Where We Go Next

Daniel Seddiqui is America's Most Traveled Man, and author of two best-selling books about his journeys throughout the United States. His story has been featured in NPR, ABC,  NBC, and USA Today. He's harvested corn in Nebraska, caught lobster in Maine, mined coal in West Virginia, coached football in Alabama, and married couples in Las Vegas. His most recent book - Piecing Together America - expl...

Christina Galston is a self-proclaimed “Jewrican” and has spent her life honing her cross-cultural upbringing into a powerfully honest sense of humor and razor sharp wit.  A master storyteller, she has been performing stand-up at clubs and colleges all over the US for 17 years, and was an "Up Next” comic at Comedy Central’s Clusterfest in 2019. Watch her new comedy feature on mental health on Come...

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Steve Hendricks is a freelance reporter and author, most recently, of The Oldest Cure in the World: Adventures in the Art and Science of Fasting . One of his previous books, The Unquiet Grave: The FBI and the Struggle for the Soul of Indian Country , made several best-of-the-year lists. He has written about fasting for Harper’s, aphrodisiac hunting for Outside, soccer for Slate, and books for the...

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Chris Smith and Jack De Sena (aka Chris & Jack) have been friends for ages and use their natural chemistry to make high-quality, high-concept sketch comedy for their eponymous Youtube channel. They've amassed over 100k subscribers, received more than 30 million views across all platforms, and won the 2020 Streamy award for Best Indie Series. Chris also performs as a Blue Man in Blue Man Group and...

Imagine it's 2017. You've been given the task of running a presidential campaign for 2020. Your candidate has no previous political experience and zero name recognition with the public. You must get them on stage at the first Democratic primary debate on June 27th, 2019. Not only that, you have to get them to the debates 6 more times, so that they're one of only seven candidates left on stage in a...

The internet provided a way for creatives around the world to share their talents with all of us. Forming alongside these new creators were vibrant, dedicated communities hungry for hyper-specialized content. In our interconnected 21st century, niche isn't a dirty word - it's an opportunity. Dan Bulich and Pat Brennan - co-hosts of the YouTube channel Console Wars - create long-form videos that ex...

When was the last time you got a little bit wild? Stayed out later than you should have, drank a bit too much, made out with an absolute stranger or did a ton of illicit drugs and trespassed on federal property? "Wild" is subjective, and comedian Rocky Powell hosts a podcast that invites guests to define the word however they see fit - with outrageous, scandalous, ridiculous, and even poignant res...

Have you ever wondered why the decisions you make keep leaving you unfulfilled? How you'll doggedly pursue something - a career, a relationship, some Big Life Goal - and once you've finally got it, you find yourself underwhelmed? Like you keep aiming your bow at a target, but even when you hit dead center it still feels like you missed. You're not alone. Author Luke Burgis provides insight into wh...

"Teach a man to fish, and you feed him for a lifetime." That works well enough as a piece of proverbial wisdom, but global seafood consumption today is roughly 160 million tons per year. So ensuring that our global fish populations remain sustainable into the future isn't some leisurely thought experiment, it's a pressing issue to be solved. And that doesn't even address other troubling factors af...

An artist's work - autobiographical or not - is a reflection of where they are in their life at any given moment. And so over time the collection becomes a kind of map, that traces the twists and curves of an ever-evolving through-line of inspiration and introspection. Musician Joe Sumner takes a brief break from his tour to reflect on his music career, and the interwoven intersections of his life...

What if you could suddenly understand every language on earth? Identify any object or living thing around you with nothing but a glance? See exactly how a new outfit might look on your body before trying on a single piece of clothing? What if you could customize your entire life the way you would your living room? Ambient and spatial computing expert David Rose bears the good news of the coming au...

The world of comics is as vast as it is diverse. From colorful, fanciful stories geared toward children to gritty, realistic artwork crafted for more a mature crowd, if it can be drawn, there's an audience for it. But what motivates an artist to pursue a particular style or genre? To put it another way: What draws them to it? Comic artist Barry Deutsch shares how he became passionate about cartoon...

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More than 1 in 3 Americans - roughly 38% - are having difficulty meeting their basic needs each month. You may be one of them, or know someone who is. Or you don't know, because they're hiding it from you. Regardless, the number remains: 123 million people. Broke in America authors Joanne Samuel Goldblum and Colleen Shaddox believe it doesn't have to be this way, and they're ready to prove their c...

What does it mean to be "different"? Who decided on the definition?  Who drew the boundaries around "normal"? Author and founder of The Neurodiversity Project Jenara Nerenberg explores where and why these definitions diverge, and how we might remake them to better reflect the reality we all share. Divergent Mind: Thriving in a World That Wasn't Designed for You , by Jenara Nerenberg The Neurodiver...

History is only a story. Events happen. People exist. But how and why we talk about them and what we decide to study is a matter of choice. It's completely up to us. And that's the story. Dr. Anika Prather helps students of all backgrounds reexamine assumptions we often make about history, in order to reframe it in a healthier, more inclusive, and more accurate way. The Living Water School Martin...

How exactly am I able to communicate with you? We're not in the same room - we're likely not even in the same state. And if my listener stats are accurate - 30% of you reading this right now live in a completely different country! So... how did we get here? What makes the world modern - technologically, socially, morally - is often under-appreciated, but the history of the modern world is a histor...

How do you process your pain? We all experience traumas - big and small - over the course of our lives. And we all deal with them differently. A painful event can often feel like a physical location - a topography stretching out ahead that needs to be traversed. Some may sprint across the landscape while others crawl - I've sometimes found myself believing I've covered real distance, only to reali...

When we think of news reporting, what may immediately come to mind is the highly produced, frequently editorialized content that we consume via our mainstream media. But the on-the-ground footage contained in those edited segments - of speeches, rallies, protests, riots, and more - is often captured in whole by independent journalists who see a fuller, more complicated picture than the one the gen...

We all possess multiple identities. You are both a brother and a son. A daughter and a mother. Chinese, and American, and Asian. Gay, and Polyamorous. The combinations are nearly endless. And these identities are not always in parallel. They do not necessarily exist in harmony with one another. Sometimes - often - there is tension. Writer Tomiwa Owolade explores the conflicting and even discomfort...

Can you remember the first book that left a lasting impact on you? That widened how you saw the world, made you curious about a new frontier of knowledge, or expanded the very boundaries of your mind? The ability to read is a powerful tool, as much as it is a lifelong gift. Saddle Up and Read founder Caitlin Gooch has made it her mission to increase child literacy rates across her home state, with...

Much of what we perceive is subjective. When you and I look at a text, a film, a painting - we carry the weight of our experiences with us into that encounter. So what happens when we look at the same exact thing in radically different ways? Which interpretation takes precedent, and why? Lawyer turned writer David Lat explores how clashing perspectives are roiling one of our nation's most prestigi...

Imagine you're in a courtroom. You've been charged with a crime and the verdict has now been decided by the jury: "Guilty." The judge offers you two choices: Go to prison for five years, or immediately receive ten lashes and walk free. Which option do you choose? If you chose the lashes, you're not alone. Criminology professor and former Baltimore police officer Peter Moskos has written a book arg...