The Overexamined Life

I go on a spontaneous adventure... Sick of being ruled by your emotions? Join our Patreon for AD-FREE listening, bonus episodes, and mindfulness exercises that are actually fun: patreon.com/TOLclub   Want to learn how to meditate? Get 30 days of the Waking Up App FREE: wakingup.com/primo   WATCH THE PODCAST on Youtube Follow Jonah Primo on Instagram or visit his Website Jonah writes on S...

A short vignette of missing a train... Sick of being ruled by your emotions? Join our Patreon for AD-FREE listening, bonus episodes, and mindfulness exercises that are actually fun: patreon.com/TOLclub   Want to learn how to meditate? Get 30 days of the Waking Up App FREE: wakingup.com/primo   WATCH THE PODCAST on Youtube Follow Jonah Primo on Instagram or visit his Website Jonah writes...

Running through shadows of the past... Sick of being ruled by your emotions? Join our Patreon for AD-FREE listening, bonus episodes, and mindfulness exercises that are actually fun: patreon.com/TOLclub   Want to learn how to meditate? Get 30 days of the Waking Up App FREE: wakingup.com/primo   WATCH THE PODCAST on Youtube Follow Jonah Primo on Instagram or visit his Website Jonah writes...

Nate Green is the Head of Content at the Waking Up App. Nate has sat some of the most intense, exclusive and arcane meditation retreats all across the world, Nate’s also studied with some of the most decorated spiritual leaders of our time. We talk Extreme Retreats, ADHD, Addiction, and Progress in Meditation. Sick of being ruled by your emotions? Join our Patreon for AD-FREE listening, bonus epis...

The intersection of Western and Eastern philosophy is fascinating. All across the world, over 2000 years ago, great minds came up with similar ideas on how to enjoy the present. Sick of being ruled by your emotions? Join our Patreon for AD-FREE listening, bonus episodes, and mindfulness exercises that are actually fun: patreon.com/TOLclub   Want to learn how to meditate? Get 30 days of the Wa...

I sat down with Professor Kieran Setiya, Head Philosophy Professor at M.I.T., and asked him about some of the profound topics Keiran wrestles with in his most recent book "Life is Hard" . We explore the meaning of life, finding hope, navigating injustice, existential value, and most importantly for me at least, regret. Sick of being ruled by your emotions? Join our Patreon for AD-FREE listening, b...

I'm not the best at anything. I've spent a lot of time pursuing random things that excite me. Sometimes I don't mind that, but sometimes it almost kills me. Keiran Setiya helps us navigate regret. Sick of being ruled by your emotions? Join our Patreon for AD-FREE listening, bonus episodes, and mindfulness exercises that are actually fun: patreon.com/TOLclub   Want to learn how to meditate? Ge...

I just had the privilege of a fireside chat with the radient Henry Shukman, a zen teacher who I’ve always found does a phenomenal job of making a deeper practice accessible to the average schmuck like me. Here I am at 31, doing my best to be mindful enough hear the occasional bird chirping on my way to a local brewery (the same brewery where I read Henry’s latest book, “Original Love” ) - while He...

We turn to Russian psychologists and drunken poets to try and figure out why blue is so beautiful. Sick of being ruled by your emotions? Join our Patreon for AD-FREE listening, bonus episodes, and mindfulness exercises that are actually fun: patreon.com/TOLclub   Want to learn how to meditate? Get 30 days of the Waking Up App FREE: wakingup.com/primo   WATCH THE PODCAST on Youtube Follow...

Henry Shukman's new book "original love" with a icy pint may just be the cold hard secret to pure frothy happiness. Substack Link: https://substack.com/@jonahprimo Sick of being ruled by your emotions? Join our Patreon for AD-FREE listening, bonus episodes, and mindfulness exercises that are actually fun: patreon.com/TOLclub   Want to learn how to meditate? Get 30 days of the Waking Up App FR...

We compare scenes from The White Lotus series with real teachings from Shunryū Suzuki and Thich Nhat Hahn. Sick of being ruled by your emotions? Join our Patreon for AD-FREE listening, bonus episodes, and mindfulness exercises that are actually fun: patreon.com/TOLclub   Want to learn how to meditate? Get 30 days of the Waking Up App FREE: wakingup.com/primo   WATCH THE PODCAST on Youtub...

What if we stubbornly choose optimism— practicing gratitude— even if it doesn't make sense, just to see if it makes life feel better? George Carlin and Dostoevsky weigh in. Sick of being ruled by your emotions? Join our Patreon for AD-FREE listening, bonus episodes, and mindfulness exercises that are actually fun: patreon.com/TOLclub   Want to learn how to meditate? Get 30 days of the Waking...

Two-time Oscar winner and nine-time nominee Nancy Haigh joins us to explore the art of noticing. As a production designer, art director, and set decorator, her work has shaped iconic films like The Truman Show , Forrest Gump , Once Upon a Time in Hollywood , No Country for Old Men , Moneyball , and Big Fish —not to mention one of my all-time favorites, Barton Fink . Beyond her incredible filmograp...

When the big bad world feels out of control, it's the tiniest little things that ground us. Sick of being ruled by your emotions? Join our Patreon for AD-FREE listening, bonus episodes, and mindfulness exercises that are actually fun: patreon.com/TOLclub   Want to learn how to meditate? Get 30 days of the Waking Up App FREE: wakingup.com/primo   WATCH THE PODCAST on Youtube Follow Jonah...

We can't fix internal problems with external problem solving. An exploration on new beginnings and dissatisfaction, drawing on Hannah Arendt, Paulo Coelho, and Epictetus. Sick of being ruled by your emotions? Join our Patreon for AD-FREE listening, bonus episodes, and mindfulness exercises that are actually fun: patreon.com/TOLclub   Want to learn how to meditate? Get 30 days of the Waking Up...

Author Kurt Vonnegut is our guru today, a man who truly believed humanity was one big cosmic joke. We study both his fiction and his personal life to figure out how someone who has seen so much horror can still have faith in humanity and find meaning. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Every time we do anything, it leaves a mark, a wrinkle. Those wrinkles can become our most valuable assets. Sick of being ruled by your emotions? Join our Patreon for AD-FREE listening and bonus episodes: patreon.com/TOLclub   Want to learn how to meditate? Get 30 days of the Waking Up App FREE: wakingup.com/primo   WATCH THE PODCAST on Youtube Follow Jonah Primo on Instagram or visit hi...

The idea gives me the 'ick'. But why? Today we look into whether or not a relationship with A.I. is actually a bad thing, drawing on Spike Jonez, Peter Singer, and other great minds.  Sick of being ruled by your emotions? Join our Patreon for AD-FREE listening and bonus episodes: patreon.com/TOLclub   Want to learn how to meditate? Get 30 days of the Waking Up App FREE: wakingup.com/prim...

My guest today is David McMahon - a naturalist and adventurer who has spent his life exploring the world's most remote ecosystems.  David has travelled the globe, coming face to face with some of the most dangerous species on the planet, learning from survival techniques from local and indigenous communities. In our conversation, David said he could be happy anywhere in the world. He knows th...

Drawing on William Shakespeare, Gary Snyder, and a little tiny cricket to uncover the secrets to a fulfilling relationship with nature. Sick of being ruled by your emotions? Join our Patreon for AD-FREE listening and bonus episodes: patreon.com/TOLclub   Want to learn how to meditate? Get 30 days of the Waking Up App FREE: wakingup.com/primo   WATCH THE PODCAST on Youtube Follow Jonah Pr...

After a fairly miserable couple of weeks for me, I seek council from one of the wisest people I know, Jitindriyā, a Buddhist nun, to help me better understand my state of mind - Jitindriyā helps me out with understanding death, depression, love, karma, apologising, and much more. If you are navigating depression, anger, anxiety, grief, fear, you can check out more of Jitindriya's work below. https...

Rant time! It feels like we've lost a key quality in our leadership: Grace. It's time to think outside the box and build back a society that cares about the right things. Sick of being ruled by your emotions? Join our Patreon for AD-FREE listening and bonus episodes: patreon.com/TOLclub   Want to learn how to meditate? Get 30 days of the Waking Up App FREE: wakingup.com/primo   WATCH THE...

Today we're analysing forgiveness and acceptance through the wise words of Bob Dylan.   Sick of being ruled by your emotions? Join our Patreon for AD-FREE listening and bonus episodes: patreon.com/TOLclub   Want to learn how to meditate? Get 30 days of the Waking Up App FREE: wakingup.com/primo   WATCH THE PODCAST on Youtube Follow Jonah Primo on Instagram or visit his Website Email...

One thing working for a big meditation app taught me, is that most people don't know what meditation is actually for. Sick of being ruled by your emotions? Join our Patreon for AD-FREE listening and bonus episodes: patreon.com/TOLclub   Want to learn how to meditate? Get 30 days of the Waking Up App FREE: wakingup.com/primo   WATCH THE PODCAST on Youtube Follow Jonah Primo on Instagram o...

It turns out we can't be the best at everything we care about. In fact it's hard to be really good at even HALF the things we care about. Oliver Burkeman's words are here to help us process this problem. Sick of being ruled by your emotions? Join our Patreon for AD-FREE listening and bonus episodes: patreon.com/TOLclub   Want to learn how to meditate? Get 30 days of the Waking Up App FREE: wa...