Why I’m building libraries inside prisons | Reginald Dwayne Betts
At age 16, Reginald Dwayne Betts was sentenced to nine years in prison. He turned to books to help hold onto his sanity — and developed a belief that we find what we look for, even in the toughest pla...
28 Sep 14min
How to break through fear and become a leader | Valerie Montgomery Rice
Vigilance. Grit. Resilience. Valerie Montgomery Rice, the president and CEO of Morehouse School of Medicine, shares where she learned these key qualities of successful leadership, offering three lesso...
27 Sep 17min
How to escape your obsession with productivity | Rebecca McMackin and Catherine Price
Why are we so obsessed with productivity? Horticulturist Rebecca McMackin (who wants people to let their lawns grow wild) and author Catherine Price (who wrote a book about the power of fun) come toge...
26 Sep 29min
I thought I was lazy. Turns out I had a sleep disorder | Lindsay Scola
For more than two decades, sleep health educator Lindsay Scola attributed her never-ending exhaustion to long hours and demanding jobs. When she was diagnosed with narcolepsy, she finally got the wake...
25 Sep 11min
Inside the "play labs" helping refugee kids heal | Erum Mariam
What does healing look like for a refugee child? That's the question educational leader Erum Mariam asked when her team built the humanitarian "play labs": small, welcoming spaces where children displ...
24 Sep 14min
Why we blew up four dams — and saved a river | Amy Bowers Cordalis
For thousands of years, the Klamath River in Northern California was home to one of the continent’s great salmon runs, creating abundance for the native Yurok Tribe … until a series of dams and a cent...
23 Sep 36min
What makes a good game? | Eric Zimmerman
What’s the best way to make a project more playful? Game designer Eric Zimmerman has a counterintuitive suggestion: a few good rules. Drawing on his experience making everything from video games and t...
22 Sep 14min
