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Angela Duckworth: Grit Isn't Enough (#317)

What if trying harder is sometimes exactly the wrong thing to do? Angela Duckworth, University of Pennsylvania psychologist, MacArthur Fellow, and author of the #1 New York Times bestseller Grit, has spent years studying achievement. In her new book, Situated, she explores why perseverance alone is…

Angela Duckworth #3 (on bringing out your best)

Angela Duckworth (Situated: Find the People and Places That Bring Out Your Best, Grit) is a psychologist, MacArthur Fellow, and professor at the University of Pennsylvania. Angela returns to the Armchair Expert to discuss nearly drowning while trying to save her mother, apologizing 15 years later t…

Reimagining the Creative Process with Artists and Life Partners María Magdalena Campos-Pons and Kamaal Malak.

When a highly esteemed painter, sculptor and performance artist collaborates in work and life with a Grammy-winning musician, music producer and researcher, the end result is a completely reimagined and beautiful creative process. In this episode of the Quantum Potential podcast, hear from two extr…

You Don’t Have to Run From This Place

Sandra Muñoz returns to the podcast after more than two years away. She opens by sharing a bit about the absence: the Supreme Court ruling against her and her husband in their immigration case, and the appeal which followed that didn’t go their way. Her guest is Luis Alfaro, a playwright, performer…

How to Get Paid Forever

Retirement security isn’t just about making your money last. It’s also about planning for care, autonomy, and meaning as life changes. In The Forever Paycheck: The New Retirement Strategy to Spend More, Worry Less, and Never Run Out of Money, HerMoney founder and longtime Today show financial edito…

Angela Duckworth #3 (on bringing out your best)

Angela Duckworth (Situated: Find the People and Places That Bring Out Your Best, Grit) is a psychologist, MacArthur Fellow, and professor at the University of Pennsylvania. Angela returns to the Armchair Expert to discuss nearly drowning while trying to save her mother, apologizing 15 years later t…

The Scientist who helped bring back Direwolves! - Dr. Beth Shapiro

Dr. Beth Shapiro, Chief Science Officer at Colossal Biosciences, explains how her team brought back the dire wolf, what they've learned since, and how de-extinction tools are already helping endangered species like the red wolf. Hosted by Laurie McGraw on Inspiring Women. Beth Shapiro is a world…

Jason Cremerius: SPUN

The Climate Solution Under Your Feet: Mapping Earth's Hidden Fungal Networks Beneath every forest, grassland and farm is a living network most of us have never seen. Mycorrhizal fungi partner with about 90% of land plants. They trade nutrients for carbon in a relationship that is 450 million years …

Disappearing Grants, Genius Grants, and the AI Proofs with Lauren K. Williams

In this episode, Lauren Williams, professor of mathematics at Harvard University and a 2025 MacArthur Fellow, speaks about the surprising and often messy reality of mathematical research. The conversation begins with a turbulent moment in academia, when federal grants supporting her work were sudde…

Performance All the Way Down: Genes, Development, and Sexual Difference Audiobook by Richard O. Prum

https://libranovo.com/free Listen to free audiobooks with a 30-day free trial! Title: Performance All the Way Down: Genes, Development, and Sexual DifferenceGenres: Non-Fiction, Science & Technology, Biology & Chemistry, Social ScienceAuthor: Richard O. PrumNarrator: Graham WintonRelease date: 12-1…