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Life Examined

Life Examined

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 Life Examined is a one-hour weekly podcast exploring psychology, philosophy, spirituality — and finding meaning in the modern world. The show is hosted by Jonathan Bastian.KCRW 2024 Social Sciences
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  • Robert Macfarlane: "Is a River Alive?"

    Robert Macfarlane: "Is a River Alive?"
    Jul 10 2025

    Robert Macfarlane of Cambridge University shares his extraordinary journey writing and researching his latest book “Is a River Alive?” and explains why a river can be viewed very much as a metaphor for life, always flowing, twisting, changing and adapting while at the same time providing sustenance for man and nature alike.

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    49 mins
  • When to medicate the mind with Laura Delano

    When to medicate the mind with Laura Delano
    Jun 10 2025

    Laura Delano is the author of “UNSHRUNK: A Story of Psychiatric Treatment Resistance." As you’ll hear, Laura Delano speaks from first hand experience - diagnosed as a teenager with bipolar disorder, Delano shares her own struggles with mental illness, the psychiatric and pharmaceutical industry and the toll that treatment and medication took on her.

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    1 hr and 4 mins
  • Yale happiness guru Laurie Santos on the power of time off and modern parenting traps

    Yale happiness guru Laurie Santos on the power of time off and modern parenting traps
    May 27 2025

    Laurie Santos talks about the power of a sabbatical, burn out, and her new online course titled: “The Science of Well-Being for Parents” —a direct result of discovering just how much pressure, stress and anxiety parents are under these days.

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    51 mins
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