Episodes

Drawing on a deeply rooted family legacy—five ancestors who fought for American independence and another, a Hessian soldier who sided with the British— Sharon Virts brings uncommon authenticity to her fiction. A member of the...

The news is saturated with heartbreak, yet for many Americans injustice is familiar, and so is resistance. Political strategist Atima Omara contends that guidance and inspiration can be drawn from those who have endured and c...

From thoughtfully designed college campuses that encourage lifelong connections to workplace environments that can subtly undermine autonomy, the spaces we inhabit have a profound impact on our behavior, yet this influence is...

Stepping into leadership after excelling as an individual contributor can feel overwhelming. Tess Fyalka explores the common challenges new leaders face, from self-doubt and team conflict to navigating difficult conversations...

What if luck isn’t random at all? Tina Seelig PhD reframes what we call “luck” as something you can actively create. Fortune grows from the choices you make and the risks you take when opportunity appears. Drawing on insights...

In her captivating memoir, Deborah K. Shepherd examines her first great love, with a man thirty-four years her senior. In 1968 and at age 21, she ditched college in Tucson for hippie life in New York. When that soured, she fo...

Racism and how it has developed over the years is constantly evolving, shaped by shifting social norms, political power, and the everyday assumptions people often take for granted. Ainsley LeSure PhD offers some powerful insi...

Choosing Emotions For centuries, emotion has been debated, measured, regulated, and theorized, yet no single work has mapped the full range of everyday emotional experience across disciplines—until now. D. Earl Johnston intro...

Good Girl Detox Many women are socialized to act as constant caregivers, the “good girls” who prioritize everyone else’s needs above their own. However, mental health clinician, professor, and author Dr. Julie Merriman remind...

For generations, women have been conditioned to prioritize others, silence their voices, and neglect their own needs. In her latest work, Sara Hirsh Bordo addresses a critical gap in women’s wellness: the power of self-permis...

In a world of texts, DMs, and disappearing messages, one woman is bringing back the lost art of the thank-you note, typing over 1,000 letters a year on vintage typewriters, and the results are nothing short of extraordinary. ...

Many affairs happen in relationships that seem perfectly happy. And when betrayal is discovered, it doesn’t just break hearts; it shatters a person’s identity- their entire sense of who they are in the world. Lora Cheadle ’s ...

Mario Cartaya found the inner peace he needed by confronting memories he didn’t know he had. Born in Havana in 1951, he left Cuba at age eight, after the turbulent winds of change forced his family to immigrate to the United ...

Investigative journalist and abortion access correspondent for The Nation, Amy Littlefield had been reporting on reproductive healthcare and abortion for a decade when the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade in 2022. Her imm...

In an era marked by deep social and political divisions, disagreements can escalate quickly. Tensions surrounding politics, religion, and personal beliefs often lead to hostility, bullying, or emotional confrontations. Doug N...

As millions begin the new year searching for motivation and direction, author and entrepreneur Joel Steele believes the real transformation starts within.He challenges the idea that change comes from external sources and inst...

After a near-death experience as a teenager, Marie Diamond discovered a profound connection between environment, energy, and human potential. That life-changing moment inspired her lifelong mission: helping people transform t...

On September 6, 1970, twenty-year-old Mimi Nichter , wearing her green mini-dress, was returning home on a flight to New York/JFK Airport from a summer spent on a kibbutz in Israel when her airplane was hijacked by armed memb...

Former Olympic boxer and professional champion Danny O’Connor delivers a searing, deeply personal memoir that confronts one of sport’s most overlooked crises: eating disorders in male athletes. From high school wrestling to t...

In a memoir rich with human drama, hard-earned wisdom and enduring life lessons, Ed Hajim recounts the astonishing journey of his life. Kidnapped by his father at the age of three, he drifted through foster homes and orphanag...

When a teenage student from Manhattan’s elite Dearborn Academy dies on a class trip, three mothers must face the darkest secrets lurking beneath the surface of their lifestyles, their friendships, their children and themselve...

Divorce isn’t just the division of assets. It’s the unraveling of a shared life, and the decisions made in the process that can shape a woman’s future for decades. Seasoned divorce expert Beth Kraszewski shares the ten critic...

What does it really mean to choose the single life on purpose? Drawing on research from more than 20,000 people, Bella DePaulo PhD explains why many who are “single at heart” experience deep fulfillment, joy and psychological...

Lena Fein was raised in madness by a violent and controlling mother, obsessed with household cleanliness and the beauty of her porcelain dolls. To survive, she perfected the art of dissociation, racing through school with str...