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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 conv...

What if your hardest emotional challenges could be solved by talking to a stranger? A person who has gone through the exact same situation o...

Molly Graham has had a high-powered career at a ton of extremely successful companies—and now she’s joining TED as the new host of the podca...

Molly Graham has had a high-powered career at a ton of extremely successful companies—and now she’s joining TED as the new host of the podca...

Sex is a normal part of human life, but it can also get complicated–whether you’re having it or not! The way we approach, think, and engage...

Eric Zimmer has learned the hard way that the path to big life changes starts with small everyday behaviors. Whether it’s kicking an addicti...

Chris Duffy—comedian, writer, and host of the TED podcast How to Be a Better Human—joins to discuss how humor shaped his path from teaching...

“When was the last time you did something you didn’t do yesterday?” asks journalist and explorer Alex Hutchinson. Alex joins Chris to examin...

What is consciousness? Humans and animals have it, but do plants have sentience? These are the questions journalist Michael Pollan studies....

“Optimism is not what exists in a vacuum on your best day, but how you're pulling through for yourself on your worst days,” says actress Yar...

“Optimism is not what exists in a vacuum on your best day, but how you're pulling through for yourself on your worst days,” says actress Yar...

Matt Levine is the author of Bloomberg’s “Money Stuff” newsletter where he writes about Wall Street and finances. Matt joins Chris to break...

If we accept that work-life balance is a necessity, then why are stress and burnout still increasing? Guy Winch is a psychologist and was th...

If you could switch places with someone and peek into their mind, who would you pick? For journalist Courtney Martin, she chose her aging da...

Many of us tend to prioritize our romantic and familial relationships over friendships — and that could be harming our wellbeing and health....

Love coach Francesca Hogi is dedicated to helping daters find “lasting love in the midst of a broken dating culture.” In this episode, Franc...

How do you quieten the judgmental voice in your head? Educator and entrepreneur Anu Gupta suggests you actually listen to it.Anu joins Chris...

Many company cultures can feel stagnant and uninspiring, says designer Ben Swire, whose job is to help people take creative risks. Ben share...

Kevin Townley is a meditation teacher. But he’s also a comedian who leads museum tours and an actor whose career spans Men in Black 3 and La...

Can our dogs feel guilt? Or have they successfully trained us with their puppy eyes to win a treat and extra kibble? Alexandra Horowitz is a...

For the past five seasons, host Chris Duffy has been interviewing guests from psychotherapist Dr. Orna Guralnik to poet Sarah Kay to author...

After a mysterious wave of tics and twitches swept through a small-town high school in New York, documentary podcaster Dan Taberski set out...

Relationships of any kind can be tricky—but therapists are here to help. In this special episode, Anne and Frances talk to clinical psycholo...

Many of us are entering the new year with a similar goal — to build community and connect more with others. To kick off season five, Priya P...

Remember those fun high school superlatives like the “Class Clown” or the “Biggest Flirt”? In this special How to Be a Better Human season f...

Money can buy you happiness – but not in the way we think. Giving money away – especially to help others – has been shown make us happier th...

What makes a hometown home, and how do you find community? Sarah Kay is a spoken word poet and author of the latest poetry collection, A Lit...

If you remove ingredients like dairy, wheat, flour, cane sugar, beef, pork, and chicken from your diet—then what do you eat? For Sioux chef...

Where do you belong and what does community mean to you? These are the central questions Chris asks poet and cultural critic Hanif Abdurraqi...

“All couples fight. In fact, how they fight in the first three minutes predicts with 96% accuracy not only how the rest of the conversation...

Edith Zimmerman is a sketchbook cartoonist and writer of the Substack newsletter, Drawing Links. In this episode, she joins Chris to talk ab...

Did you know that you start losing bone AND muscle mass as soon as the age of thirty? Or that your fingers and toes don’t have muscles? Or h...

How do you quit people-pleasing? Internet filmmaker Baron Ryan and family therapist Stephanie R. Yates-Anyabwile unpack the all-too-common f...

This is the surprising story of how Texas – rich in oil and gas – became America's biggest producer of wind energy. For our first episode, R...

The real lever of a meaningful life isn’t intelligence or hustle — it’s personal agency, says Cate Hall, former Supreme Court attorney and o...

How often do you connect with different people each week? How many many close relationships do you aim to cultivate during those connections...

How do you raise confident and capable children in a seemingly scary and unsafe world? According to Lenore Skenazy, the solution is simple y...

What’s more important in communication— the content or the delivery? Julian Treasure is a five-time TED speaker and the author of Sound Affe...

What makes some people supercommunicators? How can you become one too? This is the central lesson in Charles Duhigg’s bestseller Supercommun...

Is it effective to engage with politics on social media — and what does it take to make actual change? Katherine Cross is a researcher on on...

What will dating look like in the age of AI? Whitney Wolfe Herd is the founder and CEO of Bumble, the popular dating app that has helped mil...

When someone you love is going through a difficult time, what do you say? Despite your best intentions, author Katherine May argues offering...

What parts of yourself did you lose as you grew up? This is one of the central questions asked in Ashley C. Ford’s memoir, Somebody’s Daught...

What makes kids so joyful? Why do polka-dots and bright colors invoke feelings of joy? How do our senses shape our experience of joy? These...

“People are expected to have good friendships, but nobody talks about how they happen,” says journalist Aminatou Sow. Aminatou is also the h...

Humor is all around us— you only need to be intentional about seeking moments of laughter and joy in your life. In this special compilation...

We often think donating clothes is a sustainable act, but when tons of garments are shipped to places like West Africa, it creates environme...

Sarah Jaffe is the author of Work Won’t Love You Back: How Devotion to Our Jobs Keep Us Exploited, Exhausted, and Alone . She and Chris disc...

Widely recognized as a musical genius and once-in-a-generation talent, Jon Batiste is one of history’s most brilliant, prolific, and accompl...

What is the aspect of being you that you cling to most tightly? Why are you you and not somebody else? How do you understand and make sense...

Austin Kleon thinks stealing inspiration is a good thing — because it requires you to pay attention to the world. Austin is a self-proclaime...