Podcast Episodes

CULTURE: How Successful Groups Work

The filmmakers at Pixar. The servers at Union Square Cafe. The badasses on SEAL Team Six. What do these super successful groups all have in common? S…

3 years, 7 months ago

GET IT DONE: How the Science of Motivation Can Help You Achieve Your Goals

University of Chicago professor Ayelet Fishbach has spent the last two decades studying the science of motivation. She has developed a framework for …

3 years, 8 months ago

Bonus: The Not-So-Great Resignation (WorkLife with Adam Grant)

Over the past year, the Great Resignation has been all over the news. Many people are celebrating quitting their jobs — but it’s a decision some will…

3 years, 8 months ago

FUN: How to Have More of It

Are we all so busy doom-scrolling and binge-watching that we’ve forgotten how to have fun? Catherine Price thinks so. But don’t despair. Her latest b…

3 years, 8 months ago

TWITTER: What Elon Musk’s Acquisition Means for the Future of Social Media

Why did Elon Musk buy Twitter? What does he plan to do with it? Is this the end of big social or a chance to reinvent it? This week, we’re interrupti…

3 years, 8 months ago

EMOTIONAL: Do Your Feelings Make You Smarter?

We all strive to think rationally. But it doesn’t always do us much good. Cutting-edge science has revealed that if we want to sharpen our thinking, …

3 years, 8 months ago

ORIGIN: How Did Humans Migrate to the Americas?

Thousands of years ago, humans crossed a land bridge from Siberia into Alaska. They tried to move south, but a two-mile-high, coast-spanning ice wall…

3 years, 8 months ago

BITTERSWEET: Susan Cain on the Beauty of Sorrow and Longing

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

3 years, 9 months ago

Regrets: Daniel Pink Has a Few (And So Should You)

“Embedded in songs, emblazoned on skin, and embraced by sages, the anti-regret philosophy is so self-evidently true that it’s more often asserted tha…

3 years, 9 months ago

REALITY+: Are We Living in a Simulation?

Philosopher David Chalmers reckons there’s a 25% chance that we are living in a simulation. And he’s OK with it.

David's new book is "Reality+: Virtua…

3 years, 9 months ago