The Podcast Reader

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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World History is Family History • The resurgence of family power

How Argentinians Deal With Very High Inflation • Is this our future too?

What is Psychological Safety? • Fail well. Learn fast. Repeat.

The Science of Self-Improvement: Sleep, Caffeine, Impulse Control, Breathing • The beauty and utility of human biology

Why the Transition to Renewable Energy Will Cost A Lot Less Than You Think • The power of learning curves

Words That Grab You By The Wrist • Why we should read more children's books

How Animals Sense the World

Slouching Towards Utopia

On Myside Bias, Effective Altruism and the Collective Brain