Podcast Episodes

ALCOHOL: The Good, the Bad, and the Bubbly

Humans have been imbibing for thousands of years. What has drinking contributed to society? What is it doing to our health?

Guests: Edward Slingerland…

1 year, 5 months ago

Living for Pleasure

Over 2,000 years ago, Epicurus, a Greek philosopher, made a simple yet bold claim. The key to the good life, he said, is to pursue pleasure and avoid…

1 year, 5 months ago

PROBABILITY: How a 250-Year-Old Theorem Still Explains the World

Back in the 1700s, in a spa town outside of London, Thomas Bayes, a Presbyterian minister and amateur mathematician, invented a formula that lets you…

1 year, 5 months ago

GOOD ENERGY (Part 2): Casey Means on How to Supercharge Your Diet

So you want to eat healthy. But how do you actually go about doing that? Today, Casey Means — Stanford-trained physician, founder of Levels, and auth…

1 year, 6 months ago

GOOD ENERGY (Part 1): How to Feel Incredible, Avoid Disease, and Age Well

Bad news: 93% of Americans are metabolically unhealthy. Their bodies struggle to convert food into the energy their cells need. And this fuel shortag…

1 year, 6 months ago

BEN FRANKLIN: A Founder's Formula for a Long and Useful Life

Publisher, scientist, humorist, diplomat — Benjamin Franklin was America's first polymath. Today, with help from Eric Weiner, we revisit Franklin's l…

1 year, 6 months ago

Bill Gates Says Superhuman AI May Be Closer Than You Think

Where is AI headed, and how quickly will it get there? Should we be early adopters or keep our distance? Will it make our lives better or put us out …

1 year, 6 months ago

FRICTION: How Smart Leaders Make the Right Things Easier (with Adam Grant & Bob Sutton)

Today, Adam Grant and Bob Sutton, two legends of organizational psychology, discuss Bob’s new book, “The Friction Project: How Smart Leaders Make the…

1 year, 6 months ago

INFERNAL MACHINE: Dynamite, Anarchy and the Future of Creativity

Steven Johnson returns! He's with us today to talk about his new book, "The Infernal Machine: A True Story of Dynamite, Terror, and the Rise of the M…

1 year, 7 months ago

UNCERTAINTY: The Surprising Power of Being Unsure

Could embracing uncertainty be the key to thriving in our age of unpredictability? That's the premise of Maggie Jackson's new book, "Uncertain: The W…

1 year, 7 months ago