"if you're a manager or a leader and all you do is dream big dreams and talk about the future in lofty visionary terms and you don't actually get anything done, everyone is going to hate you..."

"if you have to cross a river in the winter, what's one way to deal with being wet? dry off with snow. it's quick, though not painless..."

"dig into the science of how kidney transplants work, how donors are matched and find out how this surgery saves lives..."

"the formula for rational thinking explained by harvard professor steven pinker..."

"it’s going to be a massive year for construction..."

"hyunseung lee and his family defected from north korea in 2014 after a series of violent executions by north korea's leader, kim jong un. despite living a privileged life in the elite class of pyongyang and serving in the north korean special forces, he feared for his safety..."

"in the 2010s, us nuclear plants were struggling to compete against cheap natural gas and renewable energy sources. but the intensifying threat of climate change and the rise of ai have changed the conversation. to bridge the gap to a carbon-free future, america is debating whether or not to build out its atomic power industry..."

"fake permits, undercover informants and millions of dollars. how a us government agency set out to prove suppliers to research labs were importing wild monkeys from cambodia with false paperwork..."

"this is a talk about calendars, clocks, and computers. we’ll look at the metrology of the second, from candles to atoms, and consider how your phone always seems to know the right time..."

"gold prices have been on a rampage, hitting record after record. while driven in part by geopolitical tensions, economic uncertainty and the prospect of lower us interest rates, unrelenting demand from china has also played a big part..."