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A Smarter, More Hopeful Future of Work - If We Get Artificial Intelligence Right (#284)
Season 1 Episode 284
Elon Musk and Geoffrey Hinton warn of an AI-driven job apocalypse.
MIT’s David Autor, one of the world’s leading thinkers on how technology reshapes w…
6 months, 4 weeks ago
Presidential Power: How It Grows and What Comes Next (#283)
Season 1 Episode 283
Jack Goldsmith, who once ran the Justice Department office that advises presidents on what they can and can’t legally do, takes on some of the hardes…
7 months ago
Why Most New Year’s Resolutions Fail by March - and the Science of What Actually Works (#282)
Season 1 Episode 282
Most people quit their New Year's resolutions by March. The reason why might surprise you.
University of Chicago professor Ayelet Fishbach has spent d…
7 months, 1 week ago
Highlights of 2025 (#281)
Season 1 Episode 281
Some insights change how you see the world.
From the White House to the frontiers of AI drug discovery, we’ve gathered the most powerful moments from …
7 months, 2 weeks ago
Dr. David Agus on The Hopeful Science of a Longer, Healthier Life (#280)
Season 1 Episode 280
Dr. David Agus, Professor of Medicine and Engineering at the University of Southern California and Founding CEO of the Ellison Medical Institute, tre…
7 months, 3 weeks ago
What US Ambassador to China Nick Burns Saw That Terrified Him (#279)
Season 1 Episode 279
Nicholas Burns spent 2021 to 2025 in Beijing as US Ambassador to China, witnessing up close the forces shaping the world's most dangerous rivalry.
Sit…
8 months ago
Three Science-Backed Changes That Will Help You Sleep Better - Starting Tonight (#278)
Season 1 Episode 278
Sleep shapes your mood, memory, immune system, and long-term health, yet most of us aren’t getting enough.
Harvard Medical School and Mass General Br…
8 months, 1 week ago
What Happened When My Daughter Was Born Looking White - And I Wasn’t (#277)
Season 1 Episode 277
In a Paris hospital delivery room, Thomas Chatterton Williams, writer for The Atlantic and author of Self-Portrait in Black and White, held his newbo…
8 months, 2 weeks ago
The Thermostat in Your Brain: Pushing Past Your Limits with Nick Thompson (#276)
Season 1 Episode 276
What if fatigue, fear, and even failure aren’t real limits, but signals from the brain trying to protect us?
Nick Thompson, CEO of The Atlantic and fo…
8 months, 3 weeks ago
The Surprising Science of Why Life Gets Better with Age with Stanford’s Laura Carstensen (#275)
Season 1 Episode 275
We’re told youth is life’s peak — but what if that story is wrong?
Stanford psychologist Laura Carstensen reveals how time itself reshapes what we val…
9 months ago