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Arthur Brooks: Family Estrangement Is a Tragedy
Cutting ties with a family member has the same effect in our brains as the death of a loved one.
Arthur Brooks
Arthur Brooks: Popularity Won’t Make You Happy
There’s a misconception that if you’re beloved by millions, you’re doing something right.
Arthur Brooks
Arthur Brooks: Do GLP-1s Make Us Happy?
From weight-loss drugs to hair transplants, science offers faster ways to change how we look. But does removing struggle actually improve well-being?
Arthur Brooks
My Fellow Americans, You Must Watch ‘Pluribus’
We’ve become so comfortable that we’ve forgotten: To be human is not to be perfect, but rather to be broken.
Rod Dreher
The Boys Breaking Their Bones to Be Hotter
In online forums for ‘looksmaxxers,’ teenage boys share tips on how to get jacked, sharpen your jawline, and suppress your appetite with meth.
River Page
Why We Threw Out the Broken Food Pyramid
The FDA commissioner and his top deputy on how the government’s new dietary guidelines are a big improvement.
Marty Makary M.D., M.P.H. and  Kyle Diamantas
How to Live Your Healthiest Life in 2026
Six simple things you can do to improve your health right now.
Rafaela Siewert
1HR 17M
Arthur Brooks: Happiness Lessons from a Miserable Wretch
I chose to study happiness because I was failing at it. Now I’m joining The Free Press to share what actually works.
Arthur Brooks
Is There a Science to Finding Love?
An evolutionary anthropologist separates fact from fiction on love, attachment, dating apps, pheromones, and why so much modern relationship advice gets…
Coleman Hughes
1HR 18M
Get Ready for Tough Love! This Week: My Anti-Vax Brother
Can you have a relationship with a sibling who takes risks with their children? Risks you see as nonsensical? That’s the question Abigail Shrier answers…
Abigail Shrier
The Debunking of Oliver Sacks
Stories that seem too good to be true are usually, well, too good to be true.
Tyler Cowen
The Lost Art of Taking the Piss with Richard Dawkins
Why P.G. Wodehouse is the funniest writer in the English language.
Shilo Brooks
39M
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