Tag: The Next Big Idea

Amanda Little on the Fate of Food

The Next Big Idea | 21 July 2022 | 1h 12m | Listen Later | Podcasts | Spotify
Interview with Amanda Little about her book The Fate of Food: What We’ll Eat in a Bigger, Hotter, Smarter World. Backgrounds the challenges climate change poses to food: the collapse of food systems, less flavoursome food, and crops we rely on, like corn and soy, getting harder to grow. Argues that we must change our agricultural practices, combining the wisdom of traditional farming practices with radical advances in agricultural technology.

Jane McGonical on Imaginable

The Next Big Idea | 26 May 2022 | 1h 11m | Listen Later | Podcasts | Spotify
Interview with Jane McGonigal about her book Imaginable: How to See the Future Coming and Feel Ready for Anything―Even Things That Seem Impossible Today. Discusses evidence-based techniques from psychology and neuroscience to use simulations to better anticipate and prepare for unthinkable futures.

Relationships: Why Everything You Know About Them Is (Mostly) Wrong

The Next Big Idea | 9 June 2022 | 0h 55m | Listen Later | Podcasts | Spotify
Interview with Eric Barker about his book Plays Well with Others: The Surprising Science Behind Why Everything You Know About Relationships Is (Mostly) Wrong. Discusses what he learned from social science as he went on a journey to understand what he was getting wrong about relationships.

Origin: How Did Humans Migrate to the Americas?

The Next Big Idea | 14 April 2022 | 1h 10m | Listen Later | Podcasts | Spotify
Interview with Jennifer Raff about her book Origin: A Genetic History of the Americas. Explains the breakthroughs in genetics that have given scientists an entirely new understanding of how the Americas were peopled and what happened in the millennia that followed.

Time Management for Mortals: Malcolm Gladwell and Oliver Burkeman

The Next Big Idea | 3 March 2022 | 0h 56m | Listen Later | Podcasts | Spotify
Interview with Oliver Burkeman about his book Four Thousand Weeks. Discusses Burkeman’s background behind the book. Advocates that rather than being more productive to squeeze ever more in, we should slow down, and focus on those things that bring a joyful sense of purpose.

Oliver Burkeman on Four Thousand Weeks

The Next Big Idea | 18 February 2022 | 0h 14m | Listen Later | Podcasts | Spotify
Oliver Burkeman summarises 5 big ideas from his book Four Thousand Weeks: Time Management for Mortals. Argues that we should resist the siren song of pointless busyness and embrace life’s finitude.

This was the last of a 22 episode miniseries counting down the most popular book bites published by The Next Big Idea Club in 2021.

Reality+: Are We Living in a Simulation?

The Next Big Idea | 24 March 2022 | 1h 10m | Listen Later | Podcasts | Spotify
Interview with David Chalmers about his book Reality+: Virtual Worlds and the Problems of Philosophy. Explains the thinking behind his estimate that it is 25% likely that we are living in a simulation. Sets out why we can still lead a meaningful life – even if we are living in a simulation.

Empire: Why Ray Dalio Thinks We May Be Headed for Civil War

The Next Big Idea | 10 March 2022 | 1h 14m | Listen Later | Podcasts | Spotify
Interview with Ray Dalio about his book Principles for Dealing with the Changing World Order: Why Nations Succeed and Fail. Discusses his research that shows that nations rise and fall according to an inevitable cycle where peace and prosperity are always followed by depression and war. Argues that the United States is now in the downward part of that cycle.