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. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Autor: TED
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32 min 23 sec
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95 hr 34 min
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Cord Jefferson's creativity is fueled by mental health
06 Mar, 2023Television writer Cord Jefferson has written for the kind of shows that crack hearts open. From The Good Place to Watchmen, Station Eleven to Master of None, Cord has spent his career wrangling human emotions in the writers’ room – …
Duración: 34 minAnne Helen Petersen on changing your relationship to work and the guardrails that can prevent burnout
27 Feb, 2023What does "burnout" even mean anymore? If you're asking yourself this question, you've come to the right podcast. Anne Helen Petersen is the writer who helped popularize the term and she thinks people are missing the big picture. In this …
Duración: 31 minPardon the Interruption… But Did Sports Debate Shows Change the World?
20 Feb, 2023From risky snowboard halfpipe runs, to 400m sprints where every second counts, to high-stakes archery tournaments, performing well in sports requires mental toughness as much as physical toughness. How do athletes get “in the zone”? And what can we all …
Duración: 40 minWhy love –and therapy– means going in a direction you don’t yet know (w/ Dr. Orna Guralnik)
13 Feb, 2023In her critically acclaimed Showtime docuseries, Couples Therapy, clinical psychologist and psychoanalyst Dr. Orna Guralnik thinks deeply about relationships, emotions, and connection. In this episode, Dr. Guralnik explains why she believes psychoanalysis helps us love better, dispels myths about the …
Duración: 35 minJody Avirgan learned everything from sports
06 Feb, 2023When it comes to sports, it might seem like there are two kinds of people. Those who are religious about their love for the game and those who only see Super Bowl Sunday as a vessel for an epic halftime …
Duración: 33 minAndrew Marantz doesn’t want you to give up on the internet
30 Ene, 2023The internet can be a wonderful, but also a terribly unpleasant place. Andrew Marantz knows this well. He is a staff writer at The New Yorker who spent three years embedded in the world of internet trolls to understand how …
Duración: 35 minThe science of happiness (w/ Laurie Santos)
23 Ene, 2023The phrase “comparison is the thief of joy” might be the kind of cliche that makes you roll your eyes – and yet, it’s an idea that is, scientifically, pretty accurate. In today’s episode, psychologist Laurie Santos – a Yale …
Duración: 35 minHow to care for the people who take care of us (w/ Ai-jen Poo)
16 Ene, 2023Activist, and MacArthur Genius, Ai-jen Poo believes that caring for others is one of the fundamental acts that make us human. But from nannies to elder-care workers, house cleaners to living assistants, single parents and beyond, globally, caretakers do not …
Duración: 39 minThere is no “grief starter pack” (w/ Michael Cruz Kayne)
09 Ene, 2023There’s one thing that connects all living beings – an experience so profound yet so common. Today’s guest, Michael Cruz Kayne says it best: “It's gonna happen to you, to the people you love – even to the people you …
Duración: 38 minYou can do better than a New Year’s resolution (w/ Gretchen Rubin)
02 Ene, 2023Why do so many of us wait until a new calendar year to start setting our goals? For today’s guest, Gretchen Rubin, “there really is no magic to January 1st”-- and the best time to start a healthy habit is …
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