Podcast Episodes

Feel Like a Number? Learn How to Beat the System.

In Robin Hood Math, mathematics professor Noah Giansiracusa shows how understanding a little math can help you push back against a world that keeps r…

1 year, 2 months ago

Reality Bites: Why Your Teeth Matter More Than You Think

Author and zoologist Bill Schutt joins us to make the case that chompers have made vertebrates dominant on the planet, and how, in the future, dentis…

1 year, 2 months ago

Arguing About Politics Never Works. This Does.

In her new book Don’t Talk About Politics, Sarah Stein Lubrano explores a radical idea: that people don’t think their way into new beliefs — they li…

1 year, 2 months ago

Have a Head? Then You Should Understand Headaches.

Despite affecting more people than diabetes or depression, headaches are still under-researched, underfunded, and often dismissed. But science is fin…

1 year, 2 months ago

Your Job Is Making You Sick

Leadership expert and serial entrepreneur Meghan French Dunbar says the way we work isn’t just outdated — it’s dangerous. In her powerful new book, T…

1 year, 2 months ago

Why Your Teen Thinks You’re an Idiot

If you’ve raised an adolescent (or been one), you already know it’s a life stage that can feel like an emotional rollercoaster—full of drama, defianc…

1 year, 3 months ago

You Are More Powerful Than You Think

We all know what it looks like to use power badly. But how much do we really know about how to use power well?

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1 year, 3 months ago

Want to Get Rich? Stop Taking Advice Meant for Millionaires.

Nicholas Maggiulli is here to flip your concept of wealth on its head. In his new book The Wealth Ladder, he argues that building financial freedom i…

1 year, 3 months ago

Want Better Relationships and More Focus? Try This Two-Minute Practice

Today, we hear from Julian Treasure, a sound expert whose TED talks have racked up more than 160 million views. In his new book, Sound Affects: How S…

1 year, 3 months ago

Why Your Team Sucks — And How to Fix It

Organizational psychologist and University of New Hampshire professor Vanessa Urch Druskat has spent decades studying what separates the best teams f…

1 year, 3 months ago