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How to Get Angry a Lot
It’s remarkably easy to spend most of one’s life in a blind rage. So much of existence is, after all, infuriating. But there are other options to be …
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You NEED to know this about State Broadcasters...
We’re used to thinking that state broadcasters do something very important: but what really is their function in modern societies? A utopian proposal…
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What Does the Child in You Need Today?
Emotional Intelligence, Daily. Start now: https://www.theschooloflife.com/subscription/ Feeling overwhelmed by adult life? This film explores the in…
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How to Ask for Help When You're Overwhelmed
Feeling at rock bottom? Don't despair. This film explores how to ask for help at times of crisis and loneliness. Learn to overcome shame and find sup…
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Jamie Oliver Cooks for Alain De Botton
Jamie Oliver is a big inspiration for us at The School of Life, as he is a hugely talented teacher, opening an often complicated subject (food prepar…
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ART/ARCHITECTURE: Andy Warhol
Andy Warhol was one of the great artists of the 20th century who understood the legitimate role that glamour and business should play in the producti…
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The Real Power of Community
There’s a lot of pressure on us to make our individual lives interesting. But sometimes, the best experiences aren’t those connected up with our pers…
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How to Make a Country Rich
If you were setting out to make a country rich, what kind of mindsets and ideas would be most likely to achieve your goals? We invent a country, Rich…
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LITERATURE - Jane Austen
Jane Austen’s novels are so readable in part because she wasn’t an ordinary kind of novelist: she wanted her work to help us to be better and wiser p…
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Exercise for Intellectuals
All too often nowadays, people who love to exercise their brains forget to exercise their bodies. This wasn’t the way of the Ancient Greeks, who beli…
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