The Next Big Idea
Hosted by Rufus and Caleb Bissinger and Michael Kovnat · Next Big Idea Club
4.5from 1,524 ratings
- 425
- Episodes
- 231
- Transcribed
- 1,524
- Ratings
- Weekly
- Cadence
- 2019
- First episode
About The Next Big Idea
The Next Big Idea is a weekly series of in-depth interviews with the world’s leading thinkers. Join hosts Rufus Griscom and Caleb Bissinger — along with our curators, Malcolm Gladwell, Adam Grant, Susan Cain, and Daniel Pink — for conversations that might just change the way you see the world. New episodes every Monday and Thursday. For ad inquiries, please reach out to: Network+NBI@yapmedia.com
- Publisher
- Next Big Idea Club
- Category
- arts · science · society & culture
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- No
- First episode
- 1 Oct 2019
- Latest episode
- 5 Nov 2026
Latest episodes
231 of 425 episodes have a transcript.
5 Nov 2026TRANSCRIPT
Malcolm Gladwell on What We Get Wrong About Guns
29 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT
Danny Meyer on "What Could Possibly Go Right"
26 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT
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Malcolm Gladwell on What We Get Wrong About Guns
Published 5 Nov 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] What has changed is just simply medical technology and the learning curve of physicians that Every time you have a war, a war is an opportunity for trauma surgeons to get a crash course in how to up their game. In medicine, outcomes are a linear result of practice. The more cases I see, the better on I get. […]
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- Malcolm Gladwell
- Danny Meyer
- Rutger Bregman
- Josh Tyrangiel
- June Cohen
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- Apple Podcasts (US)
- 4.4 / 5
- 1,237 ratings
- Spotify
- 4.7 / 5
- 287 ratings
Podcast Authority Score: 70 / 100
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- Quality
- 81
- Social presence
- 97
- YouTube
- 0
- Engagement
- 100
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Who hosts The Next Big Idea?
Rufus and Caleb Bissinger and Michael Kovnat host the show. Published by Next Big Idea Club.
How often do new episodes come out?
The show publishes weekly, based on its RSS feed.
Does The Next Big Idea take guests?
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