Why love –and therapy– means going in a direction you don’t yet know (w/ Dr. Orna Guralnik)
In her critically acclaimed Showtime docuseries, Couples Therapy, clinical psychologist and psychoanalyst Dr. Orna Guralnik thinks deeply about relationships, emotions, and connection. In this episode...
13 Feb 202335min
Jody Avirgan learned everything from sports
When it comes to sports, it might seem like there are two kinds of people. Those who are religious about their love for the game and those who only see Super Bowl Sunday as a vessel for an epic halfti...
6 Feb 202333min
Andrew Marantz doesn’t want you to give up on the internet
The internet can be a wonderful, but also a terribly unpleasant place. Andrew Marantz knows this well. He is a staff writer at The New Yorker who spent three years embedded in the world of internet tr...
30 Jan 202335min
The science of happiness (w/ Laurie Santos)
The phrase “comparison is the thief of joy” might be the kind of cliche that makes you roll your eyes – and yet, it’s an idea that is, scientifically, pretty accurate. In today’s episode, psychologist...
23 Jan 202335min
How to care for the people who take care of us (w/ Ai-jen Poo)
Activist, and MacArthur Genius, Ai-jen Poo believes that caring for others is one of the fundamental acts that make us human. But from nannies to elder-care workers, house cleaners to living assistant...
16 Jan 202339min
There is no “grief starter pack” (w/ Michael Cruz Kayne)
There’s one thing that connects all living beings – an experience so profound yet so common. Today’s guest, Michael Cruz Kayne says it best: “It's gonna happen to you, to the people you love – even to...
9 Jan 202338min
You can do better than a New Year’s resolution (w/ Gretchen Rubin)
Why do so many of us wait until a new calendar year to start setting our goals? For today’s guest, Gretchen Rubin, “there really is no magic to January 1st”-- and the best time to start a healthy habi...
2 Jan 202337min
How to answer your biggest questions—with data (w/ Mona Chalabi)
Whenever we have a question – about ourselves or the world around us – it can be helpful to visualize our answer in order to really understand it. But how do you conceptualize something as big as ineq...
28 Nov 202235min
