Mar 31, 2020
After this father committed suicide, Sean Dietrich, aka "Sean of the South," dropped out of the seventh grade, did odd manual labor jobs and never thought he'd amount to anything. But he found solace in writing and storytelling—and turned his life around. Now he's a celebrated blogger, popular podcaster, and author of...
Mar 26, 2020
For many of us, this is a time of uncertainty and anxiety. To help navigate these difficult days, I talk to journalist and educator Simran Sethi, who wrote a great piece in The New York Times called, “10 Ways to Ease Your Coronavirus Anxiety,” Simran says she wrote the story she wanted to read, and I’m so happy...
Mar 22, 2020
On their popular podcast "By The Book", Jolenta Greenberg and Kristen Meinzer live by the rules of a different self-help book every episode to figure what works and what fails. Now they have a new book called How To Be Fine that distills 50 lessons they've learned from their research. They talk to me about how the show...
Mar 18, 2020
"We are members of the cult of efficiency, and we're killing ourselves with productivity," says Celeste Headlee, radio host, journalist, and author of the provocative new book: Do Nothing: How To Break Away from Overworking, Overdoing, and Underliving. Celeste argues that for the past few centuries we've been sold a...
Mar 12, 2020
Max Brooks has written extensively on pandemics, both in his bestselling novels World War Z and The Zombie Survival Guide, and in his essays for such publications as The Washington Post and The New York Times. On the podcast, he tackles the facts and fiction surrounding the novel coronavirus and what the public should...