GET THE PICTURE: Why Bother With Art?
For a long time, Bianca Bosker was not on speaking terms with art. “Going to galleries and museums,” she says on today’s show, “reliably made me feel like I was at least two tattoos and a master’s deg...
28 Mar 202451min
LOOK AGAIN: How to See Your Life With Fresh Eyes
Do you ever feel like your life has become a film loop of the familiar? Maybe you sympathize with the elegiac poet Logan Roy, who said, "Nothing tastes like it used to, does it? Nothing's the same as ...
21 Mar 202451min
GENEROSITY: How Simple Acts of Kindness Can Change the World
Lots of things go viral on the internet: dumb memes, cat videos, one-pan meals, and celebrity gossip. Why not kindness? That’s the delightful question Chris Anderson, the head of TED, asks in his new ...
14 Mar 20241h 6min
BURN BOOK: Kara Swisher Takes on Big Tech
Kara Swisher has been called “pioneering” (the New York Times), “Silicon Valley’s top pundit” (Wired), and “so shrill at this point that only dogs can hear her” (Elon Musk). Thanks to the bad-cop inte...
7 Mar 202449min
SUPERCOMMUNICATORS: How to Connect With Anyone
According to Merriam-Webster, the word “conversation” has 36 synonyms, ranging from the alliterative (”confabulation”) to the arcane (”persiflage”). Why the linguistic profusion? Because conversing is...
29 Feb 20241h 5min
MIDLIFE: Once a Crisis, Now an Opportunity
Growing old gets a bad rap, and it's not hard to see why. Your hair thins and your waist thickens. The shot clock ticks down on your career, and you realize, much to your dismay, that your youthful dr...
22 Feb 20241h 2min
RADICAL CANDOR: Why Compassionate Honesty Is a Gift
Honesty may be the best policy, but that doesn’t make giving honest feedback any easier. That’s why Kim Scott, a veteran of Google and Apple, wrote “Radical Candor: Be a Kick-Ass Boss Without Losing Y...
15 Feb 20241h 9min
BLOCKCHAIN: Why Chris Dixon Still Thinks It Matters
Seventy-two billion dollars. That, according to the Grifter Counter™, is the amount of money that's been swallowed up by crypto and blockchain scams and crashes. It's an enormous sum — but one that ma...
8 Feb 20241h 5min
