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