We are living in a time of upgraded technology and downgraded humans.
Our collective ability to resist distraction and sustain attention is in decline.
Although will power plays a role, this problem is not entirely our fault—it’s the by-product of powerful forces incident to modern life.
Disconnection from nature. Disrupted sleep. Toxic environments. Predato ... Show More
Oct 9
ROLL ON: American Tiger, Adventures Abroad, & The Art of Showing Up
Roll On is here! Adam Skolnick and I catch up after a month of nonstop travel. Tokyo for the Track & Field World Championships, New York, and DC multiple times. Big news: Adam announces his debut novel American Tiger—20 years in the making, with the audiobook recorded right here ... Show More
1h 40m
Sep 29
Psychotherapist John W. Price Unpacks Ancient Wisdom For Modern Healing
Dr. John Price is a depth psychotherapist and co-founder of The Center for Healing Arts & Sciences. This conversation explores why men have 50% fewer friends than twenty years ago, the crisis of modern masculinity, shadow work, and John's concept of "sacred refusal" —honoring the ... Show More
2h 48m
Jan 2022
Johann Hari on Stolen Focus and Attention
Johann Hari is a writer and journalist. He has written for the New York Times, Le Monde, the Guardian, and other newspapers and his TED talks have been viewed over seventy million times. His work has been praised by a broad range of people, from Oprah Winfrey to Noam Chomsky to J ... Show More
1h 3m
May 2022
Johann Hari | Why You Can’t Pay Attention (and how to get it back)
I’ve come to believe that the quality and richness of our lives is, in no small part, determined by the depth and quality of our attention. If it’s massively distracted, perpetually spinning out, and focused on negativity, that will also largely be the state of our lives, regardl ... Show More
1h 7m
Apr 2022
Why You Can’t Pay Attention - And How to Think Deeply Again | Johann Hari
New episodes come out every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday for free, with 1-week early access for Wondery+ subscribers. --- What is it about modern life that is completely disrupting our ability to focus, and how much of it is our fault? Turns out, not a lot. A number of factor ... Show More
1h 19m
Jan 2022
How To Fix Your Focus & Stop Procrastinating: Johann Hari
Johann Hari is a journalist and author of Lost Connections, a book which changed the way I think about depression and mental health. His new book, Stolen Focus, is about what people can do in order to improve their focus, and about what we can all do to stop our attention being r ... Show More
1h 39m
Jan 2022
#228 Johann Hari on How To Reclaim Your Attention
CAUTION: Contains swearing and themes of an adult nature. Why have we lost our ability to focus? What are the causes? And, most importantly, how do we get it back?
Today’s guest and author of the brilliant new book, Stolen Focus: Why You Can’t Pay Attention, went on a three-year ... Show More
2h 37m
May 2023
How to Regain Focus & Attention | Gloria Mark, PhD
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Could Your Smartphone Be Destroying Your Focus? Have our attention spans, will power, mood and productivity just become hopelessly derailed for life? Answer is, it depends. What we do about our rapidly-diminishing attention and its effec ... Show More
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