Great first episode for me to listen to. I will be sure to subscribe and add it to my list of regular listens. Thanks for putting out awesome content.

Very helpful in building habits

I find the topics concise, enjoyable, and informative.

Like. Right? You know. Whatever. So. Ya know. Like. Right? So, ya know, I love this show but finding it increasingly challenging to, ya know, right?, listen to, ya know? (the guests are far worse than the host at non sense non speak)

This is probably my favorite podcast. The conversations are meaningful and the host is a good interviewer and listener.

I love this podcast! It’s short but very informative. He gets straight to the point and adds some of his life experiences to every show.

I recently came across this podcast and proceeded to listen to every single episode! Each guests background is so diverse and the host has such an incredible talent of making each experience digestible to a large audience. I have been able to relate something in my day to the episode that I listened to that morning and I can honestly say that I believe I am becoming a better human since listening to this podcast!

This episode isn’t even worth listening to because the study is from a cohort of (likely) all white and all men from Harvard. Seriously how hard could it be to make these privileged guys lives happier?

"How to solve your problems using drawing" with Liana Finck is a great episode! This was so relatable and Finck is so approachable and humble. This conversation helped me so much with my feelings of worthlessness/ unworthiness as an artist, and accepting that my creative output goes through "seasons"— AND THAT'S OKAY AND NORMAL!!! Love y'all♥️♥️♥️

I can’t recall how I came across this podcast but it’s become one of my favorites. I enjoy the cheerful attitude of the host and the easygoing way his conversations flow with his guests. I always come with a new outlook and a new lesson learned after listening.

I really like the podcast but I thought a self-improvement podcast would know about BetterHelp's terrible track record. They share patient information with 3rd parties, and they have unqualified "therapists" just to name a few. BetterHelp is a tech company first. I implore this pod to have some better ethics about who they accept as sponsors.

Love listening to this podcast. Personally I think The Jungle by Upton Sinclair written in the early 1900’s during the Industrial Revolution boom. It was controversial at the time and he received death threats and was ostracized by many for writing it. It’s fictional however largely based on what was going on at the time. When I read it I was surprised to learn that becoming an immigrant only required jumping into a pickup truck and agreeing to vote for them in the upcoming election 😊…how things have changed.

I love this podcast because it helps me think in different ways, challenges me, but it’s also fun to listen to. Been listening for over a year and will continue to do so!

Don’t really listen to podcasts I heard the story about the guy named Peter, who thinks all birds are made robots that listen to us. Do they already listen to us through our phones and TVs there’s no running away from us get on with your life unless you got something to hide, I don’t.! Lol anyway them spying keeps us safe

Love listening to you Chris love every single episode. What a great podcast.

Very surprised when Elise Hu talked about the culture of South Korea. She just experienced one side of it and told it like that’s all about it!

Great guests, and Chris Duffy is such a great host! I listen to every episode.

I love this podcast. I always learn something new and/or think about something differently. Chris is a thoughtful, engaging host. Strong recc!

I'm a nurse, and the episode about grief hit home! Thank you for verbalizing SO many of my thoughts. I appreciate you & all you do!

I come for the guests and their perspective. Chris Duffy is impossibly pompous and arrogant during the interviews. Any growth moments he shares about himself are clearly scripted.He has the world figured out already and has to read words someone else has written to convey moments of personal growth. It’s a shame since many of the guests are inviting genuine and authentic dialogue and curiosity. Chris isn’t up to the task.

(Maybe) somewhat abnormally, but not to me, I will search apple podcasts to see if Michael Schur has been on any recent podcasts as a guest talking about his book “How to be Perfect”, his sports and random topics podcast called The PosCast with Joe Posnanski, his new working relationship with Meadowlark Media, the Dan Lebatard & Friends Network (although he’s soon (he hopes) to get fired from those shows) or lastly but most famously for his writing on The Office, The Good Place, Brooklyn 99, Saturday Night Live etc. I listen to Michael Schur because he makes SENSE! He’s logical, kind, considerate, humble, appreciative. He is HILARIOUS! He makes me laugh and he makes my heart happy. He adores his wife, kids, dogs. He wants us all to be better in any small way that we can and our combined efforts will make lives better, and we will be better for it. I was ELATED to come across this podcast today! Chris is a fabulous host! Great questions, insightful, clearly does his homework and above all, he’s an admirer of Michael Schur’s career and his efforts on and off the screen. This was a FABULOUS podcast and I can’t wait to listen to all the other episodes. I know I’ll learn something in every podcast.

This is such an engaging, insightful podcast. It’s really well hosted by Chris Duffy who breaks down potentially overwhelming topics into everyday conversations with the true experts! He asks great questions. Highly recommend.

This podcast has been getting me through some very rough times as of late.

Contrived drama with little science.

Excellent self improvement pod. I love the variety snd diversity of guest.

this is a great podcast to put on while I go on a walk! i laugh alongside Chris and enjoy his thoughtful anecdotes that always pair well with guests’ experiences. i have been eating with more mindfulness (buying produce in season, eating less meat) because of the Sean Sherman episode. i’d love to hear more from more WOC in the future

I don’t understand why am educational podcast would need advertisements and within the first minutes of the podcast even. Sadly to say I unsubscribed.

This podcast really is helping me be a better human. I enjoy the diversity of topics. It is enjoyable to listen to and the topics challenge my thoughts.

Amazing! Love this podcast. Please keep going.

I thought this one would be interesting to listen to because it deals with the psychology on how improve one self's behavior. The most memorable thing about this podcast is that it makes it memorable because all the ads that are sponsorships, are very helpful because Chris gives resources for people that deal with mental issues and other global issues, where he provides these resources to help raise awareness. I love that he always includes his CVS Red Nose Day and his sponsorship with the company of his favorite sock and tells that every time somebody buys a pair, the organization donates to people in need. I love that he has psychologists and other professionals, and they talk about how people can change or deal with new issues that deal with depression, grief and other mental problems. I also like it because it gives us a perspective that can help us learn even further from what Chris would explain. The one expert/guest that I liked the most was Dr. Lucy Hone, because she included mental issues that are most common in other countries and tried to connect them to the U.S. A question I would want to ask Chris is, how does he deal with mental issues himself? And how does he feel about the pandemic affecting it? And I would like to ask him this because since he likes it a lot and has his guests talk the same thing, I would like to see this from his point of view. Other topics that I would want the podcast to cover is that I would like to see a normal person, not an expert, but a normal guest, and I would like them to tell their story of dealing with mental issues and how do they deal with them, and what expectations do they have for themselves.

So grateful for this podcast. One of my favorites to listen to when I go for a walk. Such a lovely source of empathy, optimism, and humility during a tough time. Also on a side note- I actually got one of the Apollo Neuroscience devices after hearing about it here and have been shocked at how genuinely effective it has been for managing my fibro symptoms. Thanks for making this podcast, your time and work are so appreciated!

Love love love this!!

Outstanding podcast. I love the simple idea that we are all listing because we want to be better humans. Topics are always relatable, questions are humbly asked, and your guests answers always give me hope.

Love this podcast. It is fun, smart, light and has great ideas in how to be a better human. Listing motivate me to practice a “better human” new tools and skills. Thank you!! Love it!! 💕

I was struck by how different this episode was from my experience. The big insight seemed to be, spend money and time on other people not yourself. What annoyed me was the chuckle chuckle attitude that while this is what the expert recommends this isn’t what he does. I believe him. Being a big shot professor at Harvard is a place you get only if you put yourself first. I say this as an academic myself. At the same time, there are many people who do put others first, who spend money on others, who may even forget what they liked or wanted because they spend so much time focused on others. Ask any parent of an ill or disabled child, or an immigrant who will never work in their chosen profession in order that their larger family can escape oppression. In other words, the social conventions professor norton projects onto the rest of us reflect his narrow privileged but uncaring class, not the American experience as a whole.

Brain juices flowing

Chris Duffy is human. A very good human. He got that way from he’s pursuit of being a better human. Now you to can follow along and join him in becoming a better human. Let’s all be better today.

This is my new favorite podcast and my only complaint is there aren’t a hundred episodes yet for me to binge. I usually send each episode to 3-5 friends who I think would appreciate it.

The host Chris makes me laugh out loud and is relatably (word?) human. The friend you have a beer with and only this friend brings a TED guest expert! And have to say I actually end up getting something out of the conversations. Fatherhood one was especially helpful.

Quit working the refs !!

First in a most empathetic and respectful way I’d like to bring forward some points on this episode. First there was no conservative voice or thought leader. Your bent was framed with fairly obvious left leaning positioning statements. For example why was the older uncle the conservative and the younger niece the liberal? Are there no young conservatives that could have made your story more believable?? They are out there you know. Your painting of the moral deeper fibers of conservatives are somewhat off base as well. It might have been important to put fairness in both categories. Conservatives believe in equality and fairness. indicating this is not a moral value for conservatives is incorrect. How we achieve it is where we may disagree. Also as conservatives you should have listed Freedom. That is probably the most important conservative value. Loyalty? Maybe you should have substituted Accountability. That would have been more accurate. So while I agree that we should frame our dialogue with finding ways to agree it might be best to have stepped out of this echo chamber and hear why conservatives feel our nation is polarized as well. Of course with all due respect to your guest. Maybe you can address this in a future episode.

Found this new gem of a podcast & absolutely love it and wondering why this isn’t mandatory for the world to listen to, keep up the great work!

This filled the void I'd had in my podcast library since You're the Expert finished. Great to hear Chris break down complex research again!

Such a narcissistic way to live and see the world all about me me me. My daughter died but it’s about me. Yow no wonder the world is effed up

I appreciate the humility with which Chris approaches each episode topic. Entertaining, actionable information. Worth a listen if you’re looking to see new perspectives & hear new ideas.

Just found this podcast and am really enjoying it!!

Love Chris and the format - guests are amazing. A must listen.

Love the podcast. Could you talk about addiction and some issues involved in that and codependency.

loved it

i love the idea behind this podcast, you ask the best questions & i’m so excited to follow along