The Strange Power of Rituals
Why do humans keep inventing rituals—from weddings and funerals to morning coffee routines and lucky socks? Today, we explore the strange, soothing power of repeated acts with two books that take ritu...
24 Juli 0s
How to Stay Happy in a Collapsing World
What if the answer to our late-stage collapse isn’t grim sacrifice, but a more joyful, humane way to live? Today, we hear from Elizabeth Dunn and Jiaying Zhao, authors of Leave the Lights On: How Joyf...
23 Juli 0s
Stop Waiting for Permission
What if the thing holding you back isn’t the world saying no—it’s the voice in your head asking, Are you sure you’re allowed to do this? Today, we’re exploring two books about moving through hesitatio...
22 Juli 0s
The Hidden Price of Getting Better
What does it actually take to get better—and keep getting better—once talent has taken you as far as it can? Today, we’re exploring two books about the disciplined, sometimes uncomfortable work of gro...
21 Juli 0s
Life at the Speed of Play
What does it take to launch something people actually love—and then keep it lovable as it grows? Today, Mark Pincus, founder of Zynga, shares lessons from Life at the Speed of Play: Launch Products Pe...
20 Juli 27min
Flip Thinking: New Approaches to Solving Problems
What if some problems aren’t meant to be solved head-on—and others should’ve been prevented long before they became emergencies? Berthold Gunster, author of Flip Thinking: The Life-Changing Art of Tur...
17 Juli 32min
How Courage Becomes Contagious
What happens when ordinary people decide not to look away? In this episode, Julia Angwin and Ami Fields-Meyer’s On Courage and Elie Honig’s Untouchable explore two sides of the same question: how powe...
16 Juli 29min
How to Keep Trying
What do you do after things fall apart—and what do you do in the split second before you make the same choice again? In this episode, Steve Kamb’s How to Try Again and Jonathan Rhodes and Joanna Grove...
15 Juli 26min
