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.
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What if engaging with great ideas could become one of your daily habits? What if some of the best tips for living better and working smarter were served up with your morning coffee, a hit of motivation guaranteed to start your day right? That’s the idea behind “The Next Big Idea Daily.” We work with hundreds of non-fiction authors — experts in productivity, creativity, leadership, communication, and other fields — boil down their big ideas into bite-sized chunks, and then offer you one each ...
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This is your year-round cycling feed! Geraint Thomas has started the world's biggest cycling club. And you’re all invited. Follow the Tour de France winner and amateur rider Tom Fordyce as they take you on a fascinating ride round some of the biggest stories and guests throughout the off-season. And once racing gets under way, join INEOS team-mates and best friends Luke Rowe and Geraint as they bring you banter, guests and inside information from their Monaco-base, training camps and all the ...
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Remember when going out used to be fun? Do you prefer dancing to posing? Does your idea of dressing to impress have nothing to do with designer labels and everything to do with finding a gorilla costume in the perfect shade of purple? Bored of identikit ‘edgy’ nights called Fraktion, Elastik, and other ironically misspelled words? Well despair no more because THE HONG KONG PING PONG CLUB is here to restore your faith in the weekends! During the late 00’s in the farthest flung reaches of the ...
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Living in Sync with Your Inner Clock
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Want to be sharper, healthier, and happier? Then you need to up your sleep game. Lynne Peeples, author of The Inner Clock: Living in Sync with Our Circadian Rhythms, will teach you how. 🎟️ We're hosting a live event with Daniel Pink and Adam Moss in NYC on Oct. 10. To join virtually or in person, visit nextbigideaclub.com/events…
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A Guide to Finding Fulfillment in Work and Life
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Megan Hellerer graduated from Stanford at the top of her class, landed a dream job at Google, and dutifully climbed the corporate ladder. So why was she so miserable? 📕 Directional Living: A Transformational Guide to Fulfillment in Work and Life 🎟️ Grab a ticket to our Oct. 10 event with Daniel Pink and Adam Moss here…
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The Science of Human Possibilities
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Kumar Murty illuminates the interconnectedness of mental acuity and spiritual enlightenment. 📩 Check out our daily Substack and our weekly LinkedIn newsletterPar Next Big Idea Club
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The big Worlds preview with Remco Evenepoel (and the Ambassador, of course) - Watts Occurring powered by Eurosport
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Have you got your tickets for Watts Occurring Live yet? There's just six weeks until G and Luke hit the stage at the Lowry Theatre in Salford. Tickets are still available here: https://premier.ticketek.co.uk/shows/show.aspx?sh=GERAINT24 Last week we promised we'd be back with a big star to preview the worlds road race and, well, we think we've deli…
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The Future of Storytelling, According to Malcolm Gladwell
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Next week, Malcolm Gladwell will be on the show to discuss his new book "Revenge of the Tipping Point: Overstories, Superspreaders, and the Rise of Social Engineering." In anticipation of that conversation, we're revisiting our 2021 interview with Malcolm about "The Bomber Mafia" — the story of a group of pilots who met on a muggy airbase in centra…
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How Corporations Get Rich off America’s Poor
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The federal government spends around $900 billion a year on programs that are supposed to help poor Americans. Why does so much of that money end up in the pockets of private-sector interests that profit from the bureaucracies regulating the lives of the poor? Journalist Anne Kim reports on the “corporate poverty complex” in her new book "Poverty f…
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The Horse: A Galloping History of Humanity
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Horses revolutionized the way we hunted, traded, traveled, farmed, fought, worshipped, and interacted. They determined international borders, molded cultures, fueled economies, and built global superpowers. Timothy C. Winegard joins us today to talk about how these four-legged marvels shaped the world.…
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Answers to the Big Questions of Midlife
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Debra Whitman, a globally recognized expert on aging, presents practical steps you can follow to make sure the second half of your life is as rich, rewarding, and healthy as the first. 📩 Check out our daily Substack and our weekly LinkedIn newsletterPar Next Big Idea Club
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Jeremy Hurewitz on the tradecraft that can make you better at persuasion. 🎟️ Grab a ticket to our event with Daniel Pink and Adam Moss at nextbigideaclub.com/eventsPar Next Big Idea Club
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Stories From the Best of Humanity
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Let's end the week on a positive note. Gabriel Reilich and Lucia Knell share a few much-needed life-affirming stories handpicked from Upworthy’s community of millions.Par Next Big Idea Club
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Pog in winning a race shocker, lifetime contracts and podding in the same room - Watts Occurring powered by Eurosport
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Have you got your tickets for Watts Occurring Live yet? There's less than two months until G and Luke hit the stage at the Lowry Theatre in Salford. Tickets are still available here: https://premier.ticketek.co.uk/shows/show.aspx?sh=GERAINT24 Pog's been winning bike races in Canada, Wout van Aert's signed a lifetime contract with Visma-Lease a Bike…
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NEXUS (Part 2): Yuval Noah Harari on How to Safeguard Humanity in the Age of AI
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Is AI all bad, or could it be so good that we might one day want to merge with it? This is just one of the questions Rufus poses in part two of his conversation with historian and mega-bestselling author Yuval Noah Harari. 1️⃣ If you missed part one of this conversation, listen now on Apple Podcasts or Spotify 📕 Yuval’s new book, Nexus: A Brief His…
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Why Public Schools Are Worth Fighting For
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Public schools are the most democratic institutions this country has ever created. So why are they under threat? And can they be saved? Journalist Jennifer C. Berkshire and education scholar Jack Schneider are the authors of the new book "The Education Wars: A Citizen’s Guide and Defense Manual."Par Next Big Idea Club
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Create Extraordinary Places that Bring People Together
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Museums, restaurants, grocery stores, and universities — in the era of AI and the metaverse, these real places will matter more than ever. Kevin Ervin Kelley joins to tell us how to make them better.Par Next Big Idea Club
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How to Pay Attention in a Distracted World
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Christian Madsbjerg explores how we can reclaim the lost art of paying attention.Par Next Big Idea Club
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NEXUS (Part 1): Can Democracy Survive the AI Revolution? (with Yuval Noah Harari)
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Yuval Noah Harari published an essay in the New York Times the other day. “Large-scale democracies,” he wrote, “became feasible only after the rise of modern information technologies like the newspaper, the telegraph and the radio. The fact that modern democracy has been built on top of modern information technologies means that any major change in…
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How to Unleash Curiosity, Improvisation and Intuition at Work
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Creativity isn't just for artists. You can — and should — embrace creativity no matter your line of work. Today, Natalie Nixon offers tips for how to do it. 📩 Check out our daily Substack and our weekly LinkedIn newsletterPar Next Big Idea Club
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How to Find the Silver Linings Even on Your Darkest Days
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From award-winning Washington Post columnist Steven Petrow, a guide to finding joy even during life’s most difficult times.Par Next Big Idea Club
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Can We End Poverty by Just Giving People Cash?
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Extreme poverty, defined as living on less than $2.15 a day, has long been seen as an intractable problem. But what if the solution is simple? What if you could eradicate extreme poverty by just giving people cash? That’s what Rory Stewart believes. He’s the former UK Secretary of State for International Development and now a senior advisor to Give…
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How Our Culture Enables Misbehaving Men
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It's been seven years since #MeToo went viral. What has actually changed? Reah Bravo joins us to share answers from her book "Complicit."Par Next Big Idea Club
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What next for the INEOS Grenadiers? - Watts Occurring powered by Eurosport
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Have you got your tickets for Watts Occurring Live yet? There's less than two months until G and Luke hit the stage at the Lowry Theatre in Salford. Tickets are still available here: https://premier.ticketek.co.uk/shows/show.aspx?sh=GERAINT24 Today's pod very nearly didn't happen - because G fell asleep on the sofa. But he emerged from his power na…
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Frederik Pferdt, Google’s first Chief Innovation Evangelist, inspires you to shape your future, navigate ambiguity and uncertainty with intention, and transform problems and challenges into profound opportunities.Par Next Big Idea Club
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How to Make Social Media Less Polarizing
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Chris Bail offers a revealing look at how user behavior is powering deep social divisions online ― and how we might yet defeat political tribalism on social media. 🎟️ Buy a ticket to our event with Yuval Noah Harari at https://nextbigideaclub.com/eventsPar Next Big Idea Club
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The Purpose-Fueled Formula for Sustainable Success
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Today, Molly Fletcher, the "female Jerry Maguire,” shares her tips for engaging in meaningful professional and personal growth. 🎟️ Tickets to our live event with Yuval Noah Harari are going fast. Grab yours today: https://nextbigideaclub.com/events/Par Next Big Idea Club
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Cynicism is making us sick. Stanford Psychologist Dr. Jamil Zaki has the cure. 🎟️ Join us in NYC on Sept. 11 for a live interview with Yuval Noah Harari: https://nextbigideaclub.com/events 📩 Check out our daily Substack and our weekly LinkedIn newsletterPar Next Big Idea Club
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GOING INFINITE: Michael Lewis Wants to Change Your Mind About Sam Bankman-Fried
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In March, when Sam Bankman-Fried, the disgraced founder of FTX, was sentenced to 25 years behind bars for stealing $8 billion from customers, many people saw it as just punishment for a two-faced poser who had spouted a lot of rot about altruism just to mask the rank odor of his relentless greed. Michael Lewis, the famed author of Moneyball and The…
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Nicholas Kristof on a Life in Journalism
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Today, Nicholas Kristof, the legendary New York Times columnist, shares five big ideas from his new book "Chasing Hope."Par Next Big Idea Club
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What better way to spend your birthday? - Watts Occurring powered by Eurosport
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WANT TO COME AND SEE WATTS OCCURRING LIVE? Tickets are still available here: https://premier.ticketek.co.uk/shows/show.aspx?sh=GERAINT24 It's De Pluski's birthday today - so what better way to spend it than podding with G? We've missed the Ambassador on the pod so G gave him a call and we got his thoughts on the Vuelta, what he's been up to, and th…
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The multi-billion-dollar beauty industry is built around a single mandate: be hot. Sable Yong tells us why that message is equal parts toxic and fun. 🎟️ Grab a ticket to our event with Yuval Noah Harari: https://nextbigideaclub.com/eventsPar Next Big Idea Club
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The Unexpected Magic of Caring for Others
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Today on the show, journalist Elissa Strauss explores the powerful role caring for others plays in our individual and communal lives. 📩 Check out our daily Substack and our weekly LinkedIn newsletterPar Next Big Idea Club
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The Disciplines of Strategic Thinking
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Today, Michael Watkins delves into the essential practices that can prepare leaders and their teams for tomorrow's challenges. 🎟️ We're hosting an event with Yuval Noah Harari! To learn more, visit nextbigideaclub.com/eventsPar Next Big Idea Club
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G setting records at Renewi and a tasty Vuelta update - Watts Occurring powered by Eurosport
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WANT TO COME AND SEE WATTS OCCURRING LIVE? Tickets are still available here: https://premier.ticketek.co.uk/shows/show.aspx?sh=GERAINT24 The boys are back on the pod! It's been a while since Luke and G caught up, and boy is there lots to discuss. G's racing hard in Renewi and breaking heart rate records, there's a nuts Vuelta going on in Spain, and…
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A Philosopher’s Guide to the Good Life
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Adam Sandel, a philosopher and Guinness World Record holder in pull-ups, shares five key insights from "Happiness in Action," a new book in which he argues that the key to happiness is not goal-driven striving but forging a life that integrates self-possession, friendship, and engagement with nature. 📩 Check out our daily Substack and our weekly Li…
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SUPERCONVERGENCE: Biotechnology Is About to Transform the World. Are We Ready?
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Sturgeon caviar harvested in a lab. Skyscrapers made out of living materials that grow from the ground up. Computers that run on DNA. These might sound like science fiction fantasies, but our guest today, Jamie Metzl, says they are real — they’re in development right now. How these and other biotechnologies will transform our lives, work, and the w…
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Is Modern Masculinity Holding Men Back?
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Today's model of masculinity is outdated. It's not giving boys and men the courage, strength, and resilience they need to thrive in an ever-changing world. That's why Andrew Reiner, a cultural critic and New York Times contributor, wrote "Better Boys, Better Men." It's a roadmap for developing a new form of masculinity that creates emotional resili…
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What if ancient wisdom could help you achieve prosperity today? Darius Foroux is here to explain. 📩 Check out our daily Substack and our weekly LinkedIn newsletterPar Next Big Idea Club
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Previewing G's racing return and checking in on a crazy Vuelta - Watts Occurring powered by Eurosport
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WANT TO COME AND SEE WATTS OCCURRING LIVE? Tickets are still available here: https://premier.ticketek.co.uk/shows/show.aspx?sh=GERAINT24 G's back from his summer holidays and ready to return to racing at the Renewi Tour. He's not gonna fly, but he's looking forward to supporting INEOS' strong lineup in Belgium. One thing's for sure though: he's gla…
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Life and Death Decisions in Post-Roe America
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Today, we hear from journalist Shefali Luthra about her new book, "Undue Burden," which the San Francisco Chronicle called "an impeccably researched, clearheaded and frankly terrifying assessment of just how grave the situation in post-Roe America is." 🎟️ Grab a ticket for our upcoming live event with Yuval Noah Harari at https://nextbigideaclub.co…
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Ellen Marie Bennett turned a hunch into a multi-million dollar business. So can you. 🎟️ Grab a ticket to our event with Yuval Noah Harari at https://nextbigideaclub.com/events/ 📩 Check out our daily Substack and our weekly LinkedIn newsletterPar Next Big Idea Club
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Use Nature's Playbook to Energize Your Brain, Spark Ideas, and Ignite Action
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Jeff Karp went from the back of the class to opening his own research lab at Harvard. In this episode, he explains how he did it — and how the tools he used can help you thrive, too. 📕 Pick up a copy of Jeff's new book, "LIT: Life Ignition Tools" 📩 Check out our daily Substack and our weekly LinkedIn newsletter…
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ANXIOUS ACHIEVER: How You Can Turn Anxiety Into a Superpower
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What are some words you would use to describe a leader? Bold, driven, steadfast. How about … anxious? You may not equate leadership with anxiety, but Morra Aarons-Mele — a writer, podcaster, and self-proclaimed anxious achiever — says that’s a mistake. Because anxiety is not a professional defect or character flaw. It’s not something to be ashamed …
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The Truth About Immigration
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For nearly 20 years, Wharton professor Zeke Hernandez has been studying immigration. Today, he makes an evidence-based argument for why newcomers benefit your community, your country, and you. 📕 The Truth About Immigration: Why Successful Societies Welcome Newcomers 📩 Check out our daily Substack and our weekly LinkedIn newsletter…
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Are You Hardwired for Happiness?
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Today, Ashish Kothari shares nine proven practices to overcome stress and live your best life. 📩 Check out our daily Substack and our weekly LinkedIn newsletterPar Next Big Idea Club
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"You heretics!" That's probably what you'd say if we told you that sexual pleasure gave birth to religion. Sex and god? They're like oil and water, non-overlapping magisteria. But in a bold new book called "Sex, God, and the Brain," researcher and physician Andrew Newberg shows that the underlying biological mechanisms of spiritual and sexual exper…
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How to Get Noticed at Work for All the Right Reasons
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Building on the lessons she learned as an award-winning TV news journalist, Jessica Chen introduces a new way of getting noticed at work, without being loud, aggressive, or boastful. 📩 Check out our daily Substack and our weekly LinkedIn newsletterPar Next Big Idea Club
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The big Vuelta preview with De Pluski - Watts Occurring powered by Eurosport
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WANT TO COME AND SEE WATTS OCCURRING LIVE? Tickets are still available here: https://premier.ticketek.co.uk/shows/show.aspx?sh=GERAINT24 The Vuelta is here and we're sure it won't come as a surprise to you all that G is not racing this year. Remember, Spain is for holidays. Ambassador De Pluski will be flying the Watts Occurring flag in the peloton…
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Today, Gary John Bishop offers insightful (if unorthodox) parenting advice from his recent book "Grow Up." 📩 Check out our daily Substack 🔗 The Next Big Idea Daily is produced in partnership with LinkedIn. Speaking of LinkedIn, have you checked out our LinkedIn newsletter? Sign up herePar Next Big Idea Club
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ON THE EDGE (Part 2): How to Get Ahead by Thinking Probabilistically
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Today, Nate Silver explains why most people should take bigger risks, reveals the big thing everyone misunderstands about Sam Bankman-Fried, and makes the case that there’s anywhere from a 2 to 20 percent chance that AI will take over the world. 🎙️ This is the second episode in our two-part series with Nate Silver. To hear Part 1, click here…
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How Toxic Beauty Culture Harms Women
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What is toxic beauty culture ― from Botox to Instagram filters ― doing to women and girls? Ellen Atlanta reports. 📩 Check out our daily Substack and our weekly LinkedIn newsletterPar Next Big Idea Club
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Will We Merge With AI? Ray Kurzweil Thinks So.
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Celebrated computer scientist and unabased AI optimist Ray Kurzweil says a future where nanorobots inhabit our brains is closer than you may think. His new book is "The Singularity Is Nearer: When We Merge with AI." 📩 Check out our daily Substack and our weekly LinkedIn newsletterPar Next Big Idea Club
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