Podcast Episodes

Stop Trying to Optimize Your Life

Not every decision can be reduced to data. In Choose Wisely: Rationality, Ethics, and the Art of Decision-Making, Barry Schwartz and Richard Schuldenfrei argue that wisdom begins where the algorithm …

Published on 4 weeks ago

Are You Cult Curious?

Amanda Montell shares five key insights from her 2021 book Cultish.

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Published on 1 month ago

If the Economy’s So Good, Why Do We All Feel So Broke?

The problem isn’t you: it’s the data. Gene Ludwig reveals how America’s economic scorecards mask widespread struggle.

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Published on 1 month ago

Digital Exhaustion: How to Reclaim Your Energy in an Always-On World

Technology was supposed to make life easier. Instead, it’s draining our attention and creativity. Paul Leonardi is here to help you recharge.

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Published on 1 month ago

Your Attention Is Being Hijacked. Here’s How to Take It Back.

Does this sound familiar: You sit down to do some real focused work, and within minutes you’ve checked your phone, opened three browser tabs, and mentally planned your lunch — all without realizing i…

Published on 1 month ago

How to Build a Company That Lasts 100 Years

How do you build a company that lasts? It’s certainly not easy. About half of all small businesses fail within five years, and even large companies struggle to make it to the decade mark. So how do s…

Published on 1 month ago

What Kind of Mood Are You In?

Check out these big ideas from the 2020 book The Book of Moods: How I Turned My Worst Emotions Into My Best Life by Laura Martin.

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Published on 1 month, 1 week ago

The World’s Changing Fast. Here's How to Keep Up.

It’s easy enough to celebrate “disruptive” technologies, but all that disruption can have a real human cost. Job loss, anxiety, environmental fallout — every major shift creates winners and losers. B…

Published on 1 month, 1 week ago

The Simple Formula for a Longer, Healthier Life

Dr. Tom Frieden has spent his career on the front lines of public health, from leading the CDC during the Ebola crisis to running New York City’s Health Department. Now, as head of Resolve to Save Li…

Published on 1 month, 1 week ago

How to Live and Lead by Your Core Values

Finding alignment across work, relationships, and community starts with naming the values that steer you. Author, executive coach, and leadership educator Robert Glazer’s new book, The Compass Within…

Published on 1 month, 1 week ago