The Myth of the Picky Child
1️⃣ Picky: How American Children Became the Fussiest Eaters in History by Helen Zoe Veit 2️⃣ Fat Talk: Parenting in the Age of Diet Culture by Virginia Sole-Smith Sponsored By: Shopify — Start your...
16 Mar 22min
What Can Animals Teach Us About Longevity?
1️⃣ Jellyfish Age Backwards by Nicklas Brendborg 2️⃣ Methuselah’s Zoo by Steven Austad 🔗 Sponsored By: Shopify — Start your $1/month trial at shopify.com/daily Notion — Try Custom Agents now a...
13 Mar 26min
The Surprising Power of Big Mistakes
1️⃣ Mistakes to Meaning: Owning Your Past So It Doesn’t Own You by Joshua Steiner and Michael Lynton 2️⃣ Right Kind of Wrong: The Science of Failing Well by Amy Edmondson 🔗 Sponsored By: Shopify —...
12 Mar 24min
What Pain Can Teach Us
We begin with Darcey Steinke, who shares five key insights from her new book, This Is the Door: The Body, Pain, and Faith. And then in the second half of the show, we hear from Anushay Hossain about h...
11 Mar 21min
Why the Universe Keeps Getting More Interesting
First, Michael Wong and Robert Hazen propose a new scientific theory that suggests complexity — from life to technology — emerges through a universal evolutionary process. Their new book is Time’s Sec...
10 Mar 40min
The Science of Oversharing: Why Revealing More Builds Trust
We worry constantly about saying too much. But Leslie John says the bigger problem in our lives isn’t oversharing — it’s undersharing. When we default to silence instead of thoughtful honesty, we miss...
9 Mar 25min
Was the War on Drugs the Worst Policy Failure in American History?
First, Akwasi Owusu-Bempah and Tahira Rehmatullah share big idea from their 2023 book, Waiting to Inhale: Cannabis Legalization and the Fight for Racial Justice. In the second half of the show, we’l...
6 Mar 25min
After Atheism: One Writer’s Search for Faith
Christopher Beha on why evidence alone can’t answer life’s biggest questions — and why skepticism may be the first step toward belief. His new book is Why I Am Not an Atheist. And in the second half o...
5 Mar 34min
