Friday, November 18, 2022 What’s Next After The Midterms? Ro Khanna & Robert Reich Discuss Democrats will retain control of the Senate. Republicans captured the House. There was no red wave. But there was no…
Where Do Good Ideas Come From? (Ep. 368)
Sometimes ideas depend on technology: “mapping the universe” would have been impossible with standard refracting telescopes — then came solid-state detectors. (Photo: Smithsonian Institution Archives/Wikimedia Commons) Whether you’re mapping the universe, hosting a late-night talk…
A Good Idea Is Not Good Enough (Ep.…
Pablo Picasso drew hundreds of preparatory sketches before even starting to paint Les Demoiselles d’Avignon. (Photo: Steven Zucker/flickr) Whether you’re building a business or a cathedral, execution is everything. We ask artists, scientists, and inventors…
Another Kidney-Donation Story to Make You Smile
February 28, 2019 @ 11:56am A few years ago, we made a podcast episode with Al Roth, the Stanford economist whose work on market design and matchmaking won him a Nobel Prize. His most eye-catching…
How to Fail Like a Pro (Ep. 370)
Inventor James Dyson built 5,127 prototypes before he succeeded in revolutionizing the vacuum cleaner. (Photo: Bruno Vincent/Getty) The road to success is paved with failure, so you might as well learn to do it right.…
Season 8, Episode 27
Mark Teixeira, the retired Yankee first baseman, hit 409 career home runs — No. 54 on the all-time list. The hardest thing to do in sports, he says: hitting a baseball. (Photo: Elsa/Getty) Great athletes aren’t…
A Free-Trade Democrat in the Trump White House…
Gary Cohn was leaving the number two position at Goldman Sachs when he met with Donald Trump. But was this Wall Street veteran ready for the challenges of Pennsylvania Avenue? (Photo: Pool/Getty) For years, Gary…
The Disaster of Howard Schultz
The Disaster of Howard SchultzWednesday, January 30, 2019 There are 3 big reasons why Howard Schultz’s self-proclaimed candidacy is troubling: 1. He could be a spoiler in 2020, splitting the vote and putting Trump back…