What We Find When We Lose Our Way
What does it mean to find your way—through a city, a life, or a world that refuses to make perfect sense? In The Half Known Life: In Search of Paradise, Pico Iyer travels from Iran to North Korea t...
21 Elo 28min
What Kids Know That Grown-Ups Forget
Growing up is supposed to mean getting wiser. So why does it so often feel like losing something you can’t quite name? Julian Shapiro-Barnum, the creator of Recess Therapy, thinks kids still have som...
20 Elo 29min
How to Train Your Imagination
Imagination isn’t just for artists, kids, or daydreamers—it’s one of the brain’s most practical tools. In Imagine That: Transform How You Think, Feel, and Live with the Science of Imagination, Cassand...
19 Elo 30min
How to Think Before You Think
What does it mean to think well? In Think Before You Think: Understanding and Mastering Executive Function, Adrian Owen explains the hidden mental skills that help us focus, plan, pause, and make bett...
18 Elo 25min
Money, Meaning, and the Trap of More
Money is supposed to buy freedom. So why does chasing it so often make life feel smaller? In Young Money: A Field Guide to Wealth and Purpose in Your Twenties, Jack Raines argues that your twenties a...
17 Elo 23min
What Makes a Job Good?
What do we really want from work—a paycheck, a purpose, a community, a calling? Today, MIT Sloan professor Zeynep Ton makes the business case for treating workers better in The Case for Good Jobs: How...
14 Elo 34min
Who Controls the Future of Democracy?
What happens when a handful of billionaires gain extraordinary influence over a democracy—and artificial intelligence begins reshaping how citizens participate in public life? In United States of Olig...
13 Elo 25min
How to Build Wellbeing That Lasts
What if wellbeing isn’t something you find once and hold onto forever, but something you practice—quietly, imperfectly, day by day? In Lasting Wellbeing: Science-Based Practices for Tranquility, Authe...
12 Elo 30min
