Anne-Laure Le Cunff shows how an experimental mindset can turn challenges into self-discovery and doubt into opportunity. 📱 Follow The Next Big Idea Daily on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you listen 📩 Want more bite-sized insights from the best new nonfiction delivered straight to your inbox? Sign up for our Book of the Day newsletter
Mar 11, 2025•9 min
Electric vehicles are here to stay. What does that mean for the automotive industry, the world, and you? 📕 Inevitable by Mike Colias 📱 Follow The Next Big Idea Daily on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you listen 📩 Want more bite-sized insights from the best new nonfiction delivered straight to your inbox? Sign up for our Book of the Day newsletter
Mar 10, 2025•12 min
For the last few years, philosopher Julian Baggini has been exploring the hidden forces that shape our food choices — from the debates over organic vs. conventional farming to the global inequalities baked into our supply chains to the science of the optimal diet. He joins us to share a few key insights from his book How the World Eats. 📱 Follow The Next Big Idea Daily on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you listen 📩 Want more bite-sized insights from the best new nonfiction delivered stra...
Mar 07, 2025•15 min
What makes perps tick, victims so gullible, and whistleblowers so morally righteous? Kelly Richmond Pope reports. Her book is “Fool Me Once: Scams, Stories, and Secrets from the Trillion-Dollar Fraud Industry.” 📱 Follow The Next Big Idea Daily on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you listen 📩 Want more bite-sized insights from the best new nonfiction delivered straight to your inbox? Sign up for our Book of the Day newsletter
Mar 06, 2025•19 min
In The Grieving Body, Grief expert and neuroscientist Mary-Frances O’Connor shows the impact grief — and life’s other major stressors — can have on the human body, both good and bad. 📱 Follow The Next Big Idea Daily on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you listen 📩 Want more bite-sized insights from the best new nonfiction delivered straight to your inbox? Sign up for our Book of the Day newsletter
Mar 05, 2025•11 min
Microsoft insiders Dean Carignan and JoAnn Garbin explain how the tech giant has managed to stay at the forefront of innovation for half a century. 📱 Follow The Next Big Idea Daily on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you listen 📩 Want more bite-sized insights from the best new nonfiction delivered straight to your inbox? Sign up for our Book of the Day newsletter
Mar 04, 2025•11 min
Steve Magness shares five key insights from his new book "Win the Inside Game." 📱 Follow The Next Big Idea Daily on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you listen 📩 Want more bite-sized insights from the best new nonfiction delivered straight to your inbox? Sign up for our Book of the Day newsletter
Mar 03, 2025•21 min
Tim Robey tells an alternate history of Hollywood, starring misunderstood masterpieces, disastrous sequels, and catastrophic literary adaptations. Turns out Tinseltown’s biggest blunders reveal a lot about the fragile alchemy of movie magic. 📱 Follow The Next Big Idea Daily on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you listen 📩 Want more bite-sized insights from the best new nonfiction delivered straight to your inbox? Sign up for our Book of the Day newsletter
Feb 28, 2025•19 min
Will Packer is the author of "Who Better Than You?" 📱 Follow The Next Big Idea Daily on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you listen 📩 Want more bite-sized insights from the best new nonfiction delivered straight to your inbox? Sign up for our Book of the Day newsletter
Feb 27, 2025•16 min
Management professor and communication expert Andrew Brodsky shares his framework for navigating the digital workplace. 📱 Follow The Next Big Idea Daily on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you listen 📩 Want more bite-sized insights from the best new nonfiction delivered straight to your inbox? Sign up for our Book of the Day newsletter
Feb 26, 2025•18 min
Nancy Reddy, an award-winning writer and professor, shares a few key insights from "The Good Mother Myth."
Feb 25, 2025•11 min
Let’s face it — your relationship with your phone is toxic. Luckily, Catherine Price is here to help. 📱 Follow The Next Big Idea Daily on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you listen 📩 Want more bite-sized insights from the best new nonfiction delivered straight to your inbox? Sign up for our Book of the Day newsletter
Feb 24, 2025•18 min
Boys and men are struggling. What should we do about it? 📕 Of Boys and Men by Richard Reeves 📱 Follow The Next Big Idea Daily on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you listen 📩 Want more bite-sized insights from the best new nonfiction delivered straight to your inbox? Sign up for our Book of the Day newsletter
Feb 21, 2025•12 min
Have a teen who's checked out, stressed out, or both? Then this episode is for you. Jenny Anderson and Rebecca Winthrop have spent the last five years investigating why so many children lose their love of learning in adolescence. The result is "The Disengaged Teen," a book that Adam Grant calls "an engaging, evidence-based, and practical read about how to develop a generation of lifelong learners.” 📱 Follow The Next Big Idea Daily on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you listen 📩 Want more ...
Feb 20, 2025•13 min
Today, Elizabeth Ricker, an MIT and Harvard-trained brain researcher turned Silicon Valley technologist, shows you how a few minutes of neurohacking can help you work better, think faster, and get more done. 📱 Follow The Next Big Idea Daily on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you listen 📩 Want more bite-sized insights from the best new nonfiction delivered straight to your inbox? Sign up for our Book of the Day newsletter
Feb 19, 2025•17 min
Graham Allcott argues the key to success is kindness. 📱 Follow The Next Big Idea Daily on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you listen 📩 Want more bite-sized insights from the best new nonfiction delivered straight to your inbox? Sign up for our Book of the Day newsletter
Feb 18, 2025•17 min
Valentine’s Day is behind us, but don’t let your relationship slip into screensaver mode. Relationships need ongoing attention and care. That’s why we’ve invited Jay Shetty — author of the #1 New York Times bestseller Think Like a Monk and host of the hit podcast On Purpose — to share insights from his latest book, 8 Rules of Love. Get ready for practical advice that will keep your love life vibrant all year long. 📱 Follow The Next Big Idea Daily on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you list...
Feb 17, 2025•18 min
Happy Valentine’s Day! Whether you’re celebrating with roses or rolling your eyes at all that lovey-dovey stuff, it's a good time to reflect on an essential truth: we are wired for connection. To explain more about that evolutionary need — and how, along with autonomy, it's the pathway to happiness — we're joined by William von Hippel, author of "The Social Paradox." 📕 Preorder William's book here 📱 Follow The Next Big Idea Daily on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you listen 📩 Want more ...
Feb 14, 2025•14 min
Today: Tim Marshall, author of the new book "The Future of Geography." 📱 Follow The Next Big Idea Daily on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you listen 📩 Want more bite-sized insights from the best new nonfiction delivered straight to your inbox? Sign up for our Book of the Day newsletter
Feb 13, 2025•16 min
Recovering neuroscientist Clayton Page Aldern stops by to share a few key insights from his book "The Weight of Nature: How a Changing Climate Changes Our Brains." 📱 Follow The Next Big Idea Daily on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you listen 📩 Want more bite-sized insights from the best new nonfiction delivered straight to your inbox? Sign up for our Book of the Day newsletter
Feb 12, 2025•14 min
Leslie Zane shares five key insights from her new book "The Power of Instinct: The New Rules of Persuasion in Business and Life." 📱 Follow The Next Big Idea Daily on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you listen 📩 Want more bite-sized insights from the best new nonfiction delivered straight to your inbox? Sign up for our Book of the Day newsletter
Feb 11, 2025•13 min
Philosopher Jeff Sebo calls for a revolution in ethics, suggesting we expand our “moral circle” to everything from insects to AI. 📱 Follow The Next Big Idea Daily on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you listen 📩 Want more bite-sized insights from the best new nonfiction delivered straight to your inbox? Sign up for our Book of the Day newsletter
Feb 10, 2025•16 min
You don’t have to be naturally optimistic to benefit from the power of positivity. You just have to follow these five easy steps. 📱 Follow The Next Big Idea Daily on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you listen 📩 Want more bite-sized insights from the best new nonfiction delivered straight to your inbox? Sign up for our Book of the Day newsletter
Feb 07, 2025•11 min
Investor, activist, and former presidential candidate Tom Steyer shares five key insights from his new book "Cheaper, Faster, Better." 📱 Follow The Next Big Idea Daily on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you listen 📩 Want more bite-sized insights from the best new nonfiction delivered straight to your inbox? Sign up for our Book of the Day newsletter
Feb 06, 2025•11 min
Social psychologist and leadership expert Adam Galinsky says there are two kinds of leaders: those who inspire and those who infuriate. Which will you be? 📕 Inspire: The Universal Path for Leading Yourself and Others 📱 Follow The Next Big Idea Daily on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you listen 📩 Transform your day in 10 minutes. Enjoy daily, bite‑sized insights from breakthrough nonfiction books — audio or text — straight from the authors at https://bookoftheday.nextbigideaclub.com/
Feb 05, 2025•15 min
The key to a fulfilling and successful life isn’t just about passion or hard work — it’s about understanding and harnessing your innate aptitudes. 📕 Your Hidden Genius by Betsy Wills and Alex Ellison 📱 Follow The Next Big Idea Daily on Apple Podcasts or Spotify 📩 Check out our Substack
Feb 04, 2025•9 min
Faster, easier communication was supposed to make the world better. Instead, it made us miserable. How did we get here, and what can we do about it? For answers, we turn to Nicholas Carr, author of the new book “Superbloom.” 📩 Check out our daily Substack and our weekly LinkedIn newsletter
Feb 03, 2025•16 min
Clinical psychologist Ellen Hendriksen on how to be good to yourself. 📩 Check out our daily Substack and our weekly LinkedIn newsletter
Jan 31, 2025•17 min
Anne Chow, the former CEO of AT&T Business, shares a new approach to inclusive leadership that goes beyond DEI. 📩 Check out our daily Substack and our weekly LinkedIn newsletter
Jan 30, 2025•15 min
Neuroscientist TJ Power provides a powerful framework for enhancing your quality of life through the regulation of four key hormones: Dopamine, Oxytocin, Serotonin, and Endorphins (DOSE). 📩 Check out our daily Substack and our weekly LinkedIn newsletter
Jan 29, 2025•15 min