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Jenny Wood Jenny Wood Wild Courage
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Melody Wilding Melody Wilding Managing Up
Sabina Nawaz Sabina Nawaz You’re the Boss
Tim Minshall Tim Minshall How Things Are Made
Rosalind Chow Rosalind Chow The Doors You Can Open
Justin Gregg Justin Gregg Humanish
Tomas Chamorro-Premuzic Tomas Chamorro-Premuzic Why Do So Many Incompetent Men Become Leaders?

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How To Be A Better Boss with Sabina Nawaz (#83) episode art

How To Be A Better Boss with Sabina Nawaz (#83)

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How To Overcome the Daily Norms Holding You Back with Nilofer Merchant (#82) episode art

How To Overcome the Daily Norms Holding You Back with Nilofer Merchant (#82)

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The Curious Optimism of People Who Choose Impossible Quests with Mark Medley (#81) episode art

The Curious Optimism of People Who Choose Impossible Quests with Mark Medley (#81)

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Having Wild Courage To Get What You Want with Jenny Wood (#80) episode art

Having Wild Courage To Get What You Want with Jenny Wood (#80)

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Why We Talk To Cats and Make Everything "Humanish" with Justin Gregg (#79) episode art

Why We Talk To Cats and Make Everything "Humanish" with Justin Gregg (#79)

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Why Belief Is the Biggest Reason For Success or Failure with Nir Eyal (#78) episode art

Why Belief Is the Biggest Reason For Success or Failure with Nir Eyal (#78)

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How To Manage Your Boss To Win At Work with Melody Wilding (#77) episode art

How To Manage Your Boss To Win At Work with Melody Wilding (#77)

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The Hidden Secrets of How Stuff Gets Made with Tim Minshall (#76) episode art

The Hidden Secrets of How Stuff Gets Made with Tim Minshall (#76)

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How Under Armour Is Rediscovering Their Identity With Kevin Plank (#75) episode art

How Under Armour Is Rediscovering Their Identity With Kevin Plank (#75)

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Why Your Ambition Is Working Against You with Amina AlTai (#74) episode art

Why Your Ambition Is Working Against You with Amina AlTai (#74)

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The Difference Between Mentors and Sponsors with Dr. Rosalind Chow (#73) episode art

The Difference Between Mentors and Sponsors with Dr. Rosalind Chow (#73)

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Don't Be Yourself: Why Authenticity Is Overrated with Tomas Chamorro-Premuzic (#72) episode art

Don't Be Yourself: Why Authenticity Is Overrated with Tomas Chamorro-Premuzic (#72)

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How To Avoid the Strategy Trap In Business with Kevin Ertell (#71) episode art

How To Avoid the Strategy Trap In Business with Kevin Ertell (#71)

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Selling Your Mother: The Mrs. Meyers Clean Day Story with Monica Nassif (#70) episode art

Selling Your Mother: The Mrs. Meyers Clean Day Story with Monica Nassif (#70)

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Telling the Stories of Custodians Saving Dying Traditions with Eliot Stein (#69) episode art

Telling the Stories of Custodians Saving Dying Traditions with Eliot Stein (#69)

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Why You Should Let People Yell At Your Kids with Marina Lopes (#68) episode art

Why You Should Let People Yell At Your Kids with Marina Lopes (#68)

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Surviving Bad Bosses Without Becoming One Yourself with Mita Mallick (#67) episode art

Surviving Bad Bosses Without Becoming One Yourself with Mita Mallick (#67)

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Talking Nice: How to Be More Trusted at Work with Minda Harts (#66) episode art

Talking Nice: How to Be More Trusted at Work with Minda Harts (#66)

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Inside the Magical Subculture of Disney Adults with AJ Wolfe (#65) episode art

Inside the Magical Subculture of Disney Adults with AJ Wolfe (#65)

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How To Think Like a Futurist with Henry Coutinho-Mason (#64) episode art

How To Think Like a Futurist with Henry Coutinho-Mason (#64)

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Sikh Wisdom and the Art of Understanding People with Simran Jeet Singh (#63) episode art

Sikh Wisdom and the Art of Understanding People with Simran Jeet Singh (#63)

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The Unlikely Rise of the Coach Brand and "Accessible Luxury" with Lew Frankfort (#62) episode art

The Unlikely Rise of the Coach Brand and "Accessible Luxury" with Lew Frankfort (#62)

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Why The Secret To Success Is To Stop Competing: Featuring Ruchika T. Malhotra (#61) episode art

Why The Secret To Success Is To Stop Competing: Featuring Ruchika T. Malhotra (#61)

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Will Superhuman Intelligence Be Good or Bad for Humanity? with Nick Bostrom (#60) episode art

Will Superhuman Intelligence Be Good or Bad for Humanity? with Nick Bostrom (#60)

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How To Have More Courage and Be More Bold with Ranjay Gulati (#59) episode art

How To Have More Courage and Be More Bold with Ranjay Gulati (#59)

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The Future of Storytelling (For Creators) with Charlie Melcher - PART 1 OF 2 (#58) episode art

The Future of Storytelling (For Creators) with Charlie Melcher - PART 1 OF 2 (#58)

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The Future of Exploration [LIVE] - What Will Human Discovery Look Like In the Next Decade? (#57) episode art

The Future of Exploration [LIVE] - What Will Human Discovery Look Like In the Next Decade? (#57)

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Why the World Still Needs Human Experts with Dorie Clark (#56) episode art

Why the World Still Needs Human Experts with Dorie Clark (#56)

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How Anyone Can Be Funnier with Anne Libera from Second City (#55) episode art

How Anyone Can Be Funnier with Anne Libera from Second City (#55)

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Why Successful Entrepreneurs Need To Give First with Brad Feld (#54) episode art

Why Successful Entrepreneurs Need To Give First with Brad Feld (#54)

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Finding Your Calling In Work and Life with Christopher Wong Michealson and Jennifer Tosti-Kharas (#53) episode art

Finding Your Calling In Work and Life with Christopher Wong Michealson and Jennifer Tosti-Kharas (#53)

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Where Humans Will Live In The Future with Parag Khanna (#52) episode art

Where Humans Will Live In The Future with Parag Khanna (#52)

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Why Every Business Needs A Good Strategic Enemy with Laura Ries (#51) episode art

Why Every Business Needs A Good Strategic Enemy with Laura Ries (#51)

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Negotiating While Black (Or While Underestimated) with Damali Peterman (#50) episode art

Negotiating While Black (Or While Underestimated) with Damali Peterman (#50)

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How To Laugh at Tragedy Without Becoming A Victim with Tom Nash [LIVE] (#49) episode art

How To Laugh at Tragedy Without Becoming A Victim with Tom Nash [LIVE] (#49)

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The Future of Boredom [LIVE] - What Happens When It Is Harder To Do Nothing? with Dr. Joanne Orlando and Dan Ilic (#48) episode art

The Future of Boredom [LIVE] - What Happens When It Is Harder To Do Nothing? with Dr. Joanne Orlando and Dan Ilic (#48)

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How Men Find Community and Build Empathy with Michael Tennant (#47) episode art

How Men Find Community and Build Empathy with Michael Tennant (#47)

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Insider Secrets On How We Shop and What We Eat with Paco Underhill (#46) episode art

Insider Secrets On How We Shop and What We Eat with Paco Underhill (#46)

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How To Be Defiant When It Matters Most with Dr. Sunita Sah (#45) episode art

How To Be Defiant When It Matters Most with Dr. Sunita Sah (#45)

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The Infuriating Upside of Trash Talk with Rafi Kohan (#44) episode art

The Infuriating Upside of Trash Talk with Rafi Kohan (#44)

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Using Bizarre Lifestyle Experiments To Save Democracy with A.J. Jacobs (#43) episode art

Using Bizarre Lifestyle Experiments To Save Democracy with A.J. Jacobs (#43)

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How To Be A Super Communicator with Charles Duhigg (#42) episode art

How To Be A Super Communicator with Charles Duhigg (#42)

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How Work Works with Michelle P. King (#41) episode art

How Work Works with Michelle P. King (#41)

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How Status Really Works And How It Doesn't with Chuck Thompson (#40) episode art

How Status Really Works And How It Doesn't with Chuck Thompson (#40)

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What You Don't Know About Disability with Ashley Shew (#39) episode art

What You Don't Know About Disability with Ashley Shew (#39)

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The Disturbing Truth About Fate Vs Flukes with Brian Klaas (#38) episode art

The Disturbing Truth About Fate Vs Flukes with Brian Klaas (#38)

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How to Transform the Way You See Time with Richard Fisher (#37) episode art

How to Transform the Way You See Time with Richard Fisher (#37)

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How To Spot A Fraud or Scam with Kelly Richmond Pope (#36) episode art

How To Spot A Fraud or Scam with Kelly Richmond Pope (#36)

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How "Workarounds" Can Solve Big Problems with Paulo Savaget (#35) episode art

How "Workarounds" Can Solve Big Problems with Paulo Savaget (#35)

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Why Social Media Makes Us Angry with Tobias Rose-Stockwell (#34) episode art

Why Social Media Makes Us Angry with Tobias Rose-Stockwell (#34)

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How To Work With (Almost) Anyone with Michael Bungay Stanier (#33) episode art

How To Work With (Almost) Anyone with Michael Bungay Stanier (#33)

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Why Most Projects Fail and How To Fix Them with Bent Flyvbjerg & Dan Gardner (#32) episode art

Why Most Projects Fail and How To Fix Them with Bent Flyvbjerg & Dan Gardner (#32)

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Everything You Never Knew About Pockets with Hannah Carlson (#31) episode art

Everything You Never Knew About Pockets with Hannah Carlson (#31)

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How To Write Your Own Obituary with James R. Hagerty (#30) episode art

How To Write Your Own Obituary with James R. Hagerty (#30)

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Why Afrofuturism Matters with Dr. Kevin Strait (#29) episode art

Why Afrofuturism Matters with Dr. Kevin Strait (#29)

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How Culture Influences Our Behavior with Dr. Marcus Collins (#28) episode art

How Culture Influences Our Behavior with Dr. Marcus Collins (#28)

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Being More Coachable and Accepting Good Advice with Jacquelyn Lane and Scott Osman (#26) episode art

Being More Coachable and Accepting Good Advice with Jacquelyn Lane and Scott Osman (#26)

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Dealing with Difficult People with Amy Gallo (#25) episode art

Dealing with Difficult People with Amy Gallo (#25)

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How To Be More Persuasive with Zoe Chance (#24) episode art

How To Be More Persuasive with Zoe Chance (#24)

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Why Employees Leave and Why They Stay with Joey Coleman (#23) episode art

Why Employees Leave and Why They Stay with Joey Coleman (#23)

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How To Be A "Good-ish" Person with Dolly Chugh (#22) episode art

How To Be A "Good-ish" Person with Dolly Chugh (#22)

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Understanding Data Even If You Hate Numbers with Neil Hoyne (#21) episode art

Understanding Data Even If You Hate Numbers with Neil Hoyne (#21)

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How To Create a More Inclusive Workplace with "The Band of Sisters" (#20) episode art

How To Create a More Inclusive Workplace with "The Band of Sisters" (#20)

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Why An Analog World Is More Human with David Sax (#19) episode art

Why An Analog World Is More Human with David Sax (#19)

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Getting Unstuck and Embracing Change with Barry J. Moltz (#18) episode art

Getting Unstuck and Embracing Change with Barry J. Moltz (#18)

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Everything Professional Designers Should Know with Ellen Lupton, Kaleena Sales, & Valentine Vergara (#17) episode art

Everything Professional Designers Should Know with Ellen Lupton, Kaleena Sales, & Valentine Vergara (#17)

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How To Think Like a Cartoonist with Tom Fishburne (#16) episode art

How To Think Like a Cartoonist with Tom Fishburne (#16)

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How Women's Fitness Shaped the World with Danielle Friedman (#15) episode art

How Women's Fitness Shaped the World with Danielle Friedman (#15)

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Getting People Talking About Race with Priya Vulchi & Winona Guo (#14) episode art

Getting People Talking About Race with Priya Vulchi & Winona Guo (#14)

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How To Talk To A Racist with Dr. David W. Campt (#13) episode art

How To Talk To A Racist with Dr. David W. Campt (#13)

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The Truth About College Admissions with Jeff Selingo (#12) episode art

The Truth About College Admissions with Jeff Selingo (#12)

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How To Transform Your Brand with Emmanuel Probst (#11) episode art

How To Transform Your Brand with Emmanuel Probst (#11)

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What Female Leaders Really Need with Deepa Purushothaman (#10) episode art

What Female Leaders Really Need with Deepa Purushothaman (#10)

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The Secrets of Digital Body Language with Erica Dhawan (#9) episode art

The Secrets of Digital Body Language with Erica Dhawan (#9)

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How To Get People To Support You with Suneel Gupta (#8) episode art

How To Get People To Support You with Suneel Gupta (#8)

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How To Be An Epic Gift Giver with John Ruhlin (#7) episode art

How To Be An Epic Gift Giver with John Ruhlin (#7)

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How Ownership Really Works with Michael Heller & Jim Salzman (#6) episode art

How Ownership Really Works with Michael Heller & Jim Salzman (#6)

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The Death of Common Sense with Martin Lindstrom (#5) episode art

The Death of Common Sense with Martin Lindstrom (#5)

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Why Collaboration Is Overrated with Safi Bahcall (#4) episode art

Why Collaboration Is Overrated with Safi Bahcall (#4)

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The Power of Outsider Thinking with Beth Comstock (#3) episode art

The Power of Outsider Thinking with Beth Comstock (#3)

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How To Develop Your Big Ideas with Daniel H. Pink (#2) episode art

How To Develop Your Big Ideas with Daniel H. Pink (#2)

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What Makes Someone Remarkable? with Guy Kawasaki (#1) episode art

What Makes Someone Remarkable? with Guy Kawasaki (#1)

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