Aug 21

Best Of: Sebastian Junger’s Journey to the Edge and Back

On a June night several years ago, Sebastian Junger, bestselling author of The Perfect Storm and co-director of the Oscar-nominated documentary Restrepo, lay on an operating table, dying. An undiagnosed aneurysm in his pancreatic artery had ruptured, flooding his abdominal cavity ... Show More

1 h

Aug 18

'The Next Big Idea Daily': How to Run Your Life Like a Startup

Happiness might not sound like a business strategy, but Arthur C. Brooks—Harvard professor, Atlantic columnist, and all-around happiness guru—says it’s the most important metric of all. In his new book ⁠The Happiness Files: Insights on Work and Life⁠, Arthur argues that your life ... Show More

12m 46s

Aug 14

INTUITION: The Science of Trusting Your Gut

We all have eureka moments, sudden bursts of certainty that seem to come out of nowhere. What if you could summon that feeling on command? Laura Huang, a business school professor, has been studying that question. She’s found that for the world's most successful people, intuition ... Show More

56m 11s

Jun 25

Your Brain Is Lying to You—And That's Actually Amazing

Pria Anand reveals how our minds create elaborate stories to fill the gaps we don't understand. 📱 Follow The Next Big Idea Daily on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you listen 📩 Want more bite-sized insights from the best new nonfiction delivered straight to your inbox? Sig ... Show More

9m 26s

Jun 20

Nobody's Normal

To close out the week, here are five key insights from Roy Richard Grinker's book Nobody's Normal: How Culture Created the Stigma of Mental Illness. 📱 Follow The Next Big Idea Daily on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you listen 📩 Want more bite-sized insights from the best ... Show More

16m 58s

Feb 2025

The Path to Inspired Leadership

Social psychologist and leadership expert Adam Galinsky says there are two kinds of leaders: those who inspire and those who infuriate. Which will you be?📕 Inspire: The Universal Path for Leading Yourself and Others📱 Follow The Next Big Idea Daily on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or ... Show More

15m 17s

Jun 19

Work Less, Accomplish More

Juliet Schor shares the data behind a shorter workweek—and why it’s better for your health, your boss, and the bottom line. Her new book is Four Days a Week. 📱 Follow The Next Big Idea Daily on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you listen 📩 Want more bite-sized insights from ... Show More

12m 48s

Feb 2025

How to Break Up With Your Phone

Let’s face it — your relationship with your phone is toxic. Luckily, Catherine Price is here to help.📱 Follow The Next Big Idea Daily on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you listen📩 Want more bite-sized insights from the best new nonfiction delivered straight to your inbox? ... Show More

18m 16s

Mar 2025

How to Love Better

Yung Pueblo offers a blueprint for deepening your compassion, kindness, and gratitude so you can truly grow in harmony with another person and build stronger connections in all your relationships.📱 Follow The Next Big Idea Daily on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you liste ... Show More

15m 12s

Aug 8

Reality Bites: Why Your Teeth Matter More Than You Think

Author and zoologist Bill Schutt joins us to make the case that chompers have made vertebrates dominant on the planet, and how, in the future, dentists might be a dying breed. 📱 Follow The Next Big Idea Daily on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you listen 📩 Want more bite-s ... Show More

11m 35s

Jul 1

Ideas Are Easy. Now Comes the Hard Part.

Let’s face it: ideas are a dime a dozen. Just about anyone can come up with a clever app, a market opportunity, or a product pitch over coffee. But building a real company? That’s the hard part. In her new book After the Idea: What It Really Takes to Create and Scale a Startup, H ... Show More

11m 16s

Mar 2024

BONUS EPISODE: Recharge Your Batteries With Feel-Good Tasks (Chapter 8 Feel-Good Productivity)

This is an exclusive excerpt from my New York Times bestselling book, Feel-Good Productivity! Chapter 8 of the book is about recharging the proverbial batteries: how to rest in a way that energises you. I explore the ways we might think we're "resting" like doom-scrolling or bing ... Show More

11m 35s

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