ELON MUSK: Walter Isaacson on the World’s Most Polarizing Person
Two years ago, Walter Isaacson, the legendary biographer who has written books about Steve Jobs, Albert Einstein, Benjamin Franklin, and Leonardo da Vinci, began shadowing Elon Musk. "I started off wi...
14 Sep 20231h 7min
CHANGE: How to Excel When Everything Is in Flux
We go through at least thirty-six major changes in the course of our adulthoods. And yet adapting to those changes is really, really hard. Why is that? Health and science writer Brad Stulberg says it'...
7 Sep 20231h 2min
DREAM TOWN: Shaker Heights and the Quest for Racial Equity
In the 1950s, Shaker Heights, Ohio, became a national model for housing integration. In the 1970s, it was known as a crown jewel in the national move to racially integrate schools. So why is its schoo...
31 Aug 202353min
PERENNIALS: How to Thrive in a Post-Generational Society
Increasing longevity and the explosion of technology are reshaping the world. What will it mean for your education, your career, and your life? • Mauro Guillén’s new book is “The Perennials: The Megat...
24 Aug 202356min
ULTRA-PROCESSED: What Fake Food Is Doing to Our Health
Ultra-processed food makes up 60 percent of the American diet. Though to call it food is a stretch. Because it is not, strictly speaking, food at all. It is an industrially produced edible substance. ...
17 Aug 20231h 15min
How to Succeed by Quitting (2022)
In “Quit: The Power of Knowing When to Walk Away,” cognitive scientist turned professional poker player turned bestselling author Annie Duke says mastering the art of quitting is the key to making sma...
10 Aug 20231h 8min
Why the Modern World Puts Us All at Risk for Addiction (2021)
In “Dopamine Nation: Finding Balance in the Age of Indulgence,” Dr. Anna Lembke says today’s superabundance of pleasurable stimuli makes us all vulnerable to overindulgence. But don’t lose hope. Anna,...
3 Aug 20231h 14min
WORK: Henry David Thoreau on Making a Meaningful Living
Henry David Thoreau was a philosopher, poet, and pencil-maker. He was a great resigner and, above all, a superb writer whose masterpiece, "Walden," is considered by many to be America's first environm...
27 Jul 202351min
