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Living on Overtime, David C. Fajgenbaum
Episode 205
David Fajgenbaum, a young, promising medical student, could not have imagined he would become a patient in the same hospital he was serving his resid…
6 years, 6 months ago
Love, Death, Tech and Psychedelics, Jack Kornfield, Meditation O.G.
Episode 204
As far as meditation teachers go, they don't come more highly regarded than our guest this week, Jack Kornfield. Kornfield trained as a Buddhist monk…
6 years, 6 months ago
Civility Pays, Christine Porath
Episode 203
For Christine Porath, meditation was one way of coping with a toxic work environment. Her own experience, paired with watching her father suffer a se…
6 years, 6 months ago
Can Meditation Prolong Your Life?, Dr. Peter Attia
Episode 202
Editor's Note (February 2026): Since this episode was first published, documents released by the Department of Justice have revealed Peter Attia's co…
6 years, 6 months ago
Doing "The Work," Byron Katie
Episode 201
At 43 years old, Byron Katie was unhappily married, suffered from depression and agoraphobia and was addicted to codeine and alcohol. In fact, she fe…
6 years, 6 months ago
Sharon Salzberg, A Meditation Master Stares Down Death
Episode 200
World-renowned meditation teacher Sharon Salzberg recently faced a very serious health scare and a true test of her decades of practice. In this very…
6 years, 7 months ago
Patrick Dempsey, Meditation: The Secret to His Success
Episode 199
Patrick Dempsey is not just a pretty face. Sure he's widely known for playing McDreamy, aka Dr. Derek Shepherd, on ABC's Grey's Anatomy, but that har…
6 years, 7 months ago
Meditation And Loss, Dean Valoras
Episode 198
On March 19th of last year, Dean Valoras' life changed forever. That is the day he lost his teenage daughter Alexandra to suicide. Alexandra was an i…
6 years, 7 months ago
Escape from Zombieland, Koshin Paley Ellison
Episode 197
Human beings are wired for social connection. Sadly, thanks in large part to the internet, mobile phones and social media, we are seeing an increase …
6 years, 7 months ago
Stress Better, Modupe Akinola
Episode 196
We all encounter stress, but what we sometimes overlook is that stress can be useful, it is, after all, built into us by evolution. Our guest this we…
6 years, 8 months ago