What Happens Next in 6 Minutes

How to Write a Bestselling Mystery Novel

I hope to learn from Scott how he thinks about constructing a novel and character development.  What is the role of the editor? How do you go about the rewriting process? In the post development phase, how do you market a novel and sell the film rights, and generate excitement about the work so that booksellers can sell it?There is much to cover, so buckle up. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.whathappensnextin6minutes.com

Getting Your Kid a Job

Lauren Rivera is a management professor at Northwestern’s Kellogg School and the author of Pedigree: How Elite Students get Elite Jobs.  And our second speaker will be Beth Hendler-Grunt who is the author of The Next Great Step: The Parents’ Guide to Launching our New Grad into a Career. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.whathappensnextin6minutes.com

Red-Hot Art Market

Our first speaker today is Wendy Cromwell who is an art consultant who assists collectors to buy major art works.  Wendy visited us down here in Miami during the Miami Art Basel Fair and I want to learn from her what she saw at the Fair and what does that mean for the state-of-the-art market.Our second speaker is Claudia Gould who is the Director of the Jewish Museum in New York. My wife and I met Claudia when she was the Director of the ICA Museum at the University of Pennsylvania. I’ve asked Claudia to tell us about her new exhibit at the Jewish Museum entitled New York: 1962-1964 which is showing until January 8.  This show is fantastic, and I encourage all of you to see this provocative and interesting exhibit.  I hope to learn from Claudia how she and her team came to produce this show, and the challenges that they faced making it happen during COVID. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.whathappensnextin6minutes.com

Models and Bottles

Our first speaker on this program will be Nina Scalera who is a fellow podcaster with her own show She Werks Hard for the Money about her life as a 20-something working as a bartender at the trendy midtown restaurant Avra. Nina will give us a glimpse into the NY dating scene from her vantage point behind the bar.  I am also raiding the What Happens Next archive and I have selected excerpts from a conversation with Ashley Mears who is a a sociologist at Boston University, and the author of the book Very Important People: Status and Beauty in the Global Party Circuit.  I wanted to contrast the bar scene at a cool bar with bottle service at a hip club. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.whathappensnextin6minutes.com

No Red Wave

We need to do a detailed postmortem of the Midterm elections. Our speaker is Henry Olsen who is the author of The Working-Class Republican: Ronald Reagan and the Return of the Blue-Collar Conservatism. Henry will explain why there was no red wave in an election despite the Republicans winning the national popular vote by 3% or 3.2 million votes. Henry will explain how the Republicans improved their voting share in very blue urban districts and very red rural districts which didn’t help Republicans win additional seats. We plan on going deep with the political analysis now that all the votes have been counted. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.whathappensnextin6minutes.com

Are You White?

Our speakers will be Dan Bouk, who is the Department Chair of History at Colgate University and the author of the new book called Democracy’s Data: The Hidden Stories in the US Census and How to Read Them.  Dan will speak about our ongoing governmental data collection to determine race, gender, and other personal information.  The search for these answers and ethnic classification informs us about who we are as a society. The downside is that these questions highlight differences in our national identity.Our second speaker is George Mason Law Professor David Bernstein who is the author of the book Classified: The Untold Story of Racial Classification in America. The answer to the question whether you are White, Black, Hispanic, Asian, or other has consequences. It can determine who gets a government contract, a job or is admitted to a select college. Should the government be in the racial classification business, and do government imposed racial classifications undermine our societal objective to live in a multi-racial society? This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.whathappensnextin6minutes.com

CRISPR and The Ethics of Genetic Engineering

Our first speaker is Stanford Law Professor Hank Greely who is the author of the book CRISPR People: The Science and Ethics of Editing Humans. A Chinese scientist recently edited the genes in a human embryo with the purpose of improving that child’s defense to the HIV virus. Three children were born with these genetic enhancements and their progeny will carry those genetic changes in their germline. Hank will discuss whether the science is sufficiently advanced and that the risk/reward makes sense for babies and can the scientific community police itself to adopt appropriate safety procedures before doing this genetic manipulation again. Our second speaker is Jacob Appel who is making his third appearance on What Happens Next.  Jacob teaches medical ethics at Mt. Sinai Medical School, and he will provide us with an ethical framework to evaluate human genetic testing. Genetic engineering on babies is coming soon, now what? This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.whathappensnextin6minutes.com

Food Porn

Our speaker is Rebecca Halpern who is the writer and director of a new documentary film Love Charlie that will be released in theaters and available for streaming on Apple and Amazon on November 18th. The film is about the life of Top Chef Charlie Trotter who revolutionized American cuisine.  Charlie was a creative genius who used a different 10-course menu each day for 25 years.  He introduced us to farm to table, placed table in the restaurant’s kitchen, and eliminated hard liquor and foie gras from the menu.  Charlie Trotter influenced many of the great top chefs of his generation and demanded excellence from everyone around him.      This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.whathappensnextin6minutes.com

Game Theory and Sports

Today’s first guest is Stanford Economics Professor Paul Oyer who has written the book An Economist Goes to the Game: How to Throw Away $580 million and Other Surprising Insights from the Economics of Sports. Paul will discuss which sports your kids should play. Why South Koreans dominate women’s golf? And how does game theory inform us whether Michael Jordan should take the last shot or pass the ball to another player?Our second speaker will be University of Michigan economist Stefan Szymanski who is the author of Soccernomics. Our discussion will focus on the economics of all thing’s soccer including why European soccer owners lose money, and why do certain soccer positions take most of the earnings. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.whathappensnextin6minutes.com

How Team Owners use Sports Analytics

Today’s guest is Jeff Luhnow the former General Manager of the Houston Astros and the current owner of soccer teams in Mexico and Spain.Jeff will explain how owners use sports analytics to draft and trade players. How to use game theory to improve strategy for penalty kicks. And how to use metrics to improve player development.  The Moneyball culture has changed sports and you will hear from a leader in the field what goes on behind the scenes. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.whathappensnextin6minutes.com