The Power of Talking to Strangers
Look around a grocery store, airport lobby, or subway car, and you'll see a bunch of people who are physically together but distinctly separate, each off in their own world, often looking at their pho...
22 Sep 202147min
The Exercise Prescription for Depression and Anxiety
If you went to the doctor about treating your depression or anxiety, you might expect to be written a prescription for Zoloft or Xanax. But if you went in to see Dr. Jasper Smits, he might write you a...
20 Sep 202142min
Life's 10 Biggest Decisions
How many of your life’s ten biggest decisions have you already made?My guest today, behavioral scientist Dr. Adrian Camilleri, would often ask this question to friends and family, and found that it ge...
15 Sep 202143min
Rewild Your Life
If you have one, take a look at your pet cat or dog. These animals descended from wildcats and wolves, but today live pretty sedate lives, walking around your house and yard, waiting for you to delive...
13 Sep 202150min
The Character Traits That Drive Optimal Performance
Why do some people who look can't-miss high-achievers on paper end up floundering in life, while those who can seem like underdogs end up flourishing? When my guest noticed this phenomenon while being...
8 Sep 202146min
Being a Man in the Lousy Modern World
Note: This is a rebroadcast. It originally aired March 2020. Emerson famously said “society everywhere is in conspiracy against the manhood of every one of its members.” My guest today says things ha...
6 Sep 202142min
College — What It Was, Is, and Should Be
Modern students are apt to see going to college as the way to earn a credential that will help them get a good job. But as Andrew Delbanco, Professor of American Studies at Columbia University, argues...
1 Sep 202146min
Could Sleeping in Separate Beds Improve Your Relationship?
When it comes to advice around getting better sleep, nearly all of it is directed at the individual sleeper who feels they've got room to improve: Here's what you might be doing wrong; here's how to s...
30 Aug 202145min
