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What if engaging with great ideas could become one of your daily habits? What if some of the best tips for living better and working smarter were served up with your morning coffee, a hit of motivation guaranteed to start your day right? That’s the idea behind The Next Big Idea Daily. We work with hundreds of non-fiction authors — experts in productivity, creativity, leadership, communication, and other fields. They distill their big ideas into bite-sized chunks, and we offer you one each morning. For ad inquiries, please reach out to: [email protected]

Why Public Schools Are Worth Fighting For

12 mins; September 19, 2024

Create Extraordinary Places that Bring People Together

13 mins; September 18, 2024

How to Pay Attention in a Distracted World

11 mins; September 17, 2024

How to Unleash Curiosity, Improvisation and Intuition at Work

15 mins; September 16, 2024

How to Find the Silver Linings Even on Your Darkest Days

14 mins; September 13, 2024

How Our Culture Enables Misbehaving Men

19 mins; September 12, 2024

How to Live Future Ready

18 mins; September 11, 2024

How to Make Social Media Less Polarizing

14 mins; September 10, 2024

The Purpose-Fueled Formula for Sustainable Success

14 mins; September 09, 2024

Hope for Cynics

13 mins; September 06, 2024

Nicholas Kristof on a Life in Journalism

16 mins; September 05, 2024

Die Hot with a Vengeance

10 mins; September 04, 2024

The Unexpected Magic of Caring for Others

11 mins; September 03, 2024

The Disciplines of Strategic Thinking

16 mins; September 02, 2024

A Philosopher’s Guide to the Good Life

17 mins; August 30, 2024

Is Modern Masculinity Holding Men Back?

14 mins; August 29, 2024

The Stoic Path to Wealth

12 mins; August 28, 2024

Life and Death Decisions in Post-Roe America

10 mins; August 27, 2024

Dream First, Details Later

9 mins; August 26, 2024

Use Nature's Playbook to Energize Your Brain, Spark Ideas, and Ignite Action

16 mins; August 23, 2024

The Truth About Immigration

16 mins; August 22, 2024

Are You Hardwired for Happiness?

12 mins; August 21, 2024

Sex, God, and the Brain

16 mins; August 20, 2024

How to Get Noticed at Work for All the Right Reasons

17 mins; August 19, 2024

Becoming the Parent Your Kids Deserve

9 mins; August 16, 2024

How Toxic Beauty Culture Harms Women

16 mins; August 15, 2024

Will We Merge With AI? Ray Kurzweil Thinks So.

13 mins; August 14, 2024

Can We Cure Grief?

12 mins; August 13, 2024

The Truth You Need to Succeed

15 mins; August 12, 2024

The Elastic Limits of Human Performance

14 mins; August 09, 2024

Do Hard Things

17 mins; August 08, 2024

Women in Sports Are Shaping the Future of Feminism

14 mins; August 07, 2024

How to Stay Rad as You Grow Old

19 mins; August 06, 2024

An Olympian’s Guide to Chasing Dreams and Befriending Pain

11 mins; August 05, 2024

How Trust Works

9 mins; August 02, 2024

How to Be a Citizen

13 mins; August 01, 2024

The Invention of Reality TV

13 mins; July 31, 2024

A New Framework for Understanding Addiction

12 mins; July 30, 2024

How to Thrive in a World That's Constantly Changing

13 mins; July 29, 2024

The World Gets Happiness Wrong. Here's How to Get It Right.

11 mins; July 26, 2024

Free Speech in an Age of Rage

15 mins; July 25, 2024

Triumph of the Yuppies

12 mins; July 24, 2024

Why Some Startups Change the Future

12 mins; July 23, 2024

How to Make It to the End with No Regrets

12 mins; July 22, 2024

What Loners, Outcasts, and the Misunderstood Can Teach Us About Creativity

12 mins; July 19, 2024

Democracy in Retrograde

10 mins; July 18, 2024

"The Presidents and the People" by Corey Brettschneider

12 mins; July 17, 2024

A Better Way of Thinking About Medicine and Healing

13 mins; July 16, 2024

Mastering the Art of Changing Minds

13 mins; July 15, 2024

The Power of Connection in a Fractured World

14 mins; July 12, 2024

A Journey From White Nationalism to Antiracism

13 mins; July 11, 2024

Myths Shaped America. Now They've Brought Us to the Brink of Crisis.

14 mins; July 10, 2024

A Scientist's Path from Grief to Wonder

9 mins; July 09, 2024

Can You Become Immune to Burnout?

13 mins; July 08, 2024

How Something Comes From Nothing

9 mins; July 05, 2024

What Would Ben Franklin Do?

12 mins; July 04, 2024

The 40,000-Year Story of Animals and Us

14 mins; July 03, 2024

Can Psychedelics Cure the Most Severe Pain Disorders?

11 mins; July 02, 2024

How to Save Human Ability in the Age of AI

13 mins; July 01, 2024

Practical Optimism

16 mins; June 28, 2024

How Debate Teaches Us to Listen and Be Heard

12 mins; June 27, 2024

How AI Will Revolutionize Education (and Why That's a Good Thing)

13 mins; June 26, 2024

The Scientific Secrets of Building a Strong Social Network

13 mins; June 25, 2024

Is Your Work Worth It?

17 mins; June 24, 2024

Bianca Bosker Ventures Into the Art World

12 mins; June 21, 2024

How Stories, Statistics, and Studies Exploit Our Biases

13 mins; June 20, 2024

A Black Physician Reckons with Racism in Medicine

12 mins; June 19, 2024

A Neurotoolkit for Creating Lasting Change

14 mins; June 18, 2024

How the Science of Personality Can Help You Make Better Business Decisions

14 mins; June 17, 2024

We Live in a Tame World. Here's How to Find the Wild.

19 mins; June 14, 2024

Can Big Tech Be Contained?

12 mins; June 13, 2024

Finding for the Good in Bad English

12 mins; June 12, 2024

The Surprising Connection Between Metabolism and Limitless Health

20 mins; June 11, 2024

What if Innovation Isn’t All It’s Cracked Up To Be?

16 mins; June 10, 2024

How Outdoor Adventure Improves Our Lives as We Age

17 mins; June 07, 2024

How America Weaponized the World Economy

13 mins; June 06, 2024

The Mysterious Anomalies Challenging Our Understanding of the Universe

11 mins; June 05, 2024

The Peril and Promise of Medicinal Psychedelics

13 mins; June 04, 2024

Time Management Tips From Google’s Productivity Expert

14 mins; June 03, 2024

The Science of Personality Change

11 mins; May 31, 2024

"Wealth Supremacy: How the Extractive Economy and the Biased Rules of Capitalism Drive Today’s Crises" by Marjorie Kelly

17 mins; May 30, 2024

The Inside Story of Presidents in Crisis

17 mins; May 29, 2024

How to Soothe Your Body and Mind in Minutes

12 mins; May 28, 2024

How to Ask Better Questions

16 mins; May 27, 2024

Corporate Crimes, Backdoor Bailouts, and the Death of Freedom

11 mins; May 24, 2024

A Brief History of Intelligence

15 mins; May 23, 2024

How Small Actions Can Have a Big Impact

15 mins; May 22, 2024

No-BS Secrets to Success

14 mins; May 21, 2024

What 20th Century Anarchy Can Teach Us About Contemporary Polarization

13 mins; May 20, 2024

A Perfectionist's Guide to Losing Control

17 mins; May 17, 2024

What a CBS News Correspondent Saw on the Front Lines of the Climate Crisis

15 mins; May 16, 2024

Can Big Tech Be Reined In?

15 mins; May 15, 2024

When Extreme Wellness Causes Real Damage

16 mins; May 14, 2024

Are You Suffering From Microstress?

16 mins; May 13, 2024

Forget Habits. You Need Rituals.

9 mins; May 10, 2024

Frank Bruni Examines Our Age of Grievance

16 mins; May 09, 2024

Humans and Octopuses Are More Alike Than You Think

12 mins; May 08, 2024

"The Twentysomething Treatment: A Revolutionary Remedy for an Uncertain Age" by Meg Jay

15 mins; May 07, 2024

"A Healthy State of Panic: Follow Your Fears to Build Wealth, Crush Your Career, and Win at Life" by Farnoosh Torabi

18 mins; May 06, 2024

"Passion Struck: Twelve Powerful Principles to Unlock Your Purpose and Ignite Your Most Intentional Life" by John Miles

17 mins; May 03, 2024

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