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Why Michael Lewis is Writing About the Civil Service—And Why That Matters Now

Michael Lewis has built a career revealing the hidden machinery behind institutions most people take for granted: the stock market, Major League Baseball, Silicon Valley. But for years now, his…

Travis Barker on Jamming His Way Into Box Car Racer With Billie Joe Armstrong, and Why blink-182 Never Rehearsed for the Pop Disaster Tour

The drummer tells Broken Record’s Justin Richmond about the joke his own son didn’t get, building an empire out of a Riverside skate warehouse, and gearing up for the Ramones’…

Tom Morello on the Failure That Created Rage Against the Machine, Faking Chords for Bruce Springsteen, and Teaching His Son to Shred

The guitarist tells Broken Record’s Justin Richmond about getting rejected by the Sunset Strip, a Harvard degree that led to nothing, and the Dutch teenage Nazi-killers behind his new single…

You‘re Actually Not Bothering People Enough

A psychologist and a man who spent 100 days collecting rejections make the case that asking for help is less risky than our anxious minds assume Most of us would…

Grit Made Angela Duckworth Famous. Now She Says the Secret to Success Is Something Else Entirely.

The psychologist behind the bestseller Grit has a new theory: white-knuckling your way to your goals is not just exhausting, it’s the wrong approach altogether Angela Duckworth built a career…

What Happened When One Woman Banned Small Talk for a Month

A mental-health blogger who dreaded “how are you?” makes the case that skipping the weather report is the fastest route to real connection Most of us treat small talk as…

Dave Grohl Opens Up About Making the Foo Fighters‘ New Album in Seven Days, His Life After Nirvana, and Why Rock Isn‘t Dead

The rock icon sits down with the Broken Record podcast for one of his most candid conversations in years Dave Grohl has never been short on stories. Sitting down with…

Solitude Isn‘t the Opposite of Connection—The Data Proves It

A historian, a Yale psychologist, and a bestselling author make the case that solitude and loneliness are not the same thing—and that mistaking one for the other may be making…

The Kids Are Actually Alright: What Lost 1970s Tapes Reveal About the Youth Mental Health Crisis

Are today’s young people really struggling more than any generation before them? For years, psychologists, including The Happiness Lab’s Dr. Laurie Santos, pointed to rising rates of anxiety and depression…

Why Your Dad‘s Fantasy Football League Might Be Saving His Life

Actor Andrew McCarthy drove 10,000 miles to reconnect with the men in his life, and a Harvard behavioral scientist thinks the fix for the male loneliness crisis might already be…