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Next Big Idea Club

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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]

Episodes (937)

Daniel Pink and Brian Lowery Aren’t Sure That You Exist

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Susan Cain on the Power of the Bittersweet (2022)

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HUMAN COMPATIBLE: Can We Control Artificial Intelligence?

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UNREASONABLE HOSPITALITY: The Power of Giving People More Than They Expect

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ELON MUSK: Walter Isaacson on the World’s Most Polarizing Person

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CHANGE: How to Excel When Everything Is in Flux

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DREAM TOWN: Shaker Heights and the Quest for Racial Equity

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PERENNIALS: How to Thrive in a Post-Generational Society

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ULTRA-PROCESSED: What Fake Food Is Doing to Our Health

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How to Succeed by Quitting (2022)

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Why the Modern World Puts Us All at Risk for Addiction (2021)

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WORK: Henry David Thoreau on Making a Meaningful Living

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RISE AND SHINE: How to Have the Perfect Morning

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Artificial Intelligence Meets Virtual Worlds: The Future of Sentience

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You Should Have More Fun This Summer. Here’s Why.

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PARKING: How It Explains the World

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OUTLIVE (Part 2): How to Optimize Your Diet, Sleep, and Emotional Health

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OUTLIVE (Part 1): Peter Attia’s Guide to the Science of Longevity

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THE WAGER: David Grann Tells a Tale of Shipwreck and Mutiny

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THE REAL WORK: Adam Gopnik on the Mystery of Mastery

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JOY OF MOVEMENT: How Exercise Can Help You Find Happiness and Connection

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BREAKTHROUGH: How to Get Unstuck and Achieve Anything

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EXCELLENT ADVICE: Life Lessons From Wired Co-Founder Kevin Kelly

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SELFLESS: Why “You” Are a Social Creation

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The Next Big Idea Club Presents — "Immortality: A User's Guide"

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Steven Johnson & Michael Specter on the Future of Life

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You Need a Bedtime (from The Next Big Idea Daily)

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SENSES: Gretchen Rubin’s Guide to Getting Out of Your Head and Into the World

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PSYCH: The Story of the Human Mind

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PREPPY: The Surprising Origins of American Style

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SUCCESSION: The True Story Behind the Hit Show

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Mar 30, 202346:45pending

ABOLISH POVERTY: Matthew Desmond on How We Can Do It

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READING: Are We Forgetting How To Do It?

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Mar 16, 202347:49pending

David Chalmers Thinks We May Be Living in a Simulation (and He’s OK With It)

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Mar 9, 20231:41:57pending

Is AI Moving Too Fast? A Conversation With Kevin Roose

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LIFE IS SHORT: The Upside of Death

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MUSIC: What the Songs You Love Say About You

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AI: The Origin Story

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Not Finished Is Not Failure (from The Next Big Idea Daily)

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CELLS: Siddhartha Mukherjee on the Breakthroughs That Are Revolutionizing Medici...

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Introducing: The Next Big Idea Daily

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PLEASURE: An Epicurean Guide to the Good Life

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POWER FAILURE: What Happened to GE? (with Malcolm Gladwell & William Cohan)

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Jan 19, 202356:40pending

DIET: The New Science of Healthy Eating

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How to Develop Your Passions and Avoid Burnout (with Atul Gawande and Adam Grant...

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FEELINGS: The Secret Power of Embracing Emotions at Work

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SAPIENS: Yuval Noah Harari on Our Past, Present, and Future

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ANALOG: Let’s Build a More Human World

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SLEEP: How Understanding Your Body’s Clock Can Revolutionize Your Health

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ANIMALS: They’re Smarter Than You Think

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