THE GOOD LIFE: Lessons From the World's Longest Study of Happiness
What makes us happy? Researchers at Harvard have been trying to solve that riddle for 85 years. Now, they think they’ve found the answer. Marc Schulz, associate director of the Harvard Study of Adult ...
4 Jan 202457min
How We Sipped, Danced, and Stumbled Our Way to Civilization (2021)
Do we have alcohol to thank for civilization? The answer, according to Edward Slingerland’s new book, “Drunk: How We Sipped, Danced, and Stumbled Our Way to Civilization,” is a resounding yes. Edward,...
28 Des 20231h 12min
Rory Stewart on Politics, Ambition, and Making a Difference
Rory Stewart may be the most interesting person you’ve never heard of. He’s an adventurer, writer, politician, and nonprofit leader. He walked across Afghanistan — alone — in the months after 9/11 and...
21 Des 20231h 6min
PSYCHOLOGY OF MONEY: Timeless Lessons from Morgan Housel
We may live in an ever-evolving world, but some things never change. The power of a good story. The miracle of compound interest. The cold, hard fact that money can’t buy happiness. This is the decept...
14 Des 20231h 4min
EVE: How the Female Body Drove 200 Million Years of Human Evolution
The female body has been neglected in anthropological narratives, minimized in the archeological record, and excluded from modern-day clinical trials. But what if that weren’t the case? How would the ...
7 Des 20231h 6min
THE FAMILY OUTING: Secrets, Memory, and Living Authentically
This week, journalist and podcaster Jessi Hempel joins us to discuss her recent memoir, “The Family Outing,” which tells the remarkable story of how every member of her immediate family came out: Jess...
30 Nov 202344min
Mastering the Art of Difficult Conversations (with Anna Sale)
A lot of us run away from tough conversations. Anna Sale runs toward them. For nearly a decade, as the host of the podcast “Death, Sex & Money,” she has been having searching conversations about “the ...
23 Nov 20231h 7min
ACHIEVEMENT CULTURE: What It’s Doing to Our Kids—and to Us
It's no secret that we live in a ferociously competitive world. But what is the drive to always be the best doing to our kids? That's what journalist Jennifer Breheny Wallace wanted to know when she s...
16 Nov 20231h 11min
