Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchSeason 3: New Ideas, Same Great Taste
The Next Big Idea returns on February 25th.
5 years, 1 month ago
LET’S BE REASONABLE: Sam Harris and Rufus in Conversation
Neuroscientist, philosopher, podcaster, author, meditation guru, and unabashed atheist Sam Harris is one of our best-known — and most controversial —…
5 years, 6 months ago
MIND GAMES: What Poker Can Teach Us About Luck, Skill, and Ourselves
You have to play with the hand you’re dealt. At least that’s what we’re always told. But is it really true? How much of what we achieve in life is th…
5 years, 7 months ago
TRANSCENDENCE: Finding Fulfillment Beyond Ourselves
You may have heard about Maslow’s hierarchy of needs, which sees human development as a sort of a pyramid, with survival needs at the bottom, social …
5 years, 7 months ago
HUMANKIND: Finding Hope in Human History
Our society is built on the assumption that we’re all a broken stoplight away from reverting to our animal selves. It’s what we’ve come to call “real…
5 years, 7 months ago
MIGRATION: Why Human Beings Were Built to Move
Birds do it, bees do it, even fishes in the seas do it. So why do we have such a hard time when people migrate from one place to another? Science wri…
5 years, 7 months ago
BREATH: Harnessing the Power of a Lost Art
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…
5 years, 8 months ago
PERSUASION: How to Change People’s Minds
Businesses want people to buy their products. Parents want their kids to eat their vegetables. We all want to convince someone to do something. So we…
5 years, 8 months ago
ALCHEMY: How Our Creations Recreate Us
Since humans sharpened the first stick and lit the first fire, we have been on an innovation spree, constantly developing new tools and materials to …
5 years, 8 months ago
UPSTREAM: Solving Problems Before They Happen
We knew a pandemic was coming. We knew our police were treating some of us differently than others. So why were we so unprepared for what happened? I…
5 years, 8 months ago