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The Next Big Idea · 2026-04-02 · 68 min · 11,581 words

Best Of: The New Science of Improving Your Memory

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Hey, it's Caleb here. Today we're revisiting Rufus's conversation with Charan Ronganath. Charon is a neuroscientist, and we had him on the show to talk about his book, Why We Remember. I remember it as one of my all-time favorite episodes. If you haven't heard this one, you are in for a treat, you're gonna learn so much.

And if you have heard it, maybe, can't remember, well, you're lucky too, because you're gonna relearn so much. Here's our conversation with Charn from April 2024. I'm Rufus Griscomb, and this is the next big idea. Today, your memory sucks, but you can make it better. Here's how.

The year is 2003, and Brian Williams, the straight out of central casting news anchor, is in the Middle East covering the U.S. invasion of Iraq. Our colleague Brian Williams is back in Kuwait City tonight after a close call in the skies over Iraq. Brian, tell us about what you got yourself into. We asked the U.S.

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