223 Episodes

  1. Five Things I’m Thinking About: The Creative Process, Pricing Your Work, Inspiration vs. Discernment, Insanity, and the Etymology of Should

    Published: 2/29/2024
  2. The Basics of Spiral Dynamics (Nicole Churchill)

    Published: 2/22/2024
  3. On Being Basic (Kate Kennedy)

    Published: 2/15/2024
  4. On Maintaining Desire (Emily Nagoski, PhD)

    Published: 2/8/2024
  5. Why Conflict is Critical (John & Julie Gottman, PhDs)

    Published: 2/1/2024
  6. Where Does Fatphobia Come From? (Kate Manne)

    Published: 1/25/2024
  7. On Self-Regulation (Aliza Pressman, PhD)

    Published: 1/18/2024
  8. Seeing Each Other’s Pain (Rabbi Sharon Brous)

    Published: 1/11/2024
  9. Embracing the Shadow (Connie Zweig, PhD)

    Published: 1/4/2024
  10. Five Things I’ve Learned this Year

    Published: 12/28/2023
  11. What Actually Motivates Change? (Carrie Wilkens, PhD): ADDICTION

    Published: 12/26/2023
  12. How Story Can Heal (Akiva Goldsman)

    Published: 12/21/2023
  13. On Reducing Harm & Saving Lives (Maia Szalavitz): ADDICTION

    Published: 12/18/2023
  14. The Malleability of the Brain (David Eagleman)

    Published: 12/14/2023
  15. Breaking the Addiction Binary (Carl Erik Fisher, M.D.): ADDICTION

    Published: 12/11/2023
  16. The Gordian Knot of Mental Illness (Rachel Aviv)

    Published: 12/7/2023
  17. Reimagining Recovery (Holly Whitaker): ADDICTION

    Published: 12/4/2023
  18. Grappling with Part X (Phil Stutz)

    Published: 11/30/2023
  19. Coming Soon: Special Series on Addiction

    Published: 11/27/2023
  20. On Cultivating Creativity & Abundance (Richard Christiansen)

    Published: 11/22/2023

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Writer Elise Loehnen explores life’s big questions with today’s leading thinkers, experts, and luminaries: Why do we do what we do? How can we understand and love ourselves better? What would it look like to come together and build a more meaningful world?