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#002 Beginnings with Plato and Dorie Clark
#002 Beginnings with Plato and Dorie Clark
What can Plato teach us about making resolutions? Dorie Clark, our inagural guest, shares her tips for setting goals tha... Read more
2 Aug 2018
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19mins
Ranked #2
#020 Do The (Side) Hustle With Epicurus and Chris Guillebeau
#020 Do The (Side) Hustle With Epicurus and Chris Guillebeau
This episode of The Happier Hour kicks off a two-week series on MONEY. Hear what Epicurus (the non-conformist philosophe... Read more
11 Sep 2018
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30mins
Ranked #3
#047 Weird Science With Karl Popper and Maryam Zaringhalam
#047 Weird Science With Karl Popper and Maryam Zaringhalam
In this episode you’ll learn the difference between science and pseudoscience and how the philosopher Karl Popper radica... Read more
26 Mar 2019
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34mins
Ranked #4
#030 Lessons Learned: On Podcasting & Philosophy
#030 Lessons Learned: On Podcasting & Philosophy
In this series finale of The Happier Hour: Season 1, creator and host Monica McCarthy shares some of the lessons she’s l... Read more
8 Oct 2018
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35mins
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#049 Designing Your Life With Debbie Millman and Jacques Derrida
#049 Designing Your Life With Debbie Millman and Jacques Derrida
In this episode you’ll hear how designing our lives can help us be happier. You’ll learn what the award winning design e... Read more
23 Apr 2019
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40mins
Ranked #6
#045 Failure With Jean-Paul Sartre and Olivia Goldhill
#045 Failure With Jean-Paul Sartre and Olivia Goldhill
Kicking off Season 3 of The Happier Hour, is guest Olivia Goldhill, a journalist who specializes in philosophy, psycholo... Read more
7 Mar 2019
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36mins
Ranked #7
#044 Reflecting On The Year That Was
#044 Reflecting On The Year That Was
Celebrating the one year anniversary of the Happier Hour by looking back at 2018 through the lens of each guest and phil... Read more
29 Dec 2018
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34mins
Ranked #8
#022 Act II: Existential Angst and Career Change
#022 Act II: Existential Angst and Career Change
What happens when your dream career is no longer the dream? How much of what we do is who we are? In this bonus episode,... Read more
16 Sep 2018
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39mins
Ranked #9
#005 Just Your Imagination with Albert Camus and Rita J King
#005 Just Your Imagination with Albert Camus and Rita J King
How can we find meaning in a meaningless world? In this episode on Albert Camus with futurist Rita J King, we explore th... Read more
7 Aug 2018
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24mins
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#019 The Write Life With Jenny Blake
#019 The Write Life With Jenny Blake
In this bonus episode you'll hear how author, podcast host, and coach, Jenny Blake deals with writers block, organizes h... Read more
9 Sep 2018
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43mins
Ranked #11
#009 Soulmates, Sartre, and Beauvoir with Skye Cleary
#009 Soulmates, Sartre, and Beauvoir with Skye Cleary
In this episode we explore how the Existentialists view the concepts of soul mates and marriage. Our guest, philosopher ... Read more
16 Aug 2018
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25mins
Ranked #12
#031 The Road Less Travelled With Santayana and David Farley
#031 The Road Less Travelled With Santayana and David Farley
This episode kicks of The Happier Hour Season 2 as well as our conversations on DISCOVERY. You’ll learn how travel write... Read more
17 Oct 2018
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29mins
Ranked #13
#038 Sexy Time with Michel Foucault and Jezebel Express
#038 Sexy Time with Michel Foucault and Jezebel Express
Are we too repressed? In this episode you’ll learn what the philosopher historian Michel Foucault had to say about oppre... Read more
5 Dec 2018
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22mins
Ranked #14
#036 Nostalgia With Svetlana Boym and Not Your Average Cotton
#036 Nostalgia With Svetlana Boym and Not Your Average Cotton
Can nostalgia help us be happier? In this episode you’ll learn the difference between good and bad nostalgia according t... Read more
26 Nov 2018
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27mins
Ranked #15
#007 Ancient Wisdom For Modern Anxiety with Jules Evans
#007 Ancient Wisdom For Modern Anxiety with Jules Evans
How can philosophy help us navigate social anxiety? In this interview with Jules Evans, you’ll learn about Stoicism, Cog... Read more
12 Aug 2018
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29mins
Ranked #16
#046 Doubt With Socrates and Nick Pappas
#046 Doubt With Socrates and Nick Pappas
In this episode you’ll hear the philosophical history of “doubt” and learn why a healthy dose of skepticism can help us ... Read more
19 Mar 2019
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38mins
Ranked #17
#027 Reflections In Wonderland with Gwenda-lin Grewal
#027 Reflections In Wonderland with Gwenda-lin Grewal
In this episode you’ll learn about creativity as a way of revealing and reflecting our true selves. The guest, Dr. Gwend... Read more
27 Sep 2018
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26mins
Ranked #18
#037 Fiestas & Solitude With Octavio Paz and Daniel Campos
#037 Fiestas & Solitude With Octavio Paz and Daniel Campos
Are fiestas an answer to combating loneliness? In this episode you’ll learn what the poet and diplomat Octavio Paz can t... Read more
29 Nov 2018
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27mins
Ranked #19
#011 Commit To A Character with Aristotle and William Beteet
#011 Commit To A Character with Aristotle and William Beteet
In this episode we’ll explore how Aristotle and improvisation can help us navigate dating in the Age of the App; or at l... Read more
21 Aug 2018
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26mins
Ranked #20
#029 CREATIVITY Q&A: On Art, Madness, and the Middle East
#029 CREATIVITY Q&A: On Art, Madness, and the Middle East
In this final episode of our series on Creativity, you’ll hear from all three guests: Amber Baldet, Gwena-lin Grewal, an... Read more
4 Oct 2018
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19mins
