Are you one of those people that finds solace and comfort in rainy days or melancholy music?
It’s not quite sadness. It's more like longing. A beautiful ache that makes you feel more connected to the human experience.
What is that specifically? And why does it compel us so?
Former corporate lawyer turned author Susan Cain wondered the same—a query that la ... Show More
Sep 7
Olympic Medalist Jenny Simpson On Her Sudden Cardiac Arrest After A Race & The Journey Back To Health
Jenny Simpson is a three-time Olympian, Olympic medalist, and one of the most decorated American middle-distance runners of her generation. In June, she collapsed at a community mile race. No pulse. More than twenty minutes of CPR. We sat down eight weeks later, before she'd spok ... Show More
1h 36m
Sep 3
From Drinking Every Morning to Running 340 Miles: Tommie Runz on Recovery, Running & Redemption
Tommie Runz is a runner, sobriety advocate, and co-host of the PR Project. This conversation explores addiction and redemption through Tommie's insistence that sobriety comes first and everything else is downstream. We discuss his backstory, the denial and the delusion of functio ... Show More
2h 16m
Aug 31
Hunter Biden Is Out Of Secrets: A Story of Recovery, Exposure & Amends
Hunter Biden is a writer, painter, and lawyer who spent a decade being publicly dissected. We explore the trauma beneath the addiction, the anatomy of a relapse, guilt versus shame, and what happens when your covers are pulled so completely that nothing holds power over you anymo ... Show More
1h 33m
Apr 2022
Susan Cain | The Power of Bittersweetness
<p>Ever wonder why a certain sad song or even a few bars of just the right melancholy music will stop you in your tracks and maybe even move you to tears? Turns out, you’re not alone. My guest today, Susan Cain, has spent years researching why certain experiences - ones that conn ... Show More
53m 23s
Sep 2022
Susan Cain ON: Why It’s Okay to Feel Sad & the First Step to Healing Emotional Trauma
Today, I talk to Susan Cain, the author of Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking, which spent seven years on the New York times bestseller list and has been translated into over 40 languages. It was named the number one best book of the year by Fast Co ... Show More
1h 7m