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182 episodes transcribedWhat do the most powerful people in the world do after they've achieved success? Jared Cohen is a history buff and a presidential historian. His lates...
Talking about money can feel confusing and awkward, but it doesn’t have to be. Paco de Leon is a financial planner and author of the book Finance for...
There’s only so much you can do in a week – or, according to Oliver Burkeman, in the roughly 4,000 weeks the average human lives. Oliver is a journali...
Nadia Bolz-Weber believes the good and bad in all of us is what makes us human. Nadia has built a career talking about personal failings, recovery, gr...
Amidst the multiple devastating fires in Los Angeles, where Chris lives, extreme weather events and shifting climate patterns are occurring across the...
Many of us are entering the new year with a similar goal — to build community and connect more with others. To kick off season five, Priya Parker shar...
Lori Gottlieb believes we all have an inner narrator. In this episode, she explains why the story you tell yourself is key to your happiness (or lack...
Telling other people what you want – or need – can be a really difficult thing to do! Nedra Glover Tawwab is a therapist and New York Times bestsellin...
Life can throw curveballs that you feel wholly unprepared for-- just ask Dr. Lucy Hone, a resilience researcher, who tragically lost her 12-year-old d...
Why is having the sex talk, admitting you passed gas, or being open about your body hair so seemingly uncomfortable for all of us? Journalist and host...
No matter how religious you may or may not be, or how much you do or do not know about the Sikh religion, there’s something we can all learn from thei...
It’s natural to romanticize the random meet-cutes we’ve all seen in romantic comedies, but is hoping for a chance encounter with the next great love o...
It's not a good feeling to be stuck in an argument with someone who doesn't seem to be listening to your point of view, especially when that someone i...
Some problems seem impossible. But this week’s guests say any problem can be solved. Leadership coach Anne Morriss and Harvard Business Professor Fran...
Zeynep Ton believes that low-wage work (in childcare, customer service, assembly lines and other essential industries) is front-line work — and that p...
Ronald Young Jr. is an award-winning podcaster, producer, and writer and the creator of Weight For It — a podcast about his own experience with body i...
When it comes to a controversial topic like climate change represented in art, is the conversation its sparks more significant than the art itself? In...
Have you ever laid awake at night, cringing at something your younger self did or said? So why is it that when we hear other peoples’ memories from th...
When was the last time something you watched struck you? Award-winning theater director Lear deBessonet is deeply passionate about spectacle – and thi...
Reggie Watts has no plan when he walks out on the TED stage — he just lets go and tries to make himself laugh. In this episode, he shares with Chris w...
