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"Glad We Met: The Art and Science of 1:1 Meetings" by Steven G. Rogelberg

"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 Jan 202414min

"Determined: A Science of Life Without Free Will" by Robert Sapolsky

"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 Jan 202419min

"Beyond Longevity: A Proven Plan for Healing Faster, Feeling Better, and Thriving at Any Age" by Jason Prall

"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 Jan 202411min

"Gray Areas: How the Way We Work Perpetuates Racism and What We Can Do to Fix It" by Adia Harvey Wingfield

"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 Jan 202415min

"I Didn't Do the Thing Today: Letting Go of Productivity Guilt" by Madeleine Dore

"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 Jan 202412min

"On the Brink of Utopia: Reinventing Innovation to Solve the World's Largest Problems" by Thomas Ramge & Rafael Laguna de la Vera

"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

"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

"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

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