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Dr Mithu Storoni – How To Transform the Way You Work

Physician, surgeon and neuroscience researcher Dr Mithu Storoni shares insightful and practical strategies to enhance the quality and creativity of your work.

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Alison Fragale – How Women Can Get the Success They Deserve

Behavioural scientist Alison Fragale reveals a practical playbook for women to advance in any workplace, while remaining authentic to themselves.

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Psychiatrist Bessel van der Kolk – When the Body Keeps the Score

Is helplessness and invisibility inevitable after trauma? Not according to global bestselling author Bessel van der Kolk, who joins the podcast to share a new paradigm for healing.

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Psychologist Mary Anderson – How to be a Happy High-Achiever

Being a happy high-achiever is possible: psychologist Dr Mary E. Anderson reveals how you can aim high and nurture your ambition, all while being kinder on yourself.

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Oliver Burkeman – How to Live a Meaningful Life in an Age of Bewilderment

How can we embrace our limits? Oliver Burkeman dispels the myths of self-help and helps us realise a freer and more enchanted life.

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Stefan Stern – The Lady Macbeth Guide to Ambition

What do Shakespearean tragic heroines and the Financial Times have in common? Journalist and business scholar Stefan Stern joins us to unpack the nature of ambition — with practical insights for all of our lives.

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Philosopher Peter Godfrey-Smith – How Animal Minds Transformed Planet Earth

Peter Godfrey-Smith’s Other Minds introduced the world to the wonders of the octopus. Now he turns his attention to an animal closer to home: us.

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Dr Emily Leeming – The Life Changing Science of Gut Health

Your gut isn’t just a swirling sac of acid, it’s your second brain, capable of sharpening focus and changing your mood. With new groundbreaking evidence, Dr Emily Leeming digests your body’s secret powerhouse. 

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Henry Oliver – How To Find Success in Midlife

Good things come to those who are late. Henry Oliver is here to reveal how you can find hidden talents and professional success in middle age.

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World Record Breaking Mountaineer Lhakpa Sherpa and Filmmaker Lucy Walker

Lhakpa Sherpa, the first Nepali woman to summit and descend Everest, joined filmmaker Lucy Walker to reveal her lifelong dream of empowering women and her own extraordinary journey against all odds.

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Olympic Gold medallist and entrepreneur Mark Tuitert – How Stoic Philosophy Can Change Your Life

It brought him an Olympic medal, bestselling authorship and a thriving business. Now Mark Tuitert is here to teach you how to master the principles of Stoicism and achieve your peak potential.

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Bestselling Science Writer David Robson – The Laws of Social Connection

Award-winning science journalist David Robson joins us to illuminate the science and art of social connection and reveal how we can build better relationships to improve our lives.

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My Octopus Teacher star Craig Foster – How to be Wild

Academy-Award-winning filmmaker behind My Octopus Teacher, Craig Foster, joins Kate Humble for an awe-inspiring meditation on the power of nature and our place within it.

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Charles Duhigg – How to be a Supercommunicator

Charles Duhigg reveals how you can use conversation to build authority and influence, and forge better relationships.

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Haemin Sunim – When Things Don’t Go Your Way

Internationally bestselling author and Zen Buddhist teacher Haemin Sunim reveals how we can find inner peace and happiness even when things don’t seem to go our way.

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Mo Gawdat & Alice Law – A Guide to Stress-Free Living

Google [X] tech pioneer, bestselling author and podcaster Mo Gawdat and stress management expert Alice Law are here to help us through the stress pandemic.

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Robin Sharma Meets Ali Abdaal – How to Be Truly Wealthy

Internationally bestselling author of The 5AM club and legendary mentor shares how to become truly wealthy with Ali Abdaal.

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Emma Reed Turrell – How To Overcome Your Blind Spots

One of the UK’s best-loved therapists and podcasters shows us how to free ourselves of the unconscious blind-spots that cloud our minds and damage our relationships.

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Neuroscientist Charan Ranganath meets Robin Ince – Why We Remember

Robin Ince joins UC Davis Professor Charan Ranganath shares the surprising secret to memory: forgetting.

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Harvard’s Christopher Palmer – How Metabolism Affects Mental Health

Harvard’s Christopher Palmer has been causing ripples on both sides of the pond with his pioneering approach to mental health.

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Neuroscientist Dr Richard Restak – How To Prevent Dementia

America’s preeminent neurologist offers a comprehensive guide to memory and dementia, sharing how we can strengthen our memory to prevent losing what we hold dear.

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Daniel Goleman – Emotional Intelligence at Work

The pioneer of the paradigm-shifting concept of Emotional Intelligence reveals why being wired isn’t the key to performing well.

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Dr Gemma Newman – The Six Healing Health Habits You Need to Know

Drawing together lessons from twenty years of clinical practice, Dr Gemma Newman shares a practical, holistic approach to wellness, starting with love from within.

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Comedian Ruby Wax – On Mental Health

The comedian, broadcaster, and mindfulness advocate joins us for a journey into the depths of her psyche.

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Psychotherapist Adam Phillips – What We Must Give Up To Feel More Alive

Both a renowned psychotherapist and the ‘best living essayist writing in English’ (John Gray), Adam Phillips joins us to reflect upon what we must give up in order to feel more alive.

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Daniel Dennett v. Robert Sapolsky – Do We Have Free Will?

Two titans of neuroscience and philosophy come together to debate the existence of free will – a question with profound implications for identity, justice, and the very meaning of life itself.

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Dr Uma Naidoo – How to Calm Your Mind With Food

Both a practising psychiatrist and a professionally trained chef, Dr Uma Naidoo joins us to explore the mind-body connection.

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Psychologist Dan Ariely – Why People Are Drawn to Conspiracy Theories, and How to Help

The superstar social scientist joins us for an eye-opening exploration of the misinformation crisis, examining what drives otherwise rational people to adopt deeply irrational beliefs.

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Harvard Psychologist David Rosmarin – How To Thrive With Anxiety

Harvard Medical School psychologist David Rosmarin joins us with a practical guide for transforming your anxiety from a burden to a benefit.

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Holistic Psychologist Nicole LePera – How to Heal Your Relationships

‘A practical and inspiring primer on how to extend true connection and love to others and to our hurting world.’ – Dr Gabor Mate

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New York Times columnist David Brooks – How to Know Others and Be Truly Seen

‘One of the most prominent public intellectuals of our time.’ (Washington Post), New York Times columnist David Brooks joins us with a guide to seeing others deeply – and being seen.

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Harvard Business School Prof. Amy Edmondson – How Learning to Fail Can Teach Us to Thrive

Drawing on a lifetime’s research, the world’s most influential organisational psychologist reveals how failures can lead us to happier, more successful lives.

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David Spiegel – How Hypnosis Can Change Your Life

Stanford’s Dr. David Spiegel is the world’s foremost authority on the power of self-hypnosis to improve our mental and physical health.

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Iain McGilchrist – The Divided Brain and the Meaning of Life

A neuroscientist, psychiatrist, and philosopher, Iain McGilchrist joins us with a compelling argument for a new philosophy of living.

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Albert Read Meets Will Gompertz – Where Good Ideas Come From (and How to Have More of Them)

Imagination is our most powerful muscle and our greatest source of fulfilment. Find out how to exercise yours with two of the country’s most influential and creative people.

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Arthur C. Brooks – How to Build the Life You Want

The Atlantic columnist and Harvard Professor shares a blueprint for a better life.

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Davina McCall and Dr Naomi Potter – How to Thrive Through Menopause

Davina McCall and Dr Naomi Potter join us for a hands-on guide to help you live your best life during menopause.

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David Nutt – How Psychedelics Can Change Your Life

Are you ready to change your mind? Professor David Nutt joins us to cut through the noise and share his discoveries from more than a decade of scientific research.

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Dr Anders Hansen — How to be Happier and Less Distracted

Our modern world is a battlefield of apps, atomisation, and anxiety; Anders Hansen is here to help us fight back.

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Susan Magsamen and Ivy Ross – The Neuroscience of Art

Join us for a journey through the new science of neuroaesthetics, and discover how your brain transforms when you participate in the arts.

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Jesse Coomer – The Power of Breathwork

Learn how to combat the always-on, hamster-wheel culture of contemporary life with techniques from breathworker Jesse Coomer.

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Dr Pooja Lakshmin – Sustainable Strategies For Real Self-Care

Leading physician Dr Pooja Lakshmin joins us with an evidence-based guide to achieving real and lasting wellbeing.

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Dr Amy Shah – How to Manage Hunger and Cravings

Physician Amy Shah debunks mainstream myths about hunger and provides you with science-based strategies to manage food cravings.

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Andy Clark – How Our Minds Predict and Shape Reality

One of the most important living thinkers in cognitive science and philosophy joined us with a grand new vision to explain our lived experience.

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Emma Gannon – The Meaning of Success

What if we were told that everything we’ve been led to believe about traditional success is a lie?

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Viorica Marian – How the Language We Speak Changes How We Think

How do languages change our experience of the world? Psycholinguist Viorica Marian has dedicated her life to finding the answer.

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Gretchen Rubin – How to Get Out of Your Head and Into Your Life

Join Gretchen Rubin and discover how the five senses to get us out of our heads and back into the world to find our true happiness.

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Andre Sólo – How to Thrive as a Highly Sensitive Person

It’s time to shatter the myth that being sensitive is a weakness and celebrate the power of a deeper, more tuned-in mind.

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Sarah Knight – How to be an Adult and Get Treated Like One

Described as ‘Oprah meets Amy Schumer’ by Elle, Sarah Knight is here with hilarious, tough love wisdom you can’t afford not to hear.