Twitter: @MissMMcCarthy
Site: www.thehappierhour.org/podcast
54 episodes
2018 to 2019
Average episode: 26 minutes
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Categories: Interview-Style • Life Philosophy
Podcaster's summary: Equal parts philosophy and self-help (with a dash of humor thrown in for taste), The Happier Hour aims to make philosophy useful for the rest of us. Each episode explores a modern-day dilemma, via the lens of the greatest philosophers of all time, and often with special guests in the hot seat who know about stuff. Like the joy that comes from a strong drink at half the price, this show is for curious minds who want to know more about philosophy, without going back to school. Join your host Monica McCarthy, because it’s time to get happier!
| Episodes |
| 2019-May-28 • 22 minutes #054 Humility Q&A: Self-Care, Self-Promotion, And The Myth of Being Self-Made What Audre Lorde and Auguste Comte Can Teach Us |
| 2019-May-21 • 38 minutes #053 Losing My Religion With Auguste Comte and AJ Jacobs How Luck And Gratitude Can Make Us Humble |
| 2019-May-14 • 47 minutes #052 Speaking Up With Audre Lourde and Serene J Khader On Feminism, Oppression, and Humility |
| 2019-May-07 • 18 minutes #051 Design Q&A: Designing Our Dreams With Derrida and Kant With Debbie Millman and Kathleen Wallace |
| 2019-Apr-30 • 35 minutes #050 Moral By Design With Immanuel Kant and Kathleen Wallace How The Categorical Imperative Can Change Your Life |
| 2019-Apr-23 • 40 minutes #049 Designing Your Life With Debbie Millman and Jacques Derrida On Meaning, Purpose, And Making Your Own Rules |
| 2019-Apr-18 • 30 minutes #048 Doubt Q&A: On Skepticism, Cynicism, and Optimism What Socrates and Karl Popper Can Teach Us To Be Happier |
| 2019-Mar-26 • 35 minutes #047 Weird Science With Karl Popper and Maryam Zaringhalam What doubt, pseudoscience, and philosophy can teach us |
| 2019-Mar-19 • 39 minutes #046 Doubt With Socrates and Nick Pappas How some skepticism can turn fear into curiosity |
| 2019-Mar-07 • 36 minutes #045 Failure With Jean-Paul Sartre and Olivia Goldhill How Existentialism Can Help Us Fail Better |
| 2018-Dec-29 • 34 minutes #044 Reflecting On The Year That Was Celebrating the anniversary of the Happier Hour and 2018 |
| 2018-Dec-23 • 26 minutes #043 Legacy Q&A: On Sacrifice, Success, and Selfies Social media, sociopathy, and society |
| 2018-Dec-19 • 30 minutes #042 Achievement With Friedrich Nietzsche and Mary Pilon On sports, fans, fame, and failure |
| 2018-Dec-16 • 29 minutes #041 Storytelling With David Hume and Barry Lam On passions, legacy, and skepticism |
| 2018-Dec-12 • 34 minutes #040 Practice With William James and Scott Barry Kaufman Creating A Legacy One Habit At A Time |
| 2018-Dec-09 • 26 minutes #039 Revelry Q&A: On Beauty, Bacchae, and Becoming What Immigrants, Burlesque, and Cotton Candy Have In Common |
| 2018-Dec-05 • 23 minutes #038 Sexy Time with Michel Foucault and Jezebel Express How burlesque can help us be happier |
| 2018-Nov-29 • 27 minutes #037 Fiestas & Solitude With Octavio Paz and Daniel Campos On immigrants, revelry, and combating loneliness |
| 2018-Nov-26 • 28 minutes #036 Nostalgia With Svetlana Boym and Not Your Average Cotton How looking back can help you be more present |
| 2018-Nov-21 • 22 minutes #035 DISCOVERY Q&A: On Cruises, Knowledge, Books, and Brains Audience Asks, Discovery Guests Answer |
| 2018-Oct-30 • 29 minutes #034 Your Brain On Avicenna and Shannon Odell Neuroscience, self-help, and social media |
| 2018-Oct-24 • 24 minutes #033 It's All Relative With Albert Einstein and Dr. Elise Crull How metaphysics and empathy are related |
| 2018-Oct-21 • 28 minutes #032 Bonus Episode: Well-Placed Travels with Jessica Parker The Business of Travel |
| 2018-Oct-17 • 29 minutes #031 The Road Less Travelled With Santayana and David Farley How travel can be our teacher |
| 2018-Oct-08 • 35 minutes #030 Lessons Learned: On Podcasting & Philosophy Season 1 Finale of The Happier Hour |
| 2018-Oct-04 • 20 minutes #029 CREATIVITY Q&A: On Art, Madness, and the Middle East The grand final on our CREATIVITY series |
| 2018-Oct-02 • 24 minutes #028 Facing Our Fears With Montaigne and Adam Valen Levinson Challenging our assumptions and creatively communicating |
| 2018-Sep-27 • 27 minutes #027 Reflections In Wonderland with Gwenda-lin Grewal Creativity As Uncovering |
| 2018-Sep-25 • 29 minutes #026 The Third Way With Émilie Du Châtelet and Amber Baldet Blockchain, Big Banks, and Authentic Creativity |
| 2018-Sep-23 • 7 minutes #025 And The Tree Was Happy: A Story of Generosity How giving can make you happier |
| 2018-Sep-20 • 13 minutes #024 Money Q&A: The Value of Currency Voting, Meaning, and Universal Basic Income |
| 2018-Sep-18 • 25 minutes #023 Making Money Work With Voltaire And Jill Schlesinger Cultivating our gardens with common cents |
| 2018-Sep-16 • 40 minutes #022 Act II: Existential Angst and Career Change When you who you were is no longer who you are |
| 2018-Sep-13 • 27 minutes #021 Moral Money With Adam Smith and Jennifer Morton How scarcity changes our choices |
| 2018-Sep-11 • 31 minutes #020 Do The (Side) Hustle With Epicurus and Chris Guillebeau How freedom in work can change your life |
| 2018-Sep-09 • 44 minutes #019 The Write Life With Jenny Blake How to write and live with more ease and joy |
| 2018-Sep-06 • 15 minutes #018 Rebellion Q&A: I’ll Have What She’s Having Fighting Oppression One Philosopher At A Time |
| 2018-Sep-04 • 24 minutes #017 Making A Racket with Hypatia and Simone de Beauvoir Changing the shame game |
| 2018-Sep-02 • 10 minutes #016 Labor Of Truth: Ain't I A Woman Sojourner Truth and Women Who Run The World |
| 2018-Aug-30 • 30 minutes #015 Sinners and Saint Teresa of Avila with Dr. Christia Mercer Rebelling With Grace |
| 2018-Aug-28 • 29 minutes #014 Radical Resistance With Hannah Arendt and Genesis Be How a shift in perspective can change the conversation |
| 2018-Aug-26 • 10 minutes #013 Embracing The Amateur For The Love Of The Game |
| 2018-Aug-23 • 11 minutes #012 LOVE Q&A: Love, Loss, and Loving More When Breakups Can Become A Blessing |
| 2018-Aug-21 • 27 minutes #011 Commit To A Character with Aristotle and William Beteet How Acting "As If" Can Change Your (Love) Life |
| 2018-Aug-19 • 13 minutes #010 Getting To The Good Place How Rules Can Make Us Happier |
| 2018-Aug-16 • 26 minutes #009 Soulmates, Sartre, and Beauvoir with Skye Cleary How Existentialism Can Save Modern Marriage |
| 2018-Aug-14 • 22 minutes #008 Your Love Blueprint and Sigmund Freud with Terri Cole How to break the cycle of bad relationships |
| 2018-Aug-12 • 29 minutes #007 Ancient Wisdom For Modern Anxiety with Jules Evans How Stoicism, CBT, and Loving Kindness Can Help Us Cope |
| 2018-Aug-09 • 15 minutes #006 Resolutions Q&A: Plato, Seneca and Camus Walk Into A Bar with Dorie Clark, Massimo Pigliuccui, and Rita J King |
| 2018-Aug-07 • 24 minutes #005 Just Your Imagination with Albert Camus and Rita J King How philosophy and myth change the way we view the world |
| 2018-Aug-02 • 13 minutes #004 How A Dinner Party Can Change Your Life Happier Ever After Hours Bonus Episode 1 |
| 2018-Aug-02 • 29 minutes #003 Keep Calm And Carry On with Seneca and Massimo Pigliucci How Stoicism Can Save The Day |
| 2018-Aug-02 • 20 minutes #002 Beginnings with Plato and Dorie Clark How to choose the right goals? |
| 2018-Jul-24 • 2 minutes #001 It's About Time To Get Happier With A Shot Of Philosophy |