S10 E3: We Often Fear the Wrong Things (David Myers)
David says we worry about improbable horrors (like plane crashes) while ignoring greater risks (car smash-ups). Today, he explains how performing statistically sound risk assessments can calm our worr...
5 Apr 202313min
S10 E2: The Happy Power of Micro-Friendships (David Myers)
We all know it's good for us to nurture our relationships with close friends and loved ones. Today, David explains why chatting up strangers is also important.
4 Apr 202313min
S9 E5: Boxing, Dancing and Connecting (Adam Gopnik)
In our final episode with Adam Gopnik, the award-winning New Yorker writer and author of "The Real Work: On the Mystery of Mastery" learns how to box, how to dance, and why there’s “no mastery in the ...
31 Mars 202313min
S9 E4: Perfect Imperfection (Adam Gopnik)
Today: Why mastery requires idiosyncrasy. Our newsletter comes out every Friday. It features commentary from Michael, links to relevant Book Bites, previews of upcoming seasons, and ways to engage wit...
30 Mars 202312min
S9 E3: Mastering the Art of Baking (Adam Gopnik)
Adam Gopnik's first memory of mastery was watching his mother roll out strudel dough, so in midlife, he asked his mother — a linguistics professor by day, pastry maestro by night — to teach him how to...
29 Mars 202311min
S9 E2: Learning to Drive (Adam Gopnik)
It's the second day of our week-long master class with Adam Gopnik, New Yorker staff writer and author of "The Real Work: On the Mystery of Mastery." Today, he explains how learning to drive at the te...
28 Mars 202312min
S9 E1: The Grammar of Mastery (Adam Gopnik)
A few years ago, Adam Gopnik, a longtime writer for The New Yorker and three-time winner of the National Magazine Award, started thinking about all the things he wasn't good at. He couldn't dance the ...
27 Mars 202315min
