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Intimate interviews with the world's biggest thinkers.

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Why the wrong people end up in power

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11 min

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Einstein, Hawking, and the conceptual problem of black holes

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13 min

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Adam Grant’s #1 phrase to unlock potential

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What the sexual revolution has done to modern families

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The #1 cause of burnout is not what you think

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How to deal with Debbie in HR — and other terrible coworkers

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A Harvard career coach’s “unspoken rules” for getting promoted

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The Roman Empire in 40 minutes, with Cambridge scholar Mary Beard

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Failure is the key to “ultimate success”

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Quantum computing is the next revolution

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Argue smarter, not harder, with Harvard’s former debate coach Bo Seo

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The #1 way to strengthen your mind is to use your body

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Kevin O’Leary: I invested in FTX. Here’s the big problem with crypto.

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Kevin O’Leary

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Harvard debate coach’s masterclass on arguing

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The ultimate psychedelics explainer

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Matthew W. Johnson

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How to have better sex

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Fix hidden conflict — before it’s too late

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Discover your “true age” — and how to tweak it

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Physics: The big questions of our existence in under an hour

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43 min

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Sabine Hossenfelder

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What is life?

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Why men and boys are struggling

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Ask smarter questions in 5 minutes

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The “afterlife” according to Einstein’s special relativity

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Sabine Hossenfelder

5 skills for conversing like a level-headed human

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FBI hostage negotiator explains his #1 persuasion skill

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Are conscious machines possible?

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8 min

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Michael Wooldridge

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5 “signal emotions” we suppress at work

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Cassandra Worthy

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Nick Bostrom on the birth of superintelligence

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Want antifragile kids? Get out of their way

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7 steps to profit hypergrowth

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In your feelings? Turns out, we all experience emotions differently

Biology plays an important role in emotional reactions, but neuroscientist Kristen A. Lindquist posits that our culture is just as influential.

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7 min

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Kristen Lindquist

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Unlock your inner math genius, in 4 minutes

Yes, you CAN be a “math person” — as long as you follow these learning techniques.

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Why the wrong people end up in power

“Only a narcissist would want to become president.” This is the psychology of an authoritarian unpacked.

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Perception is an illusion.

Can you trust your own brain? Neuroscientist Heather Berlin explains

Combining years of neurological research and mindfulness techniques, Dr. Heather Berlin helps us better understand how the body’s most complex organ can easily be misled into negative thinking - and how we can stop that from happening.

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Michael Oher on what “The Blind Side” didn’t show

The NFL icon talks overcoming a difficult childhood and what’s needed to succeed in a world where the cards are stacked against you.

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