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The Happiest Way to Fight Climate Change
4+ hour, 6+ min ago (740+ words) Below, Elizabeth Dunn and Jiaying Zhao share five key insights from their new book, Leave the Lights On: How Joyful Decisions Can Save Our Species. Elizabeth is a happiness researcher and a professor of psychology at the University of British…...
What Every Collapsing Civilization Has in Common
22+ hour, 39+ min ago (674+ words) Below, Sarah Wilson shares five key insights from her new book, I Eat the Stars: How to Live Fully and Beautifully in a Collapsing World. Sarah is a systems philosopher, podcaster and adventurer. She was previously a journalist and held…...
Your Biggest Identity Crisis Isn't Personal'It's Social
22+ hour, 19+ min ago (737+ words) Below, Luke Burgis shares five key insights from his new book, The One and the Ninety-Nine: Forging Identity in the Age of Social Contagion. Luke is a professor at The Catholic University of America, the director of The Cluny Institute,…...
The Secret to Sticking With Hard Things
21+ hour, 45+ min ago (868+ words) Below, Steve Kamb shares five key insights from his new book, How to Try Again: An Approachable Guide to Navigating Chaos and Making Change That Sticks. Steve is the founder of Nerd Fitness, an approachable fitness company that helps busy…...
5 Ways to Shape Your Health and Happiness in Midlife
1+ day, 19+ min ago (385+ words) Below, Margie Lachman shares five key insights from her new book, Primetime: A New Vision for Midlife. Margie is a psychology professor at Brandeis University where she conducts research on adult development and aging. She is an investigator on the…...
We've Been Thinking About Sunlight All Wrong
22+ hour, 56+ min ago (481+ words) Below, Rowan Jacobsen shares five key insights from his new book, In Defense of Sunlight: The Surprising Science of Sun Exposure. Rowan is an award-winning science writer, and for the past nine years he has been diving into research on…...
The Science of Becoming a Great Dad
1+ day, 3+ min ago (523+ words) Below, Darby Saxbe shares five key insights from her new book, Dad Brain: The New Science of Fatherhood and How It Shapes Men's Lives. Darby is an award-winning clinical psychologist and professor of psychology at the University of Southern California....
The Next Big Idea Club's July 2026 Must-Read Books
1+ day, 21+ hour ago (141+ words) I'm excited to introduce a new batch of standout nonfiction, the most compelling and thought-provoking titles scheduled for release in July 2026. As always, we invite longlisted authors to create a "Book Bite'a fifteen-minute audio recording where they share five big…...
What You're Really Training Every Time You Take a Cold Plunge
5+ day, 20+ hour ago (649+ words) Below, Chris Ballard shares five key insights from his new book, The Plunge: Maverick Swimmers, an Unlikely Quest, and the Transformative Power of Cold Water. Chris is the award-winning author of five books. He's written for The New York Times…...
The Surprising Link Between People-Pleasing and Chronic Illness
5+ day, 20+ hour ago (881+ words) Below, Sara Hirsh Bordo shares five key insights from her new book, Autoimmunity and the Good Girls: How Permission to Put Ourselves First Has the Power to Keep Us Well. Chronic illness in many women is linked to a lifetime…...