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Podcast

Great Food, Not Education, Will Change Habits: Danny O’Malley on PYP 551

Danny O’Malley wants you to eat plant-based protein because it’s inexpensive, convenient, and tasty.

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Becoming a Brave Athlete – and Screen Writer! – with Simon Marshall and Lesley Paterson: PYP 550

Five years after Lesley and Simon appeared on this podcast to talk about how to set and achieve athletic goals, Lesley just won a BAFTA for screenwriting. So let’s listen again to this 2018 conversation for clues about how to live a brave life.

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How to Market Your Vegan Business the Right Way: Sandra Nomoto on PYP 549

How can vegans market their businesses to take advantage of affinities in the vegan community, without alienating everyone else? 
And should they even try? 

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Are We Having Fun Yet?: Mike Rucker on PYP 548

We can get so caught up in duty and obligation and self-improvement that we neglect one of the key elements of a good life: plain old fun.

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How to Live Based on Values, Not Impulses: Russ Harris on PYP 547

Russ Harris, author of the bestselling The Happiness Trap, shares techniques and practices for unhooking from the mind’s dictates to live a joyful, authentic, and purpose-driven life.

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Preventing Prostate Cancer: Benny Gavi, MD, and Maya Eylon on PYP 546

Is prostate cancer preventable? What does the latest science say about dietary and lifestyle choices that can actually change the outcome?

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How to Engage in “Healthy Conflict”: Mark Goulston, MD, on PYP 545

Mark Goulston, MD, shares how to engage in healthy conflict, control your anger in tough situations, and defuse tension with “surgical empathy” and “radical patience.”

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Own Your Nervous System: Sukie Baxter on PYP 544

What are the root causes of physical tension and chronic emotional distress? How can we truly heal our bodies and minds? Today’s guest points to the nervous system as the node of highest leverage.

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How Palm Oil, Colonialism, and Greed Have Endangered the World: Jocelyn Zuckerman on PYP 543

In terms of human suffering and environmental destruction, there’s little that can compare to the global trade in palm oil. Today’s guest takes us on a hard yet vital journey of discovery and understanding.

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The Sounds of Life: Karen Bakker, PhD on PYP 542

Humans aren’t the only beings that talk to each other. Whales, elephants, bees, corals, unhatched turtles, and even plants and fungi use sound waves to connect and coordinate. Can we begin to understand them, and talk back?

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