY: Good Luck and How to Get It
DRUG USE: Is Getting High an American Right?
POST CORONA: Predicting the Future With Scott Galloway
Season 3: New Ideas, Same Great Taste
LET’S BE REASONABLE: Sam Harris and Rufus in Conversation
MIND GAMES: What Poker Can Teach Us About Luck, Skill, and Ourselves
TRANSCENDENCE: Finding Fulfillment Beyond Ourselves
HUMANKIND: Finding Hope in Human History
MIGRATION: Why Human Beings Were Built to Move
BREATH: Harnessing the Power of a Lost Art
PERSUASION: How to Change People’s Minds
ALCHEMY: How Our Creations Recreate Us
UPSTREAM: Solving Problems Before They Happen
CIVILIZATION: Recalculating the Price of Progress
TOGETHER: A Doctor’s Prescription for Health and Happiness
WEIRDNESS: How to Make it Your Superpower
BOYS & SEX: Coming of Age in America
FRIENDSHIP: The Science and Power of Life’s Deepest Bond
THINKING AHEAD: How to Make Life’s Big Decisions
LISTENING: What You’re Missing and Why it Matters
SUCCESSFUL AGING: How to Live a Full, Long Life
Rethinking Big Ideas: Adam Grant on Finding Balance
Rethinking Big Ideas: Priya Parker on Gathering Apart
Rethinking Big Ideas: The Path to a More Generous World
Rethinking Big Ideas: Daniel Pink on the Future of Work
Rethinking Big Ideas: On Finding Joy in Simple Pleasures
Rethinking Big Ideas: Steven Johnson on Scientific Breakthroughs
Rethinking Big Ideas: Susan Cain on Solitude
STILLNESS: How to Find Peace in a Frantic World
FREE MONEY: Why Andrew Yang Thinks a Giveaway Can Save the Economy
HABITS: How to Let Go of The Old and Bring in the New
GATHERING: How to Make Our Time Together Meaningful
FUTURE: Can We Build a More Generous World
SUCCESS: The Dirty Secret of Getting Ahead
TRUST: Malcolm Gladwell on How We Talk To Strangers
POWER: Why You Have More Than You Think
PERCEPTION: Why What You See Is Not Reality
UNCENSORED: What Free Speech Debates Teach Us About Empathy
CONFLICT: How to Have More Productive Disagreements
JOYFUL: Why Ordinary Objects Can Make You Extraordinarily Happy
CODERS: The Invisible Architects Who Shape Our Lives
RACIAL BIAS: Why We Have It and What We Can Do About It
INDISTRACTABLE: Staying Focused in a World of Distractions
RANGE: Why Generalists Succeed in a Specialists’ World
Introducing The Next Big Idea