Life Examined
A weekly exploration of psychology, philosophy, endurance sports, and finding meaning in the modern world. I've spent the last 5yrs interviewing some of the wisest people in the world. I want to share those insights with you.
Jonathan Bastian
Show overview
Life Examined has been publishing since 2020, and across the 6 years since has built a catalogue of 344 episodes. That works out to roughly 220 hours of audio in total. Releases follow a weekly cadence.
Episodes typically run thirty-five to sixty minutes — most land between 10 min and 52 min — with run-times ranging widely across the catalogue. None of the episodes are flagged explicit by the publisher. It is catalogued as a EN-language Society & Culture show.
The show is actively publishing — the most recent episode landed 3 days ago, with 24 episodes already out so far this year. The busiest year was 2024, with 93 episodes published. Published by Jonathan Bastian.
From the publisher
A weekly exploration of psychology, philosophy, endurance sports, and finding meaning in the modern world. lifeexamined.substack.com
Latest Episodes
View all 344 episodesThe therapy of Rumi and Joan Didion
The hidden wisdom of my espresso machine
The Millennial Midlife Crisis: Part IV
The Millennial Midlife crisis: Part III
The Millennial Midlife Crisis: Part II
The radical act of loving yourself
Now I'm seeing the Millennial midlife crisis
Therapy for overachievers
Joan Didion’s devastating vision of America
The Long-Distance Life, Part II: The Psychology
The Long-Distance Life, Part I: The Ironman
What if you're not anxious or depressed, but just bored?
What ski mountaineering teaches you about life, beauty, risk and happiness
What does the city of death teach us about the nature of grief?
The paradox of love: it begins with you
What I’ll miss about the single life
Is “Wild Geese” by Mary Oliver the best grief poem ever written?
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Some dreamers of the Caribbean dream
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"Moby-Dick" remains a psychedelic enigma
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The Japanese Art of Happiness
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