{"podcast":{"title":"The Next Big Idea Daily","slug":"the-next-big-idea-daily-5988609","podcast_index_feed_id":5988609,"rss_url":"https://feeds.megaphone.fm/LI6195939129","website_url":"https://nextbigideaclub.com/","image_url":"https://megaphone.imgix.net/podcasts/c6ca27f6-983c-11ed-8b09-5797e7f4a0e4/image/94c4790af8d691a778a50c7379735125.jpg?ixlib=rails-4.3.1&max-w=3000&max-h=3000&fit=crop&auto=format,compress","author":"Next Big Idea Club","episode_count":905,"summary":"What if engaging with great ideas could become one of your daily habits? What if some of the best tips for living better and working smarter were served up with your morning coffee, a hit of motivation guaranteed to start your day right? That’s the idea behind The Next Big Idea Daily. We work with hundreds of non-fiction authors — experts in productivity, creativity, leadership, communication, and other fields. They distill their big ideas into bite-sized chunks, and we offer you one each morning. For ad inquiries, please reach out to: Network+NBID@yapmedia.com","last_synced_at":"2026-07-20T16:19:12.621570+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-next-big-idea-daily-5988609"},"episode":{"title":"A New Vision for Midlife","slug":"a-new-vision-for-midlife","published_at":"2026-06-30T08:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-next-big-idea-daily-5988609/a-new-vision-for-midlife","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-next-big-idea-daily-5988609","url":"https://traffic.megaphone.fm/YAP6727467828.mp3","audio_url":"https://traffic.megaphone.fm/YAP6727467828.mp3","summary":"Margie Lachman is a psychology professor at Brandeis University where she conducts research on adult development and aging. She is an investigator on the Midlife in the United States (MIDUS) study, in which they have followed thousands of adults for over 30 years to understand the variety of pathways to health and well-being in midlife and beyond. In the new book, Primetime: A New Vision for Midlife⁠, she agues that midlife is not a period of inevitable decline but a crucial opportunity to shape healthier, more fulfilling aging through positive attitudes, strong relationships, and investments in physical and mental well-being. In the second half of the show, entrepreneur Jane Marie Chen shares her own experience of midlife transformation. In the memoir Like a Wave We Break, she tells the story of achievement, burnout, trauma, and the hard-won discovery that we are more than what we produce. 🎁 Save 20% on a Next Big Idea Club membership when you used code PODCAST at⁠ ⁠nextbigideaclub.com⁠⁠ ✉️ Get big ideas in your inbox with our daily newsletter. Subscribe at⁠ ⁠bookoftheday.nextbigideaclub.com⁠⁠ Sponsored By: Homeserve — Go to ⁠homeserve.com/nbid⁠ to find the plan that’s right for you FODZYME. — Finally, you can enjoy your favorite foods without the pain. Go to ⁠icaneatagain.com/daily","meta_description":"Margie Lachman is a psychology professor at Brandeis University where she conducts research on adult development and aging. She is an investigator on the…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1621,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-next-big-idea-daily-5988609/episodes/a-new-vision-for-midlife/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-next-big-idea-daily-5988609/a-new-vision-for-midlife.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}