Education, Parenting & Personal Growth
213: LeVar Burton | Storytelling the Enemies of Education Off
LeVar Burton (@levarburton) is an award-winning actor famous for iconic roles from Kunta Kinte in Roots to Geordi La Forge on Star Trek: The Next Generation, and the host of long-running PBS series Reading Rainbow and the LeVar Burton Reads podcast. What We Discuss with LeVar Burton: How LeVar went from pursuing a vocation in […]
VIEW EPISODE211: Arthur Brooks | How Loving Your Enemies Can Save America
Arthur Brooks (@arthurbrooks) is a social scientist, Washington Post columnist, president of the American Enterprise Institute, and author of Love Your Enemies: How Decent People Can Save America from the Culture of Contempt. What We Discuss with Arthur Brooks: Why happiness relies on being mindful of what you have right now instead of comparing yourself […]
VIEW EPISODE210: Howie Mandel | A Conversation About Mental Health, Talent, and Perseverance
Howie Mandel (@howiemandel) is a comedian, actor, host of Deal or No Deal, judge on NBC’s America’s Got Talent, and coauthor of Here’s the Deal: Don’t Touch Me. [Featured photo by Ryan Hartford of Ecliptic Media] What We Discuss with Howie Mandel: Why Howie believes it’s important for us to be open about our struggles […]
VIEW EPISODE209: How to Trick Your Teenager into Following Good Advice | Feedback Friday
You’d love for your teenager to listen to this show and learn some life advice by proxy instead of having to endure it in real time like you did, but it seems unlikely. Why are teenagers so stubbornly opposed to parental wisdom? We can’t say for sure, but we do have some tricks for making […]
VIEW EPISODE205: What to Do When Your Purpose Starts to Suck | Deep Dive
Gabriel Mizrahi (@GabeMizrahi) joins us for this deep dive into how even the most driving purpose can wear you down, why meaning doesn’t always align with happiness, and what you can do to recalibrate your purpose when you’re discouraged by the obstacles you face in its pursuit. What We Discuss with Gabriel Mizrahi: Why meaning […]
VIEW EPISODE204: Scott Galloway | Solving the Algebra of Happiness
Scott Galloway (@profgalloway) cohosts Pivot with Kara Swisher, publishes the No Mercy/No Malice newsletter, is a professor at NYU Stern School of Business, and is the author of The Algebra of Happiness: Notes on the Pursuit of Success, Love, and Meaning. What We Discuss with Scott Galloway: How American priorities have shifted from a society […]
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