The Big Think Interview
Today: #170 in Education on our combined chart.
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| Date | Combined Rank | Apple Podcasts |
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| Oct 6 | #170 | #148 |
About the show
Latest episodes
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The political philosophy under attack from both the left and the right | Jonathan Rauch
October 2, 2026 · 1 hr 30 minJonathan Rauch, author and senior fellow at the Brookings Institution, dives into the philosophy of liberalism, how it has created and transformed our institutions, and the state of truth in a world rife with misinformation.
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The minimum viable intervention for a happier life | Tal Ben-Shahar
September 25, 2026 · 1 hr 22 minMost of us can recite the benefits of exercise, gratitude, and patience while doing none of it. Tal Ben-Shahar calls this the Knowing-Doing gap, and our typical interventions, like retreats and month-long overhauls keep it open.
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The lost art of rhetoric, from a 2x debate world champion | Bo Seo
September 18, 2026 · 1 hr 11 minTwo-time debate champion Bo Seo breaks down why arguments fail: the 4 bad-faith personas that hijack conversations, a four-question framework for picking fights worth having, and the surprising Cold War standoff between Nixon and…
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The science, medicine, and mythology of menstruation and menopause | Jen Gunter
September 11, 2026 · 1 hr 14 minOBGYN Jen Gunter unpacks the science, history, and mythology of menstruation and menopause, and offers a guidebook to navigate the modern healthcare landscape.
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The invisible forces that create talent and elite performance | Daniel Coyle
September 4, 2026 · 1 hr 25 minTalent isn’t a gift we're born with – it’s a signal we’ve been reading completely wrong. Author Daniel Coyle breaks down the common traits shared by successful people, and why environment, not innate ability, is the variable that ties them…
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The world's greatest mathematician explains 6 essential concepts of math | Terence Tao
August 28, 2026 · 1 hr 24 minTerence Tao has spent decades solving problems most people can't even state, and he says he's never had a single eureka moment. In this conversation, the UCLA mathematician and Fields Medalist breaks math down to six essential ideas…
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The #1 predictor of relationships that are doomed to fail | Julie & John Gottman
August 21, 2026 · 1 hr 1 minEvery marriage’s disintegration is marked by the same four warning signs that researchers John and Julie Gottman can spot before a couple even finishes their first sentence. The founders of the Gottman Institute break down decades of lab…
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Psychologist: The blueprint for developing a healthy relationship with your emotions | Lisa Damour
August 14, 2026 · 1 hr 6 minStress has a branding problem. Clinical psychologist Dr. Lisa Damour argues that most of us have the wrong relationship with discomfort entirely, treating stress like a malfunction instead of what it actually is: a signal that we're…