Lives Well Lived

Most career advice tells you to follow your passion, but what if that’s actually the fastest route to burnout and an overcrowded field? Peter and Kasia sit down with Ben Todd, the visionary co-founder of 80,000 Hours, to completely dismantle everything you think you know about finding meaningful work. Ben delivers a sobering look at the rapidly shifting job market under the shadow of artificial intelligence. From the white-collar roles that will shrink first to the terrifying reality of AI losing human control, Ben shares the urgent, high-stakes interventions lNeeded to safeguard our future.

Learn more about Ben Todd and read 80,000 hours

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Peter & Kasia speak with Elaine Perlman and Joshua Morrison about their motivations behind living kidney donation and why so few people donate to strangers despite the enormous potential to save lives. Both guests became good samaritan kidney donors after encountering stories that challenged their assumptions about altruism.

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Dana Suskind joins Peter & Kasia to discuss her book Human Raised and the challenge of raising children in an age of AI. Dana discusses how AI might reshape education and parenting, with human qualities such as curiosity, resilience, creativity and critical thinking becoming increasingly important.

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learn more about Dana and read her book Human Raised

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Ryan Holiday explains how he discovered Stoicism and why its ideas continue to resonate today, particularly when confronting death, adversity, parenting and uncertainty. They explore memento mori as a practice for becoming more present and grateful, while distinguishing Stoic acceptance from fatalism. Kasia also reflects on how cancer led her to Stoicism as a way of managing fear and finding emotional balance.

learn more about Ryan and listen to his podcast The Daily Stoic

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Michael Pollan is on the podcast to discuss some of life’s biggest and strangest questions: is our food making us sick, can psychedelics unlock hidden dimensions of consciousness? are plants intelligent? and could AI ever truly wake up?

learn more about Michael and read his latest book 'A World Appears' www.michaelpollan.com

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