What We Can Learn About Happiness from Babies | Alison Gopnik
Dr. Alison Gopnik is a psychologist at UC Berkeley and one of the world's leading experts in cognitive development. She is also the author of several books, including The Philosophical Baby and The Ga...
31 Tammi 20221h 6min
Buddhist Lessons on Anxiety | Leslie Booker (2021)
All week, we've been running "best of" episodes as part of our Taming Anxiety series – and this is the final episode in that series. Leslie Booker (who goes by Booker) is one of America's leading d...
28 Tammi 20221h 6min
How to Break Your Anxiety Habit | Judson Brewer (2021)
This week, we're sharing some of the best episodes in our archives about anxiety. Dr. Judson Brewer is a psychiatrist and deep dharma practitioner who argues that anxiety is a habit, and is one that y...
26 Tammi 20221h 8min
Sara Bareilles: Anxiety, Anger, and Art (2021)
This week, we're posting some of our best podcasts from the archives on a dragon many of us face internally – anxiety. The first episode of the series features Sara Bareilles. Sara Bareilles is a si...
24 Tammi 202253min
The Science of Depression | Sona Dimidjian
This episode features one of the world's leading experts in depression and how meditation can help. Dr. Sona Dimidjian is a professor in the Department of Psychology and Neuroscience and the director ...
19 Tammi 20221h 2min
The Zen of Therapy | Mark Epstein
Psychiatrist Dr. Mark Epstein, discusses his new book The Zen of Therapy, in which he explores how his decades of studying and practicing Buddhism has influenced his work as a therapist. In this epi...
17 Tammi 20221h 11min
Are You Willing to Challenge Your Own Tribe? | Robert Wright
Why, from an evolutionary perspective, is it so terrifying for many of us to contemplate challenging our own tribe? How comfortable would you be hopping on social media and questioning the deeply held...
12 Tammi 202254min
Ways to End Bias That Will Also Make You Happier | Jessica Nordell
Jessica Nordell is a science and culture journalist who has written for the Atlantic and the New York Times. She earned a B.A. in physics from Harvard and an M.F.A. in poetry from the University of Wi...
10 Tammi 20221h
