Why do so many of us stop learning new skills as adults? Are we afraid to fail? Have we forgotten the sheer pleasure of being a beginner? Or is it simply a fact that you can't teach an old dog new tricks? The best-selling author of Traffic and You May Also Like gives us an inspirational journey into the transformative joys that come with starting something new, no matter your age

Pink, New York Times best-selling author of When, Drive, and To Sell is Human It's about the possibilities that reside in all of us.' ' Beginners is ultimately about more than learning. He has been a visiting scholar at NYU’s Rudin Center for Transportation Policy and Management, a research fellow at the Canadian Centre for Architecture, a fellow at the Design Trust for Public Space, and a winner of the Warhol Foundation Arts Writers Grant, among other honors. He has appeared on a wide range of television and radio programs, from the Today show to the BBC’s World Service to NPR’s Fresh Air. He is the author of You May Also Like: Taste in an Age of Endless Choice, Traffic: Why We Drive the Way We Do (and What It Says About Us), and Survival City: Adventures Among the Ruins of Atomic America. He is a contributing editor of Wired UK, Outside, and Artforum.

TOM VANDERBILT, has written for many publications, including The New York Times Magazine, The Wall Street Journal Magazine, Popular Science, Financial Times, Smithsonian, and London Review of Books, among many others. Use code podcast to save 15% at Learn more about my guest at Public Goods - Use code Unstressed for $15 off your order. When was the last time you learned how to do something completely new? In this episode of the podcast, I ask best selling author Tom Vanderbilt about his new book 'Beginners' and why engaging in the childhood joy of learning is so important, especially as we age.

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