89 episodes

As an organizational psychologist, Adam Grant believes that great minds don't think alike; they challenge each other to think differently. In Re:Thinking with Adam Grant, he has lively discussions and debates with some of the world's most interesting thinkers, creators, achievers, and leaders—from Lin-Manuel Miranda to Brené Brown to Mark Cuban, and Olympic medalists to Nobel laureates to Oscar winners. By diving inside their minds, Adam is on a mission to uncover bold insights and share surprising science that can make us all a little bit smarter. Tune in to Re:Thinking with Adam Grant. You might just be inspired to let go of some old ideas and embrace some new ones.

ReThinking TED Audio Collective

    • Society & Culture
    • 4.7 • 409 Ratings

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As an organizational psychologist, Adam Grant believes that great minds don't think alike; they challenge each other to think differently. In Re:Thinking with Adam Grant, he has lively discussions and debates with some of the world's most interesting thinkers, creators, achievers, and leaders—from Lin-Manuel Miranda to Brené Brown to Mark Cuban, and Olympic medalists to Nobel laureates to Oscar winners. By diving inside their minds, Adam is on a mission to uncover bold insights and share surprising science that can make us all a little bit smarter. Tune in to Re:Thinking with Adam Grant. You might just be inspired to let go of some old ideas and embrace some new ones.

Listen on Apple Podcasts
Requires subscription and macOS 11.4 or higher

    The science of memory with Charan Ranganath

    The science of memory with Charan Ranganath

    Charan Ranganath is a psychologist and neuroscientist who has spent his career studying memory. His new book, Why We Remember, surveys the latest science on the subject and digs into the links between memory and identity. Charan and Adam discuss surprising evidence on why we remember, what we forget, and how learning new ideas happens.

    • 42 min
    Understanding the pendulum swing of global power with Ian Bremmer

    Understanding the pendulum swing of global power with Ian Bremmer

    As a political scientist and founder of Eurasia Group, Ian Bremmer helps business leaders, policymakers and the general public make sense of the world. He gives a stirring analysis of the current state of global affairs and explains what makes 2024 so complex. Ian and Adam discuss the cyclical nature of geopolitics, what’s different about today’s crisis of democracy, and what we can do as individuals to cope with it.

    Transcripts for ReThinking are available at go.ted.com/RWAGscripts

    • 35 min
    will.i.am on AI — and the future of creativity

    will.i.am on AI — and the future of creativity

    You may know will.i.am as the seven-time Grammy Award-winning singer, songwriter, producer, and frontman of The Black Eyed Peas. But his interests beyond music have also taken him down a surprising and creative path — from serving as the director of creative innovation at Intel, to becoming the first artist to stream a song from the surface of Mars, to hosting the first radio show with an AI co-host. Adam asks about will.i.am’s creative process and digs into how he turns his expansive ideas into reality. will.i.am also shares his hopes and fears about the future of technology and entertainment, and the two debate what AI can and can’t do for human creativity.

    Transcripts for ReThinking are available at go.ted.com/RWAGscripts

    • 31 min
    How to be productive without burning out, with Cal Newport

    How to be productive without burning out, with Cal Newport

    Cal Newport knows a thing or two about productivity: when he’s not teaching computer science at Georgetown, he’s writing for The New Yorker, hosting a podcast, or authoring New York Times bestsellers like Deep Work and Digital Minimalism. In his new book, Slow Productivity: The Lost Art of Accomplishment Without Burnout, Cal proposes that we trade current standards of rapid output for slower, higher-quality, and sustainable ways of working. Adam and Cal dig into the data on productivity, debate the benefits and drawbacks of doing fewer things (and spending less time on email and social media), and discuss individual habits and organizational practices for preventing burnout and promoting worthwhile work.

    Transcripts for ReThinking are available at go.ted.com/RWAGscripts

    • 41 min
    Is your organization a little culty? with NXIVM whistleblower Sarah Edmondson

    Is your organization a little culty? with NXIVM whistleblower Sarah Edmondson

    Sarah Edmondson escaped and blew the whistle against NXIVM, the cult masquerading as a “personal and professional development company.” With clarity and a surprising and wry sense of humor, Sarah shares her lessons about the dark sides of charisma. She and Adam discuss what makes groups a little (or a lot) culty, the telltale signs of manipulation, and why our highest loyalty belongs to principles — not people.

    Transcripts for ReThinking are available at go.ted.com/RWAGscripts

    • 27 min
    Redefining hustle culture with Robin Arzón

    Redefining hustle culture with Robin Arzón

    Robin Arzón is the head instructor at Peloton and an ultramarathon runner, but she didn’t plan to make her career based on her athletic prowess. In this conversation with Adam, she talks about how she fell in love with running in adulthood and her radical career pivot from lawyer to renowned exercise instructor. They discuss what hustle culture gets wrong, why motivation may be less important than momentum, and how to create a consistent practice in the gym — and beyond it.

    Transcripts for ReThinking are available at go.ted.com/RWAGscripts

    • 39 min

Customer Reviews

4.7 out of 5
409 Ratings

409 Ratings

Begown ,

Show is great, really thoroughly enjoyable

This review section though is…something. Whether it is claiming the show lacks “diversity” and doesn’t scrutinize every trope used to make a point or saying that he allows antisemitism for (see if you can keep up here) - interviewing Jennifer Garner, who is friends with Mark Ruffalo, who called for a ceasefire in Gaza by saying we’re not going to “bomb our way to peace.” It’s exhausting.

crlntmtch ,

Great Podcast!

I am a regular listener and always enjoy hearing the conversation. But—-the opportunity to listen to Adam and Jennifer Garner was delightful! I look forward to reading the book and continuing to listen.

PaulinaJJ ,

Rethinking Ray Dalio?

I’ve been waiting for Adam’s response to The Fund, especially on this podcast. Even if Adam disagrees, shouldn’t he make some statement about it? Ive been following Adam for years, and even stuck around after Option B came out. I think this is a great show otherwise, I enjoy conversation with the scientists on this channel but the longer this thing with Bridgewater goes unaddressed by Adam, the more skeptical I become of the validity of anything Adam is writing and saying.

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