BIG BETS: A Practical Guide to Changing the World
When Rajiv Shah was in his late 20s and didn’t know what to do with his life, he got a job at a fledgling nonprofit, the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. Before he knew it, he was a driving force be...
1 Feb 202453min
CLIMATE OPTIMISM: Can We Still Build a Sustainable World?
A few weeks ago, USA Today ran a story with the headline "It's over: 2023 was Earth's hottest year, experts say." But is it really over? Hannah Ritchie, a data scientist at the University of Oxford, d...
25 Jan 202459min
FREE WILL: Are We Better Off Without It?
Do we have free will? Do we have a choice in what we do? Philosophers and theologians have debated these questions for centuries; Robert Sapolsky answered them when he was 14. Free will, he concluded,...
18 Jan 20241h 7min
ATOMIC HABITS: James Clear’s Ultimate Guide to Building Good Habits (and Breaking Bad Ones)
Forming a new habit is tough. Sticking with it is even tougher. That’s probably why someone buys a copy of James Clear’s 2018 book “Atomic Habits” every 11 seconds. James breaks down the science of ha...
11 Jan 20241h 14min
THE GOOD LIFE: Lessons From the World's Longest Study of Happiness
What makes us happy? Researchers at Harvard have been trying to solve that riddle for 85 years. Now, they think they’ve found the answer. Marc Schulz, associate director of the Harvard Study of Adult ...
4 Jan 202457min
How We Sipped, Danced, and Stumbled Our Way to Civilization (2021)
Do we have alcohol to thank for civilization? The answer, according to Edward Slingerland’s new book, “Drunk: How We Sipped, Danced, and Stumbled Our Way to Civilization,” is a resounding yes. Edward,...
28 Des 20231h 12min
Rory Stewart on Politics, Ambition, and Making a Difference
Rory Stewart may be the most interesting person you’ve never heard of. He’s an adventurer, writer, politician, and nonprofit leader. He walked across Afghanistan — alone — in the months after 9/11 and...
21 Des 20231h 6min
PSYCHOLOGY OF MONEY: Timeless Lessons from Morgan Housel
We may live in an ever-evolving world, but some things never change. The power of a good story. The miracle of compound interest. The cold, hard fact that money can’t buy happiness. This is the decept...
14 Des 20231h 4min
