Episodes featuring Arthur Brooks

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Rich Roll

Happiness Expert on How Lockdowns, Social Media & Division Broke Our Brains

Rich Roll · with Arthur Brooks · Mar 30, 2026 · 3 recommendations · Summary available

Arthur Brooks, a Harvard professor and happiness researcher, diagnoses a crisis of meaning affecting young people and high-achievers since 2008—exacerbated by lockdowns and ...

Cal Newport

How to Find Meaning in a Distracted World (w/ Arthur Brooks) | Cal Newport

Cal Newport · with Arthur Brooks · Mar 30, 2026 · 2 recommendations · Summary available

Newport and Brooks argue that meaning—not technology itself—is the real crisis driving widespread anxiety and depression among young people since the early 2000s. Rather tha...

Arthur Brooks' Ultimate Philosophy Masterclass | The Daily Stoic Podcast

Daily Stoic · with Arthur Brooks · Mar 28, 2026 · 5 recommendations · Summary available

Arthur Brooks, a Harvard professor and happiness researcher, discusses how ancient philosophical schools—from Socrates to the existentialists—offer practical wisdom for modern l...

Masters of Scale

Harvard Professor Arthur Brooks on the simulation we're living in | Masters of Scale

Masters of Scale · with Arthur Brooks · Mar 27, 2026 · 1 recommendation · Summary available

Harvard professor Arthur Brooks explores why modern society faces an epidemic of meaninglessness despite material comfort, drawing parallels to *The Matrix* and arguing that...

FoundMyFitness

How To Build Lasting Happiness | Dr. Arthur Brooks

FoundMyFitness · with Arthur Brooks · Mar 24, 2026 · 9 recommendations · Summary available

Dr. Arthur Brooks, a Harvard social scientist specializing in happiness research, discusses the science behind lasting well-being by breaking it into three "macronutrients": **e...