The Next Big Idea
The Next Big Idea is a weekly series of in-depth interviews with the world’s leading thinkers. Join hosts Rufus Griscom and Caleb Bissinger — along with our curators, Malcolm Gladwell, Adam Grant, Susan Cain, and Daniel Pink — for conversations that might just change the way you see the world. New episodes every Thursday.For ad inquiries, please reach out to: [email protected]
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GOING INFINITE: Michael Lewis Wants to Change Your Mind About Sam Bankman-Fried
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SUPERCONVERGENCE: Biotechnology Is About to Transform the World. Are We Ready?
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ANXIOUS ACHIEVER: How You Can Turn Anxiety Into a Superpower
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ON THE EDGE (Part 2): How to Get Ahead by Thinking Probabilistically
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ON THE EDGE (Part 1): Nate Silver on Politics, Poker, and Risk-Taking
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The Case for Effective Altruism
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Laziness Does Not Exist
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ALCOHOL: The Good, the Bad, and the Bubbly
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Living for Pleasure
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PROBABILITY: How a 250-Year-Old Theorem Still Explains the World
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GOOD ENERGY (Part 2): Casey Means on How to Supercharge Your Diet
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GOOD ENERGY (Part 1): How to Feel Incredible, Avoid Disease, and Age Well
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BEN FRANKLIN: A Founder's Formula for a Long and Useful Life
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Bill Gates Says Superhuman AI May Be Closer Than You Think
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FRICTION: How Smart Leaders Make the Right Things Easier (with Adam Grant & Bob...
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INFERNAL MACHINE: Dynamite, Anarchy and the Future of Creativity
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UNCERTAINTY: The Surprising Power of Being Unsure
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SAL KHAN: How AI Will Revolutionize the Way We Learn
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AFTERLIFE: Sebastian Junger’s Journey to the Edge and Back
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FUNNER: How Language Evolves and Why It Matters
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DEMON OF UNREST: Why the Civil War Matters Today (with Erik Larson)
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ALGEBRA OF WEALTH: Scott Galloway’s Formula for Financial Success
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WHY WE REMEMBER: The New Science of Improving Your Memory
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SLOW PRODUCTIVITY: Can We Get More Done by Doing Less?
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MAGICAL OVERTHINKING: Why Modern Life Is Making Us More Irrational
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Everything Paul Bloom Knows About Psychology
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GET THE PICTURE: Why Bother With Art?
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LOOK AGAIN: How to See Your Life With Fresh Eyes
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GENEROSITY: How Simple Acts of Kindness Can Change the World
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BURN BOOK: Kara Swisher Takes on Big Tech
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SUPERCOMMUNICATORS: How to Connect With Anyone
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MIDLIFE: Once a Crisis, Now an Opportunity
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RADICAL CANDOR: Why Compassionate Honesty Is a Gift
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BLOCKCHAIN: Why Chris Dixon Still Thinks It Matters
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BIG BETS: A Practical Guide to Changing the World
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CLIMATE OPTIMISM: Can We Still Build a Sustainable World?
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FREE WILL: Are We Better Off Without It?
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ATOMIC HABITS: James Clear’s Ultimate Guide to Building Good Habits (and Breakin...
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THE GOOD LIFE: Lessons From the World's Longest Study of Happiness
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How We Sipped, Danced, and Stumbled Our Way to Civilization (2021)
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Rory Stewart on Politics, Ambition, and Making a Difference
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PSYCHOLOGY OF MONEY: Timeless Lessons from Morgan Housel
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EVE: How the Female Body Drove 200 Million Years of Human Evolution
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THE FAMILY OUTING: Secrets, Memory, and Living Authentically
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Mastering the Art of Difficult Conversations (with Anna Sale)
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ACHIEVEMENT CULTURE: What It’s Doing to Our Kids—and to Us
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FAILURE: The Science of Learning From Your Mistakes
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HOW TO KNOW A PERSON: The Art of Seeing Others Deeply (with David Brooks)
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HIDDEN POTENTIAL: Adam Grant on the Science of Achieving Greater Things
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FACIAL RECOGNITION: A Secretive Startup's Quest to End Privacy as We Know It
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