#48 - The Post-Partum Shadow (Amy Kuber)
Last year, we brought you through the labyrinths of infertility and pregnancy, but what happens after birth? What happens when you find yourself utterly alone in that 4th trimester, a shadow hanging o...
18 Juli 202248min
#47 - The Summit Can't Be the Goal (Alison Levine)
Is it possible to succeed when you fail? Antarctic explorer Ernest Shackleton did just that, and so has modern adventurer and mountaineer Alison Levine, leader of the First American Women's Everest ex...
1 Juni 202249min
#46 - The Aha Moment (AJ Jacobs)
Amanda and Chris get lost in the wide world of puzzles with AJ Jacobs, author of the The Puzzler: One Man's quest to solve the most baffling puzzles ever, from crosswords to jigsaws to the meaning of ...
4 Maj 202243min
#45 - The Ultimate Putz (Jens Soering)
When we first met Jens, he was still serving a life sentence for a double homicide he didn't commit. We devoted a whole season of our prior podcast, The Truth About True Crime, to his case (link below...
13 Apr 202251min
#44 - Modeling Cruelty, Modeling Courage (Emily Wilson)
Emily Wilson traveled the world over the course of her modeling career. But one photoshoot always...haunted her. She was accustomed to be valued for her beauty, but that fateful day, she was used as a...
8 Mars 202246min
#43 - A Slight Change of Plans (Maya Shankar)
As a young teen, Maya Shankar was on a path to becoming a professional, world-class violinist, until an accident changed the course of her life, leading her to become a behavioral scientist. Amanda, C...
28 Feb 202251min
#42 - The Fungus Effect Part 7: Through the Looking Glass
In the final installment of our miniseries, Chris takes an ego-obliterating dose of mushrooms, and Amanda pokes her head through the looking glass for the first time. But first, we get advice from Mic...
31 Jan 202250min
#41 - The Fungus Effect Part 6: The Mycocosm (Paul Stamets)
Psilocybin isn't just a psychedelic compound, it's the product of a mushroom. In Part 6 of our miniseries, renowned mycologist Paul Stamets takes us through the wide world of fungi, our mutual evoluti...
19 Jan 202235min
