Best Of: How to Get Unstuck
Adam Alter, author of "Anatomy of a Breakthrough," offers up a groundbreaking guide to breaking free from the thoughts, habits, jobs, relationships, and business models that are preventing you from achieving your full potential. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
30 Joulu 202412min
Best Of: An Ugly Sweater’s Hidden Wisdom
In the early days of the Covid lockdown, many of us took 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." Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
27 Joulu 202412min
Best Of: How Large-Scale Change Really Happens
Rajiv Shah, president of the Rockefeller Foundation and former administrator of President Barack Obama’s United States Agency for International Development, shares a dynamic new model for creating large-scale change. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
26 Joulu 202412min
Best Of: Anyone Can Become a Supercommunicator — Even You
Charles Duhigg, the bestselling author of "Power of Habit," is on the show today to explain what marital spats, NASA interviews, and gun rights debates can teach us about effective communication. His new book is "Supercommunicators: How to Unlock the Secret Language of Connection." Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
25 Joulu 202418min
Best Of: Awakening Wonder in an Anxious Age
Katherine May, the New York Times–bestselling author of Wintering, invites us to rediscover the feelings of awe and wonder available to us all. ✉️ Sign up for our newsletter, Book of the Day Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
24 Joulu 202416min
A Curious History of the Gut
Elsa Richardson shares five big ideas from her book "Rumbles: A Curious History of the Gut." ✉️ Check out our newsletter, Book of the Day 🎁 Need a last-minute gift for the readers in your life? You can get 30% off a Next Big Idea Club gift membership when you use code HOLIDAY30 at nextbigideaclub.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
23 Joulu 202413min
Can You Save Civilization by Getting Married?
Nothing predicts happiness better than a good marriage, says University of Virginia sociologist Brad Wilcox. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
20 Joulu 202414min
What Do We Owe Animals?
Brandon Keim shares a few big ideas from his new book "Meet the Neighbors: Animal Minds and Life in a More-than-Human World." Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
19 Joulu 202414min
