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The Happiness Lab with Dr. Laurie Santos

2026
Why Algorithms Can’t Predict Your Love Life with Dr. Paul Eastwick Feb 23 41m 11s 15 insights How to Find "The One": The Science of Dating with Tim Molnar Feb 16 45m 1s 24 insights How to Feel Truly Loved (with Dr. Sonja Lyubomirsky and Dr. Harry Reis) Feb 9 42m 9s 15 insights How to Design a More Meaningful Life (with Dave Evans and Bill Burnett) Feb 2 46m 30s 30 insights The Surprising Science of Creativity (with Dr. George Newman) Jan 26 30m 34s 19 insights Why Chasing Success Can Leave You Feeling Stuck (with David Brooks) Jan 19 36m 48s 34 insights How to Bounce Back from Life’s Curveballs (with Dr. Maya Shankar) Jan 12 39m 32s 17 insights Stop Wasting Your Energy — Here’s What to Do Instead (with Dr. Diana Hill) Jan 5 46m 58s 17 insights
2025
Holiday Survival Guide II: Perfect Gifts and Fighting Fatigue (with Rainn Wilson) Dec 15 31m 14s 26 insights Holiday Survival Guide I: Ending Family Arguments (with Rainn Wilson) Dec 8 48m 15s 31 insights How to Experience the Joy of Giving Right Now Dec 2 47m 42s 23 insights Why Being Grateful Makes Us Feel Great (A Thanksgiving Re-run) Nov 24 27m 17s 4 insights Reset Your Relationship with Stress (for National Stress Awareness Day) Nov 5 43m 27s 26 insights How Horror Movies and True Crime Can Make You Happier Oct 27 44m 57s 10 insights Make Vulnerability Your Superpower (with NBA star Kevin Love) Oct 20 37m 7s 16 insights How to Make Better Choices (with Barry Schwartz) Oct 6 40m 48s 11 insights Take a Three-Day Weekend Without Losing Any Pay (with Juliet Schor) Sep 29 55m 51s 15 insights How to Spend Your Time and Money Better (with Nobel Prize Winner Richard Thaler) Sep 22 48m 48s 18 insights Eat Like the People Who Live Happily to 100 (with Dan Buettner) Sep 15 39m 21s 13 insights Why Having the Courage to Defy Makes us Happier (with Dr Sunita Sah) Sep 8 39m 53s 10 insights Stop Caring What Other People Think of You (Bruce Hood on 10% Happier with Dan Harris) Aug 25 1h 8m 28 insights “Can You Train Your Mind to Be Happier?” (with Dr Tal Ben-Shahar) Aug 18 1h 27m 34 insights "Human Minds Are Stupid!" (with Rich Roll) Aug 11 2h 22m 44 insights The Joy of Not Being Dead (with Ryan Holiday on The Daily Stoic) Aug 4 1h 7m 17 insights Anyone Can Play, Anyone Can Win (Cornholing with Michelle Hastie Thompson) Jul 14 32m 59s 21 insights The Jimi Hendrix of the Cello (with Joshua Roman) Jul 7 39m 7s 14 insights "Birds Are Like My Afternoon Martini" (Birding with Lili Taylor) Jun 30 32m 15s 34 insights How Good Manners Made Me Happier (with Etiquette Expert William Hanson) Jun 23 41m 38s 29 insights How Dogs Changed my Life (with The Dogist) Jun 16 35m 29s 21 insights The Two Words That Saved Mel Robbins (From A Slight Change of Plans) Jun 6 37m 30s 10 insights How Smartphones Changed Childhood (And What to do About it) Jun 2 39m 52s 17 insights How to Think Like a Child (with David Yeager) May 26 35m 6s 19 insights How to Tackle Bad Behaviour (with Dr Becky Kennedy) May 19 45m 35s 20 insights Is a "Viking" Childhood a Happier Childhood (with Helen Russell)? May 12 38m 56s 28 insights How Not to Repeat Your Parents' Mistakes (with Glennon Doyle and Abby Wambach) May 5 37m 53s 15 insights Reducing the Stress of Parenting with Dr Vivek Murthy May 1 34m 38s 16 insights How to Build Resilience (with Ben Walter from The Unshakeables) Apr 29 35m 23s 18 insights Can You Become a "Practical" Optimist? Apr 21 45m 4s 24 insights How to Confront the Things that Suck (Live with John Green) Apr 18 1h 11m 20 insights How to be Awesome - With Almost no Effort (with John Green) Apr 14 31m 2s 16 insights How to Stay Hopeful (Live from SXSW with Michelle Obama) Apr 11 58m 25s 16 insights Why You Should Take a Few Months Off Work (Live from SXSW) Apr 7 47m 39s 19 insights Friendships: Handling Change, Conflict and Finding New Friends Apr 4 37m 15 insights Twelve Sayings That Could Change Your Life Mar 31 31m 47s 25 insights Have You Got Trust Issues? Mar 24 42m 2s 19 insights Why Eating Alone is so Bad for You (An International Day of Happiness Special). Mar 20 36m 41s 21 insights Why We're Better With Some Threats Than Others (An Earth Month Re-Run) Mar 17 34m 40s 10 insights Harnessing People Around us to Feel Happier (Live with Ethan Kross) Mar 10 49m 27s 21 insights How to Find Your Purpose Mar 3 42m 59s 17 insights How to Inspire the People Around You Feb 24 51m 6s 25 insights How to Lead the Richest Life Possible Feb 17 38m 3s 18 insights Dr Laurie Talks Romance, Parents and Stalking on 'Love Factually' Feb 14 1h 18 insights How to Learn from a Rom Com Movie Feb 10 45m 28s 13 insights Date Like a Scientist Feb 3 47m 3s 25 insights Stop Stressing About Stress Jan 27 43m 31s 26 insights Hack Your Emotions Jan 20 46m 55s 6 insights Get Over Yourself Jan 13 43m 6s 14 insights Feel Like You're Enough Jan 6 44m 43s 15 insights How To Embrace Imperfection Jan 1 43m 39s 19 insights
2024
Finding Holiday Happiness (Dr Laurie on the How God Works podcast) Dec 16 38m 31s 19 insights Why Giving is a Great Daily Habit Dec 3 42m 45s 18 insights Get Happier, Help Others: Some Good Ideas About Giving Dec 2 51m 9s 15 insights Top 5: How to Act Like an Extrovert Nov 25 30m 46s 12 insights Top 5: Throw Yourself into Fandom Nov 22 32m 57s 9 insights Top 5: Love the Past, But Don't Live There Nov 18 35m 21s 9 insights Top 5: Finding Joy in Any Job Nov 15 35m 18s 12 insights Happy Birthday, Happiness Lab: Dr Laurie's Top 5 Shows Nov 11 36m 27s 6 insights You can be happier at work — here's how from Fixable Oct 28 34m 39s 15 insights How to Thrive at Work Oct 21 1h 1m 40 insights How to Fail at Work Oct 17 42m 38s 15 insights Advice from The Titans of Happiness on World Mental Health Day Oct 10 1h 44 insights How to Make a Difference (Happily) Sep 30 32m 11s 15 insights How to Disagree Better Sep 23 33m 3s 22 insights Survival of the Fittest... or the Kindest? Sep 16 33m 13s 14 insights How to Find Hope in a Cynical World Sep 9 43m 6s 7 insights Find Hope and Banish Cynicism... Coming Sept 9 Sep 2 4m 3s 9 insights "Happiness Is Like A Leaky Tire" from Immigrantly Aug 5 44m 30s 15 insights The Happiness Lessons Helping Win Olympic Medals Jul 29 29m 29s 17 insights The Happiness of the Long Distance Runner Jul 22 33m 53s 29 insights How Talking to a Friend Helps (Live at The International Festival of Arts and Ideas) Jul 19 48m 42s 7 insights A Matter of Life and Death Jul 15 32m 37s 20 insights Why Don't We Have a 15-hour Work Week? Jul 8 35m 21s 17 insights Does the You of Today Hate the You of Tomorrow? Jul 1 28m 15s 10 insights The Power of Awe... and Where to Find it Jun 24 31m 26s 13 insights How to Tame Stress Jun 17 37m 16s 8 insights How I Stopped Fearing Boredom Jun 10 25m 30s 9 insights How to Fight Perfectionism Jun 3 29m 43s 9 insights My Personal Struggle to be Happy (Coming June 3) May 27 1m 53s 2 insights Happiness Through Generosity : Liz Dunn on The TED Interview May 20 53m 14s 26 insights Unlock Your Hidden Potential with Adam Grant and Maya Shankar May 13 42m 28s 18 insights Five Tips to be Happier at Work (Dr Laurie at SXSW) May 6 56m 12s 17 insights Tame Those Devices: 10 Tips to Achieve Digital Balance Apr 29 39m 24s 23 insights How to Grow After Adversity Apr 22 40m 42s 24 insights Simple Ways to Feel Great Every Day - with Dr Rangan Chatterjee Apr 15 52m 11 insights How to Make America's Young People Happier Again Apr 8 37m 25s 11 insights Can Happiness Ward Off Dementia? Apr 1 35m 16 insights What Can We Learn From the Happiest Country on Earth? Mar 25 37m 57s 11 insights Pushkin Hosts Celebrate World Happiness Day Mar 20 48m 5s 16 insights The Happiness of Subtraction Mar 11 35m 55s 12 insights Why the "Good Enough" Relationship Beats the "Perfect Partner" Mar 4 39m 55s 18 insights A Supercommunicator's Guide to Love and Dating Feb 26 51m 2s 16 insights Can Couples Learn to Argue Better? Feb 19 34m 41s 20 insights Love Lessons from the "Masters of Relationships" Feb 12 45m 29s 14 insights The Sweet Smell of Happiness Feb 5 51m 54s 7 insights How Getting Active Can Make You Happier Jan 15 20m 4s 25 insights Being Green Doesn't Mean Sacrificing Fun... or Cutting Out Meat Jan 8 27m 21s 9 insights Why our Brains Don't Fear Climate Change Enough Jan 2 37m 5s 17 insights
2023
When Stalin Killed the Weekend - A Happiness Lab/Cautionary Tales Crossover Dec 18 36m 41s 11 insights Build The Life You Want from Oprah's Super Soul Dec 15 54m 28s 18 insights Is There a Gen Z Happiness Crisis? Dr Laurie Meets the US Surgeon General Dec 11 35m 40s 15 insights How Eating Got Complicated Dec 4 43m 10s 13 insights Awe and Psychedelics with Michael Pollan Dec 1 37m 57s 5 insights Giving Away Cash Makes You Happy... and Transforms Lives Nov 27 27m 45s 12 insights Make America Happy Again Nov 20 31m 29s 26 insights Where Everybody Knows Your Name Nov 13 30m 8s 7 insights Don't Make Friends Where You Make Your Money? Nov 6 33m 36s 23 insights Ask for Help... and Spread Happiness Oct 30 25m 3s 16 insights The Introvert's Guide to Extroversion Oct 23 29m 29s 14 insights Text a Friend... Right Now! Oct 16 26m 5s 17 insights How to Make Friends and Compliment People Oct 9 29m 31s 12 insights Grover’s Super Solution to Self-Talk Oct 2 28m 51s 11 insights Big Bird Has Big Feelings Sep 25 28m 41s 22 insights Dr Laurie and Sesame Street: Abby Cadabby and the Magic of Gratitude Sep 18 31m 41s 29 insights Build the Life You Want... Advice from Arthur Brooks and Oprah Sep 12 53m 12s 25 insights Laurie Has Fun... Part 2 ICYMI Aug 7 31m 33s 20 insights Laurie Has Fun... Part 1 ICYMI Aug 7 37m 19s 11 insights 'Do We Even Have Fun Anymore?' A Listener's Story of Funterventions Jul 31 36m 48s 15 insights The Unhappy Millionaire ICYMI Jul 24 40m 6s 14 insights 'I Woke up in an Ambulance Stuck in Traffic.' : A Listener's Story of Recovery Jul 17 48m 1s 13 insights Ask Us Anything! Laurie and Gretchen Take Your Questions (Live from Toronto) May 29 33m 41s 12 insights With Elmo's Help... It's Never Too Early to Learn About Happiness May 22 32m 41s 9 insights Can Spiritual Experiences and Psychedelics Make us Happy? (LIVE from DC) May 15 41m 44s 6 insights Why We're Mean to Our Future Selves (LIVE from Boston) May 8 40m 38s 7 insights The Man Who Invented Happiness Science: Marty Seligman May 1 41m 5s 8 insights Smell, Taste and Touch: How to Joyfully Awaken Your Senses Apr 24 32m 4s 25 insights Sight and Sound: How to Joyfully Awaken Your Senses Apr 17 34m 19s 28 insights Do We Need a New Word for 'Happiness'? Katie Couric talks to Dr Laurie Santos Apr 10 35m 13s 17 insights Happiness Lessons of The Ancients: Sikhism and Daily Habits Apr 3 31m 2s 10 insights Happiness Lessons of The Ancients: Sikhism and How We're All Connected Mar 27 26m 35s 11 insights Happiness Lessons of The Ancients: Yoga of the Mind Mar 20 34m 41s 30 insights Happiness Lessons of The Ancients: The Trauma of Troy Mar 13 37m 21s 6 insights Happiness Lessons of The Ancients: The Anger of Achilles Mar 6 32m 12s 9 insights Happiness Lessons of The Ancients: Aristotle and Plato ICYMI Feb 27 56m 2s 20 insights Happiness Lessons of The Ancients: Socrates and Self-Knowledge Feb 20 44m 41s 14 insights The Happiness of Silence Jan 30 32m 20s 21 insights Stop Looking for the Perfect Job - a "Good Enough Job" is Just Fine Jan 23 31m 34s 10 insights A Daily Workout to Tackle Nagging Self-Criticism Jan 16 24m 44s 13 insights How to Eat Intuitively Jan 9 33m 52s 34 insights Stop Endlessly Chasing the "Next Big Thing" Jan 2 34m 41s 12 insights
2022
Coming Jan 2: Let Your Inner Voice be Heard in 2023 Dec 19 2m 37s 4 insights Giving Tuesday: Why Giving Money to Others Makes us Happier Nov 29 31m 57s 11 insights Happier Parents, Happier Kids Pt 2: Letting Children Try and Fail Nov 7 31m 54s 24 insights Happier Parents, Happier Kids Pt 1: Your Child Isn't a VIP or a Fragile Vase Oct 31 29m 45s 28 insights Hulking Out! Why You Change When You're Angry Oct 24 31m 4s 8 insights You Only Live Once... So Commit Oct 17 31m 38s 6 insights The Fun of Eating a Pepper Hotter Than the Sun Oct 10 29m 18s 15 insights From Revisionist History: The Starvation Experiment Oct 6 31m 22s 4 insights Why Living Without Regret is a Bad Idea Oct 3 30m 9s 15 insights The Handbook for Sonic Happiness - A Twenty Thousand Hertz/Happiness Lab Mash-up Sep 26 42m 59s 14 insights Move to Your Happy Place Sep 19 31m 32s 15 insights Nerd Out! The Happiness of Being a Fan Sep 12 32m 28s 14 insights The Secret to Making Friends as an Adult Sep 6 32m 19s 14 insights The Joy of Star Trek, The Grateful Dead and Hot Sauce: The Happiness Lab Returns September 6 Aug 22 3m 2s 5 insights Q: "What Did the Pandemic Teach Us About Happiness?" Aug 1 36m 32s 10 insights Q: "How Do I Stop Negative Self-talk?" Jul 25 31m 29s 7 insights Q: "Can You Be Happy Alone?" Jul 18 39m 30s 17 insights Malala on Burnout, Guilt and How to Disagree Better Jul 11 30m 23s 12 insights Q: "Are We Born to Work? Or Born to Live?" Jul 11 32m 4s 11 insights Laurie Answers Your Happiness Questions - Coming July 11 Jul 4 2m 5s 2 insights Burnout and How to Avoid It Feb 21 33m 33s 16 insights Fighting that "Meh" Feeling of Languishing Feb 14 41m 54s 19 insights When Guilt is Good... and When it's Not Feb 7 33m 3s 32 insights Embracing Sadness in the Pursuit of Happiness Jan 31 35m 3s 33 insights How to be Angry Better Jan 24 35m 3s 19 insights Stepping Off the Path of Anxiety Jan 17 26m 42s 26 insights The Eight Pillars of Grieving Jan 10 32m 57s 21 insights The Paradox of Grief Jan 10 29m 52s 11 insights Emotions Are Data...So Listen to Them Jan 3 44m 50s 13 insights How to Identify Your Negative Emotions Jan 3 36m 48s 20 insights
2021
Reset Your Relationship With Negative Emotions in 2022 Dec 20 3m 18s 7 insights How to Give More Effectively Nov 30 27m 8s 12 insights How to Adopt a Growth Mindset Nov 23 21m 34s 16 insights The Happiness Lab Presents: Miracle and Wonder: Conversations with Paul Simon Nov 22 5m 31s 3 insights How to be Happier at Work (with Dan Harris) Nov 8 50m 43s 14 insights How to Feel More Empathy (With the Host of Bad Women: The Ripper Retold) Nov 2 37m 58s 18 insights An 80s nostalgia-fest with Molly Ringwald and Rob Lowe Oct 25 1h 12 insights Laurie Gets a Fun-tervention (Part Two: Beach Party) Oct 11 29m 26s 27 insights Laurie Gets a Fun-tervention (Part One) Sep 27 35m 6s 19 insights How to Handle Change Sep 22 37m 50s 24 insights The Kindness of Strangers Sep 20 32m 25s 9 insights You Can’t Always Want What You Like Sep 13 39m 47s 10 insights Let Slip the Dogs of More Happiness Sep 6 38m 13s 14 insights Treating the Pain of a Broken Heart Aug 23 33m 49s 10 insights Why Nostalgia Ain't So Rosy Aug 16 34m 45s 6 insights The Happiness Lab Meets No Stupid Questions Aug 9 36m 54s 10 insights Hidden Brain: Laurie Talks Monkeys and Bad Money Decisions. May 10 48m 9s 13 insights Happiness Lessons of The Ancients: Lao Tzu May 3 33m 14s 22 insights Happiness Lessons of The Ancients: Confucius Apr 26 33m 31s 13 insights Happiness Lessons of The Ancients: Forgiveness Apr 19 29m 29s 14 insights Happiness Lessons of The Ancients: The Day of Rest Apr 12 30m 2s 13 insights Happiness Lessons of The Ancients: The Torah Apr 5 27m 57s 14 insights Move More... But for the Right Reasons Jan 25 33m 5s 16 insights Feed Yourself Like You'd Feed a Loved One Jan 18 36m 40s 13 insights Reconnect With The Moment Jan 11 33m 58s 22 insights Dump Your Inner Drill Sergeant Jan 4 36m 50s 22 insights
2020
Happier Holidays: How to Celebrate No Matter What Dec 14 37m 31s 27 insights Happier Holidays: How to Give and Receive the Perfect Gift Dec 7 30m 7s 20 insights Happiness Lessons of The Ancients: The Buddha Oct 5 28m 56s 14 insights Happiness Lessons of The Ancients: Epictetus Sep 28 29m 2s 16 insights Happiness Lessons of The Ancients: Plato Sep 21 27m 22s 10 insights Happiness Lessons of The Ancients: Aristotle Sep 14 28m 25s 12 insights How to Be a Better Ally Jun 29 37m 8s 20 insights The War For Kindness Jun 22 35m 1s 8 insights Demonic Possessions Jun 15 25m 17s 11 insights How to Kick Bad Habits (and Start Good Ones) Jun 8 32m 14s 12 insights Dial D for Distracted Jun 1 30m 13s 12 insights For Whom the Alarm Clock Tolls May 25 34m 16s 25 insights Working Your Way to Happiness May 18 33m 53s 14 insights PJ and Alex Love to Gripe May 4 29m 39s 7 insights Psychopaths and Superheroes Apr 27 29m 36s 14 insights New Season: The Happiness Lab Returns April 27 Apr 23 1m 16s 3 insights Good Screens and Bad Screens Apr 20 23m 18s 23 insights Helping the Helpers Apr 16 38m 55s 13 insights Laurie's Personal Tips Apr 9 35m 52s 28 insights Keep Your Relationship Healthy Apr 2 25m 56s 14 insights Help Others to Help Yourself Mar 30 28m 56s 17 insights Calm Can Be Contagious Mar 26 39m 1s 21 insights Rising to a Challenge Mar 23 26m 16s 16 insights Coach Yourself Through a Crisis Mar 19 25m 55s 6 insights Beat Your Isolation Loneliness Mar 16 22m 21s 12 insights Sleep When You're Dead Tired (LIVE with Arianna Huffington) Jan 27 27m 46s 23 insights Think Yourself Happy (LIVE from Yale) Jan 20 29m 53s 6 insights Grateful Expectations Jan 13 26m 59s 15 insights A New Hope Jan 6 22m 53s 6 insights
2019
BONUS: A Happier Christmas Dec 16 8m 44s 9 insights Making the Grade Nov 19 33m 25s 8 insights Make 'Em Laugh Nov 15 34m 44s 10 insights Choice Overload Nov 5 35m 7s 22 insights Don't Accentuate the Positive Oct 29 41m 26s 17 insights Don't Think of the White Bear Oct 22 38m 48s 7 insights Caring What You're Sharing Oct 15 38m 1s 7 insights Mistakenly Seeking Solitude Oct 8 34m 24s 15 insights A Silver Lining Oct 1 40m 53s 8 insights The Unhappy Millionaire Sep 24 37m 39s 11 insights You Can Change Sep 13 38m 29s 17 insights Coming Soon: The Happiness Lab Season One Aug 27 3m 55s 4 insights Introducing: The Happiness Lab with Dr. Laurie Santos Jul 24 1m 21s 3 insights