How Ideas Happen: Randall Munroe

Adjacent Possible: How Ideas Happen

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How Ideas Happen: Randall Munroe

The bestselling author of What If? and creator of xkcd explains his research techniques for answering seemingly unanswerable questions.

Steven Johnson

Nov 07, 2022

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This is the latest installment in my new audio series for paying subscribers to Adjacent Possible: How Ideas Happen, created in partnership with the TED Interview podcast. If you'd like to listen to this series—and read my companion series on designing a creative workflow—you can upgrade to a paying subscription now.

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Adjacent Possible: How Ideas Happen

Steven Johnson interviews some of the world's leading thinkers and creators about their workflow: how they have their best ideas and the tools they use to the develop them. Produced in partnership with the TED Audio Collective.

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