Welcome to The Podcast Reader, a new publication for the intellectually curious and those open to new ideas, featuring selected transcripts of the world’s best longform podcasts. From the overwhelming volume of podcast content, we’ve chosen the highlights for you. Longform podcasts are an important new media, but the excellent content they create is underappreciated. It’s easy to be distracted when listening to them. Interesting details can be missed, especially when episodes are long, and if you’re finding part of a conversation uninteresting, there are no practical ways to ‘skim’ the material. Our printed podcast transcripts make it easier to focus on key points and follow complex ideas
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THE SPECTRE OF HAVOC • CAN AMERICA AND CHINA ESCAPE THE THUCYDIDES’ TRAP?
EVERYONE SHOULD STUDY SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY • WISDOM AND INSIGHTS FROM THE MANAGER OF THE WORLD’S LARGEST INVESTMENT FUND
A BEGINNER’S GUIDE TO AMERICA • THE RELUCTANT WISDOM OF AN IMMIGRANT
HOW LONG WOULD YOU LIKE TO LIVE? • ON THE SCIENCE OF ANTI-AGEING
TO MAKE THE WORLD SAFE FOR MEDIOCRITY • LIFE AS A SERIAL OUTSIDER
CATCH UP ON PREVIOUS OUTSTANDING CONTENT YOU MAY HAVE MISSED