The Next Big Idea

    The Next Big Idea is a weekly series of in-depth interviews with the world’s leading thinkers. Join our host, Rufus Griscom — 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.

  • CATCHING SOULS: An Obituary Writer’s Lessons for Living

  • THE INTERESTING: How to Live the Good Life

  • A Productivity Podclass with Cal Newport

  • Human History Is Not Set In Stone

  • Want a More Meaningful Life? Embrace Your Limitations.

  • THE WORK OF ART: How Something Comes From Nothing

  • ANXIOUS GENERATION (Part 2): How to Raise Resilient Kids in the Digital Age

  • ANXIOUS GENERATION (Part 1): What Social Media Is Doing to Our Kids

  • Life Is a Game. Here's How to Play It.

  • REVENGE OF THE TIPPING POINT: Malcolm Gladwell Revisits the Science of Social Contagion

  • The Future of Storytelling, According to Malcolm Gladwell

  • NEXUS (Part 2): Yuval Noah Harari on How to Safeguard Humanity in the Age of AI

  • NEXUS (Part 1): Can Democracy Survive the AI Revolution? (with Yuval Noah Harari)

  • Can We End Poverty by Just Giving People Cash?

  • GOING INFINITE: Michael Lewis Wants to Change Your Mind About Sam Bankman-Fried

  • SUPERCONVERGENCE: Biotechnology Is About to Transform the World. Are We Ready?

  • ANXIOUS ACHIEVER: How You Can Turn Anxiety Into a Superpower

  • ON THE EDGE (Part 2): How to Get Ahead by Thinking Probabilistically

  • ON THE EDGE (Part 1): Nate Silver on Politics, Poker, and Risk-Taking

  • The Case for Effective Altruism

  • Laziness Does Not Exist

  • ALCOHOL: The Good, the Bad, and the Bubbly

  • Living for Pleasure

  • PROBABILITY: How a 250-Year-Old Theorem Still Explains the World

  • GOOD ENERGY (Part 2): Casey Means on How to Supercharge Your Diet

  • GOOD ENERGY (Part 1): How to Feel Incredible, Avoid Disease, and Age Well

  • BEN FRANKLIN: A Founder's Formula for a Long and Useful Life

  • Bill Gates Says Superhuman AI May Be Closer Than You Think

  • FRICTION: How Smart Leaders Make the Right Things Easier (with Adam Grant & Bob Sutton)

  • INFERNAL MACHINE: Dynamite, Anarchy and the Future of Creativity

  • UNCERTAINTY: The Surprising Power of Being Unsure

  • EDUCATION 4o: How AI Will Revolutionize the Way We Learn

  • AFTERLIFE: Sebastian Junger’s Journey to the Edge and Back

  • FUNNER: How Language Evolves and Why It Matters

  • DEMON OF UNREST: Why the Civil War Matters Today (with Erik Larson)

  • ALGEBRA OF WEALTH: Scott Galloway’s Formula for Financial Success

  • WHY WE REMEMBER: The New Science of Improving Your Memory

  • SLOW PRODUCTIVITY: Can We Get More Done by Doing Less?

  • MAGICAL OVERTHINKING: Why Modern Life Is Making Us More Irrational

  • Everything Paul Bloom Knows About Psychology

  • GET THE PICTURE: Why Bother With Art?

  • LOOK AGAIN: How to See Your Life With Fresh Eyes

  • GENEROSITY: How Simple Acts of Kindness Can Change the World

  • BURN BOOK: Kara Swisher Takes on Big Tech

  • SUPERCOMMUNICATORS: How to Connect With Anyone

  • MIDLIFE: Once a Crisis, Now an Opportunity

  • RADICAL CANDOR: Why Compassionate Honesty Is a Gift

  • BLOCKCHAIN: Why Chris Dixon Still Thinks It Matters

  • BIG BETS: A Practical Guide to Changing the World

  • CLIMATE OPTIMISM: Can We Still Build a Sustainable World?

  • FREE WILL: Are We Better Off Without It?

  • ATOMIC HABITS: James Clear’s Ultimate Guide to Building Good Habits (and Breaking Bad Ones)

  • THE GOOD LIFE: Lessons From the World's Longest Study of Happiness

  • How We Sipped, Danced, and Stumbled Our Way to Civilization (2021)

  • Rory Stewart on Politics, Ambition, and Making a Difference

  • PSYCHOLOGY OF MONEY: Timeless Lessons from Morgan Housel

  • EVE: How the Female Body Drove 200 Million Years of Human Evolution

  • THE FAMILY OUTING: Secrets, Memory, and Living Authentically

  • Mastering the Art of Difficult Conversations (with Anna Sale)

  • ACHIEVEMENT CULTURE: What It’s Doing to Our Kids—and to Us

  • FAILURE: The Science of Learning From Your Mistakes

  • HOW TO KNOW A PERSON: The Art of Seeing Others Deeply (with David Brooks)

  • HIDDEN POTENTIAL: Adam Grant on the Science of Achieving Greater Things

  • FACIAL RECOGNITION: A Secretive Startup's Quest to End Privacy as We Know It

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

  • Susan Cain on the Power of the Bittersweet (2022)

  • HUMAN COMPATIBLE: Can We Control Artificial Intelligence?

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

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

  • CHANGE: How to Excel When Everything Is in Flux

  • DREAM TOWN: Shaker Heights and the Quest for Racial Equity

  • PERENNIALS: How to Thrive in a Post-Generational Society

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

  • How to Succeed by Quitting (2022)

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

  • WORK: Henry David Thoreau on Making a Meaningful Living

  • RISE AND SHINE: How to Have the Perfect Morning

  • Artificial Intelligence Meets Virtual Worlds: The Future of Sentience

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

  • PARKING: How It Explains the World

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

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

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

  • THE REAL WORK: Adam Gopnik on the Mystery of Mastery

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

  • BREAKTHROUGH: How to Get Unstuck and Achieve Anything

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

  • SELFLESS: Why “You” Are a Social Creation

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

  • Steven Johnson & Michael Specter on the Future of Life

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

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

  • PSYCH: The Story of the Human Mind

  • PREPPY: The Surprising Origins of American Style

  • SUCCESSION: The True Story Behind the Hit Show

  • ABOLISH POVERTY: Matthew Desmond on How We Can Do It

  • READING: Are We Forgetting How To Do It?

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

  • Is AI Moving Too Fast? A Conversation With Kevin Roose

  • LIFE IS SHORT: The Upside of Death

  • MUSIC: What the Songs You Love Say About You

  • AI: The Origin Story

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

  • CELLS: Siddhartha Mukherjee on the Breakthroughs That Are Revolutionizing Medicine

  • Introducing: The Next Big Idea Daily

  • PLEASURE: An Epicurean Guide to the Good Life

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

  • DIET: The New Science of Healthy Eating

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

  • FEELINGS: The Secret Power of Embracing Emotions at Work

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

  • ANALOG: Let’s Build a More Human World

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

  • ANIMALS: They’re Smarter Than You Think

  • HUMOR: The Case for Navigating Life on the Precipice of a Smile

  • GOOD ARGUMENTS: Adam Grant and Champion Debater Bo Seo on the Craft of Persuasion

  • NEURODIVERSITY: Why No Two Brains Are Alike

  • STATUS: Does Our Need for It Explain ... Everything?

  • Bittersweet: An Audio E-Course by Susan Cain

  • Bonus: Eric Barker Gives Daniel Pink Relationship Advice

  • LONGTERMISM: Why You Should Care About Future People

  • QUIT: Why You Have to Give Up if You Want to Get Ahead

  • PUZZLES: What Crosswords, Riddles, and Wordle Can Teach You About the Meaning of Life

  • BUILD: Tony Fadell’s Guide to Making Cool Stuff

  • SURVIVAL OF THE RICHEST: How Tech Billionaires Are Preparing for Doomsday

  • HAPPINESS: Arthur C. Brooks Shares His Roadmap for Finding Purpose, Meaning, and Success

  • DeepMind's Demis Hassabis on the future of AI (from The TED Interview)

  • Summer Getaway #4: The Making of ‘Bull Durham’ (with Ron Shelton)

  • Summer Getaway #3: The 12-Hour Walk (with Colin O’Brady)

  • Summer Getaway #2: An American Odyssey (with Ben McGrath)

  • Summer Getaway #1: The Beach (with Sarah Stodola)

  • Finding Stillness With Ryan Holiday

  • Amanda Little on the Fate of Food

  • John Colapinto on the Power and Beauty of the Human Voice

  • THE ESSENTIALS: Our Favorite Moments From Season 4

  • BICYCLES: Are They the Future of Transportation?

  • BIG DATA: Cracking the Codes of Love, Happiness and Success

  • Susan Cain & Daniel Pink: Writing, Longing, and the Search for Meaning

  • RELATIONSHIPS: Why Everything You Know About Them Is (Mostly) Wrong

  • How To Be a Grown-Up

  • IMAGINABLE: How Anyone Can Predict the Future (Yes, Even You)

  • CULTURE: How Successful Groups Work

  • GET IT DONE: How the Science of Motivation Can Help You Achieve Your Goals

  • Bonus: The Not-So-Great Resignation (WorkLife with Adam Grant)

  • FUN: How to Have More of It

  • TWITTER: What Elon Musk’s Acquisition Means for the Future of Social Media

  • EMOTIONAL: Do Your Feelings Make You Smarter?

  • ORIGIN: How Did Humans Migrate to the Americas?

  • BITTERSWEET: Susan Cain on the Beauty of Sorrow and Longing

  • Regrets: Daniel Pink Has a Few (And So Should You)

  • REALITY+: Are We Living in a Simulation?

  • HURT SO GOOD: The Pleasures of Suffering (Paul Bloom & Susan Cain)

  • EMPIRE: Why Ray Dalio Thinks We May Be Headed for Civil War

  • TIME MANAGEMENT FOR MORTALS: Malcolm Gladwell and Oliver Burkeman

  • EVENING ROCKET: Decoding Elon Musk’s Sci-Fi Visions of the Future

  • GOOD ANXIETY: Can You Turn Worrying Into a Superpower?

  • HACK YOUR HABITS: The Science of Making Changes That Stick

  • TOGETHER: The Surgeon General’s Prescription for Health and Happiness

  • SPIRITUAL TECHNOLOGIES: Two Scientists Debate the Benefits of Religion

  • DAWN OF EVERYTHING: The True History of Humanity

  • DOPAMINE NATION: Why the Modern World Puts Us All at Risk for Addiction

  • AMBITION: How to Achieve Success on Your Own Terms

  • FRIENDSHIP: The Science Behind Life’s Deepest Bond

  • EXPONENTIAL AGE: Everything Is Accelerating. Who’s at the Wheel?

  • NEW POWER: How to Spread Ideas, Build Movements, and Leap Ahead

  • SPORTS: Life Lessons From an Olympian, a Hockey Coach, and a Middle-Aged Beginner

  • FEELING & KNOWING: Unlocking the Secrets of Consciousness

  • Bonus: Adam Grant and Annie Murphy Paul

  • LAZINESS: There's No Such Thing

  • HOW TO CHANGE: Science-Backed Tips for Becoming Your Best Self (Katy Milkman & Daniel Pink)

  • RATIONALITY: Steven Pinker’s Love Song to Critical Thinking

  • LOONSHOTS: The Science of Generating Crazy Ideas (Safi Bahcall & Daniel Pink)

  • DEADLINE EFFECT: Can You Work Like It's the Last Minute Before the Last Minute?

  • EXTRA LIFE: We Doubled Life Expectancy in the Last Century. Can We Do It Again?

  • PARENTING: Learn How to Do It Better With Science, Data, and Mr. Rogers

  • PERSONALITY: The Science of Being Who You Want

  • JOYFUL: Ingrid Fetell Lee and Adam Grant on the Objects That Make Us Happy

  • CULT OF WE: How WeWork's CEO Vaporized $40 Billion

  • BREATH: Is Deep Breathing the Secret to Long Living?

  • DRUNK: Can Alcohol Make You More Creative, Sociable, and Attractive?

  • DEATH, SEX & MONEY: Anna Sale Talks About Hard Things

  • THE BOMBER MAFIA: Malcolm Gladwell on Warfare, Audiobooks, and the Future of Storytelling

  • EFFORTLESS: Embrace the Easy Option

  • HIGH CONFLICT: How to Defuse Any Squabble (Amanda Ripley & Susan Cain)

  • EXTENDED MIND: Want to Get Smarter? Try Thinking Outside of Your Brain

  • DELUSIONS: How Self-Deception Can Help You Flourish (Shankar Vedantam & Daniel Pink)

  • AI: The Extraordinary Story of the Tech That’s Changing the World

  • MINE: How the Rules of Ownership Control Our Lives

  • GATHERING: Mastering the Art of Hanging Out

  • EMAIL: Would the World Be Better Without It?

  • WORK: Should You Do Less of It? Adam Grant and James Suzman on the 15-Hour Workweek.

  • CODE BREAKER: Why Walter Isaacson Thinks CRISPR Will Change Life As We Know It

  • FOOD: Can We Taste Climate Change?

  • CHATTER: Learning to Love the Voice in Your Head

  • HUMOR: How to Turn Levity Into Your Secret Weapon

  • BEGINNERS: The Joys of Being an Amateur

  • THINK AGAIN: Adam Grant on the Power of Changing Your Mind

  • VOICE: You Are What You Speak

  • THE BRAIN: A User’s Guide to the Blob Between Your Ears

  • SERENDIPITY: Good Luck and How to Get It

  • DRUG USE: Is Getting High an American Right?

  • POST CORONA: Predicting the Future With Scott Galloway

  • Season 3: New Ideas, Same Great Taste

  • LET’S BE REASONABLE: Sam Harris and Rufus in Conversation

  • MIND GAMES: What Poker Can Teach Us About Luck, Skill, and Ourselves

  • TRANSCENDENCE: Finding Fulfillment Beyond Ourselves

  • HUMANKIND: Finding Hope in Human History

  • MIGRATION: Why Human Beings Were Built to Move

  • BREATH: Harnessing the Power of a Lost Art

  • PERSUASION: How to Change People’s Minds

  • ALCHEMY: How Our Creations Recreate Us

  • UPSTREAM: Solving Problems Before They Happen

  • CIVILIZATION: Recalculating the Price of Progress

  • TOGETHER: A Doctor’s Prescription for Health and Happiness

  • WEIRDNESS: How to Make it Your Superpower

  • BOYS & SEX: Coming of Age in America

  • FRIENDSHIP: The Science and Power of Life’s Deepest Bond

  • THINKING AHEAD: How to Make Life’s Big Decisions

  • LISTENING: What You’re Missing and Why it Matters

  • SUCCESSFUL AGING: How to Live a Full, Long Life

  • Rethinking Big Ideas: Adam Grant on Finding Balance

  • Rethinking Big Ideas: Priya Parker on Gathering Apart

  • Rethinking Big Ideas: The Path to a More Generous World

  • Rethinking Big Ideas: Daniel Pink on the Future of Work

  • Rethinking Big Ideas: On Finding Joy in Simple Pleasures

  • Rethinking Big Ideas: Steven Johnson on Scientific Breakthroughs

  • Rethinking Big Ideas: Susan Cain on Solitude

  • STILLNESS: How to Find Peace in a Frantic World

  • FREE MONEY: Why Andrew Yang Thinks a Giveaway Can Save the Economy

  • HABITS: How to Let Go of The Old and Bring in the New

  • GATHERING: How to Make Our Time Together Meaningful

  • FUTURE: Can We Build a More Generous World

  • SUCCESS: The Dirty Secret of Getting Ahead

  • TRUST: Malcolm Gladwell on How We Talk To Strangers

  • POWER: Why You Have More Than You Think

  • PERCEPTION: Why What You See Is Not Reality

  • UNCENSORED: What Free Speech Debates Teach Us About Empathy

  • CONFLICT: How to Have More Productive Disagreements

  • JOYFUL: Why Ordinary Objects Can Make You Extraordinarily Happy

  • CODERS: The Invisible Architects Who Shape Our Lives

  • RACIAL BIAS: Why We Have It and What We Can Do About It

  • INDISTRACTABLE: Staying Focused in a World of Distractions

  • RANGE: Why Generalists Succeed in a Specialists’ World

  • Introducing The Next Big Idea

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