Podcast Episodes

Dani Shapiro: On Life, Marriage and Creative Expression

Dani Shapiro is the New York Times bestselling author of five novels and four memoirs, including her latest, Hourglass: Time, Memory, Money.

A recent …

9 years ago

Want to Live Longer? It’s a People Thing

In the last month, two annual reports have come out that offer guidance on who the happiest and healthiest countries in the world are. They rank each…

9 years ago

Vanessa Van Edwards: Hacking Social Interaction for Good

Today's guest, Vanessa Van Edwards , is a behavioral investigator and founder of human behavior research lab, the Science of People.

She's also known …

9 years ago

Don’t Just Ship It

Comes a time you’ve gotta get out of your head and just act. Maybe you want to change careers, start a company, learn to paint, start a relationship,…

9 years ago

Ayelet Waldman’s Really Good Day [on psychedelics]

Suicide or psychedelics?

Those were the options this week's guest, Ayelet Waldman, found herself facing.

A married mother of four and novelist living i…

9 years ago

Certainty Anchors: Finding Calm in a Stormy World

Don’t know if you’ve noticed, but we’re living in uncertain times. And, that can have a pretty life-stifling effect on us. It can impact everything f…

9 years ago

Michelle Gielan: Broadcasting Happiness

Michelle Gielan, national CBS News anchor turned positive psychology researcher, is the Founder of the Institute for Applied Positive Research.

She is…

9 years ago

The Experimental Life

There’s this mythology. Go all in. Don’t dabble. Don’t play. Don’t make it a hobby, make it your “one thing.” From the very beginning. Even if you ha…

9 years ago

Kute Blackson: Redefining Your Own Path to Freedom

Born in Ghana, West Africa,Kute Blackson was the child of a Japanese mother and a Ghanaian father who was a legendary faith leader with some 300 chur…

9 years, 1 month ago

The Unfortunate Middle

We are taught, from a young age, to exist in the middle. Everything in moderation. Don’t be a tall poppy, nor a shrinking violet. Good enough is good…

9 years, 1 month ago