Daniel Pink and Brian Lowery Aren’t Sure That You Exist
Daniel Pink is going through an existential crisis. The culprit? A new book by Stanford professor Brian Lowery. --- If you want to attend our November 1st event with Daniel Markovits and Jennifer Breh...
12 Okt 202347min
Susan Cain on the Power of the Bittersweet (2022)
Have you ever been brought to tears by a TV commercial? Do you relish rainy days? Are your favorite songs sad ones? If you answered yes to any of these questions, then you, dear listener, know the pow...
5 Okt 20231h 14min
HUMAN COMPATIBLE: Can We Control Artificial Intelligence?
Stuart Russell wrote the book on artificial intelligence. Literally. Today, he sits down with Rufus to discuss the promise — and potential peril — of the technology he's been studying for the past 40 ...
28 Sep 20231h 11min
UNREASONABLE HOSPITALITY: The Power of Giving People More Than They Expect
When he was 26, Will Guidara took the helm of a middling brasserie in New York City called Eleven Madison Park. A decade later, it was named the best restaurant in the world. How did he pull off this ...
21 Sep 20231h 6min
ELON MUSK: Walter Isaacson on the World’s Most Polarizing Person
Two years ago, Walter Isaacson, the legendary biographer who has written books about Steve Jobs, Albert Einstein, Benjamin Franklin, and Leonardo da Vinci, began shadowing Elon Musk. "I started off wi...
14 Sep 20231h 7min
CHANGE: How to Excel When Everything Is in Flux
We go through at least thirty-six major changes in the course of our adulthoods. And yet adapting to those changes is really, really hard. Why is that? Health and science writer Brad Stulberg says it'...
7 Sep 20231h 2min
DREAM TOWN: Shaker Heights and the Quest for Racial Equity
In the 1950s, Shaker Heights, Ohio, became a national model for housing integration. In the 1970s, it was known as a crown jewel in the national move to racially integrate schools. So why is its schoo...
31 Aug 202353min
PERENNIALS: How to Thrive in a Post-Generational Society
Increasing longevity and the explosion of technology are reshaping the world. What will it mean for your education, your career, and your life? • Mauro Guillén’s new book is “The Perennials: The Megat...
24 Aug 202356min
