The Next Big Idea

Summer Getaway #3: The 12-Hour Walk (with Colin O’Brady)

What happens when you put your phone in airplane mode, walk out your front door, and don’t come home for 12 hours? Our producer Caleb finds out, with help from adventurer Colin O’Brady.

» To learn more about Colin’s new book, “The 12-Hour Walk,” visit 12hourwalk.com
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The Next Big Idea is a weekly series of in-depth interviews with the world’s leading thinkers. Join our host, Rufus Griscom — along with our curators, Malcolm Gladwell, Adam Grant, Susan Cain, and Daniel Pink — for conversations that might just change the way you see the world. New episodes every Thursday.