Podcast Episodes

S11 E2: The Secret to Raising Great Kids (Seth Stephens-Davidowitz)

Good news for all you parents out there: the data says you can relax. But there’s still one parenting decision that matters. A lot. Want to know what…

2 years, 9 months ago

S11 E1: Focus On Psychological Traits When Dating (Seth Stephens-Davidowitz)

Big data. Baseball managers use it to win pennants. Stockbrokers use it to beat the market. And now you can use it to get what you really want in lif…

2 years, 9 months ago

S10 E5: Hindsight Bias Is Powerful (David Myers)

Today, we wrap up our week-long master class with David Myers with a discussion of hindsight bias and how it can help you be less hard on yourself.

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2 years, 9 months ago

S10 E4: Differences Seize Our Attention (David Myers)

"Others notice us less than we imagine. This is liberating: A bad hair day hardly matters. Few will notice. Fewer will care. Of those, fewer still wi…

2 years, 9 months ago

S10 E3: We Often Fear the Wrong Things (David Myers)

David says we worry about improbable horrors (like plane crashes) while ignoring greater risks (car smash-ups). Today, he explains how performing sta…

2 years, 9 months ago

S10 E2: The Happy Power of Micro-Friendships (David Myers)

We all know it's good for us to nurture our relationships with close friends and loved ones. Today, David explains why chatting up strangers is also …

2 years, 9 months ago

S10 E1: Our Expressions and Actions Are Self-Revealing (David Myers)

All week long on The Next Big Idea Daily, Michael will be chatting with social psychologist David Myers about the wonder of human thought and action,…

2 years, 9 months ago

S9 E5: Boxing, Dancing and Connecting (Adam Gopnik)

In our final episode with Adam Gopnik, the award-winning New Yorker writer and author of "The Real Work: On the Mystery of Mastery" learns how to box…

2 years, 9 months ago

S9 E4: Perfect Imperfection (Adam Gopnik)

Today: Why mastery requires idiosyncrasy.

Our newsletter comes out every Friday. It features commentary from Michael, links to relevant Book Bites, pr…

2 years, 9 months ago

S9 E3: Mastering the Art of Baking (Adam Gopnik)

Adam Gopnik's first memory of mastery was watching his mother roll out strudel dough, so in midlife, he asked his mother — a linguistics professor by…

2 years, 9 months ago