How to Be a Better Human
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 conversation with guests and past speakers as they uncover sharp insights and give clear takeaways on how YOU can
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Self-Improvement
Education
How to find wisdom and wholeness in a modern world (w/ Krista Tippett)
Keeping hope and courage alive before the many pains...
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Mar 25 2024 36m
Chapter 1 11 mins
Finding Hope and Meaning in ChaosChapter 2 9 mins
Living in the Questions and LoveChapter 3 7 mins
Exploring Spirituality in Secular SocietyChapter 4 8 mins
Navigating Collective Grief and Spiritual ReflectionChapter 5 22 sec
Engagement With Audience Feedback and Ratings
How to get workplace gender equity now (with Sara Sanford)
There are more opportunities for women in the workpl...
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Mar 18 2024 36m
Chapter 1 14 mins
Creating Inclusive Workplaces With GenChapter 2 13 mins
Equity and Inclusion in the WorkplaceChapter 3 10 mins
Creating an Anti-Biased Workplace
What to do when the truth isn’t enough to be believed (w/ Dina Nayeri)
Stories are such a powerful human invention that eve...
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Mar 11 2024 36m
Chapter 1 11 mins
Exploring Believability and Cultural MisunderstandingsChapter 2 10 mins
Exploring Belief and Intellectual HumilityChapter 3 6 mins
Belief and Bias in SocietyChapter 4 8 mins
Challenging Systems and Beliefs
How to cultivate the skill of happiness (w/ Dan Harris)
If you’ve ever felt apprehensive about trying someth...
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Mar 4 2024 32m
Chapter 1 6 mins
Changing the Voice Inside Your HeadChapter 2 10 mins
Embracing Mindfulness and Humor in LifeChapter 3 7 mins
Prioritizing Mental Health and RelationshipsChapter 4 11 mins
Meditation, Mindfulness, and Taking Action
How to find connection –and love– in everyday life (w/ Barbara Frederickson)
Romantic love isn’t all it’s cracked up to be – at l...
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Feb 26 2024 32m
Chapter 1 5 mins
Building Connections Through Positive PsychologyChapter 2 12 mins
Understanding and Cultivating Positive EmotionsChapter 3 6 mins
Expanding Your Circle of LoveChapter 4 9 mins
The Power of Positivity Resonance
Re-release: Why love –and therapy– means going in a direction you don’t yet know (w/ Dr. Orna Guralnik)
In her critically acclaimed Showtime docuseries, Cou...
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Feb 19 2024 35m
Chapter 1 15 mins
Love and Relationships With Orna GuralnickChapter 2 11 mins
Transformative Couples Therapy and Personal GrowthChapter 3 10 mins
Navigating Complex Relationship Dynamics
How to be good enough in America (w/ Wajahat Ali)
If there's one thing this show believes in, it's tha...
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Feb 12 2024 35m
Chapter 1 14 mins
Maintaining Hope and Cultivating OptimismChapter 2 6 mins
Parenthood, Hope, and Challenging ChoicesChapter 3 8 mins
Navigating HardshipChapter 4 7 mins
Finding Hope in Hard Times
How to discover your authentic self -- at any age (w/ Bevy Smith)
Wanting to “find yourself” isn’t something that only...
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Feb 5 2024 32m
Chapter 1 6 mins
Dreaming Big and Finding YourselfChapter 2 10 mins
The Power of Reinvention and ExplorationChapter 3 4 mins
Managing Jealousy and Finding AuthenticityChapter 4 5 mins
Reinventing YourselfChapter 5 7 mins
Embracing Freedom and Pursuing Joy
How to make generosity contagious infectious (w/ Chris Anderson)
If you’ve ever opened up social media in the hopes t...
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Jan 29 2024 36m
Chapter 1 11 mins
Infectious GenerosityChapter 2 10 mins
Infectious Generosity and Its ChallengesChapter 3 6 mins
Acts of GenerosityChapter 4 10 mins
Journalism's Power for Positive Community Change
Why you should start thinking about death (w/ Alua Arthur)
There’s a saying about two things that are inevitabl...
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Jan 22 2024 34m
Chapter 1 10 mins
Exploring Death and End-of-Life PlanningChapter 2 13 mins
Exploring Mortality and Death DoulasChapter 3 7 mins
Exploring Green Burial and Embracing DeathChapter 4 8 mins
Death, Life, and Practical Considerations
How to think critically about history -- and why it matters (w/ David Ikard) (Re-release)
Have you ever recalled a story only to have someone ...
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Jan 15 2024 28m
Chapter 1 6 mins
Redefining Historical NarrativesChapter 2 4 mins
Challenging Whitewashed History Through Accurate EducationChapter 3 5 mins
Complicating Historical NarrativesChapter 4 13 mins
Educating Oneself and Intellectual Vulnerability
Re-release: How to lead a happier, more fulfilling life (with Dr. Robert Waldinger)
What makes YOU happy? Dr. Robert Waldinger is the di...
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Dec 25 2023 28m
Chapter 1 13 mins
The Key to HappinessChapter 2 9 mins
Social Connections and Well-BeingChapter 3 10 mins
Long-Term Study on Men's LivesChapter 4 30 sec
Fixable
Re-release: How learning about indigenous foods can open up your worldview (with Sean Sherman)
What’s your favorite dish — and what culture origina...
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Nov 27 2023 29m
Chapter 1 7 mins
Exploring Indigenous Food and EducationChapter 2 6 mins
Rediscovering Indigenous Food and CultureChapter 3 6 mins
Food as a Political ToolChapter 4 5 mins
Promoting Indigenous Food Sovereignty and SupportChapter 5 6 mins
Supporting Indigenous Food, Fighting Cultural AppropriationChapter 6 37 sec
"How to Be a Better Human"
Lessons from 102-year-old swimmer Maurine Kornfeld
Maurine “Mighty Mo'' Kornfeld will soon turn 102 yea...
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Nov 6 2023 24m
Chapter 1 8 mins
Swimming, Life, and Finding Your PassionChapter 2 12 mins
Swimming, Community, and Life LessonsChapter 3 7 mins
Finding Positivity and Advice From Moe
What do our guests do to be better humans?
This show is all about growth – and it’s always insp...
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Oct 30 2023 22m
Chapter 1 14 mins
Exploring Personal Growth and Self-ImprovementChapter 2 4 mins
GreenChefChapter 3 6 mins
Fiction's Power in Building Empathy
The perks of listening to the sounds of the world (w/ Dallas Taylor)
Keyboard and mouse clicks, the song of an ice cream ...
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Oct 23 2023 37m
Chapter 1 3 mins
Discovering the Power of SoundChapter 2 15 mins
Exploring the World of Sound DesignChapter 3 6 mins
The Power of Sound in CommunicationChapter 4 6 mins
Authenticity in Communication and Conscious ListeningChapter 5 7 mins
Exploring Sonic Happiness and Sonic Logos
How comedy helps us deal with hard truths (w/ Roy Wood Jr.)
There’s a saying that comedy is tragedy plus time. P...
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Oct 16 2023 35m
Chapter 1 6 mins
Comedian Roy Wood JrChapter 2 9 mins
Using Humor to Connect and CommunicateChapter 3 11 mins
Humor Addressing Serious IssuesChapter 4 11 mins
Language Learning and Handling Criticism
How to solve your problems through drawing (w/ Liana Finck)
Liana Finck’s cartoons explore life’s big predicamen...
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Oct 9 2023 34m
Chapter 1 7 mins
The Power of Drawing for Self-DiscoveryChapter 2 8 mins
Choosing Drawing as a MediumChapter 3 14 mins
Challenges of Generating Creative IdeasChapter 4 8 mins
Navigating Self-Doubt in the Artistic WorldChapter 5 45 sec
Acknowledgements and Listener Engagement
Why you should try birding (w/ Christian Cooper)
If you ask Christian Cooper, a science writer, edito...
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Oct 2 2023 33m
Chapter 1 12 mins
The Joys of BirdingChapter 2 5 mins
Birding for Better LivingChapter 3 5 mins
Cognitive Switch and Passion for BirdingChapter 4 7 mins
Birding, Identity, and ContextChapter 5 7 mins
The Connection Between Humans and Nature
How do I know what my future self wants? (w/ Shankar Vedantam)
How well would you say you know yourself? Do you fee...
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Sep 25 2023 36m
Chapter 1 5 mins
Exploring the Transitory Nature of IdentityChapter 2 5 mins
The Hidden BrainChapter 3 12 mins
Hidden and Conscious Brain in LifeChapter 4 7 mins
Navigating Change, Discovering Future SelvesChapter 5 9 mins
Discovering Ourselves and Embracing Change
How to build better relationships between kids, parents, and ourselves (w/ Dr. Becky Kennedy)
One of the most important things that humans do is l...
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Sep 18 2023 35m
Chapter 1 3 mins
The Power of Repair in RelationshipsChapter 2 13 mins
The Power of Repair in RelationshipsChapter 3 11 mins
Positive Identity, Behavior SeparationChapter 4 9 mins
ParentingChapter 5 53 sec
Be a Better Human by Chris Duffy
What vision loss helped Andrew Leland gain
When he was a teenager, Andrew Leland was diagnosed ...
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Sep 11 2023 33m
Chapter 1 7 mins
Adapting to Life's Transitions and UncertaintyChapter 2 8 mins
Navigating the Spectrum of BlindnessChapter 3 10 mins
The Importance of Understanding Each OtherChapter 4 7 mins
Disability and Acceptable Blind HumorChapter 5 27 sec
Request for Ratings and Discussion Participation
How labor unions create worker power (w/ Margaret Levi) (Re-release)
If the ongoing television writers' and actors' strik...
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Sep 4 2023 35m
Chapter 1 2 mins
The Power of Worker OrganizingChapter 2 4 mins
Reimagining Labor Unions for Worker SolidarityChapter 3 12 mins
Labor Movements and OrganizingChapter 4 8 mins
Union Decline and the Power of OrganizingChapter 5 11 mins
Media and Union History's Impact
How changing your story can change your life (w/ Lori Gottlieb)
Lori Gottlieb believes we all have an inner narrator...
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Aug 28 2023 35m
Chapter 1 12 mins
Narrative Change and Therapeutic PowerChapter 2 12 mins
The Connection Between Stories and ChangeChapter 3 10 mins
Choosing and Evaluating a Therapist
Why your brain is an unreliable narrator (w/ Aparna Nancherla)
Impostor syndrome is one of many therapy-speak words...
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Aug 21 2023 35m
Chapter 1 11 mins
Impostor Syndrome and Mental Health ChallengesChapter 2 8 mins
Impostor Syndrome and Overcoming FailureChapter 3 8 mins
Navigating Impostor Syndrome and Taking ControlChapter 4 8 mins
Navigating Impostor Syndrome and Mental HealthChapter 5 31 sec
How to Be Human