Why Are So Many Americans Behind Bars?
Benjamin Weber is a historian at the University of California, Davis. His new book is American Purgatory: Prison Imperialism and the Rise of Mass Incarceration.
15 Apr 202512min
Unleash Your Inner Entrepreneur
How to start, build, buy, scale, and sell a business that expands your life. 📱 Follow The Next Big Idea Daily on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you listen 📩 Want more bite-sized insights from...
14 Apr 202515min
Achieve Big Change With Small Acts
Stanford's Greg Walton is here to tell us about the ordinary experiences that can help us set aside the ordinary worries of life and unleash extraordinary change. 📱 Follow The Next Big Idea Daily on ...
11 Apr 202517min
Who Invented Bitcoin?
Journalist Benjamin Wallace on his quest to unmask the mysterious inventory of crypto. 🎙️ Check out a longer interview with Benjamin here 📱 Follow The Next Big Idea Daily on Apple Podcasts, Spotify,...
10 Apr 202513min
A Journey Through Anxiety and the Body
Alexandra Shaker on how you can transform anxiety into resilience, courage, or even creativity. 📱 Follow The Next Big Idea Daily on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you listen 📩 Want more bite-...
9 Apr 202516min
Why Introverts Make the Best Networkers
One of the biggest myths in business is that your ability to network depends on having the “gift of gab.” But Matthew Pollard argues that when it comes to networking, introverts—not extroverts—have th...
8 Apr 202518min
Reinventing the American Dream
To thrive in this day and age, smaller cities must create innovation economies. But how can they do that when tech jobs, venture capital, and R&D are concentrated in a handful of big coastal cities, w...
7 Apr 202514min
Do Elite Colleges Divide Us?
Evan Mandery, a professor at the City University of New York, argues that elite colleges don't fight the inequality — they create it. 📱 Follow The Next Big Idea Daily on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or w...
4 Apr 202517min
