The Next Big Idea

If you’ve raised an adolescent (or been one), you already know it’s a life stage that can feel like an emotional rollercoaster—full of drama, defiance, and slammed doors. But what if all that chaos wasn’t a bug but a feature? Today we’re hearing from Pulitzer Prize–winning New York Times journalist Matt Richtel, who says adolescence is a brilliant, necessary phase of human development. In his new book ⁠How We Grow Up⁠ [https://geni.us/0YyRa], Matt explains how teenage brains are wired to question, rebel, and innovate—and how that friction might just be the thing that helps our species survive. 📱 Follow The Next Big Idea Daily on ⁠Apple Podcasts⁠ [https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-next-big-idea-daily/id1666681752], ⁠Spotify⁠ [https://open.spotify.com/show/1h6s4GXR7orZV1HDaQm3CA?si=7cfbcba76a754a58], or ⁠wherever you listen⁠ [https://episodes.fm/1666681752] 📩 Want more bite-sized insights from the best new nonfiction delivered straight to your inbox? ⁠Sign up for our Book of the Day newsletter⁠ [https://bookoftheday.nextbigideaclub.com/?utm_source=nbidaily&utm_medium=shownotes]

All day long, your brain makes subconscious value calculations. It looks at every decision and asks, "What is going to be most rewarding for me right this very minute?" That creates a gap, doesn't it? A gap between the person you want to be and the choices you actually make. Today on the show, neuroscientist Emily Falk explains the science behind that gap. She shows us how understanding our brain's hidden valuation system can give us more compassion for ourselves, and help us gently nudge our daily actions to align with our deepest values. Her new book is What We Value [https://geni.us/aA978]. 🎧 Sign up for Next Big Idea Club+ [https://podcasts.apple.com/us/channel/the-next-big-idea-club/id6748653173?hasPaidContent=true] 📩  Want insights from the best new nonfiction delivered straight to your inbox? Sign up for our Book of the Day newsletter [https://bookoftheday.nextbigideaclub.com/?utm_source=nbidaily&utm_medium=shownotes]

Neuroscientist Joseph Jebelli explains how doing nothing might be the best thing you do all day. His new book is The Brain at Rest: How the Art and Science of Doing Nothing Can Improve Your Life [https://geni.us/Knn5rlF]. 📱 Follow The Next Big Idea Daily on Apple Podcasts [https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-next-big-idea-daily/id1666681752], Spotify [https://open.spotify.com/show/1h6s4GXR7orZV1HDaQm3CA?si=7cfbcba76a754a58], or wherever you listen [https://episodes.fm/1666681752] 📩 Want more bite-sized insights from the best new nonfiction delivered straight to your inbox? Sign up for our Book of the Day newsletter [https://bookoftheday.nextbigideaclub.com/?utm_source=nbidaily&utm_medium=shownotes]

In part two of our interview with Eric Topol, author of the New York Times bestseller Super Agers [https://geni.us/nM38U], we cover how to get a good night's sleep, why one day everyone may take GLP-1s, and how AI is poised to transform medicine. 1️⃣ Missed Part 1? Listen now on Apple Podcasts [https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-next-big-idea/id1482067226?i=1000717684717] or Spotify [https://open.spotify.com/episode/48jabKauMX7EEx9z51Kq21?si=055e0e2376ab4701] 📚 Become an executive member of the Next Big Idea Club, and we'll send you a copy of Super Agers, along with the seven other best books of the year as chosen by our curators: Malcolm Gladwell, Adam Grant, Susan Cain, and Daniel Pink. Use code PODCAST to take 20% off your subscription ✉️ Sign up for our Book of the Day newsletter [https://bookoftheday.nextbigideaclub.com/?utm_source=nbidaily&utm_medium=shownotes]

According to Wendy Johnson, real wellness starts with community, nature, and rethinking everything we’ve been told. 📱 Follow The Next Big Idea Daily on Apple Podcasts [https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-next-big-idea-daily/id1666681752], Spotify [https://open.spotify.com/show/1h6s4GXR7orZV1HDaQm3CA?si=7cfbcba76a754a58], or wherever you listen [https://episodes.fm/1666681752] 📩 Want more bite-sized insights from the best new nonfiction delivered straight to your inbox? Sign up for our Book of the Day newsletter [https://bookoftheday.nextbigideaclub.com/?utm_source=nbidaily&utm_medium=shownotes]