Main Character Energy: How Screens Turn Us Into Spectators
What happens when screens stop being something we watch…and become a place we live? Today, The Atlantic writer Megan Garber unpacks the strange new social reality she explores in Screen People: How We...
26 Kesä 33min
When in Doubt, Reach Out: The Science of Social Connection
Most of us know we should reach out more — call the friend, chat with the stranger, strike up the conversation. And yet we hold back. Why? Behavioral scientist Nicholas Epley has spent decades study...
25 Kesä 28min
How to Read the Room: Mastering Body Language in Person and Online
Whether you're in a face-to-face conversation or firing off a Slack message, most of what you communicate has nothing to do with the words you choose. Today we're unpacking the hidden language beneath...
24 Kesä 26min
How to Make Friends With the Voice in Your Head
If you’ve ever replayed a conversation in the shower—or staged an entire debate in your head on the way to the grocery store—you already know the brain can be a noisy place. Today, we’re learning how ...
23 Kesä 26min
The Secrets of Superteams
What if the reason your team is struggling has nothing to do with the people on it? Psychologist and researcher Ron Friedman says exceptional teams aren't born — they're engineered. In Superteams, he ...
22 Kesä 32min
The Art of Withholding (And Why It Works)
Today on The Next Big Idea Daily, we’re rethinking two defaults we barely notice: the stories we tell, and the way we solve problems. Writer and teacher Henry Lien challenges the Western “three-act” t...
19 Kesä 28min
AI Everywhere: How to Stay Human
What happens when you let AI run your life—your work, your parenting, even your health? NBC News chief tech analyst Joanna Stern did exactly that for a year, and she’s here with big ideas from I Am No...
18 Kesä 29min
Longevity Nation: Living Better in the Second Half
What if “getting older” didn’t have to mean managing decline? Today, Michael Clinton explores the new landscape of modern longevity—from culture shifts to cutting-edge science—in Longevity Nation: The...
17 Kesä 27min
