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  • Best Of: How Successful Groups Work (Ad-free)

    Best Of: How Successful Groups Work (Ad-free)
    Dec 4 2025
    Next week, Daniel Coyle will join us on the show to talk about his forthcoming book, Flourish. Today, we're revisiting our 2022 conversation with Dan about his last book, The Culture Playbook. Here's how we described the episode back then: 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, and how do you build it? Daniel Coyle has spent the last few years searching for answers. In this episode, he shares what he’s found. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    1 h et 7 min
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  • AI and the Future of the University (Ad-free)

    AI and the Future of the University (Ad-free)
    Dec 2 2025
    A few weeks ago, Rufus moderated a panel discussion at Vanderbilt’s New York City campus on artificial intelligence and the future of American higher education. Today, we’re bringing you that conversation. It features Nabiha Syed, executive director of Mozilla Foundation; Nicholas Dirks, president and CEO of the New York Academy of Sciences; Julie Samuels, president and CEO of Tech:NYC; and Matthew Johnson-Roberson, inaugural dean of the College of Connected Computing at Vanderbilt. Listen to our interview with Sal Khan here Follow Quantum Potential here Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    41 min
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  • Best Of: David Brooks on the Art of Seeing Others Deeply (Ad-free)

    Best Of: David Brooks on the Art of Seeing Others Deeply (Ad-free)
    Nov 27 2025
    New York Times columnist and acclaimed author David Brooks has been trying to learn the skills that go into seeing others, understanding others, making other people feel respected, valued, and safe. Such social skills may sound trifling, but mastering them, David believes, could help us all make better decisions, enhance our creativity, and maybe even repair our nation’s fraying social fabric. This episode first aired in November 2023. Host: Rufus Griscom Guest: David Brooks Book: How to Know a Person: The Art of Seeing Others Deeply and Being Deeply Seen • Learn more about Weave: The Social Fabric Project at weavers.org • Sign up for a Next Big Idea Club membership today and get 20% off when you use the code PODCAST Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    1 h et 2 min
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  • STRONG GROUND: Brené Brown on the Daring Leadership the World Needs Now (Ad-free)

    STRONG GROUND: Brené Brown on the Daring Leadership the World Needs Now (Ad-free)
    Nov 25 2025
    In this conversation, recorded live on Zoom with members of the Next Big Idea Club community, Brené and Rufus talk about what drives her, how Texas has shaped her, the leadership skills that matter most, and work-life balance. Plus, our curator Adam Grant makes a surprise cameo. Brené’s new book is Strong Ground. Join the Next Big Idea Club today and we'll send you a signed copy of Walter Isaacson's new book, The Greatest Sentence Ever Written. You'll also get ad-free versions of this show, invitations to member-only Q&As, and the six best books of the year delivered to your door. Sign up at nextbigideaclub.com and use code PODCAST for 20% off. Watch video episodes on our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@NextBigIdeaClub Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    51 min
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  • Brené Brown on courageous leadership (from ReThinking with Adam Grant) (Ad-free)

    Brené Brown on courageous leadership (from ReThinking with Adam Grant) (Ad-free)
    Nov 20 2025
    Brené Brown is a researcher, storyteller, and author who hosts the podcast Dare to Lead and has given some of the most popular TED Talks of all time. In this episode, recorded live at an Authors@Wharton event, Brené and our curator Adam Grant talk about her new book, Strong Ground. They discuss how to identify your core values, what courageous leadership looks like, and whether vulnerability has become more popular. They also address the problems with “executive presence,” compare notes on how to have hard conversations and set boundaries, debate the merits of the “tush push,” and reflect on what Brené learned from working with FBI hostage negotiators. This conversation first appeared on ReThinking with Adam Grant. It’s one of our favorite podcasts. Follow it now wherever you listen. --- Join the Next Big Idea Club today and we'll send you a signed copy of Walter Isaacson's new book, The Greatest Sentence Ever Written. You'll also get ad-free versions of this show, invitations to member-only Q&As, and the six best books of the year delivered to your door. Sign up at nextbigideaclub.com and use code PODCAST for 20% off. Watch video episodes on our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@NextBigIdeaClub Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    42 min
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  • Walter Isaacson on The Greatest Sentence Ever Written (Ad-free)

    Walter Isaacson on The Greatest Sentence Ever Written (Ad-free)
    Nov 18 2025
    What is the greatest sentence ever written? According to Walter Isaacson — former editor of Time, ex-CEO of CNN, and the acclaimed biographer of Elon Musk, Steve Jobs, Benjamin Franklin, and Jennifer Doudna — it’s this: “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.” Yes, it’s eloquent, but more than that, it gave the United States a mission statement, one that we are still striving — fitfully, imperfectly — to meet. Walter’s new book, The Greatest Sentence Ever Written, unpacks that mission statement: how it came to be written, what it meant to the founders, and why it matters today. We're pleased to announce that we've chosen it as our latest selection for the Next Big Idea Club. That means current members will receive a copy in the mail any day now, along with a digital reading guide, the opportunity to discuss the book with fellow members in our WhatsApp community, and an exclusive invitation to a live Q&A with Walter in December. If you're not already a member, sign up today at nextbigideaclub.com. And if you use the code PODCAST at checkout, we’ll take 20% off your order and send you a signed copy of the book. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    1 h et 7 min
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  • Best Of: Decoding Elon Musk (Ad-free)

    Best Of: Decoding Elon Musk (Ad-free)
    Nov 13 2025
    When Walter Isaacson, the legendary biographer of Steve Jobs, Albert Einstein, Benjamin Franklin, and Leonardo da Vinci, started shadowing Elon Musk, he found himself following "a guy who was one of the most popular people on the planet, and ended up with a guy who's the most controversial." Today on the show, Isaacson unpacks the transformation. (This episode first aired in September 2023.) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    1 h et 3 min
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  • Andrew Ross Sorkin: What the Crash of 1929 Says About Today (Ad-free)

    Andrew Ross Sorkin: What the Crash of 1929 Says About Today (Ad-free)
    Nov 6 2025
    Andrew Ross Sorkin’s new book, 1929: Inside the Greatest Crash in Wall Street History—and How It Shattered a Nation, is an eye-opening account of the forces that led to the worst financial crisis in history and the lessons that disaster can teach us about today’s economy. (7:09) Life before the crash (8:58) How Americans developed a taste for leverage (17:10) What happened on Black Thursday (20:05) Why so few people saw the crash coming (26:23) Could the crash have been averted? (37:13) Andrew’s fascination with money (39:22) What if financial bubbles are a feature, not a bug? (41:35) Could we be headed for another 1929? (45:00) The dangers of leverage (53:16) How the blockchain will revolutionzie finance Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    1 h et 4 min
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