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Natalie picks up trash near her home in Toronto, Canada.

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Cleaning up with Judy Jelly

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Leah Carey is a Sex and Intimacy Coach and the host of the podcast Good Girls Talk About Sex. She's frequently featured as a guest expert on podcasts and in print, including an appearance on the #1 rated sex and relationship advice show, The Savage Lovecast.

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Claire Bown is a UK born museum educator, trainer, facilitator and podcast host of The Art Engager where she share a variety of easy-to-learn flexible techniques and tools to help create participant-centred, inquiry-driven experiences that bring art and objects to life.based in the Netherlands. Sh

She is a huge fan of slow looking and have developed an approach to help both educators and their audiences engage with art and objects in museums called Visible Thinking in the Museum (VTM).

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Rob Walker on the Art of Noticing

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Paul F. Austin is the founder and CEO of Third Wave. He's one of the most prominent voices in the world of psychedelics, and is the author of Mastering Microdosing: How to Use Sub-Perceptual Psychedelics to Heal Trauma, Improve Performance, and Transform Your Life.

As the founder of Third Wave and Psychedelic Coaching Institute, he has educated millions on the importance of safe and effective psychedelic experiences. A pioneer at the intersection of microdosing, personal transformation, and professional success, he has been featured in Forbes, Rolling Stone, and the BBC’s Worklife.

Paul helps others use microdosing as a tool for professional development and increased self-awareness by treating the use of psychedelics as a skill refined through mentorship and courageous exploration.

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The Fireside Project's Psychedelic Support Line is staffed by rigorously trained, compassionate, supportive volunteers from diverse backgrounds who listen deeply and from a place of non-judgment.

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Tamar Adler is the Kitchen Shrink. Sign-up for her Substack today! 

Tamar is the author of The Everlasting Meal Cookbook, Something Old, Something New and An Everlasting Meal. She's coming to Michigan later this month. 

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February 27 (Traverse City, MI): https://www.farmclubtc.com/events-1/tamar-alder-everlasting-meal-cookbook-talk-w-nic-thiesen

February 28 (Grand Rapids, MI): https://www.cafemamo.com/

February 29 (Three Oaks, MI): https://granorfarm.com/dining/book

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Tamar was an editor at Harper’s Magazine from 2001 through 2004. After cooking at Prune restaurant one summer, she became the chef of Farm 255, in Athens, Georgia. She eventually moved to California to cook at Chez Panisse in Berkeley, California.

Tamar has been writing full time since 2011. She has been a columnist for the New York Times Magazine, has reviewed various books for the New York Times and the New Yorker, and has been lucky enough to cover topics as wide-ranging as seaweed, hot dogs, baby weaning, and diet culture for Vogue Magazine.

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Bridget Thoreson is a journalist exploring collaboration, engagement and how to navigate a fulfilling career. Subscribe to her Substack!

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Rejecting the career ladder for a more fulfilling journey by Bridget Thoreson

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More on Frederick Herzberg's Two-Factor theory

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Jaye Johnson is a Peabody award-winning journalist, filmmaker, producer, and writer exploring the ways cultural expectations shape our public and private behavior. She is the founder and editor of The Pleasure Report, an online space that explores the intersection of politics, culture, and pleasure. As a TED Resident, she has been writing and speaking about sexuality and sense education. Her TED Talk, What We Don’t Teach Kids About Sex, has been viewed 3.5 million times and is translated into 27 languages.

Joe Richman is the founder of Radio Diaries, a Peabody award-winning producer and reporter whose pioneering series Teenage Diaries brought the voices of teenagers to a national audience on NPR’s All Things Considered. Before founding Radio Diaries, he worked on the NPR programs All Things Considered, Weekend Edition Saturday, Car Talk, and Heat. Joe also teaches radio documentary at Columbia University’s Graduate School of Journalism. The LA Times called Joe “a kind of Studs Terkel of the airwaves.”

Being Close with Michael Franti

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The last ten years have been a rollercoaster of deep despair and amazing opportunities that somehow present themselves at the last possible second,” says Eef Barzelay. “During that time, the band bottomed out, I lost my house, and I had to declare bankruptcy. The only way to survive was to try to transcend myself, to find some kind of deeper, spiritual relationship with life. Once I committed to that, all these little miracles started happening.”

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Roger Ebert's Wife, Chaz, on His Final Moments

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Brenda Strausz, 74, of Southfield, Michigan, died on 29 January 2024.

The Marianne Williamson passage from this episode is from 'A Return to Love.'

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Caveh Zahedi is a filmmaker and host of the new podcast, Conversations I Want To Have Before We Both Die. He was on this episode of TBAS talking about becoming art. 

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Shira Heisler is a physician, Zak's wife and the most frequent contributor to TBAS.

SAYING THE NICE THING WITH SHIRA HEISLER

SPLITTING WITH SHIRA

SALTING WITH SHIRA

CRITIQUING WITH SHIRA

SHOWING UP COMPLETELY WITH SHIRA

PRACTICING RESTRAINT WITH SHIRA

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***Remembering Sam Woll

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John Aslanian is a professor, a Sloan Head and a Detroit Lions fan from Metro Detroit. Learn more about the Sloan Heads here. 

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Resham Mantri is a death doula, divorced single co-parent and grieving/loving writer and artist who believes in the fertile soil of the in-between spaces for great dreaming and imagination.  She is the creator of The In-Between, an online publication of her heart and mind and the co-creator of The Community DeathCare Digest, a biweekly newsletter that explores how we die in community alongside mutual aid requests. She creates installation and performance art that has been shown in Brooklyn where she lives with her two children, her mother and their dog Freddie.  In relationship grief work, Resham brings all of the tools she has been trained in and practices.  These include many years as a lawyer for the Legal Aid Society in Brooklyn Family Court working with children and families experiencing hard transitions, her experience as a death doula, her work within restorative justice practices navigating divorce and relationship work, and her ongoing friendship with her childrens’ co-parent.  Her work as a writer and artist are her foundational dreamscapes which she will bring to this offering through essays, poems, podcasts, and literature. 

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Nikki Boyer is a three time Emmy® award-winning TV host, producer, actress, and podcaster. She created, hosted, and served as an executive producer on the award-winning Wondery podcast, Dying for Sex, which won the 2021 Ambie Award for Podcast of the Year---and was named as one of Apple’s favorite podcasts of 2020. Nikki also hosts Near Death and The Daily Smile. 

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Cyndie Spiegal, author of Microjoys: Finding Hope (Especially) When Life Is Not Okay, is an outspoken speaker, community builder, and business coach on a mission to empower others to refine their mindsets for good, and help them realize their wildest dreams. Her unique blend of straight talk, relatability, sass, and inspiration has made her a sought-after speaker for brands, conferences, and events. She lives in Brooklyn, NY, with her photographer husband and two overly particular cats. She was last on The Best Advice Show talking about how not to be creepy when talking to strangers. 

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This episode was originally made in collaboration with Slate's excellent podcast, How To! 

Like many pet parents, Zak Rosen and his wife lived for years in a state of denial about their beloved dog, Rumi. Then they learned that Rottweilers only tend to live about eight to 12 years, and there was no denying it: Rumi is already in her twilight years. In the not-so-distant future, they’ll have to make some truly tough decisions.

On this episode of How To!, Zak seeks out advice about end-of-life pet care from Dr. Ellen LaFramboise, owner of Crossroads Veterinary Hospice, and fellow pet parent Gabby Santos, who shares how she prepared for the death of her 18-year-old miniature pinscher, Bob’i. Their conversation might change the way you think about your furry pal’s final days (and maybe even your own).

If you liked this episode, check out “How To Get Your Dog To Stop Barking (Without Barking Back).”

Podcast production by Zak Rosen, Rosemary Belson, Derek John, Joel Meyer, and Merritt Jacob.

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Kathy Benjamin has worked as a writer and editor since 2009 for major sites including MentalFloss.com and ‪Cracked.com. She is currently a writer and editor for ‪Grunge.com. Offline, she’s contributed articles to mental_floss magazine and Reader’s Digest. Her specialties are history, royalty, Christianity, and death, but always with a dash of funny.

In 2013, Kathy wrote Funerals to Die For: The Craziest, Creepiest, and Most Bizarre Funeral Traditions and Practices Ever (Adams Media). She also contributed to Cracked.com’s publication The De-Textbook: The Stuff You Didn't Know About the Stuff You Thought You Knew (Plume, 2013). Her latest book, It's Your Funeral!: Plan the Celebration of a Lifetime -- Before it's Too Late (Quirk).

Kathy has turned her hand to fiction with the recently completed Area 54, a humorous science fiction novel about disco, drugs, and aliens. She has also written four children's books, which are about absolutely none of those things.

She lives in Austin, Texas with her husband, Simon, and her dog, Briscoe.

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Melanie Davenport is the Abbot of the Still Point Zen Buddhist Temple in Detroit and a therapist with  a psychodynamic, holistic, and mindfulness-based approach to healing.

*This series is dedicated to the memory of Sam Woll. May her memory be a revolution. 

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Today's episode, a re-run from last year at this time, featured Rabbi Yoni Dahlen, Dr. Erika Bocknek, Michael Franti, Jaye Johnson, Shari Colton, Eric Colton, Caveh Zahedi, Rob Walker, Jessi Hempel, Kevin Kelly, Dan Messé, Ned Specktor, Holly Wren Spaulding, Jo Strausz Rosen, Erica Heilman, Grace Bonney, Rikke Houde, Laura Hawley, Lucy Anderton

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Natalie is an 8th grader living in Texas.

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Meal Planning with Dr. Michael Strausz

Leavening with Dr. Michael Strausz

How to Achieve Easy Umami Flavors with Dr. Michael Strausz

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Katie Triest is a bird educator and coziness expert living in Telluride, Colorado. 

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Natalie Ruskin works work with purpose-driven people who want to thrive in work & wellbeing. At the heart of her work is the belief that transformation is possible. She hosts the podcast A Success Of Our Own.

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Shelbby Jouppi is a freelance data journalist based in Denver, Colorado. She's here to help local newsrooms find creative ways to bolster their community reporting with data collection, analysis and visualization.

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Gregg LeFevre is a longtime New Yorker with a passion for storytelling. Through writing, art, and conversations with friends and strangers he has always practiced the art of a good story. In his public art commissions, he has found ways to celebrate the collective stories of others, as well as sharing the personal stories he has lived.

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Erin Bicknese is a professional home organizer. She was last on the show talking about International Tell Your Crush Day. Hear that episode here. 

Work with Erin on nesting services to clear the clutter and center what's sacred to you!

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Abra Berens is a chef, former farmer, and writer. Her most recent book is Pulp: A Practical Guide to Cooking with Fruit. She believes that the meals we eat should change with the seasons and that their ingredients should come from nearby. She strives to make simple, delicious meals that champion the region.

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Meklit Hadero is an Ethiopian-American vocalist, songwriter, composer and former refugee, known for her electric stage presence, innovative sound and vibrant cultural activism. Meklit hosts Movement, a transmedia storytelling initiative that lives at the intersection of migration and music.

Meklit’s performances have taken her to renowned stages across four continents. Her last album topped world music charts across the US and Europe, and was named amongst the best of the year by Bandcamp and The Sunday Times UK. Most meaningfully to her, Meklit is a star in her home country of Ethiopia, after the music video for her song Kemekem and her TED Talk went viral there, the latter garnering over 1.3 million views.

Meklit has collaborated with renowned artists such as Kronos Quartet, Andrew Bird, Preservation Hall Jazz Band, and the late creator of funk music, Pee Wee Ellis. She is currently signed to Smithsonian Folkways, with two records set for release in 2024.

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Emahoy Tsegué-Maryam Guèbrou, Nun With a Musical Gift, Dies at 99

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Brenden Murphy is an amateur plumber from Michigan. He was last on the show advising us on counter-offering. 

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Emily Sotelo Matlack has been fascinated by relationships since she was young, and has immersed herself in relationship education and creating healthy communication tools for nearly a decade. She is a co-host of the Mulitamory podcast and the co-author of Multiamory: Essential Tools for Modern Relationships. Additionally, she is an actor, singer, and proud vegan. She is the funny bone of the Multiamory trio, and she'll also kick your ass at Mario Kart. 😝 In addition to laughing and crying about relationships on air each week, you can spot her singing and dancing in a play, performing in Hong Kong or Shanghai Disneyland, or serving every vegan who ever lived at the plant-based restaurant at which she works. You can contact Emily at emily@multiamory.com

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Jase Lindgren is a co-host of the Multiamory podcast. He's a non-monogamous dating coach, healthy masculinity educator, and sex-positivity advocate. He has trained in positive psychology, Emotional Freedom Technique, consent education, and Buddhist mindfulness practice. He has worked with the government and celebrities on HIV public awareness in Russia, is a long-time fan of podcasts, and is excited to share this new and unique content with the world. By teaching people how to suck less at communication and define each relationship on its own terms, Jase is sought out as an authority on modern dating. You can contact Jase at jase@multiamory.com

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Dedeker Winston is a co-host of Mulitamory, relationship coach, writer, and advocate for polyamory and non-traditional relationships. She is the author ofThe Smart Girl's Guide to Polyamory: Everything You Need to Know about Open Relationships, Non-Monogamy, and Alternative Love, published by Skyhorse Press.

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The Mash-Up Americans is your guide to hyphen-America. They're rooted in tradition, looking to the future, and creating culture each day we live it. 

What’s the recipe for a Mash-Up life? This fall, join them for the Ultimate Guide to a Mash-Up Life. 10 conversations with Mash-Up dignitaries including Randall Park, Lisa Ling, Chani Nicholas and Rainn Wilson filled with the essential tips for a rich, vibrant, boundless life, such as How to Find Your Spiritual , How to Be Good at Eating Any Food, and How to Do A New Moon Ritual. With hosts Amy S. Choi and Rebecca Lehrer’s signature curiosity, open heart, and wicked senses of humor, we’ll laugh, we’ll cry, and we’ll guide you through a unified approach to The Culture. This guide kicks off the 10th anniversary celebration of The Mash-Up Americans.

We’re asking: What are the new rules to engaging deeply in a cross cultural, richly flavored, FUN life? 

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Jeremy Enns may pay his bills selling software, but it's his innumerable hobbies (from car washing to podcasting) that light up his world. Jeremy cut his teeth in podcasting with The Open Road Podcast, a show dedicated to helping people find adventure in their every day. Most recently, Jeremy has joined forces with The Sonar Network to release his most ambitious project yet, Summer Camp: The Case of the Phantom Pooper, which captures the quirky charm of summer camp. Having himself grown up at summer camps in Southern Ontario, Canada, Jeremy's zaniness and joie de vivre bring this eccentric audio drama to life.

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Jen Rusciano is a regular contributor to The Best Advice Show. Hear her episode on meditation here. 

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Kiana Love is the founder of Be Wild Woman, a chakra teacher and healer. Kiana is passionate about empowering women to feel at home in their bodies, safe, nurtured and loved. Her passion stems from her personal journey healing from shame and trauma; from sexual violence, painful cycles, cysts, grief, and depression. She invites women to realign with nature and awaken to joy. She draws from her journey, studies of the feminine, sacred sexuality, energy healing, nutrition, chakra healing, ayurveda and creativity to empower women to feel confident, joyous and free to express themselves.

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Amelia Hruby is a writer, educator and podcaster with a PhD in philosophy. Over the past decade, she’s been a university professor, a community organizer, and a radio DJ. Now, she is the founder and executive producer of Softer Sounds, a feminist podcast studio that supports women and nonbinary small business owners in creating purposeful, powerful podcasts. She’s also the host of Off the Grid, a podcast about leaving social media without losing all your clients, where she shares stories, strategies and experiments for growing your business with radical generosity and energetic sovereignty.

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Elizabeth Newcamp is one of Zak's co-hosts on Slate's parenting show, Mom and Dad Are Fighting. She's a traveling mother of three boys who chronicles her misadventures at Dutch, Dutch, Goose.

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Daniel Estrin is NPR's international correspondent in Jerusalem. Since joining NPR in 2017, he has reported from Israel, Gaza, the West Bank, Iraq, Syria, Lebanon and the United Arab Emirates. He has chronicled the Trump Administration's policies that have shaped the region, and told stories of everyday life for Israelis and Palestinians. He has also uncovered tales of ancient manuscripts, secret agents and forbidden travel.

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Once seen as the “face of failure” in the New York Times, Suneel Gupta understands that the road to success is not always smooth. Suneel learned from his mistakes and went on to become a founding CEO of RISE, a breakthrough wellness company named App of the Year by Apple. Now a bestselling author, renowned speaker, Harvard Medical School visiting scholar, and host of a global Documentary Series, Suneel studies leaders around the world to discover and share simple, actionable habits that lift our performance and deepen our state of well-being. His most recent book is Everyday Dharma. 

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Once seen as the “face of failure” in the New York Times, Suneel Gupta understands that the road to success is not always smooth. Suneel learned from his mistakes and went on to become a founding CEO of RISE, a breakthrough wellness company named App of the Year by Apple. Now a bestselling author, renowned speaker, Harvard Medical School visiting scholar, and host of a global Documentary Series, Suneel studies leaders around the world to discover and share simple, actionable habits that lift our performance and deepen our state of well-being. His most recent book is Everyday Dharma. 

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Hi Advice Listener, Zak here. I've got a podcast rec. for you today.

We all want our friends to be happy… but how far would you go to help? Tiny Huge Decisions follows two best friends, Mohsin and Dalia, as they make a relationship altering choice – will she be the gestational surrogate for Mohsin and his husband? Mohsin grew up in a devout Muslim family where being gay was inconceivable. He couldn’t imagine living the life he dreamed of - to create his own family. He’s now met the love of his life, Matthew, and they want a child. When Mohsin’s best friend, Dalia, said she’d consider being a gestational surrogate for them, he couldn’t believe it - she already has a child of her own and had serious complications with her pregnancy… Eavesdrop in on their conversations, their processing, and their choices, as they grapple with the real question - is this the worst idea in the world, or the greatest gift a friend can give?

Tiny Huge Decisions is a co-production of APM Studios and Chalk + Blade.

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Zandra Zuraw is the founder of Slow Style Home and host of the Slow Style Home Podcast. 

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Emily Naylor is a radio producer based in London, England. 

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Nina Jackson is the most recent contributor to our on-going series of Shower Advice. You can be next! Call Zak with your shower advice @ 844-935-BEST

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Stephanie Butnick is host of Unorthodox, the universe's leading Jewish podcast, produced by Tablet Magazine. She's also Tablet's deputy editor and co-founder of its podcast network, Tablet Studios. 

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Natalia Mehlman Petrzela is a historian of contemporary American politics and culture. She is the author of CLASSROOM WARS: Language, Sex, and the Making of Modern Political Culture (Oxford University Press, 2015), and FIT NATION: The Gains and Pains of America’s Exercise Obsession (University of Chicago Press, 2023). She is co-producer and host of the acclaimed podcast WELCOME TO YOUR FANTASY, from Pineapple Street Studios/Gimlet and the co-host of PAST PRESENT podcast. She is a columnist for MSNBC Opinion, a frequent media guest expert, public speaker, and contributor to outlets including the New York Times, the Washington Post, CNN, and the Atlantic.

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Richard Strausz is a retired math teacher living in Metro Detroit. 

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Claudia Rincon is a marthoner  in NYC New York City running in support of diversity, women's safety, and body positivity.

Steve Magness is a world-renowned expert on performance. He is the author of the new book Do Hard Things: Why We Get Resilience Wrong and The Surprising Science of Real Toughness. He is the coauthor of Peak Performance. The Passion Paradox, and the author of The Science of Running. Collectively his books have sold more than half a million copies in print, ebook, and audio formats.

Sarah Alvarez is founder and editor-in-chief of Outlier Media

Nate Mullen is an artist and educator working at the intersections of curiosity and relationships.

This episode is inspired by What I Talk About When I Talk About Running by Haruki Murakami

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Kyle Norris has worked in public radio as a host, reporter and producer for 20 years. He spent 10 of those years at Michigan Radio and has additionally worked for KNKX and KUOW in Seattle. He currently teaches audio storytelling at KUOW’s RadioActive youth media program. Norris was recently the field producer for Wondery’s true crime podcast, “Suspect”; senior producer for the “Battle Tactics for your Sexist Workplace” podcast; and co-instructor for the University of Washington’s graduate course, “Audio Storytelling.” 

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