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Worklife with Adam Grant
Worklife with Adam Grant
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You spend a quarter of your life at work. You should enjoy it! Organizational psychologist Adam Grant takes you inside the minds... more

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Episodes

Fixing the trust crisis with Rachel Botsman

Who do you trust — and when? Rachel Botsman is a leading expert on trust in the modern world, and... more

14 Jan 2025 · 43 minutes
Sam Altman on the future of AI and humanity

Sam Altman is the CEO and cofounder of OpenAI, the company behind ChatGPT. He and Adam discuss AI's advances in... more

07 Jan 2025 · 39 minutes
Merve Emre on emotional intelligence as corporate control (Re-release)

It's been 25 years since the concept of emotional intelligence exploded onto the scene. Cultural critic Merve Emre makes a... more

31 Dec 2024 · 53 minutes
Julia Louis-Dreyfus on doing death, truth-telling in comedy and getting wiser (from On with Kara Swisher)

Actor Julia Louis-Dreyfus is most famous for her comedic TV characters Elaine Benes in Seinfeld and Selina Meyer in Veep.... more

24 Dec 2024 · 41 minutes
Befriending your impostor syndrome with Iceland's president Halla Tómasdóttir

When Halla Tómasdóttir lost her bid for the Icelandic presidency in 2016, she wasn't sure she wanted to run again.... more

17 Dec 2024 · 33 minutes
How Mark Rober hides "science vegetables" in viral videos

If you don't know Mark Rober, your kids do. He's best known for his viral engineering feats — like creating... more

10 Dec 2024 · 41 minutes
Jane Goodall on leadership lessons from primates

Have you ever felt like your work colleagues sometimes act like animals? In this conversation, Jane Goodall and Adam take... more

03 Dec 2024 · 42 minutes
The art of invention with Nathan Myhrvold

Nathan Myhrvold may be the closest thing we have to a modern-day Renaissance man. A cofounder, inventor, chef, photographer, dinosaur... more

26 Nov 2024 · 26 minutes
The science of fighting crime with Nick Cowen

Criminologist Nick Cowen doesn't just analyze crime — he studies how to prevent it. As a professor at the University... more

19 Nov 2024 · 32 minutes
Malcolm Gladwell on the importance of self-correction

Malcolm Gladwell joins Adam for a lively discussion and debate, recorded live at the Authors@Wharton series. More than 20 years... more

12 Nov 2024 · 46 minutes
Finding the joy of service with Milk Bar's Christina Tosi and restaurateur Will Guidara

Christina Tosi and Will Guidara have found many winning recipes — in food, business and love. Christina is the chef-owner... more

05 Nov 2024 · 34 minutes
Should leaders be feared or loved? with historian Niall Ferguson

Niall Ferguson is an intellectual provocateur. His specialty is counterfactual history — imagining how events could have unfolded differently. And... more

29 Oct 2024 · 40 minutes
Overcoming loneliness with Surgeon General Vivek Murthy

Surgeon General Vivek Murthy thinks about public health holistically. Whether he's addressing youth mental health crises, the loneliness epidemic or... more

22 Oct 2024 · 31 minutes
The dark side of charisma

You may think no leader could ever be too charismatic, but the evidence is clear: a dazzling personality doesn't always... more

15 Oct 2024 · 23 minutes
How to design teams that don’t suck

Too many teams are less than the sum of their parts, and building a great team requires more than just... more

08 Oct 2024 · 37 minutes
The wrong way to think about culture fit

Many workplaces hire, reward and promote on culture fit. But that can come with real costs to individuals and organizations.... more

01 Oct 2024 · 33 minutes
John Legend on the creative process and "mumbling" his way to a hit

Before John Legend was coaching The Voice and winning Emmys, Grammys, Oscars and Tonys, he was a twenty-something consultant living... more

27 Sep 2024 · 35 minutes
The secret to success isn't power — it's status

Many people believe that success depends on gaining power, but it turns out that status is a more sustainable path... more

24 Sep 2024 · 32 minutes
Sarah Silverman on being wrong — and treating trolls with kindness

Sarah Silverman is a comedian, actor and writer who doesn;t shy away from saying what she thinks. Her bold, distinctive... more

17 Sep 2024 · 30 minutes
How to stop doom scrolling — and have a better experience online with Jay Van Bavel

Jay Van Bavel is an award-winning professor of psychology and neural science at NYU — and he's an expert on... more

10 Sep 2024 · 33 minutes
Fixing college campuses with political scientist Danielle Allen

Danielle Allen thinks and writes about the institutions that hold society together. As a professor of public policy and political... more

03 Sep 2024 · 35 minutes
Trevor Noah on the importance of context

Trevor Noah is widely admired for his quick wit. He's hosted The Daily Show and the Grammy Awards, sold out... more

27 Aug 2024 · 44 minutes
Fighting against the status quo with filmmaker Jon M. Chu

Before becoming the director of major films like Crazy Rich Asians, In the Heights and the upcoming Wicked, Jon M.... more

20 Aug 2024 · 35 minutes
How to fight prejudice with Betsy Levy Paluck

How can we reduce hostility between people and groups? Social psychologist Betsy Levy Paluck has done groundbreaking work on an... more

13 Aug 2024 · 35 minutes
How to build a great culture with restaurateur Danny Meyer

At 27, long before he gained acclaim as the restaurateur behind Shake Shack and Gramercy Tavern, Danny Meyer launched his... more

06 Aug 2024 · 33 minutes
The art and science of trash talk with Rafi Kohan

Journalist Rafi Kohan says talking trash can do more than spice up a sport. His latest book, Trash Talk: The... more

30 Jul 2024 · 37 minutes
Beyond breaking the glass ceiling with Julia Gillard, Australia’s first female prime minister

Julia Gillard served as the Prime Minister of Australia from 2010 to 2013. During her tenure as the first woman... more

23 Jul 2024 · 47 minutes
Explaining the Dunning-Kruger effect and overcoming overconfidence with David Dunning

The Dunning-Kruger effect is a rare psychological concept that has achieved pop culture fame. David Dunning -- the lead author... more

16 Jul 2024 · 37 minutes
Mellody Hobson on taking tough feedback (re-release)

Criticism rarely comes wrapped in a shiny gift box, tied with a bow. As a trailblazing leader, one of Mellody... more

09 Jul 2024 · 37 minutes
Decoding Gen-Z slang and grammar pet peeves with linguist Anne Curzan

Anne Curzan is a professional word nerd. As a linguist and English professor, Anne studies the history of the English... more

02 Jul 2024 · 37 minutes
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Trevor Noah is widely admired for his quick wit. He's hosted The Daily Show and the Grammy Awards, sold out huge arenas... more