The Next Big Idea

Rufus Griscom, Caleb Bissinger

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Booking Overview

A weekly series of in-depth conversations with major public thinkers about ideas that could change how you see the world. It’s designed for high-profile authors, researchers, and commentators—great for PR teams looking to place guests with mainstream intellectual audiences.

Metrics

Episodes: 349

Frequency: Multiple_weekly

Rating: 4.4/5.0

Estimated listeners: 10k-100k

Gender skew: Male

Location: USA

YouTube: 25.0k subscribers

Contact Information

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Host

Rufus Griscom - Co-host of The Next Big Idea. The show description and episodes direct listeners to follow Rufus on LinkedIn and subscribe to the show’s Substack.

Caleb Bissinger - Co-host of The Next Big Idea. The show description and episodes position Caleb as one of the hosts who interviews major thinkers.

Booking Intelligence

Booking Requirements

high
Typical Credentials:  
Well-known authors, academics/philosophers, and prominent journalists/columnists, typically with major books or public-facing expertise (often tied to a current book/publication).
Required Achievements:  
Published major books, High-recognition journalism platform, Founded or leads prominent innovation nonprofits, Ongoing thought leadership in a specialized field

Recent Guest Discussions

C. Thi Nguyen - How Metrics Can Rewire Culture And Values By Measuring Context Away; Implications Of Quantification.

Simon Kuper - How The World Cup Bridges Political Divides; Impacts Of Major Tournaments; Sportswashing; Storylines To Follow.

Steven Kotler - AI Optimism And The Implications For Work And Society; Contrasts Between AI Concerns And Human Factors.

Peter Diamandis - AI Optimism; Future Abundance; The Future Of Work; Working With Ai; Worst-case Scenarios.

Recent Topics

Philosophy, Artificial Intelligence, Sports, Metrics, Ethics

Episodes

Here's the recent few episodes on
The Next Big Idea
:

You Have 72 Free Hours a Week. How Do You Want to Spend Them?

June 22, 2026

Most of us swear we have no free time. But the week is 168 hours long. Subtract a 40-hour job and eight hours of sleep a night, and you're left with 72 hours. So where do they go? Today, Laura Vanderkam, author of the new book Big Time, shares her system for reclaiming her free time, including her method for knocking out "someday" projects in small daily bites. 🎬 The Next Big Idea is now on YouTube! You can find our episodes ⁠⁠⁠⁠here⁠⁠⁠⁠. 📱 Follow Rufus on ⁠⁠⁠LinkedIn⁠⁠⁠, subscribe to our ⁠...

Are You Playing Someone Else’s Game?

June 18, 2026

GPAs. Citations. Step counts. Likes. We love a good metric, don't we? It tells you exactly where you stand, no arguing. Mention a 4.0 to a high schooler and they'll know exactly what you mean. Tell a fellow Fitbit-wearer you just hit 10,000 and they'll nod approvingly. But that clarity has a price. To make a metric that clean, that portable, you have to sand off all the nuance, all the context, everything that made the thing worth measuring in the first place. And philosopher C. Thi Nguyen th...

This World Cup Is Messy. Watch It Anyway.

June 15, 2026

The World Cup kicked off over the weekend, and so far the mood is meh. Fans are fuming over sell-your-kidney ticket prices, frightened by reports that ICE may target matches, tailgates, and sports bars, and generally feeling down on this quadrennial celebration. We wanted to know: Is there any joy left in this thing? So we called up Simon Kuper. He's a columnist at the Financial Times, "one of the best sportswriters in the English language today" (The New Yorker), and author of the Next Big...

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