How Cringe Becomes Art (Lauren Weedman)
Lauren Weedman is an Emmy-nominated writer, comedian, and actor known her roles in HBO’s Looking, Hung and Hacks. She is also a renowned solo performer whose work is built on fearless honesty and dark...
17 Feb 1h 6min
How Television Shapes Public Truth (Warren Littlefield)
Warren Littlefield is an award winning television producer and former NBC network president whose career spans landmark shows from Cheers to The Handmaid’s Tale and The Twisted Tale of Amanda Knox. In...
10 Feb 58min
Ask Amanda Anything: Pivots, Joy, Dance Floors
In this Ask Amanda Anything episode, Amanda and Chris tackle big, tender questions about career pivots, privacy, creativity, and what it means to live openly without losing yourself. They share raw an...
3 Feb 1h 2min
Why Adaptation Is a Human Superpower (Maya Shankar)
Maya Shankar is a cognitive scientist, writer, and host of the podcast A Slight Change of Plans, whose new book The Other Side of Change explores who we become when life takes an unexpected turn. In t...
27 Jan 56min
Tending Your Garden in a Burning World
In a moment when the news feels relentless and outrage is often treated as a moral obligation, Amanda reflects on what meditation is really for. Is sitting quietly a form of disengagement, or a way of...
20 Jan 25min
Why Being Right Won't Set You Free (Michael Semanchik and Scott McMahon)
Mike Semanchik is the executive director of the Innocence Center, and Scott McMahon is an American who spent more than five years imprisoned in the Philippines for a crime he did not commit. In this e...
13 Jan 1h 16min
New Beginnings
In this episode of Hard Knox, Amanda is joined by her husband Chris for an intimate and surprisingly funny conversation about the practice of beginning again. Drawing from Zen practice, a New Year’s f...
6 Jan 1h 1min
Why Hope Is Learnable (Scott Barry Kaufman)
Scott Barry Kaufman is a cognitive scientist and bestselling author whose work explores creativity, intelligence, and what helps people grow after hardship. In this episode, Amanda and Scott talk abou...
30 Dec 20251h 4min
