Podcast Episodes

HOW TO KNOW A PERSON: The Art of Seeing Others Deeply (with David Brooks)

For the past four years, New York Times columnist and acclaimed author David Brooks has been trying to learn the skills that go into seeing others, u…

2 years, 2 months ago

HIDDEN POTENTIAL: Adam Grant on the Science of Achieving Greater Things

We live in a world that worships talent, a world that cheers natural athletes, exalts child prodigies, and venerates virtuosos. But admiring people w…

2 years, 2 months ago

FACIAL RECOGNITION: A Secretive Startup's Quest to End Privacy as We Know It

When tech journalist Kashmir Hill got a tip about a mysterious app, Clearview AI, that claimed it could identify anyone based on just one photo, she …

2 years, 2 months ago

Daniel Pink and Brian Lowery Aren’t Sure That You Exist

Daniel Pink is going through an existential crisis. The culprit? A new book by Stanford professor Brian Lowery.

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2 years, 3 months ago

Susan Cain on the Power of the Bittersweet (2022)

Have you ever been brought to tears by a TV commercial? Do you relish rainy days? Are your favorite songs sad ones? If you answered yes to any of the…

2 years, 3 months ago

HUMAN COMPATIBLE: Can We Control Artificial Intelligence?

Stuart Russell wrote the book on artificial intelligence. Literally. Today, he sits down with Rufus to discuss the promise — and potential peril — of…

2 years, 3 months ago

UNREASONABLE HOSPITALITY: The Power of Giving People More Than They Expect

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…

2 years, 3 months ago

ELON MUSK: Walter Isaacson on the World’s Most Polarizing Person

Two years ago, Walter Isaacson, the legendary biographer who has written books about Steve Jobs, Albert Einstein, Benjamin Franklin, and Leonardo da …

2 years, 3 months ago

CHANGE: How to Excel When Everything Is in Flux

We go through at least thirty-six major changes in the course of our adulthoods. And yet adapting to those changes is really, really hard. Why is tha…

2 years, 4 months ago

DREAM TOWN: Shaker Heights and the Quest for Racial Equity

In the 1950s, Shaker Heights, Ohio, became a national model for housing integration. In the 1970s, it was known as a crown jewel in the national move…

2 years, 4 months ago