Podcast Episodes

How to Find Purpose, Meaning, and Success (2022)

Arthur C. Brooks used to run a prominent think tank where he was paid handsomely to influence public policy. Did all that success make him happy? Nop…

1 year ago

A Curious History of the Gut | The Next Big Idea Daily

Elsa Richardson shares five big ideas from her book "Rumbles: A Curious History of the Gut."

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1 year ago

WHAT IS LIFE? (Part 2): Consciousness, AI, and Aliens

Does free will exist on a sliding scale? Will humans and AI co-evolve? Are aliens already here on earth? These are just a few of the many mind-bendin…

1 year ago

WHAT IS LIFE? (Part 1): A Mind-Bending Conversation with Sara Walker

We’ve had many bracing thinkers on this show, but Sara Walker might take the cake. A physicist and astrobiologist at Arizona State University, she's …

1 year ago

STRATEGY: How to Make Better Plans

You may think you know what strategy is, but Seth Godin is willing to bet you haven’t got a clue. It’s not just setting goals. It’s not just making p…

1 year, 1 month ago

A Woodworker's Guide to Life | The Next Big Idea Daily

Today, master woodworker Callum Robinson on craft, history, family, and our relationship with the natural world.

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1 year, 1 month ago

TECH AGNOSTIC: How Technology Became the World's Top Religion

Greg Epstein, the humanist chaplain at Harvard and MIT, wants you to think twice before putting your faith in Silicon Valley's promises.

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1 year, 1 month ago

Is Your Job a Good Fit? | The Next Big Idea Daily

You’re probably used to looking for so-called good jobs and avoiding bad ones, but we might be better off looking for jobs that fit, that are a good …

1 year, 1 month ago

The Remarkable Power of Giving People More Than They Expect (2023)

When he was 26, Will Guidara took the helm of a middling brasserie in New York City called Eleven Madison Park. A decade later, it was named the best…

1 year, 1 month ago

CATCHING SOULS: An Obituary Writer’s Lessons for Living

For two decades, Ann Wroe has written weekly obituaries for The Economist. Some of her subjects are luminaries (Queen Elizabeth II, Paul Newman). Oth…

1 year, 1 month ago