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Jessica DeFino: Beauty Beyond the Bottle
Simplify - March 28, 2024 11:00 - 37 minutes ★★★★ - 258 ratingsToday, our guest is an award-winning beauty reporter and critic whom you might have stumbled upon while reading her super popular newsletter, The Unpublishable, which, as HuffPost says, "basically gives the middle finger to the entire beauty industry." Writing about what the beauty industry won’...
Dhiraj Mukherjee: Optimism Defines the Future
Simplify - March 06, 2024 11:00 - 41 minutes ★★★★ - 258 ratingsThis week's episode of Simplify brings you a special collaboration: a conversation with Dhiraj Mukherjee, who is not only the entrepreneur behind Shazam (the app we all love and use so much!), but also a devoted impact investor focused on social good. Drawing from his experience at Shazam, Dhir...
Cole Kazdin: Health is Not a Size
Simplify - February 21, 2024 11:00 - 37 minutes ★★★★ - 258 ratingsAlthough we're at the tail end of 2024's symbolic new beginning, we're still confronted with the flood of discounted "detoxes," "cleanses," gym promotions touting a "New Year, new you," and the latest buzzword, "resets." Despite our desire to think that fad diets are relics of the past and that ...
Acquired's David Rosenthal: 3 Secrets of the World's Most Successful Businesses
Simplify - February 08, 2024 11:00 - 55 minutes ★★★★ - 258 ratingsToday, we bring you Simplify's first ever crossover episode with the #1 Technology show on Apple Podcasts and Spotify: Acquired! For nearly 9 years David Rosenthal—today's guest—and his co-host Ben have been sharing the strategies and history of 200+ of the world's most successful businesses. ...
Amy Key: Romance Isn't Everything
Simplify - January 25, 2024 11:03 - 32 minutes ★★★★ - 258 ratingsIn 1971, Joni Mitchell released Blue, an album teeming with stories of a life shaped by romance, desire, longing, and the default path of sharing life with another person. The ideal might persist to this day, but what happens if the romance we are told will give life meaning... never shows up? ...
Katherine Morgan Schafler: Perfectionism is a Gift
Simplify - December 14, 2023 11:21 - 35 minutes ★★★★ - 258 ratingsWhat do people mean when they say, 'I'm a perfectionist'? The colloquial and widespread opinion would sound like this: A perfectionist is someone who desires everything to be perfect at all times and becomes upset when things aren't perfect. This definition is often followed by the (generic) adv...
Minaa B: Heal Through Connection
Simplify - November 30, 2023 11:47 - 36 minutes ★★★★ - 258 ratingsWhen we experience a traumatic event or decide to pursue healing, what often follows is the tendency to isolate and hide from the world. Shame, exclusion, and the feeling that no one understands remain intertwined with the term "healing." However, this can and should be different—and that 's the...
Steven Petrow: Get Old With Grace
Simplify - November 16, 2023 11:00 - 25 minutes ★★★★ - 258 ratingsWe might say that “age is just a number,” but if we're really honest with ourselves, a lot of us still think of “old” people as stubborn hoarders who eat dinner (too) early and are forever talking about their aches and pains. Why is that? And could there be another way? These questions prompted...
Gustavo Razzetti: Adapt and Succeed in a Hybrid Workplace
Simplify - October 26, 2023 10:00 - 36 minutes ★★★★ - 258 ratingsIn the post-pandemic era, the debate over whether or not to return to the office seems far from settled — and yet, the push to bring employees back to the office is growing more aggressive. Amazon issued a warning to staff not long ago. Google is factoring employees’ in-office attendance into th...
Elise Hu: Beauty is Personal and Political
Simplify - October 12, 2023 10:00 - 32 minutes ★★★★ - 258 ratingsOur obsession with beauty and appearance may be deeply rooted, but at this moment, things seem to be reaching a whole new level. Facetune and features like skin smoothing, jaw reduction, and eye enhancement that are standard on social apps like Snapchat, TikTok, and even Zoom, as well as the ubi...
A Quick Note
Simplify - October 05, 2023 10:00 - 57 seconds ★★★★ - 258 ratingsHi! We're taking a publication break this week. But never fear—we'll be back next week with a new full episode! And while we're here, could you please review Simplify on Apple Podcasts? New reviews help new listeners discover the show—which is good for everybody. So, if Simplify means somethi...
Vanessa Gennarelli: Survive Change at Work
Simplify - September 21, 2023 10:01 - 31 minutes ★★★★ - 258 ratingsYou were probably hired for your expertise in a certain domain: engineering, product management, paid marketing, or something else. But to be successful in an organization, there are other, secret skills outside your domain that nobody really teaches you—things like effectively communicating you...
Daniel Maté: Normal Is a Myth
Simplify - September 07, 2023 10:00 - 41 minutes ★★★★ - 258 ratingsThe systems we live in suggest that a successful human life depends on denying pain, endless hustle, stress, and sustaining trauma—and making it all look easy. The only problem is that human nature objects. Psychological and physical suffering seem to be increasing while illness and trauma conti...
Tawny Lara: Get Sober Curious
Simplify - August 24, 2023 10:00 - 41 minutes ★★★★ - 258 ratingsIt's a rarely questioned societal norm: feeling bad/mad/disappointed/scared/anxious? A substance (like alcohol) will give you the courage to face it. This is even more true for dating and sex, where we use alcohol as our first line of defense to find the liquid courage to open up to someone. But...
Michael Bungay Stanier: Build Brave Work Relationships
Simplify - August 10, 2023 10:28 - 40 minutes ★★★★ - 258 ratingsSo, what does it take to make the best working relationships? The same ingredients in any relationship, really: a big helping of bravery and the will to dig into deep conversations. There's more to it than that of course, and on this episode, Simplify favorite Michael Bungay Stanier takes Caitl...
Stephanie Chandler: How to Get Your First Book Published
Simplify - July 27, 2023 10:00 - 36 minutes ★★★★ - 258 ratingsWe are delighted to present a conversation with Stephanie Chandler, founder and CEO of the Nonfiction Authors Association and a successful author of several books, including The Nonfiction Book Publishing Plan and The Nonfiction Book Marketing Plan. In this episode, Stephanie shares her remark...
Natalie Lue: Finally Stop People Pleasing
Simplify - July 13, 2023 10:01 - 41 minutes ★★★★ - 258 ratingsWe're delighted to present a conversation with Natalie Lue, author of the wildly popular blog Baggage Reclaim (baggagereclaim.com) and five books, including the latest, "The Joy of Saying No," that will help you not only identify your people-pleasing style and habits, but also finally leave them...
Valerie Fridland: Use Bad English, Get Good Results
Simplify - June 29, 2023 10:00 - 37 minutes ★★★★ - 258 ratingsHave you ever listened back to a recording of your voice and cringed at the amount of 'um's' 'uh's' and 'like's' you use? In this episode, Valerie Fridland, linguist, researcher, and author of the book, 'Like, Literally, Dude' delves into the intricacies of speech habits and argues for the inh...
Bob Glazer: Build 4 Capacities for Success
Simplify - June 15, 2023 10:03 - 38 minutes ★★★★ - 258 ratingsWe're thrilled to present a dynamic conversation with Robert Glazer, bestselling author and transformative leadership expert. With deep insights drawn from his revolutionary book, 'Elevate Your Team', Glazer demystifies the four capacities essential to extraordinary team performance. In this ep...
Rick & Forrest Hanson: Mythbusting the Mind
Simplify - June 01, 2023 10:00 - 37 minutes ★★★★ - 258 ratingsWe're kicking off Simplify's relaunch with our first-ever two person interview! This lively, probing conversation with Being Well's Forrest Hanson and Dr. Rick Hanson—a bestselling author and psychologist and also Forrest's dad—digs into common misconceptions in the mental health and self-growth...
Emily Oster: Make Data-Driven Family Decisions
Simplify - February 16, 2023 23:00 - 48 minutes ★★★★ - 258 ratingsBeing a parent is a big, beautiful, very tough job—which actually might benefit from some of the skills you usually practice when you’re at work! Economist and parenting guru extraordinaire Emily Oster joins Ben to talk about family decision-making: how much infrastructure you really need in y...
BONUS Exercise: How to Listen to Your Body
Simplify - February 10, 2023 15:35 - 5 minutes ★★★★ - 258 ratingsWe've been listening. You told us through our survey that you wanted more tools, more ways to make what you learn with Simplify concrete. And so: here's exactly that! In this short bonus exercise—a companion to the Ev'Yan Whitney episode, Listen to Your Body, which was released on the same day ...
Ev'Yan Whitney: How to Listen to Your Body
Simplify - February 10, 2023 15:34 - 41 minutes ★★★★ - 258 ratingsIt’s true of almost all of us: we take our bodies for granted. We force them into uncomfortable positions, we push them long after they’re tired, we starve them for aesthetics—and a million more awful things we wouldn’t do to a friend. One thing we don’t often do to our bodies? Listen to them....
Julie Lythcott-Haims: Be an Excellent Adult
Simplify - February 02, 2023 12:15 - 37 minutes ★★★★ - 258 ratingsBeing an adult: what does that actually mean? Is it paying taxes? Making your own doctor’s appointments? Owning a home? It's probably all of that stuff, but: what's the more important personal evolution stuff that makes us grownups—no matter if we're 21 or 65? In this episode, Julie Lythcott-H...
Take the First Ever Listener Survey
Simplify - January 26, 2023 16:40 - 1 minute ★★★★ - 258 ratingsWe’ve been making Simplify pretty much the same way since 2017: we focus on a great book and its author, and try to dig out the most helpful ideas. Nearly six years in, we’re wondering: how might we make Simplify even better for all of you? So, we thought we'd ask! Click this link to take the s...
Thrive in 2023 with Tiffany Dufu, Ken Page, and Liz Fosslien
Simplify - January 05, 2023 15:00 - 53 minutes ★★★★ - 258 ratingsWant to skip this year’s tsunami of New Year’s hacks, tips, and tricks that don’t even work? We’ve got you covered with just what you need for the new year—and nothing you don't. In this episode, we’ve distilled powerful ideas and approaches from our 3 most popular, impactful episodes. And sin...
63: The Social Good Book Series: The Long Now Interview with Zander Rose (Part 4)
On Books - October 31, 2021 16:00 - 23 minutes ★★★★ - 39 ratingsIn this episode I talk with Zander Rose (Director of the Long Now Foundation) on long-term thinking, and building something that lasts longer than ourselves. This is the fourth episode in the series, but feel free to listen to them in any order you like. Books notes available at: http://www.on-b...
Ken Page: Meet Your Inner Mentor
Simplify - October 28, 2021 10:15 - 18 minutes ★★★★ - 258 ratingsImagine having a mentor that’s available 24/7 to advise you on whatever challenge life puts in front of you—wouldn’t that be nice? In this bonus episode, Ken Page guides you through The Inner Mentor Process™, a guided meditation practice. In this practice, you'll find you're able to bypass your...
62: Love Hurts: Buddhist Advice for the Heartbroken by Lordo Rinzler
On Books - October 25, 2021 16:00 - 24 minutes ★★★★ - 39 ratingsBuddhism has a lot to say about suffering—and there are likely few times we suffer more intensely than when we break up with a romantic partner. It feels like you may never recover sometimes. But Lodro Rinzler has wonderfully good news for those suffering heartbreak: the 2,500-year-old teachin...
Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind by Yuval Noah Harari [Rebroadcast]
On Books - October 18, 2021 16:00 - 35 minutes ★★★★ - 39 ratingsFrom a renowned historian comes a groundbreaking narrative of humanity’s creation and evolution—a #1 international bestseller—that explores the ways in which biology and history have defined us and enhanced our understanding of what it means to be “human.” One hundred thousand years ago, at le...
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