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How to Be a Better Human

How To Be A Better Human isn’t your average self improvement podcast. Each week join 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 bett...

The meaning of embodiment w/ Prentis Hemphill

37 mins; June 03, 2024

How to stay grounded in an increasingly artificial world (from The TED AI Show)

29 mins; May 27, 2024

How to follow the laws of nature (w/ Nonette Royo)

33 mins; May 20, 2024

How to give and receive good advice (w/ Hola Papi’s John Paul Brammer)

36 mins; May 13, 2024

Re-release: How to co-parent as allies, not adversaries (with Ebony Roberts)

32 mins; May 06, 2024

How to laugh at yourself (w/ Nuar Alsadir)

35 mins; April 29, 2024

How to build resilience through architecture (w/ Alyssa-Amor Gibbons)

34 mins; April 22, 2024

How to find food in your own backyard (w/ Alexis Nikole Nelson)

37 mins; April 15, 2024

How to develop the habits you want – and get rid of the ones you don’t (w/ James Clear)

34 mins; April 08, 2024

How to find “your thing” (or your many things) – (w/ Constance Hockaday)

33 mins; April 01, 2024

How to find wisdom and wholeness in a modern world (w/ Krista Tippett)

36 mins; March 25, 2024

How to get workplace gender equity now (with Sara Sanford)

36 mins; March 18, 2024

What to do when the truth isn’t enough to be believed (w/ Dina Nayeri)

36 mins; March 11, 2024

How to cultivate the skill of happiness (w/ Dan Harris)

32 mins; March 04, 2024

How to find connection –and love– in everyday life (w/ Barbara Fredrickson)

32 mins; February 26, 2024

Re-release: Why love –and therapy– means going in a direction you don’t yet know (w/ Dr. Orna Guralnik)

35 mins; February 19, 2024

How to be good enough in America (w/ Wajahat Ali)

35 mins; February 12, 2024

How to discover your authentic self -- at any age (w/ Bevy Smith)

32 mins; February 05, 2024

How to make generosity contagious (w/ Chris Anderson)

36 mins; January 29, 2024

Why you should start thinking about death (w/ Alua Arthur)

34 mins; January 22, 2024

How to think critically about history -- and why it matters (w/ David Ikard) (Re-release)

28 mins; January 15, 2024

Re-release: How to lead a happier, more fulfilling life (with Dr. Robert Waldinger)

28 mins; December 25, 2023

Re-release: How learning about indigenous foods can open up your worldview (with Sean Sherman)

30 mins; November 27, 2023

Lessons from 102-year-old swimmer Maurine Kornfeld

24 mins; November 06, 2023

What do our guests do to be better humans?

22 mins; October 30, 2023

The perks of listening to the sounds of the world (w/ Dallas Taylor)

37 mins; October 23, 2023

How comedy helps us deal with hard truths (w/ Roy Wood Jr.)

35 mins; October 16, 2023

How to solve your problems through drawing (w/ Liana Finck)

34 mins; October 09, 2023

Why you should try birding (w/ Christian Cooper)

33 mins; October 02, 2023

How do I know what my future self wants? (w/ Shankar Vedantam)

36 mins; September 25, 2023

How to build better relationships between kids, parents, and ourselves (w/ Dr. Becky Kennedy)

35 mins; September 18, 2023

What vision loss helped Andrew Leland gain

33 mins; September 11, 2023

How labor unions create worker power (w/ Margaret Levi) (Re-release)

35 mins; September 04, 2023

How changing your story can change your life (w/ Lori Gottlieb)

35 mins; August 28, 2023

Why your brain is an unreliable narrator (w/ Aparna Nancherla)

35 mins; August 21, 2023

How to Love Criticism | WorkLife with Adam Grant

31 mins; August 14, 2023

Episode 1: The Internet’s First Main Character? | The Redemption of Jar Jar Binks

31 mins; August 07, 2023

How To Love Your Face (from Slate's How To!)

34 mins; July 31, 2023

Do we have something to learn from conspiracy theories? (w/ Peter McIndoe)

33 mins; July 24, 2023

How can art hold space for your pain? (w/ Jessie Reyez)

32 mins; July 17, 2023

Why we should rethink what mental health means (w/ Sandy Allen)

31 mins; July 10, 2023

Fixable: “How do I deal with a communication breakdown?"

27 mins; July 03, 2023

How to travel without even leaving home (w/ Saleem Reshamwala)

34 mins; June 26, 2023

Listen to Ten Percent Happier ft. Get Fit Sanely series

3 mins; June 24, 2023

What will you do with your one wild and precious planet? (w/ Bill McKibben)

34 mins; June 19, 2023

How to embrace – and challenge – the idea of “beauty” (w / Elise Hu)

33 mins; June 12, 2023

How to be an adult – and how to raise one (w/ Julie Lythcott-Haims)

34 mins; June 05, 2023

What we can learn from great salespeople (w/ Colin Coggins)

27 mins; May 29, 2023

How to set boundaries and find peace (w/ Nedra Glover Tawwab)

33 mins; May 22, 2023

How to dive into your fears (w/ Jill Heinerth)

30 mins; May 15, 2023

How to stop finding your self-worth through your job (w/ Gloria Chan Packer)

33 mins; May 08, 2023

The secret to making new friends as an adult (w/ Marisa G. Franco)

33 mins; May 01, 2023

The difference between easy and difficult beauty (w/ Chloe Cooper Jones)

33 mins; April 24, 2023

ALOK is microdosing creativity and rejecting norms

36 mins; April 17, 2023

How to keep house while drowning (w/ KC Davis)

34 mins; April 10, 2023

Fixable: Kelli - “How do I deal with a communication breakdown?

27 mins; April 03, 2023

Stephen Satterfield wants his meals to match his ideals

29 mins; March 27, 2023

Julissa Arce on why success isn’t worth her assimilation

31 mins; March 20, 2023

Why Kim Scott thinks you need to ask for feedback

36 mins; March 13, 2023

Cord Jefferson's creativity is fueled by mental health

34 mins; March 06, 2023

Anne Helen Petersen on changing your relationship to work and the guardrails that can prevent burnout

31 mins; February 27, 2023

Pardon the Interruption… But Did Sports Debate Shows Change the World?

40 mins; February 20, 2023

Why love –and therapy– means going in a direction you don’t yet know (w/ Dr. Orna Guralnik)

35 mins; February 13, 2023

Jody Avirgan learned everything from sports

33 mins; February 06, 2023

Andrew Marantz doesn’t want you to give up on the internet

35 mins; January 30, 2023

The science of happiness (w/ Laurie Santos)

35 mins; January 23, 2023

How to care for the people who take care of us (w/ Ai-jen Poo)

39 mins; January 16, 2023

There is no “grief starter pack” (w/ Michael Cruz Kayne)

38 mins; January 09, 2023

You can do better than a New Year’s resolution (w/ Gretchen Rubin)

37 mins; January 02, 2023

How to answer your biggest questions—with data (w/ Mona Chalabi)

35 mins; November 28, 2022

How to have curious conversations in dangerously divided times (w/ Mónica Guzmán)

37 mins; November 21, 2022

How to take charge of your money (w/ Wendy De La Rosa)

38 mins; November 14, 2022

How free solo climber Alex Honnold faces fear | ReThinking with Adam Grant

43 mins; November 07, 2022

How labor unions create worker power (w/ Margaret Levi)

34 mins; October 31, 2022

How to stand up for what you believe in (w/ Luvvie Ajayi Jones)

37 mins; October 24, 2022

How to tell your authentic story (with Noor Tagouri)

31 mins; October 17, 2022

How to get workplace gender equity now (with Sara Sanford)

36 mins; October 10, 2022

How to have great sex (with Siphumeze Khundayi and Tiffany Mugo)

36 mins; October 03, 2022

TED Tech: Why people and AI make good business partners | Shervin Khodabandeh

16 mins; September 26, 2022

How to be perfect (with Michael Schur)

35 mins; September 19, 2022

How to get motivated - by losing?! (with Monica Wadhwa)

31 mins; September 12, 2022

How to be okay when things are not okay (w/ Mollie West Duffy and Liz Fosslien)

36 mins; September 05, 2022

How to embrace rejection (with Jia Jiang)

31 mins; August 29, 2022

How to let go of being a "good" person (with Dolly Chugh)

34 mins; August 22, 2022

The TED Interview: How to predict the future with Jane McGonigal

43 mins; August 15, 2022

How do you approach gender as a parent? (with LB Hannahs)

35 mins; August 08, 2022

How to make transformative ideas happen (with Frans Johansson)

30 mins; August 01, 2022

How to discover your humanity… through math? (with Francis Su)

31 mins; July 25, 2022

How to find your voice (with Greta Morgan)

33 mins; July 18, 2022

How to make yourself more human in an automated world (with Kevin Roose)

34 mins; July 11, 2022

How to Find the Comedy in A Messed-Up World (with Maeve Higgins)

31 mins; July 04, 2022

How to unite people through art (with JR)

29 mins; June 27, 2022

Body Stuff: Do you really need 8 hours of sleep?

33 mins; May 29, 2022

How To Pitch Your Best Ideas | WorkLife with Adam Grant

44 mins; May 02, 2022

How to talk to a colleague who offended you

57 mins; March 20, 2022

How to find gratitude everyday

12 mins; December 20, 2021

How creating space for joy can build resilience (with Miracle Jones)

33 mins; December 13, 2021

How to nurture your “emotional agility” (with Susan David)

27 mins; December 06, 2021

How to enrich your everyday life with poetry (with Sarah Kay)

29 mins; November 29, 2021

How thinking critically about history shapes our future (with David Ikard)

28 mins; November 22, 2021

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