Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchAMBITION: How to Achieve Success on Your Own Terms
From the time she was in high school, Shellye Archambeau had one dream: she wanted to run a business. Ultimately, she pulled it off, becoming one of …
4 years, 1 month ago
FRIENDSHIP: The Science Behind Life’s Deepest Bond
Friends aren’t just fun to hang out with and handy in a pinch. They’re also a biological necessity. Rufus talks to journalist Lydia Denworth, author …
4 years, 1 month ago
EXPONENTIAL AGE: Everything Is Accelerating. Who’s at the Wheel?
We’ve all seen the meme. Two images, side by side. On the left, a photo of Jeff Bezos circa 1998. His hair is receding, his smile geeky, his sweater …
4 years, 1 month ago
NEW POWER: How to Spread Ideas, Build Movements, and Leap Ahead
Colleges, businesses, and bureaucracies have long operated on an "old power" model — rigid hierarchies that rule from the top down. But Henry Timms s…
4 years, 2 months ago
SPORTS: Life Lessons From an Olympian, a Hockey Coach, and a Middle-Aged Beginner
In this special episode, three writers share the hard-won wisdom they acquired running track, coaching hockey, and attending surf camp in Costa Rica.…
4 years, 2 months ago
FEELING & KNOWING: Unlocking the Secrets of Consciousness
Look up the term “Renaissance man” in the dictionary, and you'll probably find a photo of Antonio Damasio. He is a polyglot, an avid reader of fictio…
4 years, 2 months ago
Bonus: Adam Grant and Annie Murphy Paul
Our curators — Malcolm Gladwell, Adam Grant, Susan Cain, and Daniel Pink — recently named “The Extended Mind” by Annie Murphy Paul one of the best bo…
4 years, 2 months ago
LAZINESS: There's No Such Thing
Are you lazy? Social psychologist Devon Price doesn’t think so. In their provocative new book, “Laziness Does Not Exist,” Devon invites us to imagine…
4 years, 3 months ago
HOW TO CHANGE: Science-Backed Tips for Becoming Your Best Self (Katy Milkman & Daniel Pink)
When Katy Milkman was a newly minted professor at Wharton, she came across a statistic that stopped her cold: 40 percent of premature deaths result f…
4 years, 3 months ago
RATIONALITY: Steven Pinker’s Love Song to Critical Thinking
In his new book, “Rationality: What It Is, Why It Seems Scarce, Why It Matters,” Steven Pinker writes: “When humans set themselves the goal of improv…
4 years, 3 months ago