Bears!

Bears!

Teddy bears. Paddington. Winnie-the-Pooh. Somewhere along the way, bears wandered out of the wilderness and straight into our imaginations — and our hearts. But outside of the storybooks, the remaining species of bear face a difficult reality: shrinking habitats, poaching, and deadly encounters with our species. Reuters journalist Gloria Dickie explores that reality in the book Eight Bears: Mythic Past and Imperiled Future. 📱 Follow The Next Big Idea Daily on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you listen 📩 Want more bite-sized insights from the best new nonfiction delivered straight to your inbox? Sign up for our Book of the Day newsletter

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A New Framework for Understanding Addiction

A New Framework for Understanding Addiction

Today, we hear from Elias Dakwar, a psychiatrist addiction specialist, about his new book "The Captive Imagination: Addiction, Reality, and Our Search for Meaning." 📩 Check out our daily Substack and...

30 Jul 202412min

How to Thrive in a World That's Constantly Changing

How to Thrive in a World That's Constantly Changing

Change is universal. How we deal with it is not. Guest: April Rinne ("Flux: 8 Superpowers for Thriving in Constant Change") 📩 Check out our daily Substack and our weekly LinkedIn newsletter

29 Jul 202413min

The World Gets Happiness Wrong. Here's How to Get It Right.

The World Gets Happiness Wrong. Here's How to Get It Right.

We all want to be happy, but happiness always seems out of reach. Lucky for us, Stephanie Harrison ("New Happy") is here to change that.

26 Jul 202411min

Free Speech in an Age of Rage

Free Speech in an Age of Rage

Today: Jonathan Turley, a law professor at George Washington University, on what we lose when we constrain free speech.

25 Jul 202415min

Triumph of the Yuppies

Triumph of the Yuppies

What can the Yuppies of the 1980s tell us about American culture today?

24 Jul 202412min

Why Some Startups Change the Future

Why Some Startups Change the Future

Why do the most successful startups disregard best practices? 📩 Sign up for our brand new daily Substack 📫 And check out our weekly newsletter on LinkedIn

23 Jul 202412min

How to Make It to the End with No Regrets

How to Make It to the End with No Regrets

Jodi Wellman shares five key insights from "You Only Die Once."

22 Jul 202412min

What Loners, Outcasts, and the Misunderstood Can Teach Us About Creativity

What Loners, Outcasts, and the Misunderstood Can Teach Us About Creativity

Richard Deming is an award-winning poet and critic and is the director of Creative Writing at Yale University. Today, he shares big ideas from his new book "This Exquisite Loneliness."

19 Jul 202412min

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