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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ON DEEP WORK AND THE CURSE OF EMAIL • More focused work, more happiness
CAN CITIZENS ASSEMBLIES SAVE DEMOCRACY? • Listening across the political divide
ON DESIGNING A COVID VACCINE • The race to protect the world
SOCIETY AND TECHNOLOGY • The kids will change everything
ON GENETICS, LUCK AND FAIRNESS • The role of DNA in social inequality
CHURCHILL AND THE CRAFT OF BIOGRAPHY • They shall not grow old
Meet Ash Barty’s mindset coach
The Untold Story of the World’s Biggest Con
Rethinking the brain
Prodigies, Performance and Perseverance