All it takes is 10 mindful minutes | Andy Puddicombe (re-release)
When is the last time you did absolutely nothing for 10 whole minutes? Not texting, talking or even thinking? Mindfulness expert Andy Puddicombe describes the transformative power of doing just that: ...
8 Touko 11min
What really won the trillion-dollar Supreme Court case | Neal Kumar Katyal
In November 2025, Neal Kumar Katyal was asked to do what no US Supreme Court litigator had ever done: convince the justices to strike down a sitting president's signature initiative. After enlisting t...
7 Touko 19min
How moms shape the world | Anna Malaika Tubbs (re-release)
Mothers undeniably impact and shape history -- but their stories are often left out or misrepresented, says sociologist and author Anna Malaika Tubbs. This erasure limits policies to support mothers a...
6 Touko 15min
Why social health is key to happiness and longevity | Kasley Killam (re-release)
You know it's important to take care of your physical and mental health. But what about your social health? Social scientist Kasley Killam shows how feeling a sense of belonging and connection has con...
5 Touko 11min
The rising cost of dissent in America | Miles Taylor
Former senior US national security official Miles Taylor shares a personal account that raises a broader civic concern: the growing cost of dissent in American public life. Drawing on his experience i...
4 Touko 21min
Sunday Pick: Are you feeling emotionally stuck? Here’s How to get past it (w/ Yowei Shaw) | from How to Be a Better Human
What if your hardest emotional challenges could be solved by talking to a stranger? A person who has gone through the exact same situation or something very similar. That’s the premise of Proxy, a pod...
3 Touko 42min
How to invite creativity into your life | Rose B. Simpson, Debbie Millman
What do you hear when you sit in silence? For artist Rose B. Simpson, that question is the beginning of all art. She comes from a line of ceramic artists stretching back generations and, as part of he...
2 Touko 20min
Why AI isn't going to become conscious | Anil Seth
We see consciousness in AI the same way we see faces in clouds, says neuroscientist Anil Seth. He explores the all-too-human tendency to project inner life onto machines that are brilliant mimics, not...
1 Touko 17min
