The parenting section of the bookstore is overwhelming -- it's "a giant, candy-colored monument to our collective panic," as writer Jennifer Senior puts it. Why is parenthood filled with so much anxiety? Because the goal of modern, middle-class parents -- to raise happy children -- is so elusive. In this honest talk, Senior offers some kinder an...

How do creative people come up with great ideas? Organizational psychologist Adam Grant studies "originals": thinkers who dream up new ideas and take action to put them into the world. In this talk, learn three unexpected habits of originals -- including embracing failure. "The greatest originals are the ones who fail the most, because they're t...

Harness the power of frustrated people to shake up the status quo -- just like Pixar did. (Audio only)

To find out how to stop sexual harassment at work, Adam talks with three powerful voices of the #MeToo movement: its founder Tarana Burke, Pulitzer Prize-winner Ronan Farrow and silence breaker Ashley Judd. This episode is brought to you by Accenture, Bonobos, JPMorgan Chase & Co. and Warby Parker. (Audio only)

The ordinary in our lives passes unnoticed. It is the quiet thrum that accompanies our days, the long and flowing river out of which stories—of the morning, of our lives–arise. What happens, though, when the events around us are made to feel ordinary when in actuality they are not. Using her experience as a military dependent growing up in the L...