THINK BIGGER, THINK BETTER
By Paul Gibbons
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Description
THINK BIGGER, THINK BETTER presents the 21st century’s leading scientists, philosophers, public intellectuals, and business and political leaders as they discuss the most important issues of today. Join your host Paul Gibbons and his guests as they explore themes such as: progress and technology, reason and emotions, ethics and business leadership, science and health, media and society, politics and education, pseudoscience and marketing hype, neuroscience and decision making. To support us on Patreon, go to patreon.com/paulgibbons
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CleanClimate Change, New Zealand Politics, and Sustainable Business with Rt Hon James Shaw, Minster for Climate Change, New Zealand | How the business sector has been ahead of the political establishment on climate change in New Zealand. | 12/13/2018 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanMarijuana - Medical, Legal, and Industry Overview with Alex Romero | How the medical marijuana industry has undergone a rapid transformation over the last five to ten years. | 12/3/2018 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanWill Ed Tech bring Universities into the 21st Century? with Andrew Hermalyn of 2U | How online offerings like 2U can help change the face of higher education. | 11/13/2018 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanArtificial Intelligence, IBM, and the Future of Work with Jesus Mantas | How the increasing presence of AI will affect the type and availability of jobs in the future. | 10/31/2018 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanFree-Range Parenting: An Interview with America's Worst Mom - Lenore Skenazy | Parenting, orthodoxy, fear, and culture. | 10/22/2018 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanSpiritual Atheist and 21st Century Leadership with Nick Jankel | Are spirituality and atheism incompatible? Today’s guest – philosopher, speaker, and author Nick Jankel – would argue no. Nick broke with organized religion at a young age, but the rest of his life has been spent filling this gap... | 10/8/2018 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanTrump Leadership Scorecard | On today's episode, I’m going to talk about Trump - not too much about his policies but more about his leadership, asking the question: How, from the perspective of a leadership scholar and former CEO of a leadership consulting firm (myself), are... | 9/26/2018 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanHuman Flourishing: The True Purpose of Business | What is the meaning of life? Is it being happy, as many contemporary authors and self-help gurus will tell you? With all due respect to those who’ve made a career out of that message, there is more to it – and the big idea is called human... | 9/7/2018 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanWhat’s New in Space Exploration with Emily Lakdawalla of The Planetary Society | The final frontier: Will we settle other planets, moons, or farther still? Is Elon Musk’s vision of colonizing Mars (starting with short trips in 2020) realizable, or Silicon Valley hubris? Why, when we have so many Terran problems to solve,... | 8/31/2018 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanDepression: How Can You Spot It? What Can You Do? With Steve Hollon | Our episode today covers depression, which affects one in six Americans. 20% of women and 10% of men will have an episode during their lifetimes. An important question is whether this may grossly understate the case; whether, because of stigma,... | 8/24/2018 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanCultural Tourism the Millennial Way: South America by School Bus | Almost a decade ago, I traveled to San Diego to play in a World Series of Poker event. This kid sat next to me: headphones, beard, hat backward. I don’t usually talk to the players much, let alone 21-year-old college students, but this guy and I got.. | 8/17/2018 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanFake News, Post-Truth, Filter Bubbles, and Trump | This podcast probes a culture of fake news, post-truth, Trump, and many of the other phenomena from the last few years that corrupt our “information space.” As information age citizens, we depend on good information (facts) to make decisions as... | 5/30/2018 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanMaking decisions in VUCA times – lessons from top poker pro Annie Duke | My guest this week is Annie Duke. For two decades, Annie was one of the top poker players in the world. In 2004, she bested a field of 234 players to win her first World Series of Poker bracelet. Now she combines her academic career in cognitive... | 5/18/2018 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanEducating and Parenting Gifted Children: with Off the Charts author Ann Hulbert | My guest this week is an expert in the field of the psychology of child prodigies. In her latest book, Off the Charts: The Hidden Lives and Lessons of American Child Prodigies, Ann investigates the story of gifted children including Bobby Fischer,... | 5/8/2018 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanHow to Spot Quackery! Chiropractic, Vitamins, Chelation, Homeopathy, and Other Health Frauds | Quackery is all around us – the promotion of fraudulent or ignorant medical practices, often preying on the gullible. We have Stephen Barret, M.D. on the show to give us his thoughts on these dark pseudosciences. Tune in and see what can be... | 4/23/2018 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanWhat Is Evidence-Based Management? Prof Rob Briner | Business schools do not teach evidence-based approaches to decision-making, and in many areas, the evidence is insanely poor. My guest Rob Briner, and I veer from the basic to the quite technical – if you aren’t a manager or business person,... | 4/6/2018 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanLearning Styles, Neurobabble, and Other Psychological Myths with Scott Lilienfeld | Join Scott and I for an in-depth discussion on today's topics: psychological myths, neuroscience, and mental illness. Learn how many of the things you believe might be mythology and, if they're false, how many of them might be harmful. Get full... | 3/23/2018 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanStoicism, Atheism, Pseudoscience, Scientism with Massimo Pigliucci | Join Massimo and me as we cover modern Stoicism, atheism, placebo effects, pseudoscience, and scientism. Learn why people believing in astrology or creationism should worry the rest of us, why we should care, and what some of the worst excesses... | 3/9/2018 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanEmbodiment: The Body and Its Role In Personal Change with Mark Walsh | In contemporary psychology, who we are, and how we grow, learn, and change are mental phenomena. On today’s episode of THINK BIGGER, THINK BETTER, we look at a radical new view – the body and its role in change. You won’t... | 2/23/2018 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanPopulism, Trump and Brexit: History and Causes with Arun Swamy | What most populist movements share is an anti-establishment orientation, a claim to speak for the people against the elites, opposition to liberal economics and globalization, and often (but not always) a penchant for authoritarian governance. Join... | 2/13/2018 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanFake News - What It Is and What It Is Not with Paul Levinson | Today, Paul explains to us what Fake News really is, how it affects our democracy, and what we as citizens can do about it. This is a very timely discussion for all of us to acknowledge how our media has changed and whether or not it can be... | 1/26/2018 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanAre Neuroscience and Evolutionary Biology Useful Guides for 21st Century Humans? With Bob Samuels | Welcome, everyone, to this edition of THINK BIGGER, THINK BETTER. In this episode, we talk to Bob Samuels – a true polymath, psychologist, philosopher, and social scientist from the University of California, Santa Barbara where he teaches Public... | 1/12/2018 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanCan we (Or Should We) Teach Children Philosophy? with Jana Mohr Lone | How teaching kids philosophy could impact the world | 12/29/2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanCritical Thinking – a Threat to Society or the Path to Better Living? With Linda Elder | What critical thinking is, how can we apply it to any issue, how it helps those with opposing views to communicate with one another, and why Texas tried to ban critical thinking in schools | 12/15/2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanIs It Time to Rethink Democracy in America? - With Parag Khanna | How the U.S. is showing up in the world today as an example of democracy, how other countries govern, and how we can redesign our democratic institution | 12/15/2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanThe Impossible Presidency with Jeremi Suri | An exploration of the American presidency and how today’s situation fits in the arc of history | 12/14/2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanWelcome to the THINK BIGGER, THINK BETTER Podcast | Welcome to the THINK BIGGER, THINK BETTER Podcast | 12/14/2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Customer Reviews
Paul Delivers on the Title
Paul tackles some big subjects with some heavyweight guests, and the great thing is no one is dumbing anything down. Still, you get it. As they work through the big challenges and sticky issues, it's very natural and easy to follow and you come away knowing something or thinking in some way that you didn't before. Love this podcast.
Great podcast
Fresh, clever, interesting!
Multi Faceted Show
Love the show! Great look at issues of today. Love it!
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