IMAGINABLE: How Anyone Can Predict the Future (Yes, Even You)
In January 2020, when the coronavirus started making headlines around the world, Jane McGonigal’s inbox was flooded with emails from Silicon Valley execs, government officials, and non-profit leaders....
26 Mai 20221h 10min
CULTURE: How Successful Groups Work
The filmmakers at Pixar. The servers at Union Square Cafe. The badasses on SEAL Team Six. What do these super successful groups all have in common? Strong team culture. But what exactly is culture, an...
19 Mai 20221h 12min
GET IT DONE: How the Science of Motivation Can Help You Achieve Your Goals
University of Chicago professor Ayelet Fishbach has spent the last two decades studying the science of motivation. She has developed a framework for turning idle ambition into forward-moving action. T...
12 Mai 202251min
Bonus: The Not-So-Great Resignation (WorkLife with Adam Grant)
Over the past year, the Great Resignation has been all over the news. Many people are celebrating quitting their jobs — but it’s a decision some will come to regret. So when’s the right time to leave?...
8 Mai 202239min
FUN: How to Have More of It
Are we all so busy doom-scrolling and binge-watching that we’ve forgotten how to have fun? Catherine Price thinks so. But don’t despair. Her latest book, “The Power of Fun,” is jam-packed with researc...
5 Mai 20221h 12min
TWITTER: What Elon Musk’s Acquisition Means for the Future of Social Media
Why did Elon Musk buy Twitter? What does he plan to do with it? Is this the end of big social or a chance to reinvent it? This week, we’re interrupting our regularly scheduled programming to answer th...
28 Apr 202244min
EMOTIONAL: Do Your Feelings Make You Smarter?
We all strive to think rationally. But it doesn’t always do us much good. Cutting-edge science has revealed that if we want to sharpen our thinking, we need to feel our feelings. That science is the s...
21 Apr 202247min
ORIGIN: How Did Humans Migrate to the Americas?
Thousands of years ago, humans crossed a land bridge from Siberia into Alaska. They tried to move south, but a two-mile-high, coast-spanning ice wall stood between them and the rest of the continent. ...
14 Apr 20221h 9min
