Big Questions with Cal Fussman

Raveling passed away early this month at 88 after living a life shaped by being in the right place at the right time — and knowing what to do when he got there. As a boy, after losing his father and s...

9 Sep 202516min

Billie Eilish was just 13 when she recorded the song Ocean Eyes in the bedroom of her home and her brother Finneas uploaded it to SoundCloud. Within weeks, hundreds of thousands had listened to it. Th...

2 Sep 202548min

Cal was ready to dump his storage bins of CDs, tape cassettes, and DVDs — until he discovered a twist: the world is racing back to the very things he was about to throw away. Parents are pulling out o...

26 Aug 20258min

Cal sits down with Jeff Burningham, author of The Last Book Written by a Human, to unpack the AI tidal wave about to hit classrooms, boardrooms, governments, and even religions. This isn't doomscrolli...

19 Aug 202555min

The NFL passed on Shedeur Sanders — son of Deion "Prime Time" Sanders — through the first four rounds of its 2025 draft, despite the quarterback's two electric seasons in college with Heisman trophy w...

12 Aug 202514min

Jim Carrey's $10 Million Lesson Cal has an epiphany as he's giving one of his storytelling workshops. He's able to tie the thought to the moment in 1985 when a down and out actor named Jim Carrey wro...

5 Aug 20258min

On a sunny Sunday morning, Cal shares breakfast with friends—when a woman reveals how a shady third-party travel site jacked up her airline ticket price. It was no fluke: The company is flooded with c...

29 Jul 202510min

It was during the pandemic when Cal first realized how many people were searching for mental health professionals and couldn't find them. Cal wished everyone could have access to the best therapist he...

22 Jul 202521min