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Mastering the Art of Difficult Conversations (with Anna Sale)

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ACHIEVEMENT CULTURE: What It’s Doing to Our Kids—and to Us

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FAILURE: The Science of Learning From Your Mistakes

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HOW TO KNOW A PERSON: The Art of Seeing Others Deeply (with David Brooks)

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HIDDEN POTENTIAL: Adam Grant on the Science of Achieving Greater Things

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FACIAL RECOGNITION: A Secretive Startup's Quest to End Privacy as We Know It

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Daniel Pink and Brian Lowery Aren’t Sure That You Exist

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Susan Cain on the Power of the Bittersweet (2022)

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HUMAN COMPATIBLE: Can We Control Artificial Intelligence?

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UNREASONABLE HOSPITALITY: The Power of Giving People More Than They Expect

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ELON MUSK: Walter Isaacson on the World’s Most Polarizing Person

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CHANGE: How to Excel When Everything Is in Flux

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DREAM TOWN: Shaker Heights and the Quest for Racial Equity

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PERENNIALS: How to Thrive in a Post-Generational Society

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ULTRA-PROCESSED: What Fake Food Is Doing to Our Health

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How to Succeed by Quitting (2022)

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Why the Modern World Puts Us All at Risk for Addiction (2021)

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WORK: Henry David Thoreau on Making a Meaningful Living

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RISE AND SHINE: How to Have the Perfect Morning

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Artificial Intelligence Meets Virtual Worlds: The Future of Sentience

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You Should Have More Fun This Summer. Here’s Why.

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PARKING: How It Explains the World

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OUTLIVE (Part 2): How to Optimize Your Diet, Sleep, and Emotional Health

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OUTLIVE (Part 1): Peter Attia’s Guide to the Science of Longevity

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THE WAGER: David Grann Tells a Tale of Shipwreck and Mutiny

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THE REAL WORK: Adam Gopnik on the Mystery of Mastery

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JOY OF MOVEMENT: How Exercise Can Help You Find Happiness and Connection

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BREAKTHROUGH: How to Get Unstuck and Achieve Anything

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EXCELLENT ADVICE: Life Lessons From Wired Co-Founder Kevin Kelly

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SELFLESS: Why “You” Are a Social Creation

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The Next Big Idea Club Presents — "Immortality: A User's Guide"

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Steven Johnson & Michael Specter on the Future of Life

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You Need a Bedtime (from The Next Big Idea Daily)

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SENSES: Gretchen Rubin’s Guide to Getting Out of Your Head and Into the World

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PSYCH: The Story of the Human Mind

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PREPPY: The Surprising Origins of American Style

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SUCCESSION: The True Story Behind the Hit Show

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ABOLISH POVERTY: Matthew Desmond on How We Can Do It

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READING: Are We Forgetting How To Do It?

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David Chalmers Thinks We May Be Living in a Simulation (and He’s OK With It)

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Is AI Moving Too Fast? A Conversation With Kevin Roose

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LIFE IS SHORT: The Upside of Death

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MUSIC: What the Songs You Love Say About You

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AI: The Origin Story

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Not Finished Is Not Failure (from The Next Big Idea Daily)

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CELLS: Siddhartha Mukherjee on the Breakthroughs That Are Revolutionizing Medicine

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Introducing: The Next Big Idea Daily

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PLEASURE: An Epicurean Guide to the Good Life

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POWER FAILURE: What Happened to GE? (with Malcolm Gladwell & William Cohan)

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DIET: The New Science of Healthy Eating

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How to Develop Your Passions and Avoid Burnout (with Atul Gawande and Adam Grant)

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FEELINGS: The Secret Power of Embracing Emotions at Work

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SAPIENS: Yuval Noah Harari on Our Past, Present, and Future

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ANALOG: Let’s Build a More Human World

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SLEEP: How Understanding Your Body’s Clock Can Revolutionize Your Health

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ANIMALS: They’re Smarter Than You Think

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HUMOR: The Case for Navigating Life on the Precipice of a Smile

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GOOD ARGUMENTS: Adam Grant and Champion Debater Bo Seo on the Craft of Persuasion

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NEURODIVERSITY: Why No Two Brains Are Alike

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STATUS: Does Our Need for It Explain ... Everything?

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Bittersweet: An Audio E-Course by Susan Cain

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Bonus: Eric Barker Gives Daniel Pink Relationship Advice

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LONGTERMISM: Why You Should Care About Future People

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QUIT: Why You Have to Give Up if You Want to Get Ahead

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PUZZLES: What Crosswords, Riddles, and Wordle Can Teach You About the Meaning of Life

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BUILD: Tony Fadell’s Guide to Making Cool Stuff

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SURVIVAL OF THE RICHEST: How Tech Billionaires Are Preparing for Doomsday

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HAPPINESS: Arthur C. Brooks Shares His Roadmap for Finding Purpose, Meaning, and Success

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DeepMind's Demis Hassabis on the future of AI (from The TED Interview)

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Summer Getaway #4: The Making of ‘Bull Durham’ (with Ron Shelton)

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Summer Getaway #3: The 12-Hour Walk (with Colin O’Brady)

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Summer Getaway #2: An American Odyssey (with Ben McGrath)

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Summer Getaway #1: The Beach (with Sarah Stodola)

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Finding Stillness With Ryan Holiday

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Amanda Little on the Fate of Food

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John Colapinto on the Power and Beauty of the Human Voice

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THE ESSENTIALS: Our Favorite Moments From Season 4

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BICYCLES: Are They the Future of Transportation?

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BIG DATA: Cracking the Codes of Love, Happiness and Success

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Susan Cain & Daniel Pink: Writing, Longing, and the Search for Meaning

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RELATIONSHIPS: Why Everything You Know About Them Is (Mostly) Wrong

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How To Be a Grown-Up

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IMAGINABLE: How Anyone Can Predict the Future (Yes, Even You)

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CULTURE: How Successful Groups Work

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GET IT DONE: How the Science of Motivation Can Help You Achieve Your Goals

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Bonus: The Not-So-Great Resignation (WorkLife with Adam Grant)

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FUN: How to Have More of It

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TWITTER: What Elon Musk’s Acquisition Means for the Future of Social Media

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EMOTIONAL: Do Your Feelings Make You Smarter?

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ORIGIN: How Did Humans Migrate to the Americas?

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BITTERSWEET: Susan Cain on the Beauty of Sorrow and Longing

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Regrets: Daniel Pink Has a Few (And So Should You)

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REALITY+: Are We Living in a Simulation?

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HURT SO GOOD: The Pleasures of Suffering (Paul Bloom & Susan Cain)

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EMPIRE: Why Ray Dalio Thinks We May Be Headed for Civil War

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TIME MANAGEMENT FOR MORTALS: Malcolm Gladwell and Oliver Burkeman

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EVENING ROCKET: Decoding Elon Musk’s Sci-Fi Visions of the Future

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GOOD ANXIETY: Can You Turn Worrying Into a Superpower?

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HACK YOUR HABITS: The Science of Making Changes That Stick

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TOGETHER: The Surgeon General’s Prescription for Health and Happiness