The Six Podcasts I'm Listening To

I'm pretty new to listening to podcasts. It's something I've been wanting to get into for quite a while now, because it's actually a really smart and convenient way for me to consume content. And thankfully, I just figured out how I can fit them into my life. Because adding one more thing to our already busy lives, can be hard. But hopefully, as I add this to my daily routine, it will slowly turn into a new habit. Lately, I'm finding the time to listen to these podcasts while I'm driving and running errands, or as I'm cooking dinner. For some it can be while they work out, but that hasn't been working for me.

I'm not quite sure why I took me this long to figure out that podcasts are truly a smart way to consume content. In an age where we're constantly being bombarded with content, podcasts are the perfect way to control what you want to listen to, what new topics you want to learn, or maybe learn more of. As you can see from my list of favorites below, health and wellness is a top priority for me.

These are the six podcasts I've loving, in no particular order.

TED Radio HourGuy Raz explores the emotions, insights, and discoveries that make us human. The TED Radio Hour is a narrative journey through fascinating ideas, astonishing inventions, fresh approaches to old problems, and new ways to think and create.Start with the episode Simply Happy, and follow with In Praise of Slowness.The goop PodcastGwyneth Paltrow and goop’s Chief Content Officer Elise Loehnen chat with leading thinkers, culture changers, and industry disruptors—from doctors to creatives, CEOs to spiritual healers—about shifting old paradigms and starting new conversations.I just finished listening to How to Avoid the Chemicals that Disrupt Hormones.Forever35Doree Shafrir and Kate Spencer may have come together as friends who like to talk about serums, but since its start in early 2018, their podcast has grown to envelop all kinds of self-care, from exercise to face masks to more existential questions like your life’s purpose. The two hosts invite a guest each week, often an influential woman in the arts or beauty space (Eva Chen, Nicole Chung and Rebecca Traister were recent guests). This is a pod that truly sounds like you’re eavesdropping on a conversation between your friends. -- Jillian CapewellWhere Should We Begin?Each episode of “Where Should We Begin?“ is a real couples therapy session moderated by psychotherapist Esther Perel. Couples sign up to see Perel — whose TED Talks have been viewed over 11 million times — for a variety of reasons, from infidelity to infertility, sexual dispassion to unwieldy fetishes. It’s thrilling to have access to such a private arena, where strangers share their most intimate feelings and fears, often for the first time. And Perel — a whip-smart emotional savant who pierces through human defenses with the efficiency of a surgeon — is a wonder to behold. Her superpower is her ability to parse out the narratives her clients cling to, offering them other, more productive ways to understand their love story. While listeners might not identify with the particular details of each client’s experience, the underlying themes of longing, insecurity, past trauma, obstinance, fear and hope resonate, hard. Plus, Perel’s soothing French accent is my version of ASMR. — Priscilla FrankThe Skinny ConfidentialYou’ll find a mix of audio entertainment including interviews with celebrities, entrepreneurs, influencers, experts, and thought leaders. The conversations are a juicy mix of wellness tips, business advice, relationship insight and much more all to help you become the best version of yourself – sprinkled with lots of laughs.Start with episode #67. This episode is full of health and wellness tips.Freakonomics RadioDiscover the hidden side of everything with Stephen J. Dubner, co-author of the Freakonomics books. Each week, this podcast tells you things you always thought you knew {but didn’t} and things you never thought you wanted to know {but do} — from the economics of sleep to how to become great at just about anything. Dubner speaks with Nobel laureates and provocateurs, intellectuals and entrepreneurs, and various other underachievers.Start with the episode How To Be Happy.