On episode 251 of You, Me, Empathy, Maggie Smith and I explore making checklists as a way to keep everything in control (and Maggie’s apt childhood nickname, “checky listy”), intellectualizing our feelings vs. feeling our feelings, why looking back at past versions of ourselves requires self-compassion and self-forgive

On episode 242 of You, Me, Empathy, Rory Scovel (Babylon, Physical, Pen Pals) and I explore how taking care of ourselves helps us better take care of others, confronting the fear of not making the “right” choices, psilocybin as an experience of profound empathy, and using our imaginations to break humans free of the bo

On episode 237 of You, Me, Empathy, Nora McInerny and I explore why nothing matters and everything matters all at once, the tension between your personal value and what you create, the loneliness of being an adult, how Nora’s grief has impacted her empathy, and Nora’s hilarious and heartwarming new book, Bad Vibes Only

Hey, feely humans. I'm doing something different today and previewing a clip from another cool podcast, The Happiness Lab! I hope you enjoy! You might think you know what it takes to lead a happier life . . . more money, a better job, or Instagram-worthy vacations. You’re dead wrong. Yale professor Dr. Laurie Santos ha

On Episode 228 of You, Me, Empathy, Kathryn Schulz (staff writer at The New Yorker and Pulitzer Prize winner) and I explore why each of us is obliged to dispel the darkness in the world, losing a father and finding a love, which is at the core of Kathryn’s new memoir, Lost & Found, and the wild and-ness that makes us i

On Episode 222 of You, Me, Empathy, Wil Wheaton and I explore how being a geek intersects with empathy, the childhood trauma Will faced in a mother that treated him as a commodity and a father who simply didn’t care, on being the person we need in the world, and Wil’s beautiful new book, Still Just a Geek, which is lik