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Episode 50: Kindness Is a Strategy, The Beekman 1802 Story
When Brent Ridge and Josh Kilmer-Purcell left their high-powered New York City careers for a 19th-century farm in upstate New York, they didn’t set out…
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Episode 49: Values and what matters with Valerie Tiberius
Listen now | In this episode, we sit down with philosopher Valerie Tiberius to explore the surprisingly complex topic of values—how we develop them, how…
46:43
Episode 48: AI, algorithms and the battle for your mind with Simon McCarthy Jones
What if the next frontier of human rights isn’t out in the streets but inside your own head?
53:12
Episode 45: The art of noticing with Rob Walker
Noticing the details in life is eminently satisfying, yet surprisingly hard to do.
48:00
Episode 44: Rethinking fears of cancer with David Ropeik
Listen now | Few health risks conjure deeply held fears as effectively as cancer.
53:40
Episode 40: The danger of being nice with Dr Aziz Gazipura
Listen now (70 mins) | Being nice is a virtue—until it's not. Compulsively helping and staying positive to the detriment to your sanity and needs can…
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Episode 37: Katherine May, Enchantment
Listen now (62 mins) | Katherine May first joined us on Reconsidering in 2020, during the height of the pandemic, to talk about her book Wintering: The…
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Episode 22: The power of regret with Dan Pink
“No regrets.” You’ve heard people proclaim it as a philosophy of life.
50:54
Rewind: Brad Stulberg on getting grounded
In this special rewind episode, we re-air one of our most popular interviews that guests on the show have often cited as a favorite.
58:48
Episode 17: The absurd brevity of life with Oliver Burkeman
In his New York Times bestselling book Four Thousand Weeks, Oliver Burkeman writes, “The average human lifespan is absurdly, terrifyingly, insultingly…
56:52
Episode 9: Surviving Crisis with Shanti Brien
Listen now (47 mins) | Shanti Brien received a phone call from her husband that changed everything. Authorities started a criminal investigation into…
46:52
Episode 8: The Power of Rest and Retreat with Katherine May
Listen now (54 mins) | Katherine May is a mother, nature lover, writing teacher, and a New York Times best selling author. She’s also been knocked down…
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