Podcast Episodes

Why Parents Torment Their Children

#parents #bullying #childhood One of the strangest and saddest phenomena of psychological life is that there are parents, too many parents, who end …

3 days, 23 hours ago

How to Seduce Someone on a Date

The clue to good seduction is signalling a realistic yet loving assessment of the other; and a modest, intelligent relationship with one’s own flaws.…

3 days, 23 hours ago

The School of Life Live Session

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4 days ago

hours as an English Farmworker

#24hours #adayinmylife #theschooloflife Continuing our series of films about working lives around the world, a farmer from Yorkshire, UK. Enjoying o…

4 days ago

HISTORY OF IDEAS - Courtesy

Looked at over time, we’re gradually picking up slightly better manners – but what are we doing now that might, in future eras, be considered bad man…

4 days, 1 hour ago

How Parents Get In The Way of Career Plans

Most modern parents say that all they want for their kids in the world of work is that they be ‘happy’. But it’s often a good deal more complicated t…

4 days, 2 hours ago

ART/ARCHITECTURE - Mark Rothko

The most unexpectedly uplifting and consoling artist of the 20th century was the abstract painter Mark Rothko, the high priest of grief and loss who …

4 days, 2 hours ago

POP CULTURE: When and Why We Cry During Movies

We might assume that the moment we cry in films is when something very sad or troubling is occurring. But the truth is rather stranger. We often brea…

4 days, 3 hours ago

Hours As a Cattle Wrangler in Cameroon

Continuing our series about working lives around the world, a cattle herder from Cameroon. SOCIAL MEDIA Feel free to follow us at the links below: F…

4 days, 3 hours ago

A Working Day – Brain Surgeon, San Antonio

A new series of films by The School of Life about work around the world - a guide to helping us to think about what makes work purposeful and worthwh…

4 days, 4 hours ago