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57mins
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Body language expert Vanessa Van Edwards shares a genius formula to create a lasting first impression while debunking body-language myths and the mistakes you’re probably making in social situations.
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3mins
Older cultures made room for mourning. Today, we often rush it, and it comes with a cost. Three experts explain.
Unlikely Collaborators
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30mins
You can't explain a third dimension to someone living in a two-dimensional world. According to Yale philosopher L.A. Paul, the same is true of life's biggest decisions — you simply can't know what it's like until you're already there.
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1hr 1mins
David Epstein walks through decades of research exploring why constraints, not freedom, are the engine behind creativity, focus, and breakthrough.
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21mins
In goal setting, Chris Bailey argues the problem isn't discipline; it's the system itself.
A person in a denim shirt is shown from the shoulders up. Highlighted text overlays mention that U.S. news often portrays being alone as more harmful than beneficial.
6mins
When we see loneliness as a kind of failure, it becomes damaging. When we see it as information, it becomes actionable. A psychologist, a social health scientist, and a psychiatrist explain.
Unlikely Collaborators
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1hr 9mins
Astrophysicist Hakeem Oluseyi takes us from the quantum realm to the cosmological and out to the multiverse, answering physics’ most profound questions. 
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11mins
We used to think human migration was a simple branching tree. Ancient DNA proved it's something far stranger. Harvard Geneticist David Reich explains.
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4mins
What if the voice in your head is less of a witness and more of an interpreter? Two neuroscientists discuss the brain’s drive to explain, narrate, and make everything add up.
Unlikely Collaborators
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5mins
This new recipe for clean cement works. The question is whether anyone can scale it. Cody Finke, founder and CEO of Brimstone, explains how the IMPACT Act could help make that happen.
ClearPath Action
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25mins
Musicologist Michael Spitzer walks us through the natural origins of human music and creativity.
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16mins
Beneath our assumptions lies the most complex, unsolved question in physics: Why does time have any direction at all?
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1hr 5mins
Author Chris Bailey breaks down the "intention stack" and the underrated role of values alignment in follow-through.
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2mins
Optimistic people don’t just “feel happier,” they literally process information differently, at a perceptual level. Three experts explain.
Unlikely Collaborators
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59mins
Professor Michael Spitzer argues that music is something closer to a biological system, one that was shaping the human body long before we had words for what we were feeling.
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8mins
Human origins once looked like a simple migration story. According to geneticist David Reich, new evidence keeps turning it into a record of contact, disappearance, and surprise.
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54mins
Dr. Nicole LePera breaks down the 6 archetypes of childhood trauma.
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6mins
Memory decline doesn’t suddenly begin in old age, it unfolds gradually over decades. The good news: this common, daily habit can chemically and structurally shift the trajectory. 3 experts explain
Unlikely Collaborators
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20mins
What you actually care about shows up in your calendar and your bank statement, not your intentions.
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17mins
Modern life has confused comfort and stimulation for genuine fulfillment. Could the Ancient Greek distinction between hedonia and eudaimonia help pull us out of this trap?