Podcast Episodes

Finding Stillness With Ryan Holiday

Here’s another episode from our archives that we love: Rufus’s 2020 interview with Ryan Holiday, the author of “Stillness Is the Key,” who shared his…

3 years, 5 months ago

Amanda Little on the Fate of Food

Today we’re bringing you a timely — and tasty — episode from our archives. Science journalist Amanda Little tells Rufus that the biggest threat posed…

3 years, 5 months ago

John Colapinto on the Power and Beauty of the Human Voice

Today, we are revisiting one of our favorite episodes: an interview with New Yorker staff writer John Colapinto. In his brilliant book, "This Is the …

3 years, 6 months ago

THE ESSENTIALS: Our Favorite Moments From Season 4

We laughed. We cried. We learned.

As our fourth season draws to a close, we thought we'd share the moments we're still talking about at Next Big Idea …

3 years, 6 months ago

BICYCLES: Are They the Future of Transportation?

Jody Rosen is a contributing writer at the New York Times Magazine and a bike nut who has just published a rousing (and sometimes arousing) book call…

3 years, 6 months ago

BIG DATA: Cracking the Codes of Love, Happiness and Success

“You can make better life decisions. Big Data can help you.” So begins “Don’t Trust Your Gut,” a new book by Seth Stephens-Davidowitz. Seth, a former…

3 years, 6 months ago

Susan Cain & Daniel Pink: Writing, Longing, and the Search for Meaning

What do we lose when we avoid sorrow and chase empty delights, when we mask our pain and feign cheerfulness, when we profess to have no regrets and i…

3 years, 6 months ago

RELATIONSHIPS: Why Everything You Know About Them Is (Mostly) Wrong

Eric Barker is not a people person. “Getting me to write a relationship book,” he says, “is like asking Godzilla to improve the infrastructure in you…

3 years, 7 months ago

How To Be a Grown-Up

In this special episode, Daniel Pink delivers a commencement address, Stanford-dean-turned-bestselling-author Julie Lythcott-Haims shares her manual …

3 years, 7 months ago

IMAGINABLE: How Anyone Can Predict the Future (Yes, Even You)

In January 2020, when the coronavirus started making headlines around the world, Jane McGonigal’s inbox was flooded with emails from Silicon Valley e…

3 years, 7 months ago