"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 Jan 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 Jan 20249min
"Project UnLonely: Healing Our Crisis of Disconnection" by Jeremy Nobel
Today, Dr. Jeremy Nobel unpacks our personal and national experiences of loneliness to discover its roots and to show how we can take steps to find comfort and connection.
9 Jan 202414min
"Head & Heart: The Art of Modern Leadership" by Kirstin Ferguson
Do you have what it takes to be a great leader? Find out by listening to Kirstin Ferguson, who joins us to share five indispensable leadership tips from her new book, "Head & Heart," which Adam Grant ...
8 Jan 202416min
"Uncertain: The Wisdom and Wonder of Being Unsure" by Maggie Jackson
Today, author Maggie Jackson offers a guide to flourishing in times of flux and angst by harnessing the overlooked power of our uncertainty.
5 Jan 202415min
"What the Taliban Told Me" By Ian Fritz
Have you ever met an airborne cryptologic linguist? No? Well, today's your lucky day. We're joined by Ian Fritz who has written a new memoir about coming-of-age in a war that is lost.
4 Jan 202410min
"Nuts and Bolts: Seven Small Inventions That Changed the World (in a Big Way)" by Roma Agrawal
A structural engineer examines the basic building blocks of engineering that have shaped the modern world.
3 Jan 202416min
"Sweat: A History of Exercise" by Bill Hayes
Exercise isn't just our modern obsession: the ancients were keen on it, too. That's according to award-winning journalist Bill Hayes, who joins us today to describe how our fanaticism for working out ...
2 Jan 202415min
