Podcast Episodes

Riding waves and weathering life’s storms with surfer-turned-writer Jamie Brisick

Jamie Brisick was living the California dream – a pro surfer sponsored by Quicksilver, traveling the world and competing on the ASP World Tour. But beneath the “Malibu Barbie” facade, tragedy was bre…

Published on 8 hours ago

Special Episode: The songs that shaped our listeners’ lives (and Sophie’s, too)

To celebrate one year of Life in Seven Songs, Sophie answers some burning questions about the show, shares a few songs off her list, and turns the mic to you — our listeners — to hear about the songs…

Published on 1 week ago

How I Met Your Mother gave Josh Radnor 'identity vertigo.' Ayahuasca set him straight.

This week, we Willkommen actor and musician Josh Radnor! Josh is best known for playing Ted Mosby on the hit sitcom How I Met Your Mother for nearly a decade. But that success came at an unexpected c…

Published on 2 weeks ago

How TV’s favorite couples therapist, Dr. Orna Guralnik, found her interior life through music

Dr. Orna Guralnik broke barriers by bringing actual therapy sessions to millions of viewers through Showtime’s hit docuseries “Couples Therapy” — but her rebellious streak started much earlier.

In …

Published on 3 weeks ago

'Everyone’s seen my tits': Keeley Hazell on reclaiming the narrative in her new memoir

Keeley Hazell has lived a life that would make great television – which is probably why she inspired the beloved character Keeley Jones on Ted Lasso. In her new memoir, “Everyone’s Seen My Tits,” Kee…

Published on 4 weeks ago

Amanda Knox survived a living nightmare. Flight of the Conchords helped.

At 20 years old, Amanda Knox found herself alone in an Italian jail cell, falsely accused of a brutal murder, and facing 26 years in prison. She was called “Luciferina” in the courtroom – and far wor…

Published on 1 month ago

ENCORE: How Robert Reich learned to fight bullies

This week, we’re revisiting a favorite – our conversation with former US Labor Secretary Robert Reich, who just released “Coming Up Short,” a memoir that doubles as a national reckoning. The title is…

Published on 1 month, 1 week ago

Mary Louise Kelly: NPR host, war reporter, mother … spy novelist?

You probably know Mary Louise Kelly’s voice as the co-host of NPR’s All Things Considered. But you may not know that the veteran journalist has faced her fair share of challenges – from discovering s…

Published on 1 month, 2 weeks ago

Biographer of geniuses Walter Isaacson on the songs and city that made him

In our first ever live episode, recorded at the 2025 Aspen Ideas Festival, Sophie sits down with Walter Isaacson, the acclaimed journalist behind the definitive biographies of visionaries like Steve …

Published on 1 month, 3 weeks ago

Best-selling author Jason Reynolds writes the YA books he never had

Jason Reynolds is a #1 New York Times bestselling author and 2024 MacArthur Fellow who writes books for young people – but he didn’t finish a book until he was 17. Instead, Jason found his literary v…

Published on 2 months ago