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How increasing your happiness can help solve climate change (w/ Jiaying Zhao and Elizabeth Dunn)
The conversation around climate change is often bleak and terrifying, but it doesn’t have to be that way, says climate behavior scientist Jiaying Zha…
17 hours ago
Summer Fridays: How to clean your house without losing your mind (w/ KC Davis)
Let’s face it: if chores were fun, they probably wouldn’t be called that. Because for most people, life can be overwhelming – and that means it doesn…
3 days, 17 hours ago
What trees can teach us about life (w/ Robert Moor)
What can we learn from trees? Robert Moor thinks that the path to a well-lived life lies in trying our best to live like a tree. Branch out, prune wh…
1 week ago
Summer Fridays: Lessons from 102-year-old swimmer Maurine Kornfeld (re-release)
Maurine “Mighty Mo'' Kornfeld will soon turn 102 years old, and most days, you can catch her doing laps in a Los Angeles public swimming pool. And th…
1 week, 3 days ago
Why should you care about animal sex? (w/ Perrin Ireland)
Perrin Ireland is an artist and environmentalist who draws science comics. She’s also the author of Poking the Squid: What We Can Learn from Animal S…
2 weeks ago
Summer Fridays: How to be more joyful (w/ Ingrid Fetell Lee) (re-release)
How to find and create Joy in your life -- what is joy? And what is its purpose in our lives? We talk with Ingrid about how to cultivate more joy in …
2 weeks, 3 days ago
How to understand your family history (w/ Keith Rushing)
Journalist Keith Rushing has spent years trying to report on his most difficult story - the history of his own family. Who do we come from? What do w…
3 weeks ago
Summer Fridays: How to find “your thing” (or your many things) (w/ Constance Hockaday) (re-release)
Some people are born knowing exactly what they want to do with their life – and because of that, they’re able to get to the top of their field. But m…
3 weeks, 3 days ago
What the data shows about youth mental health (w/ Candice Odgers)
“Social media and screen time aren’t the most important factor in teen mental health,” says development psychologist Candice Odgers. While this claim…
4 weeks ago
Summer Fridays: How to get your sense of wonder back (w/ Nate DiMeo) (re-release)
How do you make sense of the present? Nate DiMeo might suggest you look at the past. Nate is the host of the podcast and book, The Memory Palace. Nat…
1 month ago