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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 Monday and Thursday. For ad inquiries, please reach out to: Network+NBI@yapmedia.com
Episodes
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SUCCESSFUL AGING: How to Live a Full, Long Life
Even with the COVID-19 pandemic, we're living longer, on average, than at any time in history. So why do so many of us act like our last decades are a time to…
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Rethinking Big Ideas: Adam Grant on Finding Balance
For the grand finale of our stay-at-home miniseries, Rufus talks about work-life balance, the future of education, and the addictive nature of generosity with…
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Rethinking Big Ideas: Priya Parker on Gathering Apart
In “The Art of Gathering,” conflict resolution specialist Priya Parker writes that “Every gathering is an opportunity to create a world we wish existed.” But…
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Rethinking Big Ideas: The Path to a More Generous World
Kickstarter co-founder Yancey Strickler has never felt comfortable with an economic system that values short-term profits over long-term human needs. In a…
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Rethinking Big Ideas: Daniel Pink on the Future of Work
How will the pandemic change the way we organize our days? Our sense of purpose? Our commitments to others? So many questions! Who better to answer than Next…
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Rethinking Big Ideas: On Finding Joy in Simple Pleasures
Last season, author/designer Ingrid Fetell Lee taught us about joy spotting. It’s the practice of going out into the world and finding ordinary objects that…
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Rethinking Big Ideas: Steven Johnson on Scientific Breakthroughs
What kinds of bold thinking might lead us out of this pandemic? In this lively conversation, Steven Johnson and Rufus Griscom talk about the innovations that…
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Rethinking Big Ideas: Susan Cain on Solitude
Last season, we brought you ideas with the power to change the way you see the world. Now that the world’s been turned upside down, we thought it’d be a good…
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STILLNESS: How to Find Peace in a Frantic World
What do the Buddha, John F. Kennedy, Mr. Rogers, and Leonardo da Vinci all have in common? The ability to be still and tune out the busy, buzzing drone of…
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FREE MONEY: Why Andrew Yang Thinks a Giveaway Can Save the Economy
Andrew Yang has a pretty bleak vision for the future. The way he sees it, we’re staring down the barrel of a techno-apocalypse. Robots will replace millions of…
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HABITS: How to Let Go of The Old and Bring in the New
Why is it so hard to break bad habits and replace them with good ones? You may think it all comes down to willpower. But social psychologist Wendy Wood says…
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GATHERING: How to Make Our Time Together Meaningful
Why do so many of our get-togethers feel awkward and unproductive? Priya Parker, author of “The Art of Gathering: How We Meet and Why It Matters,” says it’s…
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FUTURE: Can We Build a More Generous World
In this episode, we’re peering into the future with Kickstarter co-founder and CEO Yancey Strickler. He’s got a new book out called “This Could Be Our Future,”…
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SUCCESS: The Dirty Secret of Getting Ahead
Most of us are taught hard work and talent are the keys to getting ahead. Turns out it’s not so easy. In his new book, “The Meritocracy Trap,” Yale professor…
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TRUST: Malcolm Gladwell on How We Talk To Strangers
Roses are red, violets are blue, and Malcolm Gladwell has written yet another bestseller. It's called "Talking to Strangers: What We Should Know about the…
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POWER: Why You Have More Than You Think
Colleges, businesses, and bureaucracies have long operated on an "old power" model — rigid hierarchies that rule from the top down. But Henry Timms says that…
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PERCEPTION: Why What You See Is Not Reality
What you see is what you get, right? Nope. In his mind-bending new book, "The Case Against Reality: Why Evolution Hid the Truth from Our Eyes," Don Hoffman…
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UNCENSORED: What Free Speech Debates Teach Us About Empathy
As a college student, Zachary Wood ignited a national debate when he invited controversial speakers — anti-feminists, climate-change deniers, and…
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CONFLICT: How to Have More Productive Disagreements
Have you ever had one of those arguments — whether with a friend or a colleague, a loved one or a perfect stranger — that you both vehemently disagree, and it…
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JOYFUL: Why Ordinary Objects Can Make You Extraordinarily Happy
Conventional wisdom tells us that real joy comes from within: from exercise or meditation, acts of service or the way we look at the world—pretty much anything…
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CODERS: The Invisible Architects Who Shape Our Lives
Our world is awash in code, and those zeroes and ones aren't as impersonal as you might think. In his new book, "Coders: The Making of a New Tribe and the…
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RACIAL BIAS: Why We Have It and What We Can Do About It
Stanford psychology professor Jennifer Eberhardt has spent years studying how racial bias affects all of us — yes, all — in ways we don't realize. In her new…
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INDISTRACTABLE: Staying Focused in a World of Distractions
Nir Eyal’s last book, “Hooked,” taught Silicon Valley how to make addictive technology. In his new book, “Indistractable,” he gives you the tools to take back…
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RANGE: Why Generalists Succeed in a Specialists’ World
You know Malcolm Gladwell's “10,000-Hour Rule.” But did you know that, according to David Epstein, it doesn't work? That's what Epstein argues in his new book…