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Thoughtful conversations on ideas that matter. With author Dustin Grinnell.
Recent Episodes
Dec. 11, 2025
Why We Can’t Sleep (And What Actually Works) with Morgan Adams
When it comes to sleep, most of us know what to do, we just don’t do it. We know we should put our phones down, create a bedtime routine, and skip the late-day caffeine. Yet one in eight Americans has chronic insomnia, and ov...
Nov. 6, 2025
What Death Teaches Us About Living with Micaelah Morrill
What can the dying teach us about living well? In this episode, I sit down with Micaelah Morrill, a death doula who helps people and families navigate the final chapter of life with grace and meaning. We met at a Death Café, ...
Oct. 15, 2025
Brewing Craft Beer & Bringing People Together: Inside Aeronaut Brewery with Brewmaster, Mark Bowers
In this episode, we step inside Boston’s Aeronaut Brewing Co. with head brewer Mark Bowers for a behind-the-scenes look at how great craft beer comes to life. Mark shares his journey from PhD chemist to brewmaster, and togeth...
Sept. 29, 2025
What Should Science Solve in the Next 50 Years? Recorded Live at the 2025 Cambridge Science Carnival
At this year’s Cambridge Science Carnival , hosted by the MIT Museum, I set up with one big question: “If science could solve one problem for humanity in the next 50 years, what would you choose—and why?” Fourteen curious min...
Sept. 19, 2025
Engineering Humanity for the Stars: A Geneticist’s 500-Year Plan to Save Our Species
In this episode, we’re venturing far beyond Earth with geneticist and computational biologist, Christopher E. Mason, author of The Next 500 Years: Engineering Life to Reach New Worlds. In his ambitious and fascinating book, D...
Sept. 9, 2025
Talk of the Table: The Mom in The Bear, Power Slap Madness, Liver King & The Masculinity Crisis, Will Smith’s Mid-Life Spiral, What “Baby-Girled” Really Means & Why Reality TV Isn’t Real
Since starting the podcast in 2023, I’ve made a conscious effort to stay out of the way. I ask questions, I guide guests through their stories, I stay detached. I never wanted to be one of those hosts who dominates their show...
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