Russell Simmons, Philanthropist, Entrepreneur, Author and Activist
Def Jam music label founder Russell Simmons had his first experience with stillness at a yoga class -- which he admits he took because girls were there. "I went to class because of a lot of hot chicks...
26 Apr 201726min
David Leite, Food Writer, Memoirist (LIVE!)
In a special edition of the "10% Happier" podcast, Dan Harris leads a discussion with David Leite, author of "Notes on a Banana: A Memoir of Food, Love and Manic Depression," in front of a live audien...
19 Apr 201752min
Daniel Goleman, Diving into 'Emotional Intelligence' (Bonus Episode!)
"The human central nervous system and brain is designed the same around the world... and there probably is a lot of spontaneous rediscovery in different areas of different ways you can play with the m...
14 Apr 201749min
Sam Harris, 'Waking Up' Podcast Host, Neuroscientist
Sam Harris, who has no relation to our beloved host, is a scientist, a controversial skeptic and the author of several New York Times bestsellers, including "The End of Faith," "The Moral Landscape" a...
12 Apr 20171h 32min
Clair Brown, Economist, Author of 'Buddhist Economics'
Clair Brown, an economics professor at UC-Berkeley and a Tibetan Buddhist, was teaching an introductory course when she asked herself, "How would Buddha teach Econ One?" Brown went on to write the boo...
5 Apr 201741min
Jewel, Grammy-Nominated Singer-Songwriter, Actress (Bonus!)
Jewel, whose poetic songs about relationships and heartache dominated the airwaves in the '90s, used writing as an outlet to deal with anxiety through a tough childhood and later, homelessness. She be...
31 Mar 201731min
Jerry Colonna, 'CEO Whisperer' and Reboot.io Founder
Jerry Colonna was working as a venture capitalist in New York City during the 9/11 terrorist attacks, and as he walked by wreckage of the World Trade Center towers, he said he felt like his "world was...
29 Mar 201759min
Colin Beavan, the 'No Impact Man'
In his famous book and documentary film project, "No Impact Man," Colin Beavan, a senior Dharma teacher in the Zen tradition, chronicled a year of his life as he tried to have minimal impact on the en...
22 Mar 201743min
