What Happens Next in 6 Minutes

Larry Bernstein

Booking Overview

This is an interview-led current-affairs and ideas show covering history, culture, film, science, and public issues, typically featuring professors, authors, researchers, and knowledgeable commentators. Credible pitches include published historians, academics, scientific experts, medical-device innovators, authors, and cultural critics with substantial subject expertise; booking difficulty is medium because guests are accomplished specialists but not uniformly top-tier celebrities.

Metrics

Episodes: 338

Frequency: Weekly

Rating: 4.9/5.0

Estimated listeners: 1k-10k

Gender skew: Unknown

Location: USA

Contact Information

Publicly listed emails

larrybernstein@substack.com

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Host

Larry Bernstein - Host and interviewer focused on in-depth explorations of important historical, cultural, scientific, and public-interest topics.

Booking Intelligence

Booking Requirements

medium

Typical Credentials:

Published authors, university professors, leading researchers, founders developing relevant technologies, and experienced cultural commentators with demonstrable expertise in the subject under discussion.

Required Achievements:

Published books, University professorships, Recognized research expertise, Founded a specialized company

Recent Guest Discussions

Scott Turow - Christopher Nolan’s Odyssey And The Qualities Of A Successful Film Masterpiece.

Patrick Allitt - American Loyalists, Patriots, British Colonial Policy, Taxation, And The American Revolution.

H. W. Brands - George Washington’s Leadership, Military Command, Constitutional Role, And Presidency.

Scott Holstein - The Rocky Film Series, Its Cultural Significance, And Sylvester Stallone’s Role In The Franchise’s Success.

Michael Kahana - Memory Function, Memory Retrieval, Brain Injury, Dementia, Alzheimer’s Disease, And Medical Devices.

Recent Topics

History, Film, Medicine, Leadership, Politics

Episodes

Here's the recent few episodes on

What Happens Next in 6 Minutes

Cape Fear Won’t Die

September 19, 2026

Our What Happens Next Culture Critic Darren Schwartz will be leading us in conversation. We also have a special guest my good friend Ethan Holland who has been a state prosecutor for the past 27 years.This week’s episode is on Cape Fear. It started with John MacDonalds’ novel the Executioners that was written in the 1950s. The story was adapted into two movies and now a newly released Apple TV series.The main character is Max Cady an ex-con who is pissed off at his defense attorney. Cady is p...

Can Evolution Explain Our Feelings?

September 12, 2026

Our speaker is Rob Kurzban who is the author of a new book entitled All the Feels: The Evolved Function of Every Human Emotion and Sensation.I want to learn from Rob about how our basic sensations like hunger, pain, and sense of awe can be explained by Darwin’s Theory of Evolution. Get full access to What Happens Next in 6 Minutes with Larry Bernstein at www.whathappensnextin6minutes.com/subscribe

I Love Your Accent

September 05, 2026

Our speaker is Valerie Fridland who is a Professor of Linguistics at the University of Nevada at Reno. She is the author of the new book entitled Why We Talk Funny: The Real Story Behind Our Accents.I want to learn from Valerie why accents develop and if there are rhyme and reason for their differences. I grew up in Chicago and I don’t think I have an accent, yet I hear that the Chicago accent is the most difficult to understand. How is that even possible. Get full access to What Happens Next...

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