Strong Floor, No Ceiling: A New American Dream
As the nation approaches its 250th birthday, Oliver B. Libby lays out a centrist blueprint to restore opportunity and rebuild trust. His new book is Strong Floor, No Ceiling. Then, in act two, we hear...
19 Nov 202530min
The Sentence That Built a Nation, According to Walter Isaacson
Big news: The Next Big Idea Club just announced its nonfiction book pick of the season, and that book is The Greatest Sentence Ever Written, by Walter Isaacson. If you’re not already a member of the ...
18 Nov 202526min
Stop Complaining About Gen Z. Start Leading Them.
This new generation of workers is different, and you can use that to your advantage. 1️⃣ The Future Begins with Z: Nine Strategies to Lead Generation Z as They Disrupt the Workplace by Tim Elmore 2️...
17 Nov 202525min
Living in the Shadow of AI
What does it mean to be human in a world that is increasingly shaped by artificial intelligence? Act One: Code Dependent: Living in the Shadow of AI by Madhumita Murgia Act Two: AI Needs You: How We...
14 Nov 202517min
We Are Eating the Earth
Journalist Michael Grunwald explains how our food system is destroying the planet—and what it will take to fix it. Later, Amanda Little tells us what we'll eat in a bigger, hotter, smarter world. 📱 ...
13 Nov 202525min
The Science of Fear—and How to Break Free From It
Why do we fear the wrong things? We worry about plane crashes but not car rides, strangers but not algorithms, sharks but not sugar. In The Fear Knot: How Science, History, and Culture Shape Our Fears...
12 Nov 202532min
Are We Wired for War?
What if the battlefield isn’t just out there, but also inside our heads? In the new book Warhead: How the Brain Shapes War and War Shapes the Brain, neuroscientist Nicholas Wright draws on his experie...
11 Nov 202526min
How to Be Bold
First up, we hear from Ranjay Gulati, a Harvard Business School professor whose new book, How to Be Bold, reveals the surprising research on what makes ordinary people capable of brave acts. In the se...
10 Nov 202535min
