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How to stop devoting yourself to your job (w/ Sarah Jaffe)
Sarah Jaffe is the author of Work Won’t Love You Back: How Devotion to Our Jobs Keep Us Exploited, Exhausted, and Alone. She and Chris discuss the emotional toll of modern work culture and the import…
Published on 2 months, 1 week ago
Jon Batiste | from Design Matters
Widely recognized as a musical genius and once-in-a-generation talent, Jon Batiste is one of history’s most brilliant, prolific, and accomplished musicians. The Grammy, Emmy, and Oscar-winning star j…
Published on 2 months, 2 weeks ago
How your brain predicts your reality (w/ Anil Seth)
What is the aspect of being you that you cling to most tightly? Why are you you and not somebody else? How do you understand and make sense of your experiences? These are questions studied by Anil Se…
Published on 2 months, 3 weeks ago
Why stealing other people’s ideas can be a good thing (w/ Austin Kleon)
Austin Kleon thinks stealing inspiration is a good thing — because it requires you to pay attention to the world. Austin is a self-proclaimed “creative kleptomaniac” and the author of five books, inc…
Published on 2 months, 4 weeks ago
Why you don't need a personal brand (w/ Debbie Millman)
“If you’re a good designer in five or ten years, you’re gonna want to look back on your portfolio with horror and nostalgia and somewhat amusement… because you want to be growing,” says illustrator D…
Published on 3 months ago
Information Inoculation: Defending Against Medical Myths: Why we need to fight misinformation about vaccines | from TED Health
Ethan Lindenberger never got vaccinated as a kid. So one day, he went on Reddit and asked a simple question: "Where do I go to get vaccinated?" The post went viral, landing Lindenberger in the middle…
Published on 3 months, 1 week ago
How to love parts of yourself you may not like (w/ Heather Havrilesky)
Heather Havrilesky is the author of the book Foreverland: On the Divine Tedium of Marriage. She’s also the writer behind the advice columns “Ask Polly,” and “Ask Molly,” which is written by Polly’s m…
Published on 3 months, 1 week ago
How to learn from your failures (w/ Dawn Burrell)
Dawn Burrell is a celebrated long jumper, an Olympic athlete, and a chef’s whose cooking made her a semifinalist for a James Beard Award — and these are just a sampling of her many accolades. In this…
Published on 3 months, 2 weeks ago
Re-release: How peace can persevere (w/ Aziz Abu Sarah)
It’s extremely difficult to move past anger and hurt driving you towards revenge. War, violence, and suffering are driven by that cycle of emotions. Palestinian author, peacemaker, and entrepreneur A…
Published on 3 months, 3 weeks ago
How to be a better friend (w/ Rhaina Cohen)
What would it look like if we took friendship as seriously as we take romance? Rhaina Cohen, author of the book The Other Significant Others: Reimagine Life with Friendship at the Center, talks to Ch…
Published on 4 months ago