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How to Have the Conversations You’ve Been Avoiding
Episode 1105
The awkward silence at work when everyone knows a project is going off the rails.
The simmering resentment in a marriage over an issue neither spouse …
4 months, 2 weeks ago
Ecclesiastes on Enjoying Our Weirdly Unsatisfying Lives
Episode 1104
Of all the books in the Bible, Ecclesiastes is arguably the most philosophical. Dark, experiential, existential, and unsparingly honest about the hum…
4 months, 3 weeks ago
How to Help Disengaged Young Men Reclaim Drive and Direction
Episode 1103
Not long ago, the primary concern people had about boys was that they were wild, impulsive, and out of control — getting into fights, pushing limits,…
5 months ago
The Click Effect — Inside the Science and Magic of Social Chemistry
Episode 1102
We’ve all had that feeling — you meet someone new, and the conversation just flows. You’re in sync. You click. But what’s really happening when that …
5 months, 1 week ago
How Football Took Over America — and Could Collapse
Episode 1101
American football is so big — so braided into our weekends, our language, and our culture — that it can be hard to see it clearly as a whole.
In his n…
5 months, 2 weeks ago
Money and Meaning — What Faith Traditions Teach Us About Personal Finance
Episode 1100
We usually think of money as something very practical, concrete, and secular; we earn it, save it, spend it, and crunch the numbers behind it. But mo…
5 months, 3 weeks ago
Strong, Conditioned, and Ready for Anything — How to Become a Hybrid Athlete
Episode 1099
For decades, fitness culture has tended to break people into two categories: you’re either a strength guy or an endurance guy. You lift heavy or run …
6 months ago
How to Use Probability Hacking to Achieve Your Goals
Episode 1098
Most of us chase goals — starting a business, running a marathon, getting a promotion — without ever asking: What are the actual odds this will work?…
6 months, 1 week ago
Escape the Happiness Trap
Episode 868
Happiness is the subject of thousands of articles, podcasts, and scientific studies. Yet all this focus on happiness doesn’t seem to be making people…
6 months, 2 weeks ago
The Idea Machine — How Books Changed the World (and Still Matter)
Episode 1097
Books are everywhere. They're so common, they're easy to take for granted. But my guest argues that they’re worth fully appreciating — because the bo…
6 months, 3 weeks ago