Podcast Episodes

The Next Big Idea Daily: Unleash Your Inner Entrepreneur

How to start, build, buy, scale, and sell a business that expands your life.

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8 months, 4 weeks ago

ABUNDANCE: Derek Thompson on How to Actually Rebuild the American Dream

Abundance by Ezra Klein and Derek Thompson is probably the most talked-about book in the country right now. And the most hotly debated. It’s a book a…

9 months ago

The Next Big Idea Daily: How Small Cities Can Foster Big Innovations

To thrive in this day and age, smaller cities must create innovation economies. But how can they do that when tech jobs, venture capital, and R&D are…

9 months ago

WHY GIVERS WIN: Adam Grant Revisits 'Give and Take'

We’re often told that success comes down to talent, hard work, and luck. But Adam Grant's research suggests that view is missing something crucial. I…

9 months, 1 week ago

The Next Big Idea Daily: The Secret to Lasting Change

Caroline Fleck shares five big ideas from her new book, "Validation: How the Skill Set That Revolutionized Psychology Will Transform Your Relationshi…

9 months, 1 week ago

BITCOIN: A 15-Year Quest to Unmask the Mysterious Inventor of Crypto

In 2008, a mysterious figure created Bitcoin — a digital currency without banks or borders that sparked a global financial movement. And then he disa…

9 months, 2 weeks ago

The Next Big Idea Daily: How to Find Your ‘Sleep Groove’

Sleep researcher Olivia Walch on why your body’s clock is so messed up and what to do about it.

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9 months, 2 weeks ago

YOU, BUT BETTER: The Science and Promise of Personality Change

Can you change who you are? When reporter Olga Khazan decided she was tired of being a “high-strung misanthrope” (her words), she turned to science f…

9 months, 3 weeks ago

The Next Big Idea Daily: What Can AI Really Do?

Two of TIME’s 100 Most Influential People in AI share what you need to know about AI — and how to defend yourself against bogus AI claims and product…

9 months, 3 weeks ago

CARL ZIMMER: The Untold Story of the Air We Breathe

Every day you inhale 2,000 gallons of air. What’s in there?

📕 Air-Borne: The Hidden History of the Life We Breathe by Carl Zimmer

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9 months, 4 weeks ago