Shinzen Young, Meditation Teacher
Shinzen Young first became fascinated with Asian culture as a Jewish teenager growing up in Los Angeles in the 1950s. Now a renowned meditation teacher, Shinzen is deeply involved in scientific resear...
1 Mar 20171h 34min
Billy Crudup, 'Jackie,' '20th Century Women' Actor (Oscars Bonus Episode!)
We're offering a special pre-Oscars edition of the podcast this week with actor Billy Crudup. Best known for his role as 70s rock star Russell Hammond in "Almost Famous," Crudup stars in two Oscar-nom...
24 Feb 201755min
Hannah Hart, Creator of YouTube's 'My Drunk Kitchen'
Hannah Hart is best known for her bubbly personality and boozy cooking mishaps on her mega-popular YouTube series, "My Drunk Kitchen," so many fans were surprised to learn about her life-long private ...
22 Feb 201745min
Dr. Judson Brewer, Using Mindfulness to Beat Addiction
Psychiatrist and addiction expert Judson Brewer was researching better treatment options for alcohol and cocaine addiction patients and found, through clinical studies, that meditation could significa...
15 Feb 20171h 22min
Matthieu Ricard, French Monk and 'World's Happiest Man'
Tibetan Buddhist monk Matthieu Ricard, who is originally from France, earned the moniker "world's happiest man" after brain scans taken during a neurological study on meditation (led by Dr. Richie Dav...
8 Feb 20171h 5min
Mary Karr, Best-Selling Poet and Master Memoirist
Mary Karr has shared many dark pieces of her past in her memoirs, from a painful childhood, to a long struggle with alcoholism and depression, to living her entire life as an agnostic before becoming ...
1 Feb 20171h 1min
Elvis Duran, Morning Radio Show Star
The host of the mega-popular Top 40 radio show, "Elvis Duran and the Morning Show," has never shied away from dishing out "real talk" to his millions of listeners, not even when it comes to his dramat...
25 Jan 201747min
Jeff Warren & the '10% Happier' Road Trip! (Bonus Episode!)
Canada native Jeff Warren was a "chronic over-thinker" who got into meditation sort of by accident while working as a science journalist and now he's an established meditation teacher. Warren and our ...
20 Jan 201753min
