The Next Big Idea Daily
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.
Episodes
December 8, 2025 • 35 mins
Here’s how small, smart risks can boost your creativity and strengthen your relationships — at work and at home.
Act 1️⃣: Safe Danger by Ben Swire
Act 2️⃣: The Leader's Guide to Managing Risk by K. Scott Griffith
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December 5, 2025 • 27 mins
A Cure for Darkness by Alex Riley
The Empire of Depression by Jonathan Sadowsky
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December 4, 2025 • 25 mins
The surprising case for walking, cycling, community—and life after automobile overload.
Life After Cars by Sarah Goodyear, Doug Gordon, and Aaron Naparstek
Paved Paradise Henry Grabar
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December 3, 2025 • 35 mins
Why simple neurons—and simple algorithms—can create minds far more complex than their parts.
Act One: The Emergent Mind by Gaurav Suri and Jay McClelland
Act Two: Journey of the Mind by Ogi Ogas and Sai Gaddam
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December 2, 2025 • 26 mins
We’ve all been told to bring our authentic selves to work, to be vulnerable, to share our truth. But what if all that authenticity is actually holding you back? What if the pressure to be yourself is keeping you from becoming the person you want to be?
Act One: Don't Be Yourself by Tomas Chamorro-Premuzic
Act Two: Authentic by Jodi-Ann Burey
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December 1, 2025 • 27 mins
Now, if you run any kind of business, you know that finding the right talent can be one of your hardest problems. You can spend months recruiting, weeks interviewing, and then hope your new hire works out. But what if that whole model is becoming obsolete? What if, instead of hoarding talent, you could access exactly the expertise you need, exactly when you need it—and have a high-performing team assembled in minutes?
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November 28, 2025 • 26 mins
Today, we're exploring two powerful books about transforming how we care for ourselves and show up for others. First, Sharon Salzberg, the renowned meditation teacher and New York Times bestselling author, joins us with key insights from her 2023 book Real Life: The Journey from Isolation to Openness and Freedom, a guide to recovering spaciousness and connection. Then, in the second half of the show, mindfulness teacher Shelly Tygi...
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November 27, 2025 • 28 mins
Why reviving ancient ingredients may be the key to healthier people and a healthier planet.
Act One: The Lost Supper by Taras Grescoe
Act Two: Dinner in Rome by Andreas Viestad
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November 26, 2025 • 31 mins
First up, the Atlantic's CEO Nicholas Thompson on hidden potential, aging well, and pushing past the limits we imagine. Then we hear from Washington Post sportswriter Sally Jenkins, whose 2023 book The Right Call examines what the greatest coaches and athletes can teach us about work, leadership, and life.
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November 25, 2025 • 32 mins
Act One: Team Intelligence by Jon Levy
Act Two: Come Up For Air by Nick Sonnenberg
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November 24, 2025 • 26 mins
Isolation stresses the body, shrinks empathy, and shortens life — and friends are biological medicine.
Act One: Why Brains Need Friends by Ben Rein
Act Two: How To Break Up With Your Friends by Erin Falconer
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November 21, 2025 • 25 mins
First up, Sandeep Jauhar shares insights from his 2023 book, My Father's Brain, exploring his father's descent into Alzheimer's and revealing what neuroscience tells us about why our brains degenerate with age. Then, in the second half of the show, we'll hear a lighter take on aging from Steven Petrow, author of Stupid Things I Won't Do When I Get Old.
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November 20, 2025 • 31 mins
Morgan Housel explains why real wealth isn’t about what you buy but about what you appreciate. Then BU's Lawrence Kotlikoff offers practical financial tips.
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November 19, 2025 • 30 mins
As the nation approaches its 250th birthday, Oliver B. Libby lays out a centrist blueprint to restore opportunity and rebuild trust. His new book is Strong Floor, No Ceiling. Then, in act two, we hear from Alissa Quart, author of the 2013 book Bootstrapped: Liberating Ourselves from the American Dream.
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November 18, 2025 • 26 mins
Big news: The Next Big Idea Club just announced its nonfiction book pick of the season, and that book is The Greatest Sentence Ever Written, by Walter Isaacson.
If you’re not already a member of the Next Big Idea Club, you can join to get a signed copy of the book, an invitation to a member-only chat with Walter, and other great perks. To join for yourself, or to give a gift membership, go to NextBigIdeaClub.com.
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November 17, 2025 • 25 mins
This new generation of workers is different, and you can use that to your advantage.
1️⃣ The Future Begins with Z: Nine Strategies to Lead Generation Z as They Disrupt the Workplace by Tim Elmore
2️⃣ The Empathy Advantage: Leading the Empowered Workforce by Heather E. McGowan and Chris Shipley
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November 14, 2025 • 17 mins
What does it mean to be human in a world that is increasingly shaped by artificial intelligence?
Act One: Code Dependent: Living in the Shadow of AI by Madhumita Murgia
Act Two: AI Needs You: How We Can Change AI's Future and Save Our Own by Verity Harding
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November 13, 2025 • 25 mins
Journalist Michael Grunwald explains how our food system is destroying the planet—and what it will take to fix it. Later, Amanda Little tells us what we'll eat in a bigger, hotter, smarter world.
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November 12, 2025 • 32 mins
Why do we fear the wrong things? We worry about plane crashes but not car rides, strangers but not algorithms, sharks but not sugar. In The Fear Knot: How Science, History, and Culture Shape Our Fears – and How to Get Unstuck, journalism professor Ruth DeFoster and neuroscientist Natashia Swalve explore why our brains evolved to fear what once kept us alive — but now often misleads us. The result is a timely, eye-opening look at ho...
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November 11, 2025 • 26 mins
What if the battlefield isn’t just out there, but also inside our heads? In the new book Warhead: How the Brain Shapes War and War Shapes the Brain, neuroscientist Nicholas Wright draws on his experience advising the Pentagon and the British government to reveal how our brains are built for survival and strategy, in the office and on the battlefield. He shows that the same neural machinery that helps us cooperate, compete, and make...
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