The Next Big Idea Creators & Guests

Rufus co-founded four companies. First, Nerve.com, in 1997, an early youth culture website, acquired by IAC; second Spring Street Networks, an online dating technology company acquired by Various, Inc.; and third Babble.com, a website for a new generation of parents, acquired by Disney in 2011. Babble evolved into a platform for female influencers, covering a wide range of women's lifestyle topics, distributed through social media.Rufus is currently running Heleo.com, a platform for one person media companies, backed by Comcast, Bertelsmann, Bloomberg, the New York Times, Greycroft, and INovia.Leader of The Next Big Idea Club, which is also a new podcast from Wondery, hosted by Rufus.

Maryanne Wolf is a researcher and scholar at U.C.L.A.’s School of Education and Information Studies.

Morgan Housel is a foremost leader on all things money & human nature, writer, and author of the book The Psychology of Money.

Charles Duhigg is a Pulitzer-prize winning journalist and non-fiction author. He was a reporter for The New York Times and is the author of two books on habits and productivity, titled The Power of Habit: Why We Do What We Do in Life and Business and Smarter Faster Better.

Gretchen Rubin is an author, blogger, and speaker.

Amy Edmondson is an author and Novartis Professor of Leadership at Harvard Business School.

Naomi Bagdonas is a Stanford lecturer, a strategy and media consultant, and co-author of the book Humour, Seriously.

Olga Khazan is a journalist who reports on health, gender, and science. She is currently a staff writer for The Atlantic.Prior to becoming a staff writer, Khazan was The Atlantic’s Global editor. She has also written for the Los Angeles Times, the Washington Post, Forbes, and other publications. She is a two-time recipient of the International Reporting Project’s Journalism Fellowship and winner of the 2017 National Headliner Awards for Magazine Online Writing.Khazan's first book, "Weird," is to be published in 2020.Khazan was raised in West Texas. She received her B.A. in political science from American University, and her M.A. in journalism from the University of Southern California. She began reporting at The Eagle newspaper at American.

Stefanie Stahl is an author and clinical psychologist.

John Colapinto is a journalist, author, novelist, and staff writer at The New Yorker.

Jay Shetty is a British-Indian author, former monk, and motivational speaker, widely recognized for his inspiring content on mindfulness, purpose, and well-being. Shetty gained prominence through his viral social media videos and his popular podcast On Purpose, where he interviews a diverse range of guests on topics related to life and self-improvement. His book Think Like a Monk became a bestseller, further cementing his influence as a thought leader.

Dr. Casey Means is a physician, Chief Medical Officer, and co-founder of metabolic health company Levels.

Dr. Peter Attia is a Canadian-American author, physician, and researcher known for his work in longevity medicine.

Nir Eyal is an author, lecturer, and investor.

Dr. Lisa Feldman Barrett is a University Distinguished Professor of Psychology at Northeastern University.

Matthew Desmond is a sociologist and Professor in the Department of Sociology at Princeton University.

Jamie Frederic Metzl is a technology futurist, geopolitical expert, and writer.

Annie Duke is a professional poker player and author. She holds a World Series of Poker gold bracelet and used to be the leading money winner among women in WSOP history.

Dr. Devon Price is a social psychologist, author, and professor at Loyola University of Chicago’s School of Continuing and Professional Studies.