The first step to implementing a big idea is to dream one up in the first place. Gal Beckerman, writer and editor at The New York Times Book Review, joins host Krys Boyd to discuss the origins of big ideas – from the scientific revolution to feminism – and the surprising ways movements spread. His book is “The Quiet Be

In a widely praised new book, The Quiet Before, Gal Beckerman paints vivid pictures of how throughout history, radical change has only come about through quiet preparation.

Kara and guest host Stephanie Ruhle discuss the latest developments in Ukraine, the Fed's plan to raise interest rates, and a new investigation of TikTok's effects on mental health. Plus, Friend of Pivot Gal Beckerman joins to discuss his new book, The Quiet Before: On The Unexpected Origins of Radical Ideas. You can f

When time becomes history, different dynamics come into focus than the ones that are at any moment screaming for attention. The title of Gal Beckerman’s book intrigues and compels: The Quiet Before. He’s a journalist with a special interest in history and words and ideas — how ideas are passed and debated and become de

In this episode of “Keen On”, Andrew is joined by Gal Beckerman, the author of “The Quiet Before: On the Unexpected Origins of Radical Ideas”. Gal Beckerman is an author and the senior editor for books at The Atlantic. Before coming over to The Atlantic, Gal was an editor at the New York Times Book Review for six years

In his book, Gal Beckerman editor at The New York Times Book Review, takes us back to the seventeenth century, to the correspondence that jump-started the scientific revolution, and then forward through time to examine engines of social change: the petitions that secured the right to vote in 1830s Britain, the zines th