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The Next Big Idea, 386 episodes. Page 4 of 4.

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SPIRITUAL TECHNOLOGIES: Two Scientists Debate the Benefits of Religion

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DAWN OF EVERYTHING: The True History of Humanity

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DOPAMINE NATION: Why the Modern World Puts Us All at Risk for Addiction

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AMBITION: How to Achieve Success on Your Own Terms

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FRIENDSHIP: The Science Behind Life’s Deepest Bond

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EXPONENTIAL AGE: Everything Is Accelerating. Who’s at the Wheel?

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NEW POWER: How to Spread Ideas, Build Movements, and Leap Ahead

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SPORTS: Life Lessons From an Olympian, a Hockey Coach, and a Middle-Aged Beginner

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FEELING & KNOWING: Unlocking the Secrets of Consciousness

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Bonus: Adam Grant and Annie Murphy Paul

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LAZINESS: There's No Such Thing

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HOW TO CHANGE: Science-Backed Tips for Becoming Your Best Self (Katy Milkman & Daniel Pink)

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RATIONALITY: Steven Pinker’s Love Song to Critical Thinking

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LOONSHOTS: The Science of Generating Crazy Ideas (Safi Bahcall & Daniel Pink)

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DEADLINE EFFECT: Can You Work Like It's the Last Minute Before the Last Minute?

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EXTRA LIFE: We Doubled Life Expectancy in the Last Century. Can We Do It Again?

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PARENTING: Learn How to Do It Better With Science, Data, and Mr. Rogers

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PERSONALITY: The Science of Being Who You Want

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JOYFUL: Ingrid Fetell Lee and Adam Grant on the Objects That Make Us Happy

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CULT OF WE: How WeWork's CEO Vaporized $40 Billion

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BREATH: Is Deep Breathing the Secret to Long Living?

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DRUNK: Can Alcohol Make You More Creative, Sociable, and Attractive?

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DEATH, SEX & MONEY: Anna Sale Talks About Hard Things

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THE BOMBER MAFIA: Malcolm Gladwell on Warfare, Audiobooks, and the Future of Storytelling

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EFFORTLESS: Embrace the Easy Option

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HIGH CONFLICT: How to Defuse Any Squabble (Amanda Ripley & Susan Cain)

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EXTENDED MIND: Want to Get Smarter? Try Thinking Outside of Your Brain

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DELUSIONS: How Self-Deception Can Help You Flourish (Shankar Vedantam & Daniel Pink)

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AI: The Extraordinary Story of the Tech That’s Changing the World

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MINE: How the Rules of Ownership Control Our Lives

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GATHERING: Mastering the Art of Hanging Out

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EMAIL: Would the World Be Better Without It?

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WORK: Should You Do Less of It? Adam Grant and James Suzman on the 15-Hour Workweek.

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CODE BREAKER: Why Walter Isaacson Thinks CRISPR Will Change Life As We Know It

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FOOD: Can We Taste Climate Change?

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CHATTER: Learning to Love the Voice in Your Head

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HUMOR: How to Turn Levity Into Your Secret Weapon

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BEGINNERS: The Joys of Being an Amateur

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THINK AGAIN: Adam Grant on the Power of Changing Your Mind

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VOICE: You Are What You Speak

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THE BRAIN: A User’s Guide to the Blob Between Your Ears

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SERENDIPITY: Good Luck and How to Get It

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DRUG USE: Is Getting High an American Right?

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POST CORONA: Predicting the Future With Scott Galloway

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Season 3: New Ideas, Same Great Taste

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LET’S BE REASONABLE: Sam Harris and Rufus in Conversation

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MIND GAMES: What Poker Can Teach Us About Luck, Skill, and Ourselves

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TRANSCENDENCE: Finding Fulfillment Beyond Ourselves

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HUMANKIND: Finding Hope in Human History

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MIGRATION: Why Human Beings Were Built to Move

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BREATH: Harnessing the Power of a Lost Art

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PERSUASION: How to Change People’s Minds

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ALCHEMY: How Our Creations Recreate Us

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UPSTREAM: Solving Problems Before They Happen

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CIVILIZATION: Recalculating the Price of Progress

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TOGETHER: A Doctor’s Prescription for Health and Happiness

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WEIRDNESS: How to Make it Your Superpower

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BOYS & SEX: Coming of Age in America

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FRIENDSHIP: The Science and Power of Life’s Deepest Bond

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THINKING AHEAD: How to Make Life’s Big Decisions

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LISTENING: What You’re Missing and Why it Matters

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SUCCESSFUL AGING: How to Live a Full, Long Life

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Rethinking Big Ideas: Adam Grant on Finding Balance

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Rethinking Big Ideas: Priya Parker on Gathering Apart

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Rethinking Big Ideas: The Path to a More Generous World

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Rethinking Big Ideas: Daniel Pink on the Future of Work

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Rethinking Big Ideas: On Finding Joy in Simple Pleasures

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Rethinking Big Ideas: Steven Johnson on Scientific Breakthroughs

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Rethinking Big Ideas: Susan Cain on Solitude

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STILLNESS: How to Find Peace in a Frantic World

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FREE MONEY: Why Andrew Yang Thinks a Giveaway Can Save the Economy

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HABITS: How to Let Go of The Old and Bring in the New

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GATHERING: How to Make Our Time Together Meaningful

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FUTURE: Can We Build a More Generous World

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SUCCESS: The Dirty Secret of Getting Ahead

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TRUST: Malcolm Gladwell on How We Talk To Strangers

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POWER: Why You Have More Than You Think

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PERCEPTION: Why What You See Is Not Reality

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UNCENSORED: What Free Speech Debates Teach Us About Empathy

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CONFLICT: How to Have More Productive Disagreements

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JOYFUL: Why Ordinary Objects Can Make You Extraordinarily Happy

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CODERS: The Invisible Architects Who Shape Our Lives

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RACIAL BIAS: Why We Have It and What We Can Do About It

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INDISTRACTABLE: Staying Focused in a World of Distractions

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RANGE: Why Generalists Succeed in a Specialists’ World

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