"The Other Significant Others" by Rhaina Cohen
Why do we assume romantic relationships are more important than friendships? Rhaina Cohen, award-winning producer and editor for NPR's Embedded, has a surprising pro-friendship answer in today's episode. Rhaina's new book is "The Other Significant Others: Reimagining Life with Friendship at the Center." • Subscribe to our newsletter • Download our app • Join our club (and use code DAILY for a special discount)
15 Maalis 202412min
How to Dismantle Gender Bias in the Workplace
Today, we hear from Angelique Bellmer Krembs, global head of brand at BlackRock, about the micro-offenses women encounter in the workplace and what we can do to dismantle them. • You can read the book bite for "You Should Smile More: How to Dismantle Gender Bias in the Workplace" here • Subscribe to our newsletter • Download our app • Join our club (and use code DAILY for a special discount)
14 Maalis 20249min
"Sentience: The Invention of Consciousness" by Nicholas Humphrey
Today, join scientist Nicholas Humphrey on an epic quest to uncover the evolutionary history of consciousness.
13 Maalis 202414min
A Celebrated ER Doctor's Guide to Better Listening
In his new book, "Tornado of Life: A Doctor's Journey through Constraints and Creativity in the ER," physician and writer Jay Baruch explains how working in the emergency room made him a better listener and how what he's learned can help you, too. • Subscribe to our newsletter • Download our app • Join our club (and use code DAILY for a special discount)
12 Maalis 202417min
"Four Thousand Weeks: Time Management for Mortals" by Oliver Burkeman
The average human lifespan is just over four thousand weeks. How will you spend your days? How should you spend your days? Journalist Oliver Burkeman has thoughts.
11 Maalis 202415min
What Peggy Orenstein Learned About Life by Making the World's Ugliest Sweater
In the early days of the Covid lockdown, many of us found ourselves taking up new hobbies, like playing guitar or baking bread. But Peggy Orenstein went a little further. A lifelong knitter, Peggy decided to try making a sweater from scratch. She taught herself to shear sheep, spin and dye yarn, and other skills. The surprising life lessons she learned are the subject of her new book, "Unraveling: What I Learned About Life While Shearing Sheep, Dyeing Wool, and Making the World's Ugliest Sweater."
8 Maalis 202413min
Why Hasn't America Put a Woman in the White House?
What is it about American political culture that has kept women from the presidency for so long? NBC News correspondent Ali Vitale tackles this question in her book "Electable: Why America Hasn't Put a Woman in the White House … Yet."
7 Maalis 202411min
"Her Space, Her Time: How Trailblazing Women Scientists Decoded the Hidden Universe" by Shohini Ghose
You might have heard of Einstein and Newton and Galileo, but can you name the woman whose work led to the discovery of the Big Bang, or the woman who toppled one of the most fundamental laws of physics, or the woman who landed a probe on a comet. Women have contributed to every major discovery ever made in physics and astronomy. Shohini Ghose thinks it's time to rewrite our history books to tell the full story.
6 Maalis 202410min
