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Pismo: How to Live Well
(Polish text, November 2024)
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Food for Thought; SRF Kultur: Loneliness and Grief
(video, June 2024)
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Philosophy Hour; SRF Kultur: What to Do When Life is Hard?
(video, June 2024)
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The Gray Area: Life is Hard. Can Philosophy Help?
(audio, April 2024)
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Why Philosophy? How Philosophy Can Creatively Engage with the World
(text, April 2024)
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Think Act Be: How to Think More Clearly About What Life Can and Cannot Offer
(audio, March 2024)
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The Pocket Contemplative: How Philosophy Helps
(audio, February 2024)
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Filosofie Magazine: There is no Cure for the Human Condition
(Dutch text, December 2023)
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România literară: Life is Hard
(Romanian text, December 2023)
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DeMorgen: Living with Adversity
(Dutch text, November 2023)
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Kathimerini: What Does Philosophy Have To Do With Self-Help?
(Greek text, November 2023)
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Caţavencii: How to Live with Suffering without Being a Masochist
(Romanian text, October 2023)
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Smart People: Life is Hard
(audio, October 2023)
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Terrifying Questions: Is Almost Everyone a Failure?
(audio, October 2023)
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The Morality of Everyday Things: Life is Hard; Part 1
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Part 2
(audio, August 2023)
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The Philosopher's Zone: Philosophy for Tough Times
(audio, June 2023)
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Shrink Rap Radio: Life is Hard
(video, June 2023)
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The Dissenter: Life is Hard
(audio, June 2023)
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WNPR The Colin McEnroe Show: Life is Hard
(audio, April 2023)
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Clear+Vivid with Alan Alda: Facing up to Life
(audio, March 2023)
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WHYY The Connection: Life is Hard
(audio, March 2023)
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Family Action Network: Life is Hard
(video, March 2023)
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Ukraine Benefit Conference: What Good is Philosophy?
(video, March 2023)
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DeMorgen: Philosophy as Self-Help
(Dutch text, March 2023)
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Philosophy Bites: Loneliness
(audio, March 2023)
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Pulled Up Short: Is Hope Worth Hoping For?
(audio, February 2023)
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Sábado: Happiness is a Selfish Goal; Self-Help Sells an Illusion
(Portuguese text, February 2023)
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Beyond the To-Do List: How Philosophy Can Help Guide Us Through Life
(audio, February 2023)
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Cambridge Forum: Living a Good Enough Life
(video, January 2023)
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Mujer Hoy: On Self-Help, Hope, and Happiness
(Spanish text, January 2023)
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Veja: We Have to be Realistic
(Portuguese text, January 2023)
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Meditations with Zohar: Philosophy, Self-Help, and AI
(audio, January 2023)
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Lead From The Heart: How to Live Well When Life is Hardest
(audio, January 2023)
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WGN Chicago: Life is Hard
(video, December 2022)
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Long Now Boston: Longtermism at the Crossroads
(video, December 2022)
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Through Conversations: Life is Hard
(video, December 2022)
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Bounce! Conversations with Larry Weeks: Life is Hard
(audio, December 2022)
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Next Big Idea Club: Five Insights from Life is Hard
(audio, text, December 2022)
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Rabbithole: Is Effective Altruism Right?
(audio, December 2022)
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Crusoé: Living Well Means Facing The World As It Is
(Portuguese text, December 2022)
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Christian Science Monitor: Beyond 'Positive Thinking'
(text, December 2022)
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Nautilus: Life is Hard. And That's Good
(text, November 2022)
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In Search of Wisdom: How Philosophy Can Help Us Find Our Way
(audio, November 2022)
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Shepherd: The Best Books for Finding Solidarity in Suffering
(text, November 2022)
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Prospect: Philosophy and Self-Help
(text, November 2022)
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Thought Economics: Life is Hard
(text, November 2022)
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Boston Globe: Working On It
(text, November 2022)
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A Need to Read: Philosophy for Hard Times
(audio, November 2022)
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Anxiety Book Club: Life is Hard
(audio, November 2022)
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La Vanguardia: Pain, whatever it is, we have to go through
(Spanish text, November 2022)
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Bad at Keeping Secrets: Life Is Hard
(video, October 2022)
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ABC Wellness: Failures Do Not Exist
(text, October 2022)
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The Growth Equation: Life is Hard
(audio, October 2022)
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El Mundo: The New Philosophy of Happiness
(Spanish text, October 2022)
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Wild with Sarah Wilson: How to Love Living a Hard Life
(audio, October 2022)
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Philosophy Break: Life Is Hard
(text, October 2022)
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Philosophy Live: Coping When Life Is Hard
(video, October 2022)
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Keen On: How Philosophy Can Help Us Find Our Way
(audio, October 2022)
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Brookline Booksmith: Life Is Hard, with John Kaag
(video, October 2022)
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Waking Up: Philosophy for Troubled Times
(audio, October 2022)
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Practical Stoicism: The Value of Philosophy
(audio, October 2022)
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The Philosopher/Boston Review: How Philosophy Helps Us Find Our Way
(video, text, October 2022)
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Wisconsin Public Radio: Life is Hard (But Philosophy Can Help)
(audio, October 2022)
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Re:Considering: Life is Hard
(audio, October 2022)
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The Tully Show: Life is Hard
(audio, October 2022)
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Philosophy Talk: Climate Change and Collective Action
(audio, October 2022)
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Boston Globe: The Story Behind the Book
(text, September 2022)
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KCRW Life Examined: A Philosopher's Guide to Life's Hardships
(audio, September 2022)
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EconTalk: Kieran Setiya on Midlife
(audio, September 2022)
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Making Sense: Philosophy and the Good Life
(audio, September 2022)
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KCRW Life Examined: A Philosopher's Guide to the Midlife Malaise
(audio, July 2022)
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Re:Considering: Navigating Midlife
(audio, April 2022)
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Derren Brown's Boot Camp For Life: As Time Goes By
(audio, March 2022)
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Art of Manliness: Midlife Malaise
(audio, February 2022)
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Hi-Phi Nation: The Selfless Kidney Donor
(audio, November 2021)
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Two Pages with MBS: Aristotle's Ethics
(audio, August 2021)
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Forum for Philosophy: The Importance of Not Being Earnest
(video, May 2021)
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Cows in the Field: Groundhog Day
(audio, January 2021)
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Wisconsin Public Radio: Good Riddance, 2020
(audio, December 2020)
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The Tully Show: Midlife
(audio, November 2020)
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The Iris Murdoch Podcast: Iris Murdoch for Beginners
(audio, September 2020)
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Der Spiegel: Turning the Midlife Crisis into an Opportunity
(German text, March 2020)
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MIT Alumni Association: Getting the Most From a Midlife Crisis
(video, May 2019)
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New York Intitute of Philosophy Lecture: Public Philosophy
(video, May 2019)
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HBR IdeaCast: How to Cope With a Mid-Career Crisis
(audio, February 2019)
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Donna Moderna: The Midlife Crisis: how to deal with it
(Spanish text, December 2018)
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NRC Handelsblad: The Midlife Crisis (and how to deal with it)
(Dutch text, April 2018)
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Philosophy in Public Life: The Midlife Crisis
(audio, February 2018)
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Five Books: The Best Books about the Midlife Crisis
(text, January 2018)
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New Books in Philosophy: Midlife
(audio, January 2018)
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The Wright Show: Philosophy for Midlife
(video, December 2017)
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Contemplify: A Handbook to Midlife
(audio, December 2017)
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Philosophy Talk: Midlife and Meaning
(audio, December 2017)
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The Reading Lists
(text, December 2017)
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Jefferson Exchange: The Midlife Crisis
(audio, November 2017)
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The Philosopher's Zone: Getting Stuck
(audio, November 2017)
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Hi-Phi Nation: The Bottom of the Curve
(audio, October 2017)
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Wisconsin Public Radio: The Midlife Crisis
(audio, October 2017)
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The Page 99 Test: Midlife
(text, October 2017)
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Give and Take: Midlife
(audio, September 2017)
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Faculti: The Midlife Crisis
(video, November 2016)
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Philosophy Bites: The Midlife Crisis
(audio, July 2016)
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3:AM Interview
(text, March 2012)