How To Be Sanely Ambitious | Behind the Scenes with Dan and DJ
Dan and executive producer DJ Cashmere talk about how we're putting "sanely ambitious" into action on our team; plus, an important update on how to listen to the podcast ad-free. In this episode we ...
7 Mar 202527min
How To Make Your Relationships Exceptional | Carole Robin and David Bradford
Secrets from the massively popular Stanford business school course on interpersonal hygiene. Carole Robin and David Bradford taught the most popular elective course at the Stanford Graduate School of ...
5 Mar 20251h 9min
How To Know Whether You're an Introvert or an Extrovert—and Why That Matters | Susan Cain
Why knowing your tendency can improve your life. Susan Cain is the author of the #1 New York Times bestsellers Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking, and Bittersweet: How S...
3 Mar 202556min
The Mind-Bending Science of Advanced Meditation | Matthew Sacchet
What it is, how beginners can get a taste, the dangers of striving, and whether tech can make it easier. Dr. Matthew D. Sacchet, Ph.D., is an Associate Professor and the Director of the Meditation R...
26 Feb 20251h 22min
Should You Be Taking Psychedelics? The Benefits, the Risks, and the Science. | Jay Michaelson
Featuring a meditation teacher, author, professor, and dedicated experimenter with these molecules. Jay Michaelson is a journalist, meditation teacher, rabbi, and professor of religious studies whos...
24 Feb 20251h 20min
How To Survive the News. CNN's Bill Weir on Moving From Anger and Despair to Optimism and Resiliency.
A node of sanity in these challenging times. Bill Weir is America's leading climate reporter. His new book is a celebration of our planet and human brilliance. It is a hopeful plea for communities t...
21 Feb 20251h 13min
Joseph Goldstein On: Impermanence, Impersonality, And How To Use Mindfulness To Be More Creative
One of my favorite episodes that we've recorded in a long while. Joseph Goldstein is a cofounder of the Insight Meditation Society and the Barre Center for Buddhist Studies, both in Barre, Massachus...
19 Feb 20251h 12min
The Neuroscience of Confidence | Ian Robertson
What confidence does to your brain, why it helps with anxiety, and how to get it if you don't already have it. Plus, the problem with overconfidence. Ian Robertson is a Professor Emeritus in Psychol...
17 Feb 20251h 11min
