Writing the main character, by Franklin Leonard
What’s the hardest part about being the main character in your own life? You’re also writing the script as you go along. And sometimes it’s hard to know when you need a scene change. Filmmaker Frankli...
2 Apr 202129min
To chase the sunset, by Florence Williams
Writer Florence Williams, grieving the loss of a long marriage, finds herself in Tulsa, Oklahoma; she's come to sit with Penny, her former mother-in-law, who is dying of cancer. Drawn together by the ...
24 Mar 202132min
Mickey Guyton: Lean into your uniqueness
Behind her Grammy-nominated song “Black Like Me,” Mickey Guyton shares the story of her long journey toward embracing her voice as a country music star. As a Black woman in a traditionally white indus...
15 Mar 202128min
Nate Berkus: Designing your space in the world
When young Nate Berkus pushes open the door to his new bedroom, an unfinished space in his family home, he doesn’t know it yet – but he’s opening the door to a new vision of what his life can be. A li...
10 Mar 202129min
The right few words: Stories and meditation from Rohan
In telling three short stories from his life as a meditator, host Rohan Gunatillake explores the way a few simple words of wisdom, said at the right moment, can build your strength and resilience for ...
3 Mar 202116min
Adam Grant: Practice taming your fear
"Are you going to do this? Ever?" Standing at the edge of the highest diving board at the aquatic center, a young Adam Grant tries and tries, and tries to leap off. But he can't face down his fear — n...
24 Feb 202131min
Sam Harris: Finding happiness amid the ordinary collisions of life
As a young man, facing two great losses one after another, philosopher and neuroscientist Sam Harris falls into a deep sadness. He ruminates, feeling stuck, lonely, and lost. But in a chance experimen...
17 Feb 202121min
Aasif Mandvi: Getting out of my own head
Actor, writer and comedian Aasif Mandvi has given us so many laughs in his role as a correspondent on The Daily Show – on stage and in television and films. But when a doctor diagnoses him with tinnit...
10 Feb 202128min
