Life Examined
A podcast by KCRW - Wednesdays
302 Episodes
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Midweek Reset: Super communicators
Published: 4/9/2025 -
Jillian Turecki; ‘when it comes to love, it begins with you.’
Published: 4/5/2025 -
Midweek Reset: The Gift Economy
Published: 4/2/2025 -
Are we wired for discovery? Alex Hutchinson on the Explorer’s Gene.
Published: 4/1/2025 -
Midweek Reset: On having kids
Published: 3/26/2025 -
Unlocking the teen brain: Lisa Damour’s guide to raising emotionally balanced kids
Published: 3/26/2025 -
Midweek Reset: On Mind over Body
Published: 3/21/2025 -
What it's like to be an alcoholic: a renowned philosopher’s struggle with addiction
Published: 3/19/2025 -
Midweek Reset: On failure
Published: 3/11/2025 -
Life lessons from history’s greatest explorers
Published: 3/9/2025 -
Midweek Reset: Connecting with teens
Published: 3/5/2025 -
Poet David David Whyte on death, anxiety, and MDMA
Published: 3/2/2025 -
Midweek Reset: Marriage Actually
Published: 2/26/2025 -
Understanding anxiety — and its surprising upside
Published: 2/23/2025 -
Midweek Reset: Toxic Positivity
Published: 2/19/2025 -
Baratunde Thurston: how black communities are reclaiming their connection to nature
Published: 2/16/2025 -
Midweek Reset: Sleep
Published: 2/12/2025 -
The Black Utopians; vision, history, and legacy
Published: 2/9/2025 -
Midweek Reset: On Attachment Styles
Published: 2/5/2025 -
Dan Winter’s End; dementia and the controversial decision to accelerate one’s death.
Published: 2/2/2025
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.