We all want to build good habits, but doing so is often easier said than done. Charles Duhigg joins the podcast to help us learn how to do just that.
About Our Guest: Charles is the author of The Power of Habit, a classic bestseller about the science of habit formation in our lives, companies and societies, and Smarter Faster Better, which focuses on the sci ... Show More
Jan 19
Is Self-Help a Cult? The Attention Economy and Slippery Slope of "Woo"
Forrest and Dr. Rick explore how well-intentioned self-help advice can drift away from science under the incentives of the attention economy, where overclaiming, alarmist framing, and “this one simple trick” outperforms nuance. They talk about how authority gets manufactured, how ... Show More
1h 35m
Dec 2021
Charles Duhigg: Creating Powerful Habits | E146
Ever wonder how our brain creates habits? Today, we are talking with the Habit master, Charles Duhigg! Charles is a Pulitzer Prize-winning writer, a best-selling author, a former New York Times Reporter, and current a writer for the New Yorker Magazine. His book The Power of Habi ... Show More
45m 18s
Jan 2021
The Power of Habit with Charles Duhigg #301
If you’re wanting to know how to make a New Year’s resolution actually stick this year, then this is your episode! Charles Duhigg is a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist who writes for the New Yorker, the New York Times Magazine, and many other publications. He is also author of b ... Show More
42m 34s
Mar 2024
How to Make New Habits Stick, Why You Can’t Break Old Habits and The Secret to Great Communication with Charles Duhigg #436
My philosophy as a doctor has always been connect first, educate second. People don’t care how much you know until they know how much you care. And this goes for all relationships, not just doctor-patient.
Good communication is something we’d all like to master. And today’s gues ... Show More
2h 23m
Feb 2023
How to lose Laziness & Procrastination? (Shubham)
In this hot seat episode, Listener Shubham says that he is a big fan of writing and tracking his habits and he does so regularly. But every once in a while, he loses motivation and the day goes by. He wants to know the right way of sustaining habits, lose laziness and procrastina ... Show More
4m 48s
Jul 2020
How to Change Your Brain With Dr. Andrew Huberman (+ Utkarsh!)
“Behavior first. Thoughts, feelings and perceptions follow.”Andrew HubermanYou can’t teach an old dog new tricks. Past the ripe age of 25, we are fully cooked; calcified in our ways. So dispense with the idea of learning a new language, skill, or thought pattern—it’s just not hap ... Show More
2h 47m
Oct 2020
Roll On: Keeping Your House Clean
Welcome to another edition of Roll On—my bi-monthly deep dive into (semi) current events, topics of audience interest, and of course answers to your questions.Commanding co-host duties as always is my hype man Adam Skolnick, an activist and veteran journalist perhaps best known a ... Show More
1h 42m