How to Be a Better Human
Join How to Be a Better Human as we take a look within and beyond ourselves. How to Be a Better Human isn’t your average self improvement podcast. Each week join comedian Chris Duffy in conversation with guests and past speakers as they uncover sharp insights and give clear takeaways on how YOU can be a better human. From your work to your home and your head to your heart, How to Be a Better Human looks in unexpected places for new ways to improve and show up for one another. Inspired by the popular series of the same name on TED’s Ideas blog, How to Be a Better Human will help you become a better person from the comfort of your own headphones.Podcasts
Re-release: How to co-parent as allies, not adversaries (with Ebony Roberts)
Published: May 6, 2024, 10 a.m.Duration: 32 minutes 59 seconds
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How to laugh at yourself (w/ Nuar Alsadir)
Published: April 29, 2024, 10 a.m.Duration: 35 minutes 33 seconds
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How to build resilience through architecture (w/ Alyssa-Amor Gibbons)
Published: April 22, 2024, 10 a.m.Duration: 34 minutes 6 seconds
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How to find food in your own backyard (w/ Alexis Nicole Nelson)
Published: April 15, 2024, 10 a.m.Duration: 37 minutes 2 seconds
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How to find food in your own backyard (w/ Alexis Nikole Nelson)
Published: April 15, 2024, 10 a.m.Duration: 37 minutes 2 seconds
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How to develop the habits you want and get rid of the ones you dont (w/ James Clear)
Published: April 8, 2024, 10 a.m.Duration: 34 minutes 9 seconds
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How to find your thing (or your many things) (w/ Constance Hockaday)
Published: April 1, 2024, 10 a.m.Duration: 33 minutes 44 seconds
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How to find wisdom and wholeness in a modern world (w/ Krista Tippett)
Published: March 25, 2024, 10 a.m.Duration: 36 minutes 49 seconds
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What to do when the truth isnt enough to be believed (w/ Dina Nayeri)
Published: March 11, 2024, 10 a.m.Duration: 36 minutes 22 seconds
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How to cultivate the skill of happiness (w/ Dan Harris)
Published: March 4, 2024, 11 a.m.Duration: 32 minutes 46 seconds
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How to find connection and love in everyday life (w/ Barbara Fredrickson)
Published: Feb. 26, 2024, 11 a.m.Duration: 32 minutes 12 seconds
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Re-release: Why love and therapy means going in a direction you dont yet know (w/ Dr. Orna Guralnik)
Published: Feb. 19, 2024, 11 a.m.Duration: 35 minutes 33 seconds
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How to be good enough in America (w/ Wajahat Ali)
Published: Feb. 12, 2024, 2:07 p.m.Duration: 35 minutes 16 seconds
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How to discover your authentic self -- at any age (w/ Bevy Smith)
Published: Feb. 5, 2024, 11 a.m.Duration: 32 minutes 10 seconds
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How to make generosity contagious (w/ Chris Anderson)
Published: Jan. 29, 2024, 11 a.m.Duration: 36 minutes 59 seconds
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Why you should start thinking about death (w/ Alua Arthur)
Published: Jan. 22, 2024, 11 a.m.Duration: 34 minutes 38 seconds
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How to think critically about history -- and why it matters (w/ David Ikard) (Re-release)
Published: Jan. 15, 2024, 11 a.m.Duration: 28 minutes 24 seconds
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Re-release: How to lead a happier, more fulfilling life (with Dr. Robert Waldinger)
Published: Dec. 25, 2023, 11 a.m.Duration: 28 minutes 35 seconds
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Re-release: How learning about indigenous foods can open up your worldview (with Sean Sherman)
Published: Nov. 27, 2023, 11 a.m.Duration: 29 minutes 59 seconds
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Lessons from 102-year-old swimmer Maurine Kornfeld
Published: Nov. 6, 2023, 11 a.m.Duration: 24 minutes 1 second
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What do our guests do to be better humans?
Published: Oct. 30, 2023, 10 a.m.Duration: 22 minutes 2 seconds
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The perks of listening to the sounds of the world (w/ Dallas Taylor)
Published: Oct. 23, 2023, 10 a.m.Duration: 37 minutes 9 seconds
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How comedy helps us deal with hard truths (w/ Roy Wood Jr.)
Published: Oct. 16, 2023, 10 a.m.Duration: 35 minutes 49 seconds
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How to solve your problems through drawing (w/ Liana Finck)
Published: Oct. 9, 2023, 10 a.m.Duration: 34 minutes 42 seconds
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Why you should try birding (w/ Christian Cooper)
Published: Oct. 2, 2023, 10 a.m.Duration: 33 minutes 15 seconds
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How do I know what my future self wants? (w/ Shankar Vedantam)
Published: Sept. 25, 2023, 10 a.m.Duration: 36 minutes 55 seconds
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How to build better relationships between kids, parents, and ourselves (w/ Dr. Becky Kennedy)
Published: Sept. 18, 2023, 10 a.m.Duration: 35 minutes 20 seconds
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What vision loss helped Andrew Leland gain
Published: Sept. 11, 2023, 10 a.m.Duration: 33 minutes 30 seconds
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How changing your story can change your life (w/ Lori Gottlieb)
Published: Aug. 28, 2023, 10 a.m.Duration: 35 minutes 14 seconds
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Why your brain is an unreliable narrator (w/ Aparna Nancherla)
Published: Aug. 21, 2023, 10 a.m.Duration: 35 minutes 58 seconds
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How to Love Criticism | WorkLife with Adam Grant
Published: Aug. 14, 2023, 10 a.m.Duration: 31 minutes 39 seconds
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Episode 1: The Internets First Main Character? | The Redemption of Jar Jar Binks
Published: Aug. 7, 2023, 10 a.m.Duration: 31 minutes 56 seconds
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How To Love Your Face (from Slate's How To!)
Published: July 31, 2023, 10 a.m.Duration: 34 minutes 25 seconds
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Do we have something to learn from conspiracy theories? (w/ Peter McIndoe)
Published: July 24, 2023, 10 a.m.Duration: 33 minutes 30 seconds
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How can art hold space for your pain? (w/ Jessie Reyez)
Published: July 17, 2023, 10 a.m.Duration: 32 minutes 37 seconds
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Why we should rethink what mental health means (w/ Sandy Allen)
Published: July 10, 2023, 10 a.m.Duration: 31 minutes 18 seconds
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Fixable: How do I deal with a communication breakdown?"
Published: July 3, 2023, 10 a.m.Duration: 27 minutes 58 seconds
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How to travel without even leaving home (w/ Saleem Reshamwala)
Published: June 26, 2023, 10 a.m.Duration: 34 minutes 49 seconds
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Listen to Ten Percent Happier ft. Get Fit Sanely series
Published: June 25, 2023, 4 a.m.Duration: 3 minutes 39 seconds
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What will you do with your one wild and precious planet? (w/ Bill McKibben)
Published: June 19, 2023, 10 a.m.Duration: 34 minutes 22 seconds
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How to embrace and challenge the idea of beauty (w / Elise Hu)
Published: June 12, 2023, 10 a.m.Duration: 33 minutes 2 seconds
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How to be an adult and how to raise one (w/ Julie Lythcott-Haims)
Published: June 5, 2023, 10 a.m.Duration: 34 minutes 27 seconds
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What we can learn from great salespeople (w/ Colin Coggins)
Published: May 29, 2023, 10 a.m.Duration: 27 minutes 33 seconds
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How to set boundaries and find peace (w/ Nedra Glover Tawwab)
Published: May 22, 2023, 10:01 a.m.Duration: 33 minutes 48 seconds
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How to dive into your fears (w/ Jill Heinerth)
Published: May 15, 2023, 10 a.m.Duration: 30 minutes 9 seconds
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How to stop finding your self-worth through your job (w/ Gloria Chan Packer)
Published: May 8, 2023, 10 a.m.Duration: 33 minutes 21 seconds
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The secret to making new friends as an adult (w/ Marisa G. Franco)
Published: May 1, 2023, 10 a.m.Duration: 33 minutes 20 seconds
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The difference between easy and difficult beauty (w/ Chloe Cooper Jones)
Published: April 24, 2023, 10 a.m.Duration: 33 minutes 34 seconds
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ALOK is microdosing creativity and rejecting norms
Published: April 17, 2023, 10 a.m.Duration: 36 minutes 37 seconds
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How to keep house while drowning (w/ KC Davis)
Published: April 10, 2023, 10 a.m.Duration: 34 minutes 25 seconds
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Fixable: Kelli - How do I deal with a communication breakdown?
Published: April 3, 2023, 10 a.m.Duration: 27 minutes 58 seconds
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Stephen Satterfield wants his meals to match his ideals
Published: March 27, 2023, 10 a.m.Duration: 29 minutes 23 seconds
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Julissa Arce on why success isnt worth her assimilation
Published: March 20, 2023, 10 a.m.Duration: 31 minutes 55 seconds
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Why Kim Scott thinks you need to ask for feedback
Published: March 13, 2023, 10 a.m.Duration: 36 minutes 7 seconds
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Cord Jefferson's creativity is fueled by mental health
Published: March 6, 2023, 11 a.m.Duration: 34 minutes 25 seconds
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Anne Helen Petersen on changing your relationship to work and the guardrails that can prevent burnout
Published: Feb. 27, 2023, 11 a.m.Duration: 31 minutes 2 seconds
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Pardon the Interruption... But Did Sports Debate Shows Change the World?
Published: Feb. 20, 2023, 3:57 p.m.Duration: 40 minutes 3 seconds
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Why love and therapy means going in a direction you dont yet know (w/ Dr. Orna Guralnik)
Published: Feb. 13, 2023, 10 a.m.Duration: 35 minutes 26 seconds
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Jody Avirgan learned everything from sports
Published: Feb. 6, 2023, 10 a.m.Duration: 33 minutes 5 seconds
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Andrew Marantz doesnt want you to give up on the internet
Published: Jan. 30, 2023, 10 a.m.Duration: 35 minutes 24 seconds
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The science of happiness (w/ Laurie Santos)
Published: Jan. 23, 2023, 10 a.m.Duration: 35 minutes 44 seconds
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How to care for the people who take care of us (w/ Ai-jen Poo)
Published: Jan. 16, 2023, 10 a.m.Duration: 39 minutes 2 seconds
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There is no grief starter pack (w/ Michael Cruz Kayne)
Published: Jan. 9, 2023, 10 a.m.Duration: 38 minutes 43 seconds
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Happier with Gretchen Rubin
Published: Jan. 6, 2023, 10 a.m.Duration: 29 minutes 59 seconds
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You can do better than a New Years resolution (w/ Gretchen Rubin)
Published: Jan. 2, 2023, 10 a.m.Duration: 37 minutes 55 seconds
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How to answer your biggest questionswith data (w/ Mona Chalabi)
Published: Nov. 28, 2022, 10 a.m.Duration: 35 minutes 55 seconds
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How to have curious conversations in dangerously divided times (w/ Monica Guzman)
Published: Nov. 21, 2022, 10 a.m.Duration: 37 minutes 52 seconds
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How to take charge of your money (w/ Wendy De La Rosa)
Published: Nov. 14, 2022, 10 a.m.Duration: 38 minutes
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How free solo climber Alex Honnold faces fear | ReThinking with Adam Grant
Published: Nov. 7, 2022, 10 a.m.Duration: 43 minutes 49 seconds
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How labor unions create worker power (w/ Margaret Levi)
Published: Oct. 31, 2022, 9 a.m.Duration: 34 minutes 22 seconds
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How to stand up for what you believe in (w/ Luvvie Ajayi Jones)
Published: Oct. 24, 2022, 9 a.m.Duration: 37 minutes 33 seconds
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How to tell your authentic story (with Noor Tagouri)
Published: Oct. 17, 2022, 9 a.m.Duration: 31 minutes 55 seconds
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How to get workplace gender equity now (with Sara Sanford)
Published: Oct. 10, 2022, 9 a.m.Duration: 36 minutes 26 seconds
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How to have great sex (with Siphumeze Khundayi and Tiffany Mugo)
Published: Oct. 3, 2022, 9:06 p.m.Duration: 36 minutes 6 seconds
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TED Tech: Why people and AI make good business partners | Shervin Khodabandeh
Published: Sept. 26, 2022, 9 a.m.Duration: 16 minutes 31 seconds
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How to be perfect (with Michael Schur)
Published: Sept. 19, 2022, 9 a.m.Duration: 35 minutes 52 seconds
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How to get motivated - by losing?! (with Monica Wadhwa)
Published: Sept. 12, 2022, 9 a.m.Duration: 31 minutes 18 seconds
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How to be okay when things are not okay (w/ Mollie West Duffy and Liz Fosslien)
Published: Sept. 5, 2022, 9 a.m.Duration: 36 minutes 19 seconds
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How to embrace rejection (with Jia Jiang)
Published: Aug. 29, 2022, 9 a.m.Duration: 31 minutes 17 seconds
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How to let go of being a "good" person (with Dolly Chugh)
Published: Aug. 22, 2022, 9 a.m.Duration: 34 minutes 37 seconds
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The TED Interview: How to predict the future with Jane McGonigal
Published: Aug. 15, 2022, 9 a.m.Duration: 43 minutes 13 seconds
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How do you approach gender as a parent? (with LB Hannahs)
Published: Aug. 8, 2022, 9 a.m.Duration: 35 minutes 37 seconds
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How to make transformative ideas happen (with Frans Johansson)
Published: Aug. 1, 2022, 9 a.m.Duration: 30 minutes 29 seconds
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How to discover your humanity... through math? (with Francis Su)
Published: July 25, 2022, 9 a.m.Duration: 31 minutes 23 seconds
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How to find your voice (with Greta Morgan)
Published: July 18, 2022, 9 a.m.Duration: 33 minutes 26 seconds
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How to make yourself more human in an automated world (with Kevin Roose)
Published: July 11, 2022, 9 a.m.Duration: 34 minutes 10 seconds
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How to Find the Comedy in A Messed-Up World (with Maeve Higgins)
Published: July 4, 2022, 9 a.m.Duration: 31 minutes 54 seconds
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How to unite people through art (with JR)
Published: June 27, 2022, 9 a.m.Duration: 29 minutes 3 seconds
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Body Stuff: Do you really need 8 hours of sleep?
Published: May 30, 2022, 4 a.m.Duration: 33 minutes 13 seconds
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How To Pitch Your Best Ideas | WorkLife with Adam Grant
Published: May 2, 2022, 2:34 p.m.Duration: 43 minutes 53 seconds
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How to talk to a colleague who offended you
Published: March 21, 2022, 4 a.m.Duration: 57 minutes 20 seconds
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How to find gratitude everyday
Published: Dec. 20, 2021, 5 p.m.Duration: 12 minutes 22 seconds
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How creating space for joy can build resilience (with Miracle Jones)
Published: Dec. 13, 2021, 5 p.m.Duration: 33 minutes 14 seconds
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How to nurture your emotional agility (with Susan David)
Published: Dec. 6, 2021, 5 p.m.Duration: 27 minutes 36 seconds
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How to enrich your everyday life with poetry (with Sarah Kay)
Published: Nov. 29, 2021, 5 p.m.Duration: 29 minutes 35 seconds
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How thinking critically about history shapes our future (with David Ikard)
Published: Nov. 22, 2021, 5 p.m.Duration: 28 minutes 9 seconds
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How to co-parent as allies, not adversaries (with Ebony Roberts)
Published: Nov. 15, 2021, 5 p.m.Duration: 32 minutes 58 seconds
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How to find health information you can trust (with Dr. Jen Gunter)
Published: Nov. 8, 2021, 5 p.m.Duration: 32 minutes 53 seconds
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How practicing curiosity could help the world around you (with Joe Hanson)
Published: Nov. 1, 2021, 4 p.m.Duration: 33 minutes 19 seconds
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Am I Normal? with Mona Chalabi: How many friends do I need?
Published: Oct. 25, 2021, 4 p.m.Duration: 23 minutes 25 seconds
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How to be a better steward of the environment
Published: Oct. 18, 2021, 4 p.m.Duration: 16 minutes 35 seconds
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How to find the humor in everyday life (with Jo Firestone)
Published: Oct. 11, 2021, 4 p.m.Duration: 33 minutes 16 seconds
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How engaging with the natural world benefits you-- and science (with Mary Ellen Hannibal)
Published: Oct. 4, 2021, 4 p.m.Duration: 31 minutes 50 seconds
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How to tap into your self-awareness-- and why it even matters (with Tasha Eurich)
Published: Sept. 27, 2021, 4 p.m.Duration: 31 minutes 6 seconds
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How to have conversations with people who hate you? (with Dylan Marron)
Published: Sept. 20, 2021, 4 p.m.Duration: 30 minutes 11 seconds
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How to future-proof your career? (with Dorie Clark)
Published: Sept. 13, 2021, 4 p.m.Duration: 33 minutes 19 seconds
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How humility and bravery can help your career
Published: Sept. 6, 2021, 4 p.m.Duration: 15 minutes 33 seconds
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Design Matters with Debbie Millman: Celebrating Pride
Published: Aug. 30, 2021, 4 p.m.Duration: 34 minutes 59 seconds
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TED Climate: What happens to the plastic you throw away?
Published: Aug. 23, 2021, 4 p.m.Duration: 12 minutes 32 seconds
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Science of Happiness: Scheduling Time to Feel Awe
Published: Aug. 16, 2021, 4 p.m.Duration: 20 minutes 37 seconds
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How to Be a Better Human Recommends
Published: Aug. 9, 2021, 4 p.m.Duration: 16 minutes 33 seconds
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How to really see patience as a virtue
Published: Aug. 2, 2021, 4 p.m.Duration: 13 minutes 27 seconds
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How to lead a happier, more fulfilling life (with Dr. Robert Waldinger)
Published: July 26, 2021, 4 p.m.Duration: 28 minutes 19 seconds
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How to stop sabotaging your romantic relationships (with Raquel Peel)
Published: July 19, 2021, 4 p.m.Duration: 28 minutes 38 seconds
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How to deal with jerks in the workplace (with Christine Porath)
Published: July 12, 2021, 4 p.m.Duration: 26 minutes 17 seconds
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How to become a better ally (with Nita Mosby Tyler)
Published: July 5, 2021, 4 p.m.Duration: 36 minutes 22 seconds
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How to create a more just future with your community (with Raj Jayadev)
Published: June 28, 2021, 4 p.m.Duration: 31 minutes 16 seconds
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How to forget about finding The One and build a lasting relationship (with Dr. George Blair West)
Published: June 21, 2021, 4 p.m.Duration: 33 minutes 26 seconds
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How to make language fun and create a more inclusive world (with Juli Delgado Lopera)
Published: June 14, 2021, 4 p.m.Duration: 33 minutes 11 seconds
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How learning about indigenous foods can open up your worldview (with Sean Sherman)
Published: June 7, 2021, 4 p.m.Duration: 29 minutes 49 seconds
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BODY STUFF: Why are we so awkward about poop?
Published: May 31, 2021, 4 p.m.Duration: 30 minutes 55 seconds
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How to tap into the transformative power of reading (with Michelle Kuo)
Published: May 24, 2021, 4 p.m.Duration: 33 minutes 26 seconds
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How zombies, dragons, and superheroes could make you a better person (with Christopher Robichaud)
Published: May 17, 2021, 4 p.m.Duration: 33 minutes 29 seconds
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How to handle the ups and downs of social media (with Aparna Nancherla)
Published: May 10, 2021, 4 p.m.Duration: 33 minutes 8 seconds
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How to spend money to buy happiness (with Michael Norton)
Published: May 3, 2021, 4 p.m.Duration: 32 minutes 25 seconds
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How to Rethink a Bad Decision | WorkLife with Adam Grant
Published: April 26, 2021, 4 p.m.Duration: 38 minutes 20 seconds
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How to turn climate anxiety into action (with Luisa Neubauer)
Published: April 19, 2021, 4 p.m.Duration: 30 minutes 39 seconds
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How to sleep like your relationships depend on it (with Wendy Troxel)
Published: April 12, 2021, 4 p.m.Duration: 31 minutes 51 seconds
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How to care for your community with radical hospitality (with Doniece Sandoval)
Published: April 5, 2021, 4 p.m.Duration: 31 minutes 6 seconds
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How to have better conversations (with Celeste Headlee)
Published: March 29, 2021, 4 p.m.Duration: 29 minutes 59 seconds
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How to celebrate the ups and downs of family life(with Glen Henry)
Published: March 22, 2021, 4 p.m.Duration: 29 minutes 40 seconds
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How to bring confidence and joy into your sex life (with Emily Nagoski)
Published: March 15, 2021, 4 p.m.Duration: 33 minutes 22 seconds
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How to redefine your self-worth (with Meag-gan O'Reilly)
Published: March 8, 2021, 5 p.m.Duration: 28 minutes 35 seconds
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How to be the set designer of your own world (with David Korins)
Published: March 1, 2021, 5 p.m.Duration: 30 minutes 43 seconds
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How to get the medical care you deserve (with Leana Wen, M.D.)
Published: Feb. 22, 2021, 5 p.m.Duration: 31 minutes 38 seconds
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How to become a better ally (with Dwinita Mosby Tyler)
Published: Feb. 15, 2021, 5 p.m.Duration: 36 minutes 22 seconds
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How to thrive in remote work (with David Burkus)
Published: Feb. 8, 2021, 5 p.m.Duration: 30 minutes 3 seconds
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How to fix our polarized conversations (with Robb Willer)
Published: Feb. 1, 2021, 5 p.m.Duration: 30 minutes 5 seconds
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How to cultivate resilience and get through tough times (with Lucy Hone)
Published: Jan. 25, 2021, 5:05 p.m.Duration: 33 minutes 19 seconds
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How to challenge conventional wisdom -- and change any industry (with Franklin Leonard)
Published: Jan. 18, 2021, 5:05 p.m.Duration: 27 minutes 34 seconds
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How to find the emotional support you need right now (with Guy Winch)
Published: Jan. 11, 2021, 5:05 p.m.Duration: 29 minutes 13 seconds
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Welcome to How To Be a Better Human
Published: Jan. 4, 2021, 4 p.m.Duration: 1 minute 25 seconds
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