How to add more exploration in your life (w/ Alex Hutchinson)

“When was the last time you did something you didn’t do yesterday?” asks journalist and explorer Alex Hutchinson. Alex joins Chris to examine whether the desire to explore is baked into our genes, how he intentionally tries to get lost in his neighborhood, and what he learns from following his curiosity. Featured guest Follow Alex Hutchinson on Instagram and at alexhutchinson.net/ Buy The Explorer’s Gene by Alex Hutchinson Connect with the team Follow Chris on Instagram and at chrisduffycomedy.com Buy Chris’ book, Humor Me Watch How to Be a Better Human videos on YouTube at TEDAudioCollective Follow TED on X , Instagram , Facebook , LinkedIn , and TikTok For the full text transcript, visit go.ted.com/BHTranscripts Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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How to add more exploration in your life (w/ Alex Hutchinson) is an episode from How to Be a Better Human by TED.

This episode is 40:32 long.

This episode was published on Mar 30, 2026.

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