Podcast Episodes

4 Ways to Use Common Knowledge to be Happier with Steven Pinker

Learn more about your affect profile by taking the Positive and Negative Affect Schedule quiz (PANAS) here. 

So much of life depends not only on what …

6 months ago

Exercise Your Way to Greater Well-Being

Learn more about your affect profile by taking the Positive and Negative Affect Schedule quiz (PANAS) here, and download Arthur’s morning protocol gu…

6 months, 1 week ago

My 6-Step Morning Protocol for a Better Day

Want to make your own morning protocol? Download Arthur’s guide to help you get started: https://www.arthurbrooks.com/6-protocols

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How you start your …

6 months, 2 weeks ago

7 Habits That Lead to Happiness in Old Age

Most people assume getting older means getting less happy. Maybe you’ve thought it too. But the research shows otherwise. In this episode of Office H…

6 months, 3 weeks ago

Fame ruined me, but faith saved me: Office Hours meets The Office, with special guest Rainn Wilson

What can faith teach us about happiness that science alone cannot? In this episode of Office Hours, I sit down with my friend, the actor and writer R…

6 months, 4 weeks ago

2 Proven Strategies (and 1 Big Mistake) for Dealing with Anxiety

Have you ever felt anxious for no clear reason, like a vague alarm going off in your mind? You’re not alone. Anxiety has become one of the fastest-gr…

7 months ago

The Sociopaths Among Us: How to Spot (and Avoid) a Dark Triad

Have you ever had an abusive boss, a partner who gaslit you at every turn, or a friend who always seemed to bend the truth? You might have crossed pa…

7 months, 1 week ago

6 Science-Backed Ways to Raise Happiness (and Success) at Work

Welcome back to Office Hours with Arthur Brooks. In this episode, I turn to a place where many of us spend most of our waking hours: the workplace. W…

7 months, 2 weeks ago

5 Ways to Get Happier Starting Today

Welcome to the inaugural episode of Office Hours with Arthur Brooks. I’m thrilled to start this podcast with a topic I’ve devoted much of my life to:…

7 months, 3 weeks ago

Welcome to Office Hours with Arthur Brooks

Hi Friends, I’m Arthur Brooks. I’m a social scientist, a professor at the Harvard Kennedy School and Harvard Business School, and a columnist at The …

7 months, 4 weeks ago