Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchLOONSHOTS: The Science of Generating Crazy Ideas (Safi Bahcall & Daniel Pink)
What if the fates of careers, companies, even entire industries depend on nurturing crazy ideas? In “Loonshots," physicist turned biotech entrepreneu…
4 years, 3 months ago
DEADLINE EFFECT: Can You Work Like It's the Last Minute Before the Last Minute?
The deadline is one of the most powerful tools we have for getting work done. So why are we all so afraid of it? After studying organizations that ma…
4 years, 3 months ago
EXTRA LIFE: We Doubled Life Expectancy in the Last Century. Can We Do It Again?
Over the past century, the average human lifespan has doubled. That astonishing statistic is the subject of a new book and PBS series by acclaimed sc…
4 years, 4 months ago
PARENTING: Learn How to Do It Better With Science, Data, and Mr. Rogers
Every season, we invite the authors of the best new non-fiction to distill their books into five big ideas. Then they read those ideas aloud. We call…
4 years, 4 months ago
PERSONALITY: The Science of Being Who You Want
Cognitive neuroscientist Christian Jarrett believes your personality is not etched in stone. Instead, he says, it's made of soft clay, and with the r…
4 years, 4 months ago
JOYFUL: Ingrid Fetell Lee and Adam Grant on the Objects That Make Us Happy
Conventional wisdom tells us that real joy comes from within: from exercise or meditation, acts of service or the way we look at the world — pretty m…
4 years, 4 months ago
CULT OF WE: How WeWork's CEO Vaporized $40 Billion
Adam Neumann, handsome, clever, and rich, with a comfortable home (eight of them, actually) and a happy (if slightly hyperactive) disposition, seemed…
4 years, 5 months ago
BREATH: Is Deep Breathing the Secret to Long Living?
We do it 25,000 times a day, but most of us rarely give breathing a thought. Author James Nestor says we’re missing out on one of the most powerful p…
4 years, 5 months ago
DRUNK: Can Alcohol Make You More Creative, Sociable, and Attractive?
Do we have alcohol to thank for civilization? The answer, according to Edward Slingerland’s new book, “Drunk: How We Sipped, Danced, and Stumbled Our…
4 years, 5 months ago
DEATH, SEX & MONEY: Anna Sale Talks About Hard Things
A lot of us run away from tough conversations. Anna Sale runs toward them. For nearly a decade, as the host of the podcast “Death, Sex & Money,” she …
4 years, 5 months ago