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I've listened to a lot of podcasts throughout the years. This is a list of podcasts I found especially sticky and useful to shape my thinking, feeling, and doing. I've often recommended particular episodes to others and they found them useful too.
Trusting the Gold - A Celebration of Tara’s New Book, with guest, Rick Hanson
Tara Brach
Tara Brach
[Unedited] A Problem Well-Stated is Half-Solved
Center for Humane Technology
Your Undivided Attention
Ep. 159 – Kristin Neff
Sharon Salzberg
Metta Hour with Sharon Salzberg
#97 Roger Martin: Forward Thinking
Shane Parrish
The Knowledge Project with Shane Parrish
Learn Faster, Learn Smarter with Josh Kaufman
Dr. Rick Hanson
Being Well with Dr. Rick Hanson
Authentic Happiness with Dr. Tal Ben-Shahar
Dr. Rick Hanson
Being Well with Dr. Rick Hanson
Michael Gervais | Creating a Living Masterpiece
Scott Barry Kaufman
The Psychology Podcast
Lisa Feldman Barrett | Surprising Truths about the Human Brain
Scott Barry Kaufman
The Psychology Podcast
Adam Grant | Think Again
Scott Barry Kaufman
The Psychology Podcast
Chip Conley | Wisdom, Midlife, and Peak Experience
Scott Barry Kaufman
The Psychology Podcast
Martin Seligman | From Learned Helplessness to Learned Hopefulness
Scott Barry Kaufman
The Psychology Podcast
Roy Baumeister | Overcoming the Power of Bad
Scott Barry Kaufman
The Psychology Podcast
Steven Hayes | Liberate Your Mind
Scott Barry Kaufman
The Psychology Podcast
[Rerun] Helen Fisher on Why We Love, Lust, and Live with Helen Fisher
Scott Barry Kaufman
The Psychology Podcast
Steven Hayes | Get Out Of Your Mind and Live a Vital Life
Scott Barry Kaufman
The Psychology Podcast
#110 – Holden Karnofsky on building aptitudes and kicking ass
Rob Wiblin
80,000 Hours Podcast with Rob Wiblin
#109 – Holden Karnofsky on the most important century
Rob Wiblin
80,000 Hours Podcast with Rob Wiblin
#88 – Tristan Harris on the need to change the incentives of social media companies
Rob Wiblin
80,000 Hours Podcast with Rob Wiblin
#79 - A.J. Jacobs on radical honesty, following the whole Bible, and reframing global problems as puzzle
Rob Wiblin
80,000 Hours Podcast with Rob Wiblin
#72 - Toby Ord on the precipice and humanity's potential futures
Rob Wiblin
80,000 Hours Podcast with Rob Wiblin
#71 - Benjamin Todd on the key ideas of 80,000 Hours
Rob Wiblin
80,000 Hours Podcast with Rob Wiblin
#68 - Will MacAskill on the paralysis argument, whether we're at the hinge of history, & his new priorities
Rob Wiblin
80,000 Hours Podcast with Rob Wiblin
#66 - Prof Peter Singer on being provocative, effective altruism, & how his moral views have changed
Rob Wiblin
80,000 Hours Podcast with Rob Wiblin
#39 - Spencer Greenberg on the scientific approach to solving difficult everyday questions
Rob Wiblin
80,000 Hours Podcast with Rob Wiblin
#268 — The Limits of Self-Knowledge
Sam Harris
Making Sense with Sam Harris
#250 — Broken Conversations
Sam Harris
Making Sense with Sam Harris
#228 — Doing Good
Sam Harris
Making Sense with Sam Harris
#208 — Existential Risk
Sam Harris
Making Sense with Sam Harris
#204 — A Conversation with Jonathan Haidt
Sam Harris
Making Sense with Sam Harris
#174 — Life & Mind
Sam Harris
Making Sense with Sam Harris
#138 — The Edge of Humanity
Sam Harris
Making Sense with Sam Harris
#194 - How fructose drives metabolic disease | Rick Johnson, M.D.
Peter Attia
The Peter Attia Drive
#193 - AMA #31: Heart rate variability (HRV), alcohol, sleep, and more
Peter Attia
The Peter Attia Drive
#188 - AMA #30: How to Read and Understand Scientific Studies
Peter Attia
The Peter Attia Drive
#185 - Allan Sniderman, M.D.: Cardiovascular disease and why we should change the way we assess risk
Peter Attia
The Peter Attia Drive
#180 - AMA #28: All things testosterone and testosterone replacement therapy
Peter Attia
The Peter Attia Drive
#179 - Jeremy Loenneke, Ph.D.: The science of blood flow restriction—benefits, uses, and what it teaches us about the relationship between muscle size and strength
Peter Attia
The Peter Attia Drive
#176 - AMA #27: The importance of muscle mass, strength, and cardiorespiratory fitness for longevity
Peter Attia
The Peter Attia Drive
#175 - Matt Kaeberlein, Ph.D.: The biology of aging, rapamycin, and other interventions that target the aging process
Peter Attia
The Peter Attia Drive
#173 - AMA #26: Continuous glucose monitors, zone 2 training, and a framework for interventions
Peter Attia
The Peter Attia Drive
#171 - Steve Austad, Ph.D.: The landscape of longevity science: making sense of caloric restriction, biomarkers of aging, and possible geroprotective molecules
Peter Attia
The Peter Attia Drive
#163 - Layne Norton, Ph.D.: Building muscle, losing fat, and the importance of resistance training
Peter Attia
The Peter Attia Drive
#153 - AMA #21: Deep dive into olive oil, high-intensity exercise, book update, and more
Peter Attia
The Peter Attia Drive
#152 - Michael Rintala, D.C.: Principles of Dynamic Neuromuscular Stabilization (DNS)
Peter Attia
The Peter Attia Drive
#148 - Richard Miller, M.D., Ph.D.: The gold standard for testing longevity drugs: the Interventions Testing Program
Peter Attia
The Peter Attia Drive
#145 - AMA #19: Deep dive on Zone 2 training, magnesium supplementation, and how to engage with your doctor
Peter Attia
The Peter Attia Drive
#144 - Phil Maffetone: Optimizing health and performance through maximal aerobic function
Peter Attia
The Peter Attia Drive
#143 - John Ioannidis, M.D., D.Sc.: Why most biomedical research is flawed, and how to improve it
Peter Attia
The Peter Attia Drive
#132 - AMA #16: Exploring hot and cold therapy
Peter Attia
The Peter Attia Drive
#127 - AMA #3 with sleep expert, Matthew Walker, Ph.D.: Fasting, gut health, blue light, caffeine, REM sleep, and more
Peter Attia
The Peter Attia Drive
#126 – Matthew Walker, Ph.D.: Sleep and immune function, chronotypes, hygiene tips, and addressing questions about his book
Peter Attia
The Peter Attia Drive
#123 - Joan Mannick, M.D. & Nir Barzilai, M.D.: Rapamycin and metformin—longevity, immune enhancement, and COVID-19
Peter Attia
The Peter Attia Drive
#120 - AMA with Dom D’Agostino, Ph.D., Part II of II: Ketosis for cancer and chronic disease, hyperbaric oxygen therapy, and the effect of ketosis on female health
Peter Attia
The Peter Attia Drive
#118 - Lloyd Klickstein, M.D., Ph.D.: Rapamycin, mTOR inhibition, and the biology of aging
Peter Attia
The Peter Attia Drive
#116 - AMA with Dom D’Agostino, Ph.D., Part I of II: Ketogenic diet, exogenous ketones, and exercise
Peter Attia
The Peter Attia Drive
#111 - AMA #14: What lab tests can (and cannot) inform us about our overall objective of longevity
Peter Attia
The Peter Attia Drive
#108 - AMA #13: 3-day fasting, exogenous ketones, autophagy, and exercise for longevity
Peter Attia
The Peter Attia Drive
#96 - David Epstein: How a range of experience leads to better performance in a highly specialized world
Peter Attia
The Peter Attia Drive
#89 - AMA #11: All things fasting
Peter Attia
The Peter Attia Drive
#70 - David Sinclair, Ph.D.: How cellular reprogramming could slow our aging clock (and the latest research on NAD)
Peter Attia
The Peter Attia Drive
#47 – Matthew Walker, Ph.D., on sleep – Part I of III: Dangers of poor sleep, Alzheimer's risk, mental health, memory consolidation, and more.
Peter Attia
The Peter Attia Drive
Iñigo San Millán, Ph.D.: Zone 2 Training and Metabolic Health (Ep. #85 Rebroadcast)