How We Evolved to Compete in a Cooperative World

Today on The Next Big Idea Daily, we’re starting with the big-picture question: what does it actually take to move from climate anxiety to climate action? Political sociologist Dana Fisher argues in S...

5 Juni 25min

Ever been told you have an accent — or quietly judged someone else's? We all have one, but most of us know surprisingly little about where they come from or why they persist. Valerie Fridland, a profe...

4 Juni 24min

Apple turns 50 this year—which is a good moment to ask how a scrappy computer company became one of the most influential forces in modern life. In Apple: The First 50 Years, David Pogue takes us insid...

3 Juni 27min

Work today is more intense, more scrutinized, and more chaotic than ever — so how do you stay effective through it all? Melissa Swift, author of Effective, shares research-backed strategies for naviga...

2 Juni 26min

Sibling relationships are often our longest—and sometimes most complicated—connections. In today’s episode, we explore what siblings can teach us about identity, belonging, and who we become, drawing ...

1 Juni 32min

First up, the Atlantic's CEO Nicholas Thompson on hidden potential, aging well, and pushing past the limits we imagine, with ideas from his 2025 book The Running Ground: A Father, a Son, and the Simpl...

29 Maj 31min

We begin with Darcey Steinke, who shares five key insights from her new book, This Is the Door: The Body, Pain, and Faith. And then in the second half of the show, we hear from Anushay Hossain about h...

28 Maj 21min

Protein is everywhere — in our shakes, our snack bars, our cultural obsession with optimization — but the story of how it became nutrition's golden child has more to do with marketing than science. To...

27 Maj 28min