"The Good Life Method: Reasoning Through the Big Questions of Happiness, Faith, and Meaning" by Meghan Sullivan & Paul Blaschko
To close out the week, let's hear from two philosophers about what it means to be happy, good, and to live with purpose.
19 Tammi 202412min
"Glad We Met: The Art and Science of 1:1 Meetings" by Steven G. Rogelberg
Every day, in offices around the world, there are an estimated 200 million one-on-one meetings. In "Glad We Met," Steven Rogelberg asks: are all those 1:1s run as effectively as possible?
18 Tammi 202414min
"Determined: A Science of Life Without Free Will" by Robert Sapolsky
Does free will exist? Stanford professor Robert Sapolsky says, "Hell no!" Which sounds scary, we know, but he's here today to explain why a world without free will might not actually be such a bad pla...
17 Tammi 202419min
"Beyond Longevity: A Proven Plan for Healing Faster, Feeling Better, and Thriving at Any Age" by Jason Prall
We don't just want to live for a long time — we want to thrive as we age. Today, science writer and documentarian Jason Prall tells us how we can.
16 Tammi 202411min
"Gray Areas: How the Way We Work Perpetuates Racism and What We Can Do to Fix It" by Adia Harvey Wingfield
It's Martin Luther King Jr. Day, which has us thinking about the state of our nation — specifically, the state of diversity in our nation. It's a complicated subject, to be sure, so to help us think t...
15 Tammi 202415min
"I Didn't Do the Thing Today: Letting Go of Productivity Guilt" by Madeleine Dore
Madeleine Dore went in search of the secret to productivity, only to find that there isn't one. Instead, we're being set up to fail. Today, she's here to encourage us to take productivity off its pede...
12 Tammi 202412min
"On the Brink of Utopia: Reinventing Innovation to Solve the World's Largest Problems" by Thomas Ramge & Rafael Laguna de la Vera
How innovative are our times really? Not very, according to Thomas Ramge and Rafael Laguna de la Vera. And they've got a point. Technology may have solved some fake problems ("one-click buying!"), but...
11 Tammi 202414min
"Ours Was the Shining Future: The Story of the American Dream" by David Leonhardt
You may know David Leonhardt from his wildly popular New York Times newsletter, "The Morning." What you may not know is that David is also a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist who has spent years tryin...
10 Tammi 20249min
