Annaka Harris is a New York Times bestselling author and creator of the groundbreaking audio documentary series “Lights On.” This conversation explores the profound question of whether consciousness is fundamental to the universe rather than merely an emergent property of complex matter. We discuss the ineffable nature of felt experience, the illusion of self, and how our perceptual limitations restrict our understanding of the world around us. Also, I share a very personal and meaningful experi...
Mar 10, 2025•2 hr 43 min•Ep 895•Transcript available on Metacast Dr. Ethan Kross is a renowned psychologist, bestselling author, and expert on controlling the conscious mind. This conversation explores his innovative approach to mental fitness and how our emotions function as an operating system. We examine why difficult emotions serve a purpose, how our inner dialogue shapes our reality, and why we have more control over our responses than we realize. Along the way, he helps me analyze my own patterns of thought spirals and disaster-casting. Ethan’s work off...
Mar 03, 2025•2 hr 23 min•Ep 894•Transcript available on Metacast Sophie Hawley-Weld and Tucker Halpern, together known as SOFI TUKKER, defy every convention of electronic dance music. This conversation explores their unlikely origin story—from D1 basketball captain and aspiring diplomat to electronic music revolutionaries who’ve achieved stratospheric success by approaching their craft with athletic discipline and meditative mindfulness. Through an alchemy of Portuguese poetry and pulsing beats, they’ve amassed over 3 billion streams, scored multiple Grammy n...
Feb 27, 2025•2 hr 6 min•Ep 893•Transcript available on Metacast Dr. Ellen Langer is Harvard’s first tenured female psychology professor, a pioneering researcher on the mind-body connection, and author of “The Mindful Body.” This conversation explores the radical impact of certainty on well-being and Ellen’s perspective that redefines traditional notions of mindfulness through the simple act of noticing new things. In her return, we discuss why uncertainty brings freedom, how thoughts influence health outcomes, the kaleidoscopic nature of consciousness, and w...
Feb 24, 2025•2 hr 28 min•Ep 892•Transcript available on Metacast Arthur Brooks is a Harvard professor, behavioral scientist, and the world’s leading researcher on happiness. This conversation explores the ineffable nature of happiness and meaning, explores why success addiction plagues high achievers, and discusses how science can open a portal to deeper truths. We investigate the dualistic tension between striving and surrender, as Arthur reveals how our fixation on striving often obscures the true source of happiness. Through a captivating shift in perspect...
Feb 17, 2025•2 hr 21 min•Ep 891•Transcript available on Metacast RJ Scaringe is the visionary founder of Rivian, who turned his childhood obsession with engines into one of automotive history’s most audacious ventures. This conversation explores the intractable challenges of starting a car company from scratch, balancing “extreme optimism” with “robust realism,” and why this moment represents a once-in-a-planet opportunity to reinvent transportation. RJ shares intimate details of Rivian’s journey toward a carbon-neutral future, from nearly running out of payr...
Feb 13, 2025•1 hr 28 min•Ep 890•Transcript available on Metacast Dr. Valter Longo is a pioneering longevity researcher, Director of the USC Longevity Institute, and one of TIME’s 50 most influential people in healthcare. This conversation explores his groundbreaking Fasting Mimicking Diet and its profound implications for aging, disease treatment, and longevity. From cancer therapy to diabetes reversal, Valter reveals how therapeutic fasting could transform modern medicine. Along the way, Valter challenges my long-held assumptions about protein intake and sle...
Feb 10, 2025•2 hr 3 min•Ep 889•Transcript available on Metacast Elle Macpherson is a record-breaking Sports Illustrated cover model, pioneering entrepreneur, and the ineffable force behind the global wellness empire WelleCo. This conversation explores the intersection of intuition and business acumen, chronicling Elle’s iconoclastic journey from supermodel to mogul. We discuss her audacious choices, from walking away from Ford Models to build her own agency to following her heart’s wisdom in health decisions. Through stories of sobriety, spirituality, and tr...
Feb 03, 2025•2 hr 2 min•Ep 888•Transcript available on Metacast Steve Magness is a renowned performance expert and author of “Win the Inside Game,” who has dedicated his career to examining why we often calcify into patterns that no longer serve us. This conversation explores how our modern obsession with achievement often leads to self-sabotage. Through the aperture of his journey from elite runner to pioneering coach, Steve offers a framework for sustainable excellence that emphasizes internal growth over external validation. Steve reveals how social media...
Jan 30, 2025•2 hr 21 min•Ep 887•Transcript available on Metacast Sahil Bloom is a Stanford athlete turned finance executive whose life took an unexpected turn when a friend's observation catalyzed a complete reevaluation of success. This conversation explores his perspective on wealth, which transcends traditional metrics to embrace a more expansive definition of abundance. We discuss his framework of the Five Types of Wealth, the power of tiny actions to reshape destiny, and how to deploy your attention toward what truly matters. He shares profound insights ...
Jan 27, 2025•2 hr 6 min•Ep 886•Transcript available on Metacast Today I’m sharing an episode of Feel Better, Live More hosted by Dr. Rangan Chatterjee. In this episode, Dr. Chatterjee sits down with Eliud Kipchoge, the legendary Kenyan long-distance runner who became the first person to run a sub-two-hour marathon. Subscribe to Feel Better, Live More on Spotify and Apple Podcasts. Find out more about Voicing Change Media at voicingchange.media and follow us @voicingchange
Jan 23, 2025•2 hr 48 min•Transcript available on Metacast Dr. Rhonda Patrick is a renowned scientist, researcher, and the founder of FoundMyFitness. This conversation explores how exercise enhances brain function—upending old beliefs about lactate—while examining new research on microplastics’ accumulation in our bodies and practical ways to protect ourselves. In the process, Rhonda helps me understand my own relationship with exercise intensity and chronic exposure to environmental toxins. As always, Rhonda provides fascinating insights along with pra...
Jan 20, 2025•3 hr 50 min•Ep 885•Transcript available on Metacast Vice Admiral Dr. Vivek Murthy is America’s Surgeon General, a visionary public health leader, and architect of groundbreaking initiatives addressing loneliness and youth mental health. This conversation—likely his final interview in office—reveals how disconnection underlies our growing health challenges. We explore the parental mental health crisis, the impact of social media on youth, and his powerful parting prescription for America: choose community. While his recent landmark advisory on alc...
Jan 16, 2025•2 hr 5 min•Ep 884•Transcript available on Metacast Peter Diamandis is a renowned physician, futurist, and the founder of XPRIZE, whose paradigm-shifting work transforms our understanding of aging and human potential. This conversation delves into the duality of our longevity revolution: the simple, actionable tools accessible to anyone today, and the bold technologies that could reshape our future. From innovative diagnostics to organ regeneration, Peter details why this decade might fundamentally alter our relationship with aging. Along the way...
Jan 13, 2025•2 hr 1 min•Ep 883•Transcript available on Metacast Mark Manson is a renowned author and cultural critic, known for “The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck”—a global phenomenon that has remained on the NYT bestseller list for an unprecedented 328 weeks. This conversation explores the paradox between genuine growth and modern self-help culture. We discuss Mark’s dramatic transformation, his contrarian views on personal development, why being intelligent often hinders change, and how the most effective solutions in life are typically the boring ones n...
Jan 06, 2025•2 hr 2 min•Ep 882•Transcript available on Metacast In this concluding chapter of our “Best Of” 2024 series, we share wisdom from an extraordinary group of changemakers who challenged our assumptions and expanded our possibilities. From a septuagenarian fitness icon to Spider-Man himself, from free solo climbers to modern mystics—each guest illuminated different facets of human potential. Their stories of courage, creativity, and conscious living remind us that transformation is always possible. I’m deeply grateful to our guests for their vulnera...
Dec 30, 2024•2 hr 8 min•Ep 881•Transcript available on Metacast We are here to grow. We are here to transform. This is our birthright. This is our purpose. As the year ends, I want to honor this truth by sharing insights from some of the most remarkable voices who joined us in 2024. In this first of our two-part Best Of series, we revisit conversations that challenged and inspired us to reach higher. From stories of survival and rebirth, to breakthroughs in longevity science and brain health, to raw conversations about athletics and consciousness—each guest ...
Dec 26, 2024•2 hr 11 min•Ep 880•Transcript available on Metacast Dr. Rangan Chatterjee is a renowned physician, one of Britain’s most influential medical voices, and author of the new book, “Make Change That Lasts.” This conversation explores the intersection of neuroscience and human potential as it introduces his groundbreaking concept of “minimal reliance.” Dr. Chatterjee deconstructs why we remain tethered to patterns that no longer serve us, while offering actionable tools for lasting change. Don’t miss this conversation—it might transform your thoughts ...
Dec 23, 2024•2 hr 18 min•Ep 879•Transcript available on Metacast Harley Finkelstein is Shopify’s President and an entrepreneur who started his first company at 13. This conversation explores the intersection of commerce and personal growth through Harley’s iconoclastic lens. We discuss democratizing entrepreneurship, the role of anxiety as fuel for achievement, and why this might be the most generative moment in history to start a business. Harley challenges my self-perception as an entrepreneur, forcing me to untether from limiting beliefs about what it mean...
Dec 16, 2024•2 hr 14 min•Ep 878•Transcript available on Metacast Josh Szeps is a renowned broadcaster, host of Uncomfortable Conversations, and a former voice of Australia’s public radio who brings discernment to our most difficult dialogues. This conversation explores why genuine dialogue matters in an age of tribal certainties. We discuss the derangement of our information landscape, the erosion of shared truth, and how to navigate today’s most contentious issues with grace and humor. Josh is a rare voice who can untangle complex issues without amplifying d...
Dec 12, 2024•2 hr 23 min•Ep 877•Transcript available on Metacast Dr. Charan Ranganath is a prominent neuroscientist, a professor at UC Davis, and the author of the influential book “Why We Remember.” This conversation explores the profound intersection of neuroscience and human experience. Charan reveals that our most resonant memories resemble paintings more than photographs, continuously reshaped by the present moment. We discuss the role of memory in identity, survival, and healing, as well as its implications in our digital age. During our exchange, I gai...
Dec 09, 2024•3 hr 35 min•Ep 876•Transcript available on Metacast David Roche is an iconoclastic ultrarunner who broke one of running’s most hallowed records at the Leadville 100—in his first attempt at the distance. This conversation explores his audacious and counterintuitive approach to endurance performance, emphasizing scientific precision over conventional wisdom. Through meticulous experimentation and the courage to “Disrespect the distance,” David signals a new era in human performance. He recounts his journey from college football to record-breaking u...
Dec 02, 2024•3 hr 36 min•Ep 875•Transcript available on Metacast Kristian Blummenfelt is an Olympic champion, sub-7-hour Ironman record holder, and master practitioner of the Norwegian Method—a revolutionary, science-driven approach to endurance training. This conversation explores elite performance through a unique lens: an Olympic champion analyzing consecutive setbacks in Paris and Kona with methodical precision, while demonstrating extraordinary resilience by winning Frankfurt just weeks after Paris. He offers rare insight into the mind of an athlete cons...
Nov 28, 2024•1 hr 16 min•Ep 874•Transcript available on Metacast Dr. Robin Berzin is the Founder and CEO of Parsley Health, and a paradigm-shifting force in primary care who’s made functional medicine accessible to millions. This conversation explores the interplay between modern healthcare and her approach to healing, which emphasizes treating root causes over merely managing symptoms with medications. Her revolutionary “Brains, Bones and Booty” protocol changes how we think about women’s longevity, while her tech-enabled approach to functional medicine make...
Nov 25, 2024•2 hr 17 min•Ep 873•Transcript available on Metacast Esther Perel is a renowned psychotherapist, bestselling author, and host of the groundbreaking podcast “Where Should We Begin?” This conversation explores the vicissitudes of modern love and Esther’s non-judgmental approach to relationships, emphasizing the tension between our need for security and our yearning for freedom. Through her uniquely multicultural lens, she highlights how our increasingly atomized world impacts intimacy, desire, and human connection. Along the way, Esther expertly dec...
Nov 18, 2024•2 hr 6 min•Ep 872•Transcript available on Metacast Cory Richards is a renowned National Geographic photographer and artist behind the iconic avalanche selfie that graced the magazine’s 125th-anniversary cover. This conversation explores the paradox of achievement and healing through Cory’s raw lens on mental health, trauma, and the persistent need to matter. From teenage homelessness to becoming the first American to summit an 8000-meter peak in winter, Cory reveals how our greatest strengths can become our most binding prisons. We peel back the...
Nov 14, 2024•2 hr 26 min•Ep 871•Transcript available on Metacast Rebecca Rusch is a legendary endurance athlete, 7x world champion, and protagonist of the Emmy-winning film “Blood Road.” This conversation explores the esoteric intersection of trauma and transformation, sparked by a fateful bike crash on Veterans Day 2021. We discuss her Byzantine journey through the healthcare system, the invisible epidemic of brain injury, psychedelic-assisted therapy, and the profound shift from warrior to healer. In doing so, we examine the universe’s more profound message...
Nov 11, 2024•2 hr 4 min•Ep 870•Transcript available on Metacast Bruce Dickinson is the legendary frontman of Iron Maiden and a true polymath—a commercial airline pilot, Olympic-caliber fencer, author, and cancer survivor. Joined by acclaimed filmmaker, close collaborator, and mutual friend Sacha Gervasi, we explore Bruce’s approach to creativity—from music to aviation, and humanitarian service. We discuss his journey from bullied schoolboy to global rock icon, his unique cognitive abilities, and how flying into war zones has shaped his worldview. EXCLUSIVE G...
Nov 04, 2024•2 hr 29 min•Ep 869•Transcript available on Metacast Julie Piatt is a modern mystic, accomplished yogi, bestselling author, and the founder/CEO of SriMu, the pioneering plant-based cheese company. She’s also my wife and most frequent podcast guest. This conversation explores the intersection of trauma and transformation through Julie’s circumspect perspective, emphasizing the ethereal connection between physical healing and spiritual awakening. We discuss her recent injury, returning her parents’ ashes to Alaska, artistic expression, navigating so...
Oct 31, 2024•2 hr 48 min•Ep 868•Transcript available on Metacast Yuval Noah Harari is a renowned historian, bestselling author of “Sapiens” and “Homo Deus,” and the mind behind the new book, “Nexus.” This conversation explores AI’s impact on society through Yuval’s unique historical lens. We discuss AI as “alien intelligence,” information’s role in shaping political systems, embracing uncertainty, institutional trust, and finding clarity amid rapid change. His analysis of our collective human psyche in the AI era is profound and revelatory. Yuval is a treasur...
Oct 28, 2024•2 hr 45 min•Ep 867•Transcript available on Metacast 
