Your Brain’s Being Hijacked: The Hidden Psychology Behind Everyday Decisions (#247)
Tue, 29 Apr 2025
Ever wondered why we sometimes act irrationally, even when it’s not in our best interest? Ori Braf...
How Your DNA Interacts With the World Around You (#246)
Tue, 22 Apr 2025
Are we shaped by our genes or by our environment? For centuries, this question has fueled one of sci...
Don’t Believe the Doom: American Workers Are Moving Up (#245)
Tue, 15 Apr 2025
Is today's economy delivering for American workers? According to Georgetown University professo...
Why China Builds High Speed Rail - And The U.S. Can’t Build A Tunnel (#244)
Tue, 08 Apr 2025
All across America, critical government infrastructure projects — building EV charger stations, ex...
We Can’t Stop the Wildfires—But We Can Stop the Disaster (#243)
Tue, 01 Apr 2025
Wildfires have ravaged residential communities like never before, and confusion about the causes and...
The Hidden Pattern in Fires, Earthquakes, Stock Market Crashes, and Even Wars (#242)
Tue, 25 Mar 2025
Catastrophes seem to be the new normal. There’s a stunning new scientific belief that although cat...
NBCUniversal Vice Chair Bonnie Hammer on AI Celebrities, Interactive TV & the Future of Content (#241)
Tue, 18 Mar 2025
The media and entertainment world is evolving at warp speed. One person who knows where it’s heade...
Why Bad Cops Stay and Schools Fail (#240)
Tue, 11 Mar 2025
Public employee unions have a death grip on the operating machinery of government. Bad cops can’t ...
How to Not be Manipulated: A Clever, Crafty PR Exec Reveals Tricks of His Trade (#239)
Tue, 04 Mar 2025
Warning: People are out to manipulate you. How? With very sophisticated, deceptive PR techniques. He...
The Power of Leaderless Organizations: How Decentralized Groups are Changing the World (#238)
Tue, 25 Feb 2025
What happens when there’s no one in charge? You’d think chaos would reign—but in reality, lead...
Whole Foods CEO on The Future of Food: More Than Taste (#237)
Tue, 18 Feb 2025
Food. People are demanding more from it these days than taste. They want food to meet their personal...
NBCUniversal Vice Chair Bonnie Hammer: Life Lessons for Getting Ahead (#236)
Tue, 11 Feb 2025
NBCUniversal Vice-Chair Bonnie Hammer didn’t climb to the top by following the rules—she rewrote...
The CIA’s Secrets: Spy Missions, Cyber Wars & Covert Operations (#235)
Tue, 04 Feb 2025
The CIA may not be thrilled with this conversation. Here, Pulitzer Prize-winning author and highly r...
Former Secretary of Energy Ernest Moniz: Tackling Global Warming and Energy Solutions (#234)
Tue, 28 Jan 2025
Energy is complicated. As global demand continues to grow, so does the need for realistic, climate-f...
Former Supreme Allied Commander of NATO James Stavridis Does Not Mince Words (#233)
Tue, 21 Jan 2025
When Admiral James Stavridis (Ret) talks, everyone from Hillary Clinton to Donald Trump listens. Her...
Top Takeaways of 2024 (#232)
Tue, 14 Jan 2025
The episode you’ve been waiting for is here: our Top Takeaways of 2024. Listen to some of the worl...
AI: How It’s Being Used Now, What’s Next, and What’s After That (#231)
Tue, 07 Jan 2025
There’s a lot being said about AI these days that’s science fiction. One person who knows the fa...
The Science and Skill of Superforecasting (#230)
Tue, 31 Dec 2024
Imagine how much better your decision making would be if you could better predict the future. It’s...
The Search for Another Earth (#229)
Tue, 24 Dec 2024
Is there another planet in the universe like Earth? Is there life elsewhere? And if so, how advanced...
A Blueprint for Reimagining Our Cities (#228)
Tue, 17 Dec 2024
Our cities need to be revitalized to make them more appealing. But how? Seth Pinsky, CEO of 92NY and...
Former U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman on China, Russia, Iran, and North Korea (#227)
Tue, 10 Dec 2024
China, Russia, Iran, and North Korea are all determined to subvert America. Nobody knows more about ...
Secrets of a Wildly Successful TV Writer (#226)
Tue, 03 Dec 2024
Ever wonder why some movies and TV shows are so powerful and gripping? What makes for a deeply compe...
Former Google CEO Eric Schmidt on AI: Shaping the Next Era of Humanity (#225)
Sat, 23 Nov 2024
Eric Schmidt is astonishing. Here, the former CEO of Google and one of the world’s most brilliant ...
200 Billion Animals Are Killed for Food Each Year (#224)
Tue, 19 Nov 2024
Chew on this: Approximately 200 billion animals are raised for food each year, often in horrific con...
I’m a Doctor. ChatGPT’s Bedside Manner Is Better Than Mine. (#223)
Tue, 12 Nov 2024
For better and for worse, artificially intelligent communication is inexorably making its way into m...
Loonshots: How Lunatic, Moonshot Ideas Become Real and Change the World (#222)
Tue, 05 Nov 2024
It’s not easy for huge, breakthrough ideas — the kind that truly change the world — to see the...
Blunt Wisdom From the World’s Top Executive Coach (#221)
Tue, 29 Oct 2024
If there’s such a thing as a secret to success, Marshall Goldsmith knows it. Known as the world’...
Former Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer Speaks His Piece (#220)
Tue, 22 Oct 2024
Rarely does a former Supreme Court justice reveal what’s on their mind like Stephen Breyer. Listen...
Secrets of Legendary Investor Howard Marks (#219)
Tue, 15 Oct 2024
Warren Buffett doesn’t need investment advice. But he does listen to fellow billionaire and co-fou...
What’s Ailing Capitalism, and How to Heal It (#218)
Tue, 08 Oct 2024
Serious doubts about capitalism are being raised these days, and for good reason. Too many people ar...
AI and Healthcare: A Dose of Good News (#217)
Tue, 01 Oct 2024
Sam Hazen has seen the future of healthcare, and it works. The CEO of one of the world’s largest h...
Highlight on Politics: 5 of the World’s Sharpest Minds in Politics (#216)
Tue, 24 Sep 2024
Election fever is heating up, and no matter how you plan on voting, these 3 Takeaways excerpts provi...
Chew on This: The Founder of Whole Foods Is Bananas for Capitalism (#215)
Tue, 17 Sep 2024
The story of Whole Foods is the story of its founder, John Mackey, and it’s nothing short of aston...
Former Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross on Investing, Entrepreneurship, and Trump (#214)
Tue, 10 Sep 2024
With no exaggeration, Wilbur Ross is brilliant, successful, blunt, compelling, and completely devoid...
Norway’s Former Minister of Defense and Foreign Affairs: Are Chaos and Upheaval the New Norm? (#213)
Tue, 03 Sep 2024
The world is on a wild ride — two wars, massive immigration, fractured political parties. Are chao...
Former President of Chile Michelle Bachelet: Leading with Integrity, Truth, and Empathy (#212)
Thu, 29 Aug 2024
Authentic political leadership is in short supply these days. There’s no better person on the topi...
Highlight on Law & Justice: Six Experts Share Powerful Ideas on Crime and Punishment (#211)
Tue, 20 Aug 2024
With an election coming up, crime and punishment are a hot topic. Listen to this specially curated e...
Close Calls: The Terrifying Threat of Nuclear War (#210)
Tue, 13 Aug 2024
How would a nuclear war start and unfold? How close are we to thermonuclear annihilation? Annie Jaco...
Fareed Zakaria Makes Sense of a Crazy World (#209)
Tue, 06 Aug 2024
Massive, mind scrambling changes are taking place in society and politics these days. Nobody makes m...
Vietnam: From Great Foe to Great Friend (#208)
Tue, 30 Jul 2024
It’s a story that seems unimaginable. Fifty years after the end of our brutal war with Vietnam, th...
What Einstein and Brie Larson Have in Common (#207)
Tue, 23 Jul 2024
What do Einstein, Mozart, Walt Disney, Brie Larson and many other talented and successful people hav...
Hear, Here. A Fresh Take on the News Media’s Flawed Coverage of Joe Biden with a Former NY Times Executive Editor (#206)
Tue, 16 Jul 2024
The news media’s coverage of Joe Biden’s mental fitness is itself a major news story. Here, Jill...
A Former Prime Minister of Israel Speaks Bluntly (#205)
Tue, 09 Jul 2024
Former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert has a special perspective and wise insights into the battl...
How AI is Rewiring and Rotting our Brains (#204)
Tue, 02 Jul 2024
Slowly but surely, AI is taking over. What does it mean to live in an age where we can outsource our...
Highlight on Education: A Specially Curated Episode (#203)
Tue, 25 Jun 2024
Want to get smarter about education? Listen to this specially curated episode of 3 Takeaways — wit...
Bird Flu is a Real Concern. Learn the Facts with Former National Security Council Director for Medical and Biodefense Preparedness (#202)
Tue, 18 Jun 2024
Pandemics are on the rise. Will bird flu be next? The government says it’s monitoring the situatio...
Learn How to Unlock the Secret Language of Connection with Charles Duhigg (#201)
Tue, 11 Jun 2024
Want to become a super communicator? You can, according to Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and aut...
It’s Time We Take A Good, Hard Look At War (#200)
Tue, 04 Jun 2024
As war rages in Ukraine and Gaza, these questions are being asked: Are wars inevitable? Where will t...
Are America and the West Really In Decline with Niall Ferguson (#199)
Tue, 28 May 2024
The decline of America and Western civilization is being discussed more loudly these days. But is it...
Kara Swisher Holds Back Nothing - on Bezos, Zuckerberg, Cook, etc. (#198)
Tue, 21 May 2024
Kara Swisher is Silicon Valley’s premiere chronicler, filled with wisdom and insight on tech compa...
Cass Sunstein Reveals How to Become Famous: lost Beatles, lost Steve Jobs, lost Mona Lisas, lost Tom Bradys and other missed superstars (#197)
Tue, 14 May 2024
The world is filled with talented, amazing people, but only a few find fame and success. What’s th...
A Bold, Fresh, Stunning Look At The U.S. Constitution (#196)
Tue, 07 May 2024
A.J. Jacobs spent an entire year living as America’s Founding Fathers did 200 years ago. Really. H...
Former Oxford University Head and Terrorism Expert - Finally, A Knowing, Clear-Eyed Look At Terrorism (#195)
Tue, 30 Apr 2024
Terrorism is roiling the Middle East and is a fact of life in many places around the world. How shou...
How Taylor Swift, Barbie and Louis Vuitton Redefined Movies, Music, Art and Fashion: the Billion-Dollar Marketing Era (#194)
Tue, 23 Apr 2024
We live in an age of hyper-marketing, when the marketing of events like Taylor Swift and the “Barb...
The Keys To Ending Conflict, From A Negotiator Who Knows (#193)
Tue, 16 Apr 2024
People and countries are at each other’s throats these days. How can some of this conflict be reso...
An Other-Worldly Talk About Other Worlds With The Chillest Astrophysicist Alive (#192)
Tue, 09 Apr 2024
According to Janna Levin, “the chillest astrophysicist alive” (says Wired Magazine), there’s a...
Why Do We Keep Getting Walloped By Black Swan Events? Is The World On The Edge Of Chaos? Tune In. (#191)
Tue, 02 Apr 2024
“We have this notion that we have more control than ever, but I think we have it less and less,”...
The Battle for Your Brain: The Emerging World of Neurotechnology, Brain Hacking and Thought Control (#190)
Tue, 26 Mar 2024
Brain sensors embedded in watches. Earbuds that decode our brainwaves. Neurotechnology that reads ou...
Climate Future: What We Know and Don’t Know About Our Future (#189)
Tue, 19 Mar 2024
Current debates over climate change are focused almost entirely on reducing emissions - which is som...
Liespotting — An Expert Reveals How To Know When You’re Being Deceived. Honestly. (#188)
Tue, 12 Mar 2024
There’s an epidemic of deception taking place, and while some lying has a valid function, it helps...
AI That’s More Powerful Than Humans Is Coming. How Will We Be Able To Control It? (#187)
Tue, 05 Mar 2024
Super intelligent AI is coming that will make today’s AI seem primitive. It will be vastly more po...
Look Again: The Power of Noticing What Was Always There (#186)
Tue, 27 Feb 2024
Our lives are filled with joyful, positive experiences — a beautiful sunset, a good meal, laughter...
These Times Demand This Fascinating Look At How Abraham Lincoln Kept America One Country (#185)
Tue, 20 Feb 2024
With political contentiousness now at a fever pitch and with Presidents Day in mind, there’s much ...
Starbucks Board Chair Mellody Hobson’s Life Sounds Like Fiction, But It’s Fact. Here, She Discusses Her Success (#184)
Tue, 13 Feb 2024
Mellody Hobson’s life—from her tough Chicago childhood to becoming Starbucks board chair to her ...
Taste What You're Missing: Surprising Stories and Science Why Food Tastes Good (#183)
Tue, 06 Feb 2024
Chew on this: The way food looks, smells, and even sounds affects how much we like it. We have taste...
The One And Only Dr. Atul Gawande In An Eye-Opening, Wide-Ranging Talk About Global Health (#182)
Tue, 30 Jan 2024
Surgeon, professor, public health leader, bestselling author, global healthcare legend. Listen as Dr...
Top Takeaways of 2023 (#181)
Tue, 23 Jan 2024
3 Takeaways brings you conversations with people who are changing the world. The world’s foremos...
An Eye-Opening, Cautionary Look At The Problematic Clout Of A Few Giant Index Funds (#180)
Tue, 16 Jan 2024
Four index funds are now so large they have unprecedented, concentrated power in public companies, e...
The CEO of U.S. News & World Report On Why Today’s Most Critical News Story May Be The News Media Itself (#179)
Tue, 09 Jan 2024
Credible journalism is crucial for democracy, and trust in our news media is alarmingly low. The CEO...
Made New Year’s Resolutions? An Expert Shares Scientific Strategies To Achieve Lasting Change (#178)
Tue, 02 Jan 2024
Many people have important personal goals they want to achieve, but come up short. Here, behavioral ...
Top Dog: An Expert On The Science Of Winning Shares Powerful Tips And Strategies To Improve Performance (#177)
Tue, 26 Dec 2023
Ashley Merryman is an expert on the science of winning and has helped Olympic and professional athle...
A Legal Reform Expert Discusses The Horrors Of Our Criminal Justice System And How To Improve It (#176)
Tue, 19 Dec 2023
It’s no secret the U.S. criminal justice system is failing people of color. But the issue is bigge...
How Will Dramatically Declining Birth Rates Reshape Our World? A Population Expert Weighs In. (#175)
Tue, 12 Dec 2023
The birth rate in many countries is plummeting below what’s needed to maintain the population. In ...
Former Secretary of Health and Human Services Alex Azar Details Previously Unknown Reasons For The Stunning Success of Operation Warp Speed (#174)
Tue, 05 Dec 2023
Operation Warp Speed achieved in 7 months what normally takes 8–12 years. Former Secretary of Heal...
At A Time Of Great Global Volatility, The U.S. Economy Is Far Outperforming All The Other Major Countries. Listen And Learn Why. (#173)
Tue, 28 Nov 2023
News flash: By every measure that matters, the U.S. economy is dramatically outperforming the indust...
An Expert On Higher Education Talks About Critical Skills Not Being Taught At Universities (#172)
Tue, 21 Nov 2023
There’s great debate these days about the merits of a college education. Here, an expert on the to...
A Former Israeli Foreign Minister Discusses The War With Hamas And What It May, And May Not, Achieve (#171)
Tue, 14 Nov 2023
As war rages between Israel and Hamas, former Israeli Foreign Minister Shlomo Ben-Ami shares some re...
Chevron CEO, Mike Wirth, On The Race To Meet The World’s Energy Needs With Lower Carbon Solutions (#170)
Tue, 07 Nov 2023
Can the world make an orderly transition from fossil fuels to lower carbon solutions? Chevron CEO, M...
A City on Mars: Can We Settle Space, Should We Settle Space, And Have We Really Thought This Through? (#169)
Tue, 31 Oct 2023
Attention Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos: What on earth are you thinking?! Settling in space is fraught wi...
Karl Rove Takes A Riveting, No-Holds Barred Look At The Frightening State Of American Politics (#168)
Tue, 24 Oct 2023
Karl Rove, former political consultant and presidential advisor, shares his take on the current ugli...
What’s Really Happening Along Our Mexican Border, From A Plain-Spoken Texas Congressman (#167)
Tue, 17 Oct 2023
According to U.S. Congressman Tony Gonzales, whose district runs along the majority of Texas’ bord...
Former Chairman of Morgan Stanley Asia On Why Both the US and China Are Guilty Of False Narratives About The Other (#166)
Tue, 10 Oct 2023
The U.S. and China are locked in an economic battle that threatens world stability. According to for...
President of Rockefeller Foundation and Former Head of USAID Raj Shah on Big Bets and Transforming The Face of Human Poverty On The Planet (#165)
Tue, 03 Oct 2023
Imagine a world in which no child starves to death and electricity is available to just about all. R...
Why The Use Of Group Identity To Pursue Social Justice May Fail To Achieve Its Noble Goals (#164)
Tue, 26 Sep 2023
The attempt across much of America to achieve social justice by advantaging people based on their id...
How Inequality Affects the Way We Think, Live, and Die (#163)
Tue, 19 Sep 2023
Why does the feeling of inequality lead some people to make self-defeating decisions? Why does feeli...
A World-Leading Tech Analyst Shares His Insights on AI, Job Creation, Chinese EVs, Crypto, and More (#162)
Tue, 12 Sep 2023
The world is filled with speculation about the impact of AI, automation and other technologies. Here...
The Science of Failure – Right Kind of Wrong with Harvard Business School’s Amy Edmondson (#161)
Tue, 05 Sep 2023
Failure will happen. Count on it. Especially in today’s complex, uncertain world. Here, Harvard pr...
The Transforming Power of Hospitality in Business: Setting the Table with Union Square Hospitality Group Founder & Chairman Danny Meyer - repost (#160)
Tue, 29 Aug 2023
“Business, like life, is all about how you make people feel. It’s that simple, and it’s that h...
A Top National Security Expert Explores The Critical Role Cybersecurity Plays In America’s Security (#159)
Tue, 22 Aug 2023
Along with major technological advances come major security threats. Here, the Deputy National Secur...
Learn The Latest Findings On How Working Remotely Effects Productivity, Hiring, Real Estate, And More (#158)
Tue, 15 Aug 2023
Working remotely is having a dramatic impact across a wide swath of society — including how and wh...
The Former Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff on Our Critical Need To See “The Other Side of The Story” (#157)
Tue, 08 Aug 2023
Former Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, retired Admiral Bill Owens, fervently believes we...
Yale Professor Zoe Chance Reveals Smart, Simple Ways To Influence People To Get What You Want (#156)
Tue, 01 Aug 2023
Becoming more influential is within your grasp, and it doesn't mean becoming a selfish ass — ...
How An Innovative, Global Vaccine Alliance Accomplished What No Other Organization Could (#155)
Tue, 25 Jul 2023
Now for some wonderful news. There’s a global public-private alliance that has done what no other ...
Livewired: Creating New Senses for Humans (#154)
Tue, 18 Jul 2023
A wristband that enables deaf people to “hear.” Brain implants that enable you to control a robo...
Learning from the Best: A Nobel Laureate's Journey to Understand the Secrets of School Quality (#153)
Tue, 11 Jul 2023
Why do some schools routinely produce high-performing students? How truly important is class size? W...
Former Ford and Boeing CEO Alan Mulally On Love By Design, The Secret Behind Two Remarkable Turnarounds (#152)
Tue, 04 Jul 2023
How did legendary business leader Alan Mulally rescue both Ford and Boeing? With a detailed set of p...
War In The Age of AI. A Chilling, Mind-Blowing Talk With A Former Pentagon Defense Expert (#151)
Tue, 27 Jun 2023
The transformation to AI-enabled warfare is happening at breakneck speed. The stakes are huge and —...
Irresistible: The Rise of Addictive Technology and the Business of Keeping Us Hooked (#150)
Tue, 20 Jun 2023
Tech companies, including Apple, Facebook, Netflix, and others, go to great lengths to hook us and k...
Why Do So Many Incompetent Men Become Leaders? (#149)
Tue, 13 Jun 2023
Why do we have so many incompetent male leaders in both government and the private sector? According...
Hear, Here: The President and CEO of NY’s Metropolitan Museum On Its Critical Role In Modern Life (#148)
Tue, 06 Jun 2023
New York City’s Metropolitan Museum of Art is a beloved and important cultural icon. Here, its Pre...
Learn Why A Nobel Prize Winning Economist Says Extreme Global Poverty Is “Entirely Solvable” (#147)
Tue, 30 May 2023
Now for some good news: According to Abhijit Banerjee, a Nobel Prize winner for his work fighting po...
Turnaround Time: The Remarkable Warmth and Wisdom of Former United Airlines CEO, Oscar Munoz (#146)
Tue, 23 May 2023
Fasten your seatbelt. One month after becoming CEO of United Airlines, Oscar Munoz had a massive hea...
Now Hear This: Non-Humans Communicate Highly Complex Information Through Sound (#145)
Tue, 16 May 2023
Breakthroughs in bio-acoustic technology are enabling scientists, including Karen Bakker, to “hear...
New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy Reveals Why It’s Useful To Sometimes Get Your Teeth Kicked In (#144)
Tue, 09 May 2023
One of America’s most popular governors, Phil Murphy (Dem. NJ), lowers his guard and reveals what ...
Magic Words: Cutting-Edge Revelations on Language That Can Dramatically Increase Your Impact (#143)
Tue, 02 May 2023
Some words have extraordinary power to help us persuade others, build stronger relationships, improv...
Airbnb Global Head of Hosting on Travel and Work, What Some Of The Most Fabulous Airbnbs Are, And Curiosity As A Core Value (#142)
Tue, 25 Apr 2023
Don't miss this wide-ranging conversation with Airbnb Global Head of Hosting Catherine Powell o...
Getting Along: How to Work with Anyone (Even Difficult People). Get Invaluable Insights and Practical Tips from Harvard Business Review Contributing Editor (#141)
Tue, 18 Apr 2023
The workplace is filled with challenging situations and people, and how we handle them plays a major...
The Man Who Led the Creation of Moderna’s Covid Vaccine Shares His Powerful Insight and Vision: Tal Zaks (#140)
Tue, 11 Apr 2023
As Moderna’s Chief Medical Officer, Tal Zaks spearheaded the creation of the company’s revolutio...
The Lords of Easy Money: How the Fed Broke the American Economy, and the Inevitable Pain Ahead (#139)
Tue, 04 Apr 2023
Buckle your seat belt. Chris Leonard, author of The Lords of Easy Money, explains in searing detail ...
A Former OSHA Head Exposes the Science of Deception That Allows Dangerous Chemicals To Go Unregulated (#138)
Tue, 28 Mar 2023
There is massive, well-funded deception that enables many toxic chemicals and products to go unregul...
A Noted MIT Dean on the Age of AI and the Rapidly Evolving Relationship Between AI and Humans (#137)
Tue, 21 Mar 2023
AI is transforming society. We can still determine how. MIT dean and co-author with Henry Kissinger ...
Blackstone Vice Chairman Byron Wien's Eye-Opening Surprises for 2023 Plus Invaluable Life Wisdom (#136)
Tue, 14 Mar 2023
Blackstone’s Byron Wien is known for his annual, and remarkably prescient, Ten Surprises. Here, he...
The Battle for Your Brain: The Emerging World of Neurotechnology, Brain Hacking and Thought Control (#135)
Tue, 07 Mar 2023
Brain sensors embedded in watches. Earbuds that decode our brainwaves. Neurotechnology that reads ou...
Belonging: How To Combat The Serious Isolation That’s Wreaking Havoc on Our Health and Happiness (#134)
Tue, 28 Feb 2023
We are biologically wired to need connection with others, but live in an age of serious and debilita...
These Times Demand a Clear-Eyed Look at Threats to America. Stanford’s Frank Fukuyama Provides It. (#133)
Tue, 21 Feb 2023
Are liberal democracies in long-term decline? Why is the U.S. so intensely polarized and how can it ...
Former Vice Chair of the Federal Reserve Alan Blinder on Cryptocurrencies, Soft Landings and What's Really Happening with the US Economy Now. (#132)
Tue, 14 Feb 2023
The one and only Alan S. Blinder, former Vice Chair of the Federal Reserve and member of President C...
Liespotting — An Expert Reveals How To Know When You’re Being Deceived. Honestly. (#131)
Tue, 07 Feb 2023
There’s an epidemic of deception taking place, and while some lying has a valid function, it helps...
Classified: The Complex and Bizarre World of Government-Imposed Racial Classification. Listen, and Learn. (#130)
Tue, 31 Jan 2023
At a time when government-imposed racial and ethnic classifications are increasingly used to determi...
General David Petraeus Continues His Brilliant Analysis of the Ukraine War — Plus China, Cyber and Other Threats (#129)
Tue, 24 Jan 2023
Former CIA Director and General David Petraeus (Ret.) continues his brilliant, in-depth analysis of ...
Former CIA Director David Petraeus Provides His Expert, Riveting Take on the Russia Ukraine War (#128)
Tue, 17 Jan 2023
Former CIA Director and General David Petraeus (Ret.), one of the most brilliant military leaders of...
The Good Life Unpacked: Discovering What Makes Us Thrive with the Heads of Harvard's 80-Year Study (#127)
Tue, 10 Jan 2023
Unlock the secrets to a fulfilling life with Bob Waldinger and Marc Shulz, the heads of Harvard&apos...
How to Change: An Expert on the Science of Personal Change Reveals Proven, Powerful Strategies (#126)
Tue, 03 Jan 2023
Deep personal change that enables you to achieve your goals is absolutely possible. The key: Identif...
Which are the 10 Most Powerful and Compelling Takeaways of 2022? Listen and Find Out. (#125)
Tue, 27 Dec 2022
3 Takeaways features revealing conversations with the world’s foremost thinkers, business leaders,...
Former Senator Phil Gramm Explodes the Myth of American Inequality in an Eye-Opening Conversation (#124)
Tue, 20 Dec 2022
According to former Senator Phil Gramm, inequality in the U.S. is grossly overstated largely because...
The U.S. and the Holocaust: What did America Know and Do During the Greatest Atrocity of Our Time with Ken Burns' Co-Directors (#123)
Tue, 13 Dec 2022
What was America’s response to the Holocaust? What did we know and not know, do and not do, as the...
Superabundance: Separating Fact From Myth About Human Flourishing on an Infinitely Bountiful Planet (#122)
Tue, 06 Dec 2022
Contrary to conventional wisdom, we are not living in an age of dwindling resources. Generations of ...
Chip War: the Fight for the World's Most Vital Technology and the Staggering Vulnerability of the U.S. (#121)
Tue, 29 Nov 2022
The world as we know it relies on computer chips, and the most important ones are made largely in Ta...
How Worried Should We Be About Dysfunctional Government? A Gifted Constitutional Expert Weighs In (#120)
Tue, 22 Nov 2022
Congressional gridlock has created a vacuum that undermines key principles of the Constitution, rais...
Why the Lies We Tell in Public Are So Destructive with Duke's Timur Kuran (#119)
Tue, 15 Nov 2022
Hiding what we really think can have devastating social consequences, and helps explain the rise of ...
Complicit: When Good People Turn a Blind Eye to Rape, Thievery, and Fraud. With Harvard’s Max Bazerman (#118)
Tue, 08 Nov 2022
Countless people knew what Harvey Weinstein, Elizabeth Holmes, and the Catholic Church were doing –...
A Mind-Blowing Look at How Our Brains Create Our Reality. With Renowned Neuroscientist Lisa Feldman Barrett (#117)
Tue, 01 Nov 2022
Our brains run the show and determine how we relate to the world. Discoveries from the front lines o...
What Does the Work of The Future Look Like? With MIT Professor David Autor (#116)
Tue, 25 Oct 2022
Why will tech and automation never lead to the demise of human work? What qualifies as “good” wo...
The Person You Mean To Be and A More Just Future with Social Scientist Dolly Chugh (#115)
Tue, 18 Oct 2022
It’s counter-intuitive but true: letting go of being a good person is key to becoming a better one...
Is This Time Different? Eight Centuries of Financial Folly with Famed Economist Ken Rogoff (#114)
Tue, 11 Oct 2022
Harvard economics professor and former IMF Chief Economist Ken Rogoff is one of the world’s preemi...
Why Having Too Little Makes People Perform Worse and Become More Impatient, Impulsive and Careless: Princeton Behavioral Scientist Eldar Shafir (repost) (#113)
Tue, 04 Oct 2022
Learn how scarcity of anything - money, food or social connections - affects our daily lives and lea...
Harvard University President Lawrence Bacow: The Value of a College Education and Investing in the Future (repost) (#112)
Tue, 27 Sep 2022
Lawrence Bacow, President of Harvard University, shares how he sees the future of education and the ...
Harvard Business School’s Bill Sahlman: What I’ve Learned Reading 10,000 Business Plans and Investing in Hundreds of Startups (repost) (#111)
Tue, 20 Sep 2022
Of the 10,000 business plans Bill Sahlman has read, only 3 companies met their plan. Find out what i...
When Women Lead: A Groundbreaking Look at Bias, Leadership and the Future of Work with CNBC’s Julia Boorstin (#110)
Tue, 13 Sep 2022
The deck is still stacked against women in the workplace. Learn how some women dramatically defy the...
The Exponential Age: How Accelerating Technology is Transforming Business, Politics and Society with Tech Seer Azeem Azhar (#109)
Tue, 06 Sep 2022
Technology is advancing at exponential speed, and humanity is having serious trouble keeping up. Aze...
Explore Grand Mysteries of Space, Time, Life, and the Cosmos – With World-Renowned Physicist Brian Greene (#108)
Tue, 30 Aug 2022
He’s been called “a successor to Einstein.” Here you’ll see why, as physicist Brian Greene o...
Climate Future: What We Know and Don’t Know with MIT’s Robert Pindyck (#107)
Tue, 23 Aug 2022
Current debates over climate change are focused almost entirely on reducing emissions - which is som...
Ask For More: 2 Questions to Negotiate Almost Anything with Columbia Law School Mediation Clinic Director Alex Carter (#106)
Tue, 16 Aug 2022
Did you know that by asking better questions, you get better answers and better results from negotia...
Former FCC Chair Tom Wheeler: Our Loss of Privacy Is Worse Than You Think, No Matter What You Think (#105)
Tue, 09 Aug 2022
Your entire life is an open book of information collected by tech companies. According to Tom Wheele...
The Leadership These Times Demand – with Vik Malhotra, McKinsey’s Chairman of the Americas (#104)
Tue, 02 Aug 2022
Being a leader of any organization today may be more difficult than ever. What enables some leaders ...
Unconscious Bias is Real, So Are the Solutions: Harvard Kennedy School Former Academic Dean Iris Bohnet (repost) (#103)
Tue, 26 Jul 2022
How can we reduce or neutralize unconscious bias? It’s a critical question these days – especial...
Former Secretary of Education Arne Duncan: Education Runs on Lies (repost) (#102)
Tue, 19 Jul 2022
“Education runs on lies. That’s probably not what you’d expect from a former Secretary of Educ...
When Willpower Isn’t Enough: Psychologist Wendy Wood Reveals Keys to Success (#101)
Tue, 12 Jul 2022
The research is in, and it shows that a large part of being successful is understanding how to form ...
The Age of DNA: Ginkgo Bioworks Co-Founder Jason Kelly (#100)
Tue, 05 Jul 2022
Steve Jobs once said that the biggest innovations in the 21st century would be at the intersection o...
Why We Laugh: The Many Shapes and Forms of Laughter with Neuroscientist Sophie Scott (#99)
Tue, 28 Jun 2022
Laughter, it turns out, is not primarily a response to humor. Neuroscientist Sophie Scott CBE shares...
Princeton’s Endowment Manager Andy Golden on Investing Today (#98)
Tue, 21 Jun 2022
The president of Princeton University Investment Company (PRINCO), which manages Princeton’s endow...
How We Can Defeat The Next Pandemic and The Future of Medicine: Dr. Eric Topol (#97)
Tue, 14 Jun 2022
Dr. Eric Topol explains how we can prepare for the next pandemic, including having stockpiles of var...
Presidential Advisor David Gergen: Democracy in Peril and New Leadership (#96)
Tue, 07 Jun 2022
David Gergen, White House Advisor to four presidents, warns us about our failing democracy. He share...
Former Australian Prime Minister and China Scholar Kevin Rudd: War Between China and the US (#95)
Tue, 31 May 2022
Just as there was nothing inevitable about WW1 which came about because of flawed decisions by polit...
The Revenge of Power: How Power is Shifting in the 21st Century with Moises Naim (#94)
Tue, 24 May 2022
Power is easier to get, harder to use and easier to lose. Moises Naim explores how power is changing...
From Hawk to Dove, Negotiating Peace after War: Former Colombia President Juan Manuel Santos (#93)
Tue, 17 May 2022
President Santos received the Nobel Peace Prize for bringing Colombia's more than 50 year civil...
Business Revolution: Tech, Talent, Purpose with Fortune Media CEO Alan Murray (#92)
Tue, 10 May 2022
Fortune Media CEO Alan Murray shares the dramatic changes in business today due to the tech revoluti...
World Famous Architect Robert A.M. Stern on Architecture and Design: What Makes His Buildings Special? (#91)
Tue, 03 May 2022
Robert A.M. Stern, who designs the most sought after buildings in the world, shares how he sees arch...
Justice, Punishment and Forgiveness: When Should Law Forgive? (#90)
Tue, 26 Apr 2022
Former Harvard Law School Dean Martha Minow argues for greater forgiveness by the law and the justic...
An Urgent Warning on the Times Ahead with the Founder of the World's Largest Hedge Fund: Ray Dalio (#89)
Tue, 19 Apr 2022
Legendary investor Ray Dalio, who predicted the 2008 financial crisis, shares a similar urgent warni...
A British Minister on Why Being a Politician Is the Worst Job Imaginable, Brexit and a View of the US and the World: Rory Stewart (#88)
Tue, 12 Apr 2022
Rory Stewart provides an unconventional perspective on the US and the world, including the mistake o...
Political Commentator George Will: Insights on American Government Today, and Where the Democratic and Republican Parties Have Both Gone Wrong (#87)
Tue, 05 Apr 2022
We sit down with George Will and discuss what conservatism means today and where the Republican and ...
Reporting from War Zones with CNN Chief International Correspondent Clarissa Ward: How What's Reported Differs From the Situation On the Ground (#86)
Tue, 29 Mar 2022
This week we talk with Clarissa Ward, CNN’s Chief International Correspondent, who has been report...
The Secret Life of Words - What Our Words Say About Us and What We Can Learn From Others Words: Dr. Jamie Pennebaker (#85)
Tue, 22 Mar 2022
Ever wondered if we could predict people’s actions through their words? Renowned social psychologi...
David Novak, Former CEO OF Yum! Brands on Motivating a Work Force, Staying Humble and Taking Charge of Your Career (#84)
Tue, 15 Mar 2022
From humble beginnings growing up as a trailer park nomad, David rose to be the CEO of Yum! Brands (...
Former MI6 Chief Sir Alex Younger: Putin's Miscalculations Invading Ukraine, Why Putin May Become More Desperate and Dangerous, Realities of a Spy and the Importance of Trust and Alliances (#83)
Tue, 08 Mar 2022
Former MI6 Chief Sir Alex Younger – with his years of experience as a spy - shares how Putin mis...
Growing Alibaba into the World's Largest Online Commerce Company with 1 BN Customers: Alibaba Group President Michael Evans (#82)
Tue, 01 Mar 2022
Sometimes, and mostly outside of China, Alibaba is referred to as the Chinese Amazon, but in reality...
Former CEO of New York Federal Reserve Bank Bill Dudley on Inflation and Fiscal Recovery in the US, Regulating Cryptocurrencies and Why Current Fed Policies Benefit the Rich and Not the Poor (#81)
Tue, 22 Feb 2022
We talk with Bill Dudley, the former President and CEO of the New York Federal Reserve Bank, about t...
ClassPass Founder Payal Kadakia on Building ClassPass into a Billion Dollar Company, Living a Plan A Life and Achieving Your Potential (#80)
Tue, 15 Feb 2022
Learn how Payal Kadakia built a start up into a billion dollar unicorn in her 20’s despite many se...
Why Platform Companies (Facebook, Amazon, Airbnb and Uber) Are the Opposite of Traditional Companies, Why They Become So Enormous, and How They Can Be Effectively Regulated: Marshall Van Alstyne (repost) (#79)
Tue, 08 Feb 2022
Marshall Van Alstyne shares why platform companies dominate traditional businesses and why 7 of the ...
The Future of Artificial Intelligence: Head of Columbia University’s Creative Machines Lab Hod Lipson (repost) (#78)
Tue, 01 Feb 2022
We are at an inflection point in artificial intelligence today. Find out what the next 3 waves of ar...
Is Tribalism Always Bad? How Group Identity or Tribalism Has Taken Over our Political System with Yale Law School Professor Amy Chua (repost) (#77)
Tue, 25 Jan 2022
Yale Law School professor Amy Chua shares how group identity has caused bitter partisanship in the U...
Free World Class Education to Anyone Anywhere: Building the World’s Largest Online Learning Platform with Khan Academy Founder & CEO Sal Khan (repost) (#76)
Tue, 18 Jan 2022
Find out how the founder and CEO of Khan Academy, Sal Khan, built the world’s largest online learn...
The Transforming Power of Hospitality in Business: Setting the Table with Union Square Hospitality Group Founder & CEO Danny Meyer (#75)
Tue, 11 Jan 2022
Danny Meyer shares how to deliver outstanding hospitality, how he thinks restaurants will be differe...
Always Be Learning: The Top 10 Takeaways of 2021 From Our Guests (#74)
Tue, 04 Jan 2022
This week we are highlighting the Top 10 Takeaways of 2021 with guests ranging from CEOs and founder...
Achieving Your New Year's Resolutions: The Science of Getting To Where You Want To Be with Best-Selling Author Katy Milkman (repost) (#73)
Tue, 28 Dec 2021
Wall Street Journal best-selling author Katy Milkman shares science-based ways to create change in o...
Harvard Professor, Robert Waldinger: What the Good Life Actually Looks Like Based on Harvard’s 75 Year Study (repost) (#72)
Tue, 21 Dec 2021
Find out what the good life actually looks like based on Harvard's 75-year study of more than 7...
Harvard Business Review Editor in Chief Adi Ignatius: The New World of Work and the Biggest Trends in Business (#71)
Tue, 14 Dec 2021
Adi Ignatius, Editor in Chief of Harvard Business Review, shares the biggest trends in the busines...
Harvard University President Lawrence Bacow: The Value of a College Education, Investing in the Future and Free Speech (#70)
Tue, 07 Dec 2021
Lawrence Bacow, President of Harvard University, shares how he sees the future of education and the ...
Army General (Ret.) Stanley McChrystal: "The Greatest Risk Is Us" - So What is the Solution? (#69)
Tue, 30 Nov 2021
Former Commander of Afghanistan General (Ret.) Stanley McChrystal shares lessons from Afghanistan, t...
World Renowned Thinker and Harvard Professor Steven Pinker: Human Action Can Improve the World (#68)
Tue, 23 Nov 2021
Steven Pinker shares why there is so much irrationality in the world – including conspiracy theori...
NBA Deputy Commissioner Mark Tatum: On the Future of Sports, Sports as Entertainment, Enhancing the Audience Experience and How the NBA Engages over 2 Billion People (#67)
Tue, 16 Nov 2021
NBA Deputy Commissioner and Chief Operating Officer Mark Tatum shares on the future of sports, enhan...
Start with Understanding: Change People's Minds Under Impossible Conditions with Best Selling Author and Wharton School Professor Jonah Berger (#66)
Tue, 09 Nov 2021
Have you ever wondered how you could change someone’s mind or make something go viral? Jonah Ber...
Creating the Life You Want (Before It's Too Late): Former President of Hearst Magazines Michael Clinton (#65)
Tue, 02 Nov 2021
Michael Clinton, former President of Hearst Magazines, provides practical advice on creating the lif...
How to Build an Unbeatable Business One Crazy Idea at a Time: Square Co-Founder Jim McKelvey (#64)
Tue, 26 Oct 2021
Learn how Square Co-Founder Jim McKelvey successfully created and built Square, how (as a start-up) ...
Building the Largest Asset Management Firm in the World: Co-Founder & Former Vice Chairman of BlackRock Barbara Novick (#63)
Tue, 19 Oct 2021
Co-founder of BlackRock Barbara Novick shares how she and her co-founders built the largest investme...
Live A Better, Happier Post Pandemic Life: The 3 Macronutrients of Happiness with Harvard Professor Arthur Brooks (#62)
Tue, 12 Oct 2021
Happiness expert and Harvard Kennedy School Professor Arthur Brooks shares how you can get better at...
An Insider’s Perspective on Venture Capital: Sierra Ventures Founder and Advisor Peter Wendell (#61)
Tue, 05 Oct 2021
Peter Wendell founded Sierra Ventures, a Silicon Valley venture capital firm that has invested more ...
How Courageous Companies Thrive by Improving the Lives of Everyone They Touch with Former Unilever CEO Paul Polman (#60)
Tue, 28 Sep 2021
Paul Polman is the former CEO of Unilever, one of the largest companies in the world with over 300 b...
Uncontrolled Spread: Why COVID-19 Crushed Us and How We Can Defeat the Next Pandemic: Former FDA Commissioner Scott Gottlieb (#59)
Mon, 20 Sep 2021
Former FDA Commissioner Dr. Scott Gottlieb gives an inside account of the system wide failure across...
Community, Race, and the Arc of Policing in America: Former NYC and LA Police Commissioner Bill Bratton (#58)
Tue, 14 Sep 2021
Former New York City Police Commissioner Bill Bratton shares what he thinks good policing looks like...
Cryptocurrencies, Digital Assets, NFTs and the Future of Blockchain, Including Even for Social Good: Galaxy Digital Founder and CEO Mike Novogratz (#57)
Tue, 07 Sep 2021
Mike Novogratz, Founder and CEO of Galaxy Digital, shares on cryptocurrencies including Bitcoin, dig...
“The last thing a fish would ever notice would be water.” Seeing the “Water” - A Different View of The World: Gillian Tett (#56)
Tue, 31 Aug 2021
Gillian Tett, Chair of the Editorial Board and Editor at Large, U.S. of the Financial Times uses her...
Solving the World's Biggest Problem and Creating the Impossible Burger with Impossible Foods Founder Patrick Brown (#55)
Tue, 24 Aug 2021
Meat production is one of the world’s greatest contributors to climate change. Patrick Brown, the ...
The Latest Findings in Behavioral Science and How They Can Make Your Life Better: Harvard Professor & Nudge Co-Author Cass Sunstein (#54)
Tue, 17 Aug 2021
Cass Sunstein is a professor at Harvard and one of the founders of behavioral science. He has writte...
Former Director of National Intelligence James Clapper: The Greatest Threat Facing the World Right Now and Individual Rights to Privacy (#53)
Tue, 10 Aug 2021
Former Director of National Intelligence James Clapper discusses the greatest threats, cyber, survei...
The Secret to Outstanding Achievement: Character Lab Founder and CEO Angela Duckworth (#52)
Tue, 03 Aug 2021
Angela Duckworth is the Character Lab Founder and CEO and a University of Pennsylvania Professor of ...
General Catalyst Chairman and Former American Express Chairman & CEO Ken Chenault: Leadership, Race & Creating Diverse Workforces (#51)
Tue, 27 Jul 2021
Former American Express Chairman and CEO and current General Catalyst Chairman and Managing Director...
Risk vs. Opportunity in the Market: Investing the Assets of Michael Bloomberg with Steve Rattner (#50)
Tue, 20 Jul 2021
Manager of Michael Bloomberg’s personal and philanthropic assets, Steven Rattner, shares what he i...
Unconscious Bias: What Works To De-Bias How We Live, Learn and Work with Harvard Kennedy School's Academic Dean Iris Bohnet (#49)
Tue, 13 Jul 2021
Iris Bohnet, the Academic Dean of the Kennedy School and co-Director of the Women and Public Policy ...
Designing the Future With Materials That Sense, Adapt, Heal & Grow: Founder of MIT's Self-Assembly Lab Skylar Tibbits (#48)
Tue, 06 Jul 2021
Imagine homes that can grow themselves whenever and wherever they’re needed or buildings that can ...
None Of Us Are Too Small To Make A Difference: Humanitarian & Author Of I Am A Girl From Africa Elizabeth Nyamayaro (#47)
Tue, 29 Jun 2021
Elizabeth Nyamayaro is the author of I Am A Girl From Africa, Special Advisor at the United Nations ...
What Leaders and Corporate Boards Can Learn From Boeing’s Mistakes: Harvard Business School’s Sandra Sucher (#46)
Tue, 22 Jun 2021
Boeing’s fall from grace didn’t happen overnight. Sandra Sucher shares five key mistakes made by...
Secret Service Director James Murray: The New Cyber Physical Nexus & How To Protect Ourselves From Cyber Risk (#45)
Tue, 15 Jun 2021
Secret Service Director James Murray is responsible for the Investigative and Protective missions of...
Harnessing the Power of Artificial Intelligence & Synthetic Biology To Usher In A New Age of Drug Discovery: James Collins (#44)
Tue, 08 Jun 2021
James Collins, co-inventor of the technology behind Covid vaccines, shares a revolutionary approach ...
Hard Won Wisdom From An Entrepreneur: Ellen Marie Bennett (#43)
Tue, 01 Jun 2021
Ellen Bennett created a multi-million dollar business with clients ranging from 2 star Michelin rest...
How to Get People to Say Yes: The Godfather of Influence Dr. Robert Cialdini (#42)
Tue, 25 May 2021
Warren Buffett recommends Dr. Robert Cialdini’s book, Influence, which has sold over 5 million cop...
The Science of Getting from Where You Are to Where You Want to Be: Katy Milkman (#41)
Tue, 18 May 2021
Wall Street Journal best-selling author Katy Milkman shares science-based ways to create change in o...
How the World’s Greatest Investors Win in Markets and Life: William Green (#40)
Tue, 11 May 2021
William Green shares investing and life lessons from the world’s legendary investors. Learn the su...
The Empathy Diaries and How Tech Changes Us and Our Relationships: MIT’s Sherry Turkle (#39)
Mon, 03 May 2021
Founding director of the MIT Initiative on Technology and Self Sherry Turkle shares her personal dis...
Losing Trust & Faith in Institutions - Why It’s Happening and the Unexpected Consequences: Yuval Levin (#38)
Tue, 27 Apr 2021
Yuval Levin, Director of Social, Cultural, and Constitutional Studies at the American Enterprise Ins...
Investing in Positive Social Outcomes with Social Impact Bonds: Tracy Palandjian (#37)
Tue, 20 Apr 2021
Learn from Tracy Palandjian, CEO and co-founder of Social Finance, about using impact investing and ...
Former Secretary of Education Arne Duncan: Education Runs on Lies (#36)
Tue, 13 Apr 2021
“Education runs on lies. That’s probably not what you’d expect from a former Secretary of Educ...
A Unique Model of Innovation - Making Breakthrough Discoveries and Turning Them Into Real World Products At an Unheard of Pace: Don Ingber (#35)
Tue, 06 Apr 2021
The Wyss Institute For Biologically Inspired Engineering accounts for 25% of Harvard’s intellectua...
Getting The Odds On Your Side: Legendary Investor Howard Marks (#34)
Tue, 30 Mar 2021
Howard Marks, co-chairman of Oaktree Capital Management with $150BN under management, talks about th...
Harvard Business School’s Bill Sahlman: What I’ve Learned from Reading 10,000 Business Plans and Investing in Hundreds of Startups (#33)
Tue, 23 Mar 2021
Of the 10,000 business plans Bill Sahlman has read, only 3 companies met their plan. Find out what i...
Former Secretary of the Treasury and President of Harvard, Larry Summers: The Big Trends Shaping the World Today (#32)
Mon, 15 Mar 2021
Former Secretary of the Treasury and President of Harvard Larry Summers talks about the defining tre...
Former Prime Minister of Australia, Kevin Rudd: What China’s Leader Xi Jinping Really Wants (#31)
Tue, 09 Mar 2021
Former Prime Minister of Australia Kevin Rudd, who has known China’s leader Xi Jinping for decades...
A Long Term Perspective on Climate Change - When Earth Was 20 Degrees Warmer and Crocodiles Roamed Antarctica with Princeton’s Danny Sigman (#30)
Tue, 02 Mar 2021
Did you know that Antarctica used to be ice-free and earth used to be 20 degrees warmer than it is n...
Why The Innocent Plead Guilty and Jury Trials Are Now a Myth with Judge and Former Prosecutor Jed Rakoff (#29)
Tue, 23 Feb 2021
97% of people plead guilty, they plea bargain, even if they’re innocent. No one can take the risk ...
Working for Jeff Bezos and the Secrets of Amazon’s Success: Colin Bryar and Bill Carr (#28)
Tue, 16 Feb 2021
With nearly 30 years of combined Amazon experience, former Amazon Vice Presidents Colin Bryar and Bi...
Nobel Laureate, Daniel Kahneman: His Latest Findings on "Noise" and Flaws in Human Judgement (#27)
Tue, 09 Feb 2021
Learn about Nobel Laureate Daniel Kahneman’s latest findings on “noise” and how there is more ...
Tom Friedman: On the World Getting Flatter and More Fragile, and Elephants Flying (#26)
Tue, 02 Feb 2021
Tom Friedman, author, New York Times columnist, and winner of three Pulitzer Prizes, talks about the...
How Right and Wrong Change with Technology with Juan Enriquez (#25)
Tue, 26 Jan 2021
We all think we know what’s right and wrong but we don’t because right/wrong changes over time. ...
Princeton Psychology Professor, Eldar Shafir: Why Having Too Little Makes People Perform Worse and Become More Impatient, Impulsive, and Careless (#24)
Tue, 19 Jan 2021
Learn how scarcity of anything — money, food or social connections — affects our daily lives and...
Harvard’s Chair of Astronomy, Avi Loeb: Why We Are Not Alone and Are Very Common Like Ants On A Sidewalk (#23)
Tue, 12 Jan 2021
Find out why Harvard’s Chair of Astronomy Avi Loeb says we are not alone in the universe and that ...
Marshall Van Alstyne: Why Platform Companies (Facebook, Amazon, Airbnb and Uber) Are the Opposite of Traditional Companies, Why They Become So Enormous, and How They Can Be Regulated (#22)
Tue, 05 Jan 2021
Find out why platform companies dominate traditional businesses and why 7 of the 10 largest companie...
Former Foreign Minister of Mexico, Jorge Castañeda: America Through Foreign Eyes (#21)
Tue, 29 Dec 2020
Jorge Castañeda, former foreign minister of Mexico, provides a unique perspective on America and th...
What the Good Life Actually Looks Like Based on Harvard’s 75 Year Study with the Director of the Study, Robert Waldinger (#20)
Tue, 22 Dec 2020
Find out what the good life actually looks like based on Harvard's 75 year study of over 700 me...
CEO of Marriott, Arne Sorenson: On the Future of Travel and, as a CEO of the Year, How To Be A Great Leader (#19)
Tue, 08 Dec 2020
Find out from CEO of Marriott Arne Sorenson, head of the world’s largest hotel chain, and one of t...
Former Under Secretary of State, Nicholas Burns: On American Foreign Policy Under President Biden and What It Can Accomplish (#18)
Tue, 01 Dec 2020
Find out what President Biden can accomplish internationally and what an activist US policy looks li...
Princeton Professor, Robert George: On Why Supreme Court Justices Are Unlike Umpires and Are Political (#17)
Tue, 24 Nov 2020
Find out how Democratic and Republican judges’ decisions differ and how judges’ decisions can be...
John Cleese of Monty Python: On Creativity and How Everyone Can Be More Creative (#16)
Tue, 17 Nov 2020
John Cleese opens up about how he gets his best ideas and how everyone can be more creative. He also...
Head of Columbia University’s Creative Machines Lab, Hod Lipson: On the Future of Artificial Intelligence (#15)
Tue, 10 Nov 2020
We are at an inflection point in artificial intelligence today. Find out what the next 3 waves of ar...
President Obama’s Chief Pollster, Joel Benenson: On What He’s Watching Most Closely Now and What the Path Forward is for Republicans and Democrats (#14)
Thu, 29 Oct 2020
Find out the 3 keys to success for campaigns; who has the best polls (Fox News); what the biggest sh...
President of Pew Research Center, Michael Dimock: On the Attitudes and Trends Shaping America Today (#13)
Tue, 27 Oct 2020
Find out how what America is looking for in a leader has changed. In addition, not only are there do...
Yale Professor, Amy Chua: On How Group Identity and a Failure to Realize Its Importance Has Caused the Rise of Partisanship and the Failure of U.S. Foreign Policy (#12)
Tue, 20 Oct 2020
Find out how group identity has caused bitter partisanship in the U.S. and the failure of U.S. polic...
Former Ambassador to Russia, Michael McFaul: What Vladimir Putin Is Really Like and What He Wants Now (#11)
Tue, 13 Oct 2020
Get an inside account from former Ambassador to Russia, Michael McFaul, who’s known Putin for near...
Harvard Professor, Alex Keyssar: On What Could Go Wrong With Voting in the 2020 U.S. Election and When Congress Picks the President (#10)
Tue, 06 Oct 2020
Find out why Americans don’t elect a president by popular vote, how the U.S. ended up with the con...
Former Ambassador to Israel and Egypt, Dan Kurtzer: An Inside Perspective on Israel and the Middle East (#9)
Tue, 29 Sep 2020
Find out from former ambassador to both Israel and Egypt, Dan Kurtzer, why Bahrain and the UAE reall...
MIT Professor, Andrew McAfee: On Prospering From Fewer Resources & Getting More From Less (#8)
Tue, 22 Sep 2020
Most people believe that taking better care of the planet means reducing consumption, learning to sh...
Former Google CEO, Eric Schmidt: On AI, Tech, COVID-19, and Making the World A Better Place (#7)
Tue, 15 Sep 2020
Find out how former Google CEO Eric Schmidt sees the future of artificial intelligence (AI) and tech...
Former Secretary of Homeland Security, Michael Chertoff: On National Security Issues Today (#6)
Tue, 08 Sep 2020
Michael Chertoff, a former Secretary of Homeland Security, federal prosector, judge and Assistant U....
Founder of Khan Academy, Sal Khan: On Scaling to One Billion Students (#5)
Tue, 01 Sep 2020
Find out how the founder of Khan Academy built the world’s largest online learning platform, what ...
JetBlue Chairman, Joel Peterson: Leadership and Building a Winning Culture (#4)
Fri, 21 Aug 2020
Learn how to inspire others, navigate through crises, and launch new ventures from the man who helpe...
Richard McGregor: China’s Secretive Ruling Chinese Communist Party (#3)
Fri, 31 Jul 2020
Richard McGregor, former Financial Times bureau chief, tells how China’s secretive ruling Communis...
Founder of the Innocence Project, Barry Scheck: Why People Are Wrongfully Convicted and What We Can Do About It (#1)
Wed, 29 Jul 2020
Founder of the Innocence Project Barry Scheck, answers all questions related to wrongful convictions...
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