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
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- 1 Inside the BoxDavid Epstein · 1× across 1 episode
- 2 Leadership IntelligenceCaroline Webb · 1× across 1 episode
- 3 Slow ProductivityCal Newport · 1× across 1 episode
- 4 The Artist's WayJulia Cameron · 1× across 1 episode
- 5 What happened to liberal democracy?Jerome Azimoglu · 1× across 1 episode
- 6 Wired to CreateScott Barry Kaufman · 1× across 1 episode
- 1 Inside the BoxDavid Epstein · 1× across 1 episode
- 2 Leadership IntelligenceCaroline Webb · 1× across 1 episode
- 3 Slow ProductivityCal Newport · 1× across 1 episode
- 4 The Artist's WayJulia Cameron · 1× across 1 episode
- 5 What happened to liberal democracy?Jerome Azimoglu · 1× across 1 episode
- 6 Wired to CreateScott Barry Kaufman · 1× across 1 episode
- 1 Inside the BoxDavid Epstein · 1× across 1 episode
- 2 Leadership IntelligenceCaroline Webb · 1× across 1 episode
- 3 Slow ProductivityCal Newport · 1× across 1 episode
- 4 The Artist's WayJulia Cameron · 1× across 1 episode
- 5 What happened to liberal democracy?Jerome Azimoglu · 1× across 1 episode
- 6 Wired to CreateScott Barry Kaufman · 1× across 1 episode
Malcolm Gladwell on What We Get Wrong About Guns
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The Tipping Point
Malcolm Gladwell
but then malcolm published the tipping point and he showed that tiny shifts can tip a whole culture ▶ tap to play from here
Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking
Malcolm Gladwell
but then in blink malcolm made the case that our snap judgments are often pretty smart ▶ tap to play from here
Outliers: The Story of Success
Malcolm Gladwell
and outliers argued that it's actually something you build over 10000 hours of practice ▶ tap to play from here
Life at the Speed of Play
Mark Pincus
buy one copy of life at the speed of play by mark pinkis at getmarksbookcom slash next ▶ tap to play from here
Madison's Militia: The Hidden History of the Second Amendment
Carl T. Bogus
and this is all in the work of carl burgus who wrote a really brilliant book on this which i any everyone should read us who's interested in the subject ▶ tap to play from here
The City That Became Safe: Manhattan's Lessons for Urban Crime
Franklin E. Zimring
there's a famous book written by a criminologist called frank zimring um in the and is this true then is as true today as it was then zimring simply just he starts out i think with a comparison of la and sydney ▶ tap to play from here
Talking to Strangers
Malcolm Gladwell
talking to strangers throughout revisionist history why is this a topic that you that you keep coming back to ▶ tap to play from here
Danny Meyer on "What Could Possibly Go Right"
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Hidden Potential: The Science of Achieving Greater Things
Adam Grant
along with adam grant's new book five ▶ tap to play from here
Life at the Speed of Play
Mark Pincus
life at the speed of play is a new book by renowned serial entrepreneur and silicon valley investor mark pincus ▶ tap to play from here
Best Of: Stop Wasting Your Talent and Start Making a Difference
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Utopia for Realists
Rutger Bregman
rattled davos a few years ago with a tax rant after the release of his first book utopia for realists ▶ tap to play from here
Humankind: A Hopeful History
Rutger Bregman
rutker went on to rehabilitate our faith in human nature with his colossal bestseller humankind ▶ tap to play from here
Moral Ambition
Rutger Bregman
rutker is back with a new book now called moral ambition ▶ tap to play from here
Life at the Speed of Play
Mark Pincus
life at the speed of play is a new book by renowned serial entrepreneur and silicon valley investor mark pincus ▶ tap to play from here
Zero to One
Peter A. Thiel
written a brilliant book about entrepreneurship about how to build a startup it's called zero to one ▶ tap to play from here
Against Empathy: The Case for Rational Compassion
Paul Bloom
there's a fantastic book by the psychologist paul bloom called against empathy ▶ tap to play from here
The Altruistic Personality: Rescuers of Jews in Nazi Europe
Samuel P. Oliner and Pearl M. Oliner
there's this big study called the altruistic personality project very big book and at the end of the book you see all the statistical evidence ▶ tap to play from here
Musk, Bezos, and the Battle to Control Space
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Life at the Speed of Play
Mark Pincus
life at the speed of play is a new book by renowned serial entrepreneur mark pincus ▶ tap to play from here
Elon Musk: Tesla, SpaceX, and the Quest for a Fantastic Future
Ashlee Vance
i wanna call out ashley vance's uh ash evance is a great great writer and friend of mine who used to work for me at business week ash evance discovered that in his initial elon musk biography ▶ tap to play from here
Good to Great
Jim Collins
i told him that the four best business books i've ever read are good to great by jim collins ▶ tap to play from here
Build: An Unorthodox Guide to Making Things Worth Making
Tony Fadell
build by tony fidel ▶ tap to play from here
The Modern Science of Ancient Wisdom
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Life at the Speed of Play
Mark Pincus
life at the speed of play is a new book by renowned serial entrepreneur mark pincus ▶ tap to play from here
The Sweat House
Rosanna Cooney
she's an irish journalist who just wrote a book called the sweat house ▶ tap to play from here
How to Change Your Mind
Michael Pollan
i'm sure many you and i and many of the listeners have read michael pollan's book how to change your mind ▶ tap to play from here
Dopamine Nation
Anna Lembke
lab at stanford she wrote a book called dopamine nation sold millions of copies ▶ tap to play from here
Good to Great
Jim Collins
the four best business books i've ever read are good to great by jim collins ▶ tap to play from here
Build: An Unorthodox Guide to Making Things Worth Making
Tony Fadell
build by tony fidel ▶ tap to play from here
Writing My Wrongs: Life, Death, and Redemption in an American Prison
Shaka Senghor
the wonderful author of how to be free and righting my wrongs ▶ tap to play from here
How to Become the Most Interesting Person You Know
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The Invisible List
Ravi Gupta
his new book is the invisible list and he joins me ▶ tap to play from here
Life at the Speed of Play
Mark Pincus
life at the speed of play is a new book by renowned serial entrepreneur mark pincus ▶ tap to play from here
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
C. S. Lewis
i read the line the witch in the wardrobe and i i met tommy and i started playing baseball for whatever team or whatever ▶ tap to play from here
Excellent Advice for Living
Kevin Kelly
he's like the co founder of wired magazine and he wrote this really great book called excellent advice for living ▶ tap to play from here
Good to Great
Jim Collins
are good to great by jim collins the lean startup by eric reese build by tony fidel and mark's new book life at the speed of play ▶ tap to play from here
Build: An Unorthodox Guide to Making Things Worth Making
Tony Fadell
build by tony fidel ▶ tap to play from here
Feel the AGI: Kevin Roose on the Strange, Intoxicating Race to Superintelligence
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The AGI Chronicles: The Race to Create an Artificial Superintelligence
Kevin Roose
the result is his gripping new book the a gi chronicles just out this week ▶ tap to play from here
The Unlikely Disciple: A Sinner's Semester at America's Holiest University
Kevin Roose
you went on to write a book the unlikely disciple about that experience ▶ tap to play from here
The Big Short
Michael Lewis
a a book that i read a lot and thought about a lot while i was writing this was the big short ▶ tap to play from here
The Power Law: Venture Capital and the Art of Disruption
Sebastian Mallaby
sebastian mallaby has a great biography of of demis the infinity machine ▶ tap to play from here
What Could Possibly Go Right
Danny Meyer
restaurant legend danny meyer on his new book what could possibly go right ▶ tap to play from here
Daniel Pink and Angela Duckworth on Friction-Maxxing, Becoming a Mentor Magnet and the Problem with Solo Striving
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What Could Possibly Go Right?
Danny Meyer
what could possibly go right by shake shack founder and legendary restaurant tour danny meyer ▶ tap to play from here
Grit: The Power of Passion and Perseverance
Angela Duckworth
how many of you have read the book grit ▶ tap to play from here
The One Word That Explains Progress
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Foundation Trilogy
Isaac Asimov
and indeed that's what he was doing in the foundation trilogy ▶ tap to play from here
The Dawn of Everything
David Graeber
and we had uh david wengrow who you know wrote with with david graber the dawn of everything ▶ tap to play from here
On the Bondage of the Will
Martin Luther
ronds with on the bondage of the will ▶ tap to play from here
Life at the Speed of Play
Mark Pincus
and mark's new book life at the speed of play ▶ tap to play from here
Angela Duckworth Now Thinks "Grit" Wasn't the Whole Story
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Situated
Angela Duckworth
now she's back with a new book called situated that complicates this picture ▶ tap to play from here
Grit: The Power of Passion and Perseverance
Angela Duckworth
i did reread grit recently i know i wrote it but it's been ten years ▶ tap to play from here
AI Has Gone Rogue. Here’s What We Should Do About It.
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The Thinking Machine
Steven Witt
stephen attentive listeners may remember is the author of the thinking machine which is a fantastic biography of nvidia ceo jensen wong ▶ tap to play from here
You Don't Have Free Will. That's Good News. (NBI Vault)
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Determined: A Science of Life Without Free Will
Robert Sapolsky
this is the argument made by robert sapolsky the macarthur genius grant winning stanford neuroscientist in his book determined a science of life without free will ▶ tap to play from here
Why Zebras Don't Get Ulcers
Robert M. Sapolsky
you've written quite a few books including why zebras don't get ulcers the trouble with testosterone behave and now determined a science of life without free will ▶ tap to play from here
The Trouble with Testosterone: And Other Essays on the Biology of the Human Predicament
Robert M. Sapolsky
you've written quite a few books including why zebras don't get ulcers the trouble with testosterone behave and now determined a science of life without free will ▶ tap to play from here
Behave: The Biology of Humans at Our Best and Worst
Robert M. Sapolsky
you've written quite a few books including why zebras don't get ulcers the trouble with testosterone behave and now determined a science of life without free will ▶ tap to play from here
Free Will: An Opinionated Guide
Alfred R. Mele
download the next big idea and in no time you can listen to alfred melee summarizing his book free will and opinionated guide ▶ tap to play from here
The World Behind the World: Consciousness, Free Will, and the Limits of Science
Erik Hoel
or eric hoell sharing the key insights from the world behind the world consciousness free will and the limits of science ▶ tap to play from here
Why Healthy Conflict Is Key to Strong Relationships
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The Art of Fighting
Priya Parker
her new book is called the art of fighting it's the sequel to her wonderful book the art of gathering about which we had a great conversation about six years ago ▶ tap to play from here
The Culture Map
Erin Meyer
and one book that i read for the art of fighting that i thought was incredibly well framed is called the culture map by erin mayer ▶ tap to play from here
The Art of Gathering
Priya Parker
even when i wrote the art of gathering folks were like well you know you're a conflict resolution facilitator why are you writing about ▶ tap to play from here
The Other Significant Others
Rhaina Cohen
this was an idea i learned from the journalist raina cohen who wrote a beautiful book called the other significant others a couple of years ago ▶ tap to play from here
Until We Reckon
Danielle Sered
two of the books i was most influenced by while i was writing the art of fighting one is by daniel sarred called until we reckon ▶ tap to play from here
On Repentance and Repair
Danya Ruttenberg
and the other one is called on repentance and repair by dania ruttenberg ▶ tap to play from here
Is America a ‘Country of Lords’?
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Excellence: Can We Be Equal and Excellent Too?
John Gardner
writes a book called excellence you know how can we be equal and excellent too ▶ tap to play from here
A Storytelling Masterclass with Will Storr (NBI Vault)
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The Status Game
Will Storr
by will store we just love will store here the next big idea we had him on the show a few years ago to discuss his last book the status game ▶ tap to play from here
Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind
Yuval Noah Harari
said in sapiens and other and i think referencing other people's work there's a limit to how many there's a dunbar number ▶ tap to play from here
Status Games
Will Storr
because of course you you wrote a whole book status games which listeners after hearing this episode will want to listen to to our conversation about status games ▶ tap to play from here
What Can Henry David Thoreau Teach Us About Work?
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Henry at Work: Thoreau on Making a Living
John Cag and Jonathan Van Bell
my 2023 conversation with philosopher john cagg about his book henry at work thorough on making a living ▶ tap to play from here
Walden
Henry David Thoreau
and when you open walden you notice that the first chapter is entitled economy ▶ tap to play from here
This Is Water
David Foster Wallace
i'm reminded of david foster wallace's comment in this is water when he says that ▶ tap to play from here
Hiking with Nietzsche
John Kaag
author of the books hiking with nietzsche six souls healthy minds and most recently henry at work ▶ tap to play from here
How French Philosophy Wired Modern Thinking
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The Frenchman or My Life in Theory
Emily Aiken
which is called the frenchman or my life in theory ▶ tap to play from here
The Order of Things
Michel Foucault
one of his most influential books the order of things posits that ▶ tap to play from here
Discipline and Punish
Michel Foucault
one of his most famous books is discipline and punish ▶ tap to play from here
A Nobel Prize Winner’s Plan to Save Democracy
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What happened to liberal democracy?
Jerome Azimoglu
he's got a new book out called what happened to liberal democracy ▶ tap to play from here
How to Unlock the Creativity You Already Have
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Wired to Create
Scott Barry Kaufman
this work comes from scott barry kaufman from his book wire to create which was a really instrumental book in our early research for daily creative ▶ tap to play from here
The Artist's Way
Julia Cameron
it is inspired by the seminal work the artist way by julia cameron ▶ tap to play from here
Inside the Box
David Epstein
with david epstein who wrote this wonderful book inside the box ▶ tap to play from here
Caroline Webb on the Leadership Skills AI Can’t Replace
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Leadership Intelligence
Caroline Webb
for her new book leadership intelligence which comes out next month she went deep into the latest science psychology neuroscience behavioral economics ▶ tap to play from here
Slow Productivity
Cal Newport
most recently but his last book slow productivity ▶ tap to play from here
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