A Rarely Accessed Source of Joy | Roman Mars
Today's episode is about finding joy, pleasure, interest, and even gratitude in a surprising source: everyday objects and infrastructure. Our guest Roman Mars is the host and creator of 99% Invisible...
2 Aug 202149min
The Price of Secrecy | Michael Slepian
This episode is all about secrets. Did you know that there are 38 categories of secrets—and statistically, according to Michael Slepian, you probably have about 13 of them right now? Slepian is the S...
28 Jul 202146min
How to Outsmart Your Pain | Christiane Wolf
Sit in meditation for a few minutes and you're likely to experience pain, either physical or psychological. Hang around the meditation scene for very long, and you are likely to hear the expression, "...
26 Jul 202154min
The Art and Science of Compassion | Thupten Jinpa
It can be incredibly frustrating when life-changing, world-changing concepts such as compassion and kindness are often presented as cliches, because scientific research strongly suggests that learning...
21 Jul 20211h 12min
The Voice in Your Head | Ethan Kross
The craving, complaining, and comparing voice in our heads can be the source of incalculable suffering, but is it all bad? And are there ways to talk to yourself that can turn your inner voice into a ...
19 Jul 20211h 6min
Getting Over Yourself | Joseph Goldstein
For the uninitiated, Joseph Goldstein is one of the cofounders of the Insight Meditation Society (IMS) alongside Sharon Salzberg and Jack Kornfield. Since its founding, thousands of people from around...
14 Jul 20211h 14min
How to Keep Your Relationships On the Rails | Kaira Jewel Lingo
Today's episode is about a Buddhist tool for resolving conflict and keeping your relationships healthy. Today's guest, Kaira Jewel Lingo, was an ordained nun of 15 years in Thich Nhat Hanh's Order of ...
12 Jul 202142min
The Science of Happiness | Emiliana Simon-Thomas (2020)
In a previous interview with Dan, the Dalai Lama said something along the lines of, "everyone's selfish; that's the way we're wired. But if you're going to be selfish, you should be wisely selfish." W...
7 Jul 202155min
