Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchThe Fun Habit: How the Pursuit of Joy and Wonder Can Change Your Life
Episode 157
When we are tethered to our responsibilities, it can feel like we need someone to give us permission to go have fun. Maybe some of us have begun to f…
2 years, 9 months ago
The Human Advantage: A New Understanding of How Our Brain Became Remarkable
Episode 105
Humans are awesome. Our brains are gigantic, seven times larger than they should be for the size of our bodies. The human brain uses 25% of all the e…
2 years, 10 months ago
The Storm of Creativity
Episode 107
Although each instance of creativity is singular and specific, Kyna Leski tells us, the creative process is universal. Artists, architects, poets, in…
2 years, 10 months ago
Simon Paul Cox, "The Subtle Body: A Genealogy" (Oxford UP, 2021)
Episode 265
How does the soul relate to the body? Through the ages, innumerable religious and intellectual movements have proposed answers to this question. Many…
2 years, 10 months ago
Yoshiko Okuyama, "Tōjisha Manga: Japan’s Graphic Memoirs of Brain and Mental Health" (Palgrave Macmillan, 2022)
Episode 23
Yoshiko Okuyama's book Tōjisha Manga: Japan’s Graphic Memoirs of Brain and Mental Health (Palgrave Macmillan, 2022) defines tōjisha manga as Japan’s …
2 years, 10 months ago
Myra Strober and Abby Davisson, "Money and Love: An Intelligent Roadmap for Life's Biggest Decisions" (HarperOne, 2023)
Episode 22
Should we separate decisions related to love and money, approaching finance and career-related decisions solely in a rational way while relying more …
2 years, 10 months ago
Kathryn Britton, "Sit Write Share: Practical Writing Strategies to Transform Your Experience Into Content that Matters (Theano Press, 2022)
Episode 26
Do you keep promising yourself to write but never quite get around to it? Do you delete almost as many words as you write? Do you write things that n…
2 years, 10 months ago
Brent Willock, "The Wrongful Conviction of Oscar Pistorius: Science Transforms Our Comprehension of Reeva Steenkamp's Shocking Death" (Torchflame Books, 2018)
Episode 201
Just when the world thought Oscar Pistorius’ meteoric rise to Olympic glory and international celebrity had terminated abysmally in prison, Brent Wil…
2 years, 10 months ago
Eric J. Johnson, "The Elements of Choice: Why the Way We Decide Matters" (Riverhead Books, 2022)
Episode 25
Every time we make a choice, our minds go through an elaborate process most of us never even notice. We’re influenced by subtle aspects of the way th…
2 years, 10 months ago
Anna Fishzon and Emma Lieber, "The Queerness of Childhood: Essays from the Other Side of the Looking Glass" (Palgrave Macmillan, 2022)
Episode 210
In this interview, Anna Fishzon, co editor with Emma Lieber on The Queerness of Childhood: Essays from the Other Side of the Looking Glass (Palgrave …
2 years, 10 months ago