Summer Getaway #3: The 12-Hour Walk (with Colin O’Brady)
What happens when you put your phone in airplane mode, walk out your front door, and don’t come home for 12 hours? Our producer Caleb finds out, with help from adventurer Colin O’Brady. » To learn mo...
19 Aug 202258min
Summer Getaway #2: An American Odyssey (with Ben McGrath)
The Ohio, Hudson, Mississippi, and Yellowstone — Dick Conant canoed them all. And then he disappeared. In his riveting new book, “Riverman,” journalist Ben McGrath tries to track down the man who may...
11 Aug 202259min
Summer Getaway #1: The Beach (with Sarah Stodola)
Close your eyes and picture paradise. What do you see? For many people, it’s a turquoise ocean crashing into a white-sand beach. Where did this fantasy come from? Sarah Stodola, author of “The Last Re...
4 Aug 202251min
Finding Stillness With Ryan Holiday
Here’s another episode from our archives that we love: Rufus’s 2020 interview with Ryan Holiday, the author of “Stillness Is the Key,” who shared his tips for slowing down, calming your mind, and acce...
28 Jul 202242min
Amanda Little on the Fate of Food
Today we’re bringing you a timely — and tasty — episode from our archives. Science journalist Amanda Little tells Rufus that the biggest threat posed by climate change is the collapse of our food syst...
21 Jul 20221h 13min
John Colapinto on the Power and Beauty of the Human Voice
Today, we are revisiting one of our favorite episodes: an interview with New Yorker staff writer John Colapinto. In his brilliant book, "This Is the Voice," John says that while opposable thumbs are h...
14 Jul 20221h 30min
THE ESSENTIALS: Our Favorite Moments From Season 4
We laughed. We cried. We learned. As our fourth season draws to a close, we thought we'd share the moments we're still talking about at Next Big Idea Club HQ. Further Listening: • REGRETS: Daniel Pink...
7 Jul 20221h 12min
BICYCLES: Are They the Future of Transportation?
Jody Rosen is a contributing writer at the New York Times Magazine and a bike nut who has just published a rousing (and sometimes arousing) book called “Two Wheels Good: The History and Mystery of the...
30 Jun 20221h 1min
