Episodes

  • The city that rewired my brain

    The city that rewired my brain
    Jun 19 2026
    I arrived in New Orleans feeling fractured and dislocated. Then I started haunting the jazz clubs.

    Psyche audio helps you to better understand yourself and others through expert guides, provocative ideas and personal life stories. We address psychological questions and puzzles from a range of perspectives including philosophy, history, anthropology and more. You will discover practical knowledge and insights to help you navigate everyday challenges, overcome difficulties and find meaning, wonder and spirituality.

    Psyche is a nonprofit digital magazine. With a dedication to pluralism and openness, Psyche is a companion on your journey to better knowing your self and living well. Free to read and now free to listen. Discover articles and videos at psyche.co.

    Psyche articles are only ever written and edited by human experts. We use AI for audio narration only.
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    11 mins
  • How to do less for your children

    How to do less for your children
    Jun 18 2026
    Being an intensive parent will make you anxious and stifle your children’s development. Help them by learning to let go.

    Psyche audio helps you to better understand yourself and others through expert guides, provocative ideas and personal life stories. We address psychological questions and puzzles from a range of perspectives including philosophy, history, anthropology and more. You will discover practical knowledge and insights to help you navigate everyday challenges, overcome difficulties and find meaning, wonder and spirituality.

    Psyche is a nonprofit digital magazine. With a dedication to pluralism and openness, Psyche is a companion on your journey to better knowing your self and living well. Free to read and now free to listen. Discover articles and videos at psyche.co.

    Psyche articles are only ever written and edited by human experts. We use AI for audio narration only.
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    16 mins
  • Struggling with creative work doesn’t mean you’re failing

    Struggling with creative work doesn’t mean you’re failing
    Jun 17 2026
    It’s easy to feel lost when you’re working on something new. But that rough patch is actually an encouraging signal.

    Psyche audio helps you to better understand yourself and others through expert guides, provocative ideas and personal life stories. We address psychological questions and puzzles from a range of perspectives including philosophy, history, anthropology and more. You will discover practical knowledge and insights to help you navigate everyday challenges, overcome difficulties and find meaning, wonder and spirituality.

    Psyche is a nonprofit digital magazine. With a dedication to pluralism and openness, Psyche is a companion on your journey to better knowing your self and living well. Free to read and now free to listen. Discover articles and videos at psyche.co.

    Psyche articles are only ever written and edited by human experts. We use AI for audio narration only.
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    10 mins
  • I cognitively shuffle myself to sleep

    I cognitively shuffle myself to sleep
    Jun 16 2026
    The usual advice didn’t help my sleep problems, but then I tried an exercise that kickstarts the sleep-onset control system.

    Psyche audio helps you to better understand yourself and others through expert guides, provocative ideas and personal life stories. We address psychological questions and puzzles from a range of perspectives including philosophy, history, anthropology and more. You will discover practical knowledge and insights to help you navigate everyday challenges, overcome difficulties and find meaning, wonder and spirituality.

    Psyche is a nonprofit digital magazine. With a dedication to pluralism and openness, Psyche is a companion on your journey to better knowing your self and living well. Free to read and now free to listen. Discover articles and videos at psyche.co.

    Psyche articles are only ever written and edited by human experts. We use AI for audio narration only.
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    3 mins
  • Why older people are happier and what we can learn from them

    Why older people are happier and what we can learn from them
    Jun 15 2026
    Around the world, happiness tends to peak later in life. It has more to do with balancing priorities than elderly wisdom.

    Psyche audio helps you to better understand yourself and others through expert guides, provocative ideas and personal life stories. We address psychological questions and puzzles from a range of perspectives including philosophy, history, anthropology and more. You will discover practical knowledge and insights to help you navigate everyday challenges, overcome difficulties and find meaning, wonder and spirituality.

    Psyche is a nonprofit digital magazine. With a dedication to pluralism and openness, Psyche is a companion on your journey to better knowing your self and living well. Free to read and now free to listen. Discover articles and videos at psyche.co.

    Psyche articles are only ever written and edited by human experts. We use AI for audio narration only.
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    12 mins
  • What is Roblox teaching children about capitalism?

    What is Roblox teaching children about capitalism?
    Jun 13 2026
    The popular game platform offers space to create, socialise, even protest. It’s also a realm of extraction and inequality.

    Psyche audio helps you to better understand yourself and others through expert guides, provocative ideas and personal life stories. We address psychological questions and puzzles from a range of perspectives including philosophy, history, anthropology and more. You will discover practical knowledge and insights to help you navigate everyday challenges, overcome difficulties and find meaning, wonder and spirituality.

    Psyche is a nonprofit digital magazine. With a dedication to pluralism and openness, Psyche is a companion on your journey to better knowing your self and living well. Free to read and now free to listen. Discover articles and videos at psyche.co.

    Psyche articles are only ever written and edited by human experts. We use AI for audio narration only.
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    10 mins
  • The marks we leave each day

    The marks we leave each day
    Jun 12 2026
    The protagonist of On the Calculation of Volume gets a unique view of how her actions matter. What if we saw the same?.

    Psyche audio helps you to better understand yourself and others through expert guides, provocative ideas and personal life stories. We address psychological questions and puzzles from a range of perspectives including philosophy, history, anthropology and more. You will discover practical knowledge and insights to help you navigate everyday challenges, overcome difficulties and find meaning, wonder and spirituality.

    Psyche is a nonprofit digital magazine. With a dedication to pluralism and openness, Psyche is a companion on your journey to better knowing your self and living well. Free to read and now free to listen. Discover articles and videos at psyche.co.

    Psyche articles are only ever written and edited by human experts. We use AI for audio narration only.
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    2 mins
  • How needing others became a source of shame for Americans

    How needing others became a source of shame for Americans
    Jun 11 2026
    Self-reliance is a strange ideal because feeling lonely and sociability are both inescapable parts of being human.

    Psyche audio helps you to better understand yourself and others through expert guides, provocative ideas and personal life stories. We address psychological questions and puzzles from a range of perspectives including philosophy, history, anthropology and more. You will discover practical knowledge and insights to help you navigate everyday challenges, overcome difficulties and find meaning, wonder and spirituality.

    Psyche is a nonprofit digital magazine. With a dedication to pluralism and openness, Psyche is a companion on your journey to better knowing your self and living well. Free to read and now free to listen. Discover articles and videos at psyche.co.

    Psyche articles are only ever written and edited by human experts. We use AI for audio narration only.
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    15 mins