302 Episodes

  1. Midweek Reset: Super communicators

    Published: 4/9/2025
  2. Jillian Turecki; ‘when it comes to love, it begins with you.’

    Published: 4/5/2025
  3. Midweek Reset: The Gift Economy

    Published: 4/2/2025
  4. Are we wired for discovery? Alex Hutchinson on the Explorer’s Gene.

    Published: 4/1/2025
  5. Midweek Reset: On having kids

    Published: 3/26/2025
  6. Unlocking the teen brain: Lisa Damour’s guide to raising emotionally balanced kids

    Published: 3/26/2025
  7. Midweek Reset: On Mind over Body

    Published: 3/21/2025
  8. What it's like to be an alcoholic: a renowned philosopher’s struggle with addiction

    Published: 3/19/2025
  9. Midweek Reset: On failure

    Published: 3/11/2025
  10. Life lessons from history’s greatest explorers

    Published: 3/9/2025
  11. Midweek Reset: Connecting with teens

    Published: 3/5/2025
  12. Poet David David Whyte on death, anxiety, and MDMA

    Published: 3/2/2025
  13. Midweek Reset: Marriage Actually

    Published: 2/26/2025
  14. Understanding anxiety — and its surprising upside

    Published: 2/23/2025
  15. Midweek Reset: Toxic Positivity

    Published: 2/19/2025
  16. Baratunde Thurston: how black communities are reclaiming their connection to nature

    Published: 2/16/2025
  17. Midweek Reset: Sleep

    Published: 2/12/2025
  18. The Black Utopians; vision, history, and legacy

    Published: 2/9/2025
  19. Midweek Reset: On Attachment Styles

    Published: 2/5/2025
  20. Dan Winter’s End; dementia and the controversial decision to accelerate one’s death.

    Published: 2/2/2025

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KCRW's Life Examined is a one-hour weekly show exploring science, philosophy, faith — and finding meaning in the modern world. The show is hosted by Jonathan Bastian. Please tune in Sundays at 9 a.m., or find it as a podcast.