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The Happiness Lab with Dr. Laurie Santos

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The Happiness Lab is serving up scientifically-backed takes this summer that are so hot, even your SPF 50 won’t protect you. With the help of behavioral scientists, historians, and cultural critics, Yale psychologist Dr. Laurie Santos…

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Are You Taking Fun Seriously Enough? 2026-11-09 · 39m
AI Is the New Social Media. Can We Protect Kids This Time? 2026-11-02 · 44m
The Unexpected Science of Cats and Happiness 2026-10-26 · 46m
Why Happiness Experts Still Struggle to Be Happy with Dr. Ethan Kross 2026-10-19 · 53m
What Gets Lost When We Text Instead of Talk with Dr. Nick Epley 2026-10-12 · 45m
Finding the Magic in Everyday Life with Thoreau and Eric Weiner 2026-10-05 · 34m
Want More Joy? Try Taking Yourself Less Seriously with Comedian Chris Duffy 2026-09-28 · 46m
Small Steps to Happiness: The Science of Mindful Living with Laurie Santos | From The One You Feed 2026-09-25 · 67m
Why Smaller Goals Can Lead to Bigger Changes with Eric Zimmer 2026-09-21 · 48m
A Neuroscientist’s Guide to Changing Your Brain with Dr. Richard Davidson 2026-09-14 · 36m
Stop Doing Things the Hard Way with Dr. Angela Duckworth 2026-09-07 · 58m
The Life-Changing Power of a Sabbatical 2026-08-17 · 49m
You're Actually Not Bothering People Enough 2026-08-10 · 26m
Why Being Alone Might Be Better Than You Think 2026-08-03 · 46m
Winning the Lottery Could Ruin Your Life 2026-07-27 · 42m
Men Don’t Just Need Friends. They Need Bromance. 2026-07-20 · 44m
Forget Small Talk: Go Deep Instead 2026-07-13 · 38m
What We Still Get Wrong About Happiness (Live at Dartmouth) 2026-07-06 · 50m
Why the “Pursuit of Happiness” Is a Bad Idea 2026-06-29 · 47m
Why “No Regrets” Is Bad Advice 2026-06-22 · 31m
Are Kids Today Really Worse Off? 2026-06-15 · 43m
The Surprising Case for Oversharing 2026-06-08 · 39m
How to Feel Happier in Your Body with Jessamyn Stanley 2026-06-01 · 35m
What Your Negative Emotions Are Trying to Tell You 2026-05-25 · 46m
The Hidden Beliefs That Shape Your Happiness with Shawn Achor 2026-05-18 · 43m
The Art of Doing Nothing 2026-05-11 · 35m
What Screen Time Is Really Doing to Your Body with Manoush Zomorodi 2026-05-04 · 46m
Why More Stuff Doesn’t Make You Happier 2026-04-27 · 26m
Your Environment Affects Your Happiness More Than You Think with Dr. Leidy Klotz 2026-04-20 · 38m
How to Break Up with Your Bad Habits 2026-04-13 · 33m
Why It Hurts to Hold a Grudge — and How to Let Go with Dr. Fred Luskin 2026-04-06 · 39m
Why You're Still Using Social Media (Even If You Want to Stop) with Dr. Cass Sunstein 2026-03-23 · 33m
What is Social Media Doing to Kids? with Dr. Jean Twenge 2026-03-20 · 35m
How to Stop Work From Taking Over Your Life 2026-03-16 · 43m
Inside the Love Lab with Drs. John & Julie Gottman (Part 2) 2026-03-09 · 36m
Inside the Love Lab with Drs. John & Julie Gottman (Part 1) 2026-03-02 · 47m
Why Algorithms Can’t Predict Your Love Life with Dr. Paul Eastwick 2026-02-23 · 41m
How to Find "The One": The Science of Dating with Tim Molnar 2026-02-16 · 45m
How to Feel Truly Loved (with Dr. Sonja Lyubomirsky and Dr. Harry Reis) 2026-02-09 · 42m
How to Design a More Meaningful Life (with Dave Evans and Bill Burnett) 2026-02-02 · 47m
The Surprising Science of Creativity (with Dr. George Newman) 2026-01-26 · 31m
Why Chasing Success Can Leave You Feeling Stuck (with David Brooks) 2026-01-19 · 37m
How to Bounce Back from Life’s Curveballs (with Dr. Maya Shankar) 2026-01-12 · 40m
Stop Wasting Your Energy — Here’s What to Do Instead (with Dr. Diana Hill) 2026-01-05 · 47m
From Decoding Women's Health: Decoding Happiness in Midlife 2025-12-30 · 51m
Holiday Survival Guide II: Perfect Gifts and Fighting Fatigue (with Rainn Wilson) 2025-12-15 · 31m
Holiday Survival Guide I: Ending Family Arguments (with Rainn Wilson) 2025-12-08 · 48m
How to Experience the Joy of Giving Right Now 2025-12-02 · 48m
Why Being Grateful Makes Us Feel Great (A Thanksgiving Re-run) 2025-11-24 · 27m
Reset Your Relationship with Stress (for National Stress Awareness Day) 2025-11-05 · 43m
Listen Now: Decoding Women’s Health with Dr. Elizabeth Poynor 2025-11-03 · 54m
How Horror Movies and True Crime Can Make You Happier 2025-10-27 · 45m
Make Vulnerability Your Superpower (with NBA star Kevin Love) 2025-10-20 · 37m
#59 Etta from Heavyweight 2025-10-13 · 36m
How to Make Better Choices (with Barry Schwartz) 2025-10-06 · 41m
Take a Three-Day Weekend Without Losing Any Pay (with Juliet Schor) 2025-09-29 · 56m
Presenting Heavyweight: Etta 2025-09-26 · 38m
How to Spend Your Time and Money Better (with Nobel Prize Winner Richard Thaler) 2025-09-22 · 49m
Eat Like the People Who Live Happily to 100 (with Dan Buettner) 2025-09-15 · 39m
Why Having the Courage to Defy Makes us Happier (with Dr Sunita Sah) 2025-09-08 · 40m
Stop Caring What Other People Think of You (Bruce Hood on 10% Happier with Dan Harris) 2025-08-25 · 68m
“Can You Train Your Mind to Be Happier?” (with Dr Tal Ben-Shahar) 2025-08-18 · 87m
"Human Minds Are Stupid!" (with Rich Roll) 2025-08-11 · 143m
The Joy of Not Being Dead (with Ryan Holiday on The Daily Stoic) 2025-08-04 · 68m
Anyone Can Play, Anyone Can Win (Cornholing with Michelle Hastie Thompson) 2025-07-14 · 33m
The Jimi Hendrix of the Cello (with Joshua Roman) 2025-07-07 · 39m
"Birds Are Like My Afternoon Martini" (Birding with Lili Taylor) 2025-06-30 · 32m
How Good Manners Made Me Happier (with Etiquette Expert William Hanson) 2025-06-23 · 42m
How Dogs Changed my Life (with The Dogist) 2025-06-16 · 35m
The Two Words That Saved Mel Robbins (From A Slight Change of Plans) 2025-06-06 · 38m
How Smartphones Changed Childhood (And What to do About it) 2025-06-02 · 40m
How to Think Like a Child (with David Yeager) 2025-05-26 · 35m
How to Tackle Bad Behaviour (with Dr Becky Kennedy) 2025-05-19 · 46m
Is a "Viking" Childhood a Happier Childhood (with Helen Russell)? 2025-05-12 · 39m
How Not to Repeat Your Parents' Mistakes (with Glennon Doyle and Abby Wambach) 2025-05-05 · 38m
Reducing the Stress of Parenting with Dr Vivek Murthy 2025-05-01 · 35m
How to Build Resilience (with Ben Walter from The Unshakeables) 2025-04-29 · 35m
Can You Become a "Practical" Optimist? 2025-04-21 · 45m
How to Confront the Things that Suck (Live with John Green) 2025-04-18 · 72m
How to be Awesome - With Almost no Effort (with John Green) 2025-04-14 · 31m
How to Stay Hopeful (Live from SXSW with Michelle Obama) 2025-04-11 · 58m
Why You Should Take a Few Months Off Work (Live from SXSW) 2025-04-07 · 48m
Friendships: Handling Change, Conflict and Finding New Friends 2025-04-04 · 37m
Twelve Sayings That Could Change Your Life 2025-03-31 · 32m
Have You Got Trust Issues? 2025-03-24 · 42m
Why Eating Alone is so Bad for You (An International Day of Happiness Special). 2025-03-20 · 37m
Why We're Better With Some Threats Than Others (An Earth Month Re-Run) 2025-03-17 · 35m
Harnessing People Around us to Feel Happier (Live with Ethan Kross) 2025-03-10 · 49m
How to Find Your Purpose 2025-03-03 · 43m
Be a Better Leader: How to Inspire the People Around You 2025-02-24 · 51m
How to Lead the Richest Life Possible 2025-02-17 · 38m
Dr Laurie Talks Romance, Parents and Stalking on 'Love Factually' 2025-02-14 · 61m
How to Learn from a Rom Com Movie 2025-02-10 · 45m
Date Like a Scientist 2025-02-03 · 47m
Stop Stressing About Stress 2025-01-27 · 44m
Hack Your Emotions 2025-01-20 · 47m
Get Over Yourself 2025-01-13 · 43m
Feel Like You're Enough 2025-01-06 · 45m
How To Embrace Imperfection 2025-01-01 · 44m
Finding Holiday Happiness (Dr Laurie on the How God Works podcast) 2024-12-16 · 39m
Why Giving is a Great Daily Habit 2024-12-03 · 43m
Get Happier, Help Others: Some Good Ideas About Giving 2024-12-02 · 51m
Top 5: How to Act Like an Extrovert 2024-11-25 · 31m
Top 5: Throw Yourself into Fandom 2024-11-22 · 33m
Top 5: Love the Past, But Don't Live There 2024-11-18 · 35m
Top 5: Finding Joy in Any Job 2024-11-15 · 35m
Happy Birthday, Happiness Lab: Dr Laurie's Top 5 Shows 2024-11-11 · 36m
You can be happier at work — here's how from Fixable 2024-10-28 · 35m
How to Thrive at Work 2024-10-21 · 61m
How to Fail at Work 2024-10-17 · 43m
Advice from The Titans of Happiness on World Mental Health Day 2024-10-10 · 60m
How to Make a Difference (Happily) 2024-09-30 · 32m
How to Disagree Better 2024-09-23 · 33m
Survival of the Fittest... or the Kindest? 2024-09-16 · 33m
How to Find Hope in a Cynical World 2024-09-09 · 43m
Find Hope and Banish Cynicism... Coming Sept 9 2024-09-02 · 4m
"Happiness Is Like A Leaky Tire" from Immigrantly 2024-08-05 · 45m
The Happiness Lessons Helping Win Olympic Medals 2024-07-29 · 29m
The Happiness of the Long Distance Runner 2024-07-22 · 34m
How Talking to a Friend Helps (Live at The International Festival of Arts and Ideas) 2024-07-19 · 49m
A Matter of Life and Death 2024-07-15 · 33m
Why Don't We Have a 15-hour Work Week? 2024-07-08 · 35m
Why We Sabotage Our Future Selves 2024-07-01 · 28m
The Power of Awe... and Where to Find it 2024-06-24 · 31m
How to Tame Stress 2024-06-17 · 37m
How to Stop Avoiding Boredom and Embrace Doing Nothing 2024-06-10 · 26m
How to Fight Perfectionism 2024-06-03 · 30m
My Personal Struggle to be Happy (Coming June 3) 2024-05-27 · 2m
Happiness Through Generosity : Liz Dunn on The TED Interview 2024-05-20 · 53m
Unlock Your Hidden Potential with Adam Grant and Maya Shankar 2024-05-13 · 42m
Five Tips to be Happier at Work (Dr Laurie at SXSW) 2024-05-06 · 56m
Tame Those Devices: 10 Tips to Achieve Digital Balance 2024-04-29 · 39m
How to Grow After Adversity 2024-04-22 · 41m
Simple Ways to Feel Great Every Day - with Dr Rangan Chatterjee 2024-04-15 · 52m
How to Make America's Young People Happier Again 2024-04-08 · 37m
Can Happiness Ward Off Dementia? 2024-04-01 · 35m
What Can We Learn From the Happiest Country on Earth? 2024-03-25 · 38m
Pushkin Hosts Celebrate World Happiness Day 2024-03-20 · 48m
The Happiness of Subtraction 2024-03-11 · 36m
Why the "Good Enough" Relationship Beats the "Perfect Partner" 2024-03-04 · 40m
A Supercommunicator's Guide to Love and Dating 2024-02-26 · 51m
Can Couples Learn to Argue Better? 2024-02-19 · 35m
Love Lessons from the "Masters of Relationships" 2024-02-12 · 45m
The Sweet Smell of Happiness 2024-02-05 · 52m
How Getting Active Can Make You Happier 2024-01-15 · 20m
Being Green Doesn't Mean Sacrificing Fun... or Cutting Out Meat 2024-01-08 · 27m
Why our Brains Don't Fear Climate Change Enough 2024-01-02 · 37m
When Stalin Killed the Weekend - A Happiness Lab/Cautionary Tales Crossover 2023-12-18 · 37m
Build The Life You Want from Oprah's Super Soul 2023-12-15 · 54m
Is There a Gen Z Happiness Crisis? Dr Laurie Meets the US Surgeon General 2023-12-11 · 36m
How Eating Got Complicated 2023-12-04 · 43m
Awe and Psychedelics with Michael Pollan 2023-12-01 · 38m
Giving Away Cash Makes You Happy... and Transforms Lives 2023-11-27 · 28m
Make America Happy Again 2023-11-20 · 31m
Where Everybody Knows Your Name 2023-11-13 · 30m
Don't Make Friends Where You Make Your Money? 2023-11-06 · 34m
Ask for Help... and Spread Happiness 2023-10-30 · 25m
The Introvert's Guide to Extroversion 2023-10-23 · 29m
Why You Should Text a Friend Today 2023-10-16 · 26m
How to Make Friends and Compliment People 2023-10-09 · 30m
Grover’s Super Solution to Self-Talk 2023-10-02 · 29m
Big Bird Has Big Feelings 2023-09-25 · 29m
Dr Laurie and Sesame Street: Abby Cadabby and the Magic of Gratitude 2023-09-18 · 32m
Build the Life You Want... Advice from Arthur Brooks and Oprah 2023-09-12 · 53m
Laurie Has Fun... Part 2 ICYMI 2023-08-07 · 32m
Laurie Has Fun... Part 1 ICYMI 2023-08-07 · 37m
'Do We Even Have Fun Anymore?' A Listener's Story of Funterventions 2023-07-31 · 37m
The Unhappy Millionaire ICYMI 2023-07-24 · 40m
'I Woke up in an Ambulance Stuck in Traffic.' : A Listener's Story of Recovery 2023-07-17 · 48m
Ask Us Anything! Laurie and Gretchen Take Your Questions (Live from Toronto) 2023-05-29 · 34m
With Elmo's Help... It's Never Too Early to Learn About Happiness 2023-05-22 · 33m
Can Spiritual Experiences and Psychedelics Make us Happy? (LIVE from DC) 2023-05-15 · 42m
Why We're Mean to Our Future Selves (LIVE from Boston) 2023-05-08 · 41m
The Man Who Invented Happiness Science: Marty Seligman 2023-05-01 · 41m
Smell, Taste and Touch: How to Joyfully Awaken Your Senses 2023-04-24 · 32m
Sight and Sound: How to Joyfully Awaken Your Senses 2023-04-17 · 34m
Do We Need a New Word for 'Happiness'? Katie Couric talks to Dr Laurie Santos 2023-04-10 · 35m
Happiness Lessons of The Ancients: Sikhism and Daily Habits 2023-04-03 · 31m
Happiness Lessons of The Ancients: Sikhism and How We're All Connected 2023-03-27 · 27m
Happiness Lessons of The Ancients: Yoga of the Mind 2023-03-20 · 35m
Happiness Lessons of The Ancients: The Trauma of Troy 2023-03-13 · 37m
Happiness Lessons of The Ancients: The Anger of Achilles 2023-03-06 · 32m
Happiness Lessons of The Ancients: Aristotle and Plato ICYMI 2023-02-27 · 56m
Happiness Lessons of The Ancients: Socrates and Self-Knowledge 2023-02-20 · 45m
The Happiness of Silence 2023-01-30 · 32m
Stop Looking for the Perfect Job - a "Good Enough Job" is Just Fine 2023-01-23 · 32m
A Daily Workout to Tackle Nagging Self-Criticism 2023-01-16 · 25m
How to Eat Intuitively 2023-01-09 · 34m
Stop Endlessly Chasing the "Next Big Thing" 2023-01-02 · 35m
Coming Jan 2: Let Your Inner Voice be Heard in 2023 2022-12-19 · 3m
Giving Tuesday: Why Giving Money to Others Makes us Happier 2022-11-29 · 32m
Happier Parents, Happier Kids Pt 2: Letting Children Try and Fail 2022-11-07 · 32m
Happier Parents, Happier Kids Pt 1: Your Child Isn't a VIP or a Fragile Vase 2022-10-31 · 30m
Hulking Out! Why You Change When You're Angry 2022-10-24 · 31m
You Only Live Once... So Commit 2022-10-17 · 32m
The Fun of Eating a Pepper Hotter Than the Sun 2022-10-10 · 29m
From Revisionist History: The Starvation Experiment 2022-10-06 · 31m
Why Living Without Regret is a Bad Idea 2022-10-03 · 30m
The Handbook for Sonic Happiness - A Twenty Thousand Hertz/Happiness Lab Mash-up 2022-09-26 · 43m
Move to Your Happy Place 2022-09-19 · 32m
Nerd Out! The Happiness of Being a Fan 2022-09-12 · 32m
The Secret to Making Friends as an Adult 2022-09-06 · 32m
The Joy of Star Trek, The Grateful Dead and Hot Sauce: The Happiness Lab Returns September 6 2022-08-22 · 3m
Q: "What Did the Pandemic Teach Us About Happiness?" 2022-08-01 · 37m
Q: "How Do I Stop Negative Self-talk?" 2022-07-25 · 31m
Q: "Can You Be Happy Alone?" 2022-07-18 · 40m
Q: "Are We Born to Work? Or Born to Live?" 2022-07-11 · 32m
Malala on Burnout, Guilt and How to Disagree Better 2022-07-11 · 30m
Laurie Answers Your Happiness Questions - Coming July 11 2022-07-04 · 2m
Burnout and How to Avoid It 2022-02-21 · 34m
Fighting that "Meh" Feeling of Languishing 2022-02-14 · 42m
When Guilt is Good... and When it's Not 2022-02-07 · 33m
Embracing Sadness in the Pursuit of Happiness 2022-01-31 · 35m
How to be Angry Better 2022-01-24 · 35m
Stepping Off the Path of Anxiety 2022-01-17 · 27m
The Eight Pillars of Grieving 2022-01-10 · 33m
The Paradox of Grief 2022-01-10 · 30m
Emotions Are Data...So Listen to Them 2022-01-03 · 45m
How to Identify Your Negative Emotions 2022-01-03 · 37m
Reset Your Relationship With Negative Emotions in 2022 2021-12-20 · 3m
How to Give More Effectively 2021-11-30 · 27m
How to Adopt a Growth Mindset 2021-11-23 · 22m
The Happiness Lab Presents: Miracle and Wonder: Conversations with Paul Simon 2021-11-22 · 6m
How to be Happier at Work (with Dan Harris) 2021-11-08 · 51m
How to Feel More Empathy (With the Host of Bad Women: The Ripper Retold) 2021-11-02 · 38m
An 80s nostalgia-fest with Molly Ringwald and Rob Lowe 2021-10-25 · 61m
Laurie Gets a Fun-tervention (Part Two: Beach Party) 2021-10-11 · 29m
Laurie Gets a Fun-tervention (Part One) 2021-09-27 · 35m
How to Handle Change 2021-09-22 · 38m
The Kindness of Strangers 2021-09-20 · 32m
You Can’t Always Want What You Like 2021-09-13 · 40m
Let Slip the Dogs of More Happiness 2021-09-06 · 38m
Treating the Pain of a Broken Heart 2021-08-23 · 34m
Why Nostalgia Ain't So Rosy 2021-08-16 · 35m
The Happiness Lab Meets No Stupid Questions 2021-08-09 · 37m
A Slight Change of Plans 2021-05-20 · 27m
Hidden Brain: Laurie Talks Monkeys and Bad Money Decisions. 2021-05-10 · 48m
Happiness Lessons of The Ancients: Lao Tzu 2021-05-03 · 33m
Happiness Lessons of The Ancients: Confucius 2021-04-26 · 34m
Happiness Lessons of The Ancients: Forgiveness 2021-04-19 · 29m
Happiness Lessons of The Ancients: The Day of Rest 2021-04-12 · 30m
Happiness Lessons of The Ancients: The Torah 2021-04-05 · 28m
Move More... But for the Right Reasons 2021-01-25 · 33m
Feed Yourself Like You'd Feed a Loved One 2021-01-18 · 37m
Reconnect With The Moment 2021-01-11 · 34m
Dump Your Inner Drill Sergeant 2021-01-04 · 37m
Happier Holidays: How to Celebrate No Matter What 2020-12-14 · 38m
Happier Holidays: How to Give and Receive the Perfect Gift 2020-12-07 · 30m
Happiness Lessons of The Ancients: The Buddha 2020-10-05 · 29m
Happiness Lessons of The Ancients: Epictetus 2020-09-28 · 29m
Happiness Lessons of The Ancients: Plato 2020-09-21 · 27m
Happiness Lessons of The Ancients: Aristotle 2020-09-14 · 28m
How to Be a Better Ally 2020-06-29 · 37m
The War For Kindness 2020-06-22 · 35m
Why Experiences Make You Happier Than Things 2020-06-15 · 25m
How to Kick Bad Habits (and Start Good Ones) 2020-06-08 · 32m
The Science of Attention and Distraction 2020-06-01 · 30m
For Whom the Alarm Clock Tolls 2020-05-25 · 34m
Working Your Way to Happiness 2020-05-18 · 34m
PJ and Alex Love to Gripe 2020-05-04 · 30m
Psychopaths and Superheroes 2020-04-27 · 30m
New Season: The Happiness Lab Returns April 27 2020-04-23 · 1m
How Our Screen Habits Impact Our Stress Levels 2020-04-20 · 23m
Helping the Helpers 2020-04-16 · 39m
Laurie's Personal Tips 2020-04-09 · 36m
Keep Your Relationship Healthy 2020-04-02 · 26m
Help Others to Help Yourself 2020-03-30 · 29m
Calm Can Be Contagious 2020-03-26 · 39m
Rising to a Challenge 2020-03-23 · 26m
Coach Yourself Through a Crisis 2020-03-19 · 26m
Beat Your Isolation Loneliness 2020-03-16 · 22m
Sleep When You're Dead Tired (LIVE with Arianna Huffington) 2020-01-27 · 28m
Think Yourself Happy (LIVE from Yale) 2020-01-20 · 30m
Grateful Expectations 2020-01-13 · 27m
A New Hope 2020-01-06 · 23m
BONUS: A Happier Christmas 2019-12-16 · 9m
Making the Grade 2019-11-19 · 33m
Is Happiness Contagious? How Other People's Emotions Affect Us 2019-11-15 · 35m
Decision Fatigue: The Psychology of Choice Overload 2019-11-05 · 35m
Don't Accentuate the Positive 2019-10-29 · 41m
Why It's So Hard to Stop Intrusive Thoughts—And What Actually Helps 2019-10-22 · 39m
Caring What You're Sharing 2019-10-15 · 38m
Mistakenly Seeking Solitude 2019-10-08 · 34m
A Silver Lining 2019-10-01 · 41m
The Unhappy Millionaire 2019-09-24 · 38m
You Can Change 2019-09-13 · 38m
Coming Soon: The Happiness Lab Season One 2019-08-27 · 4m
Introducing: The Happiness Lab with Dr. Laurie Santos 2019-07-24 · 1m
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