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Laurie Santos: Can we learn how to be happy?

Laurie Santos: Can we learn how to be happy?

A psychologist assesses the mental health impact of Covid-19

The Interview · BBC World Service

February 10, 202122m 56s

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Show Notes

Stephen Sackur speaks to American psychologist Professor Laurie Santos, whose work at Yale University on the science of happiness has won her an audience of millions thanks to her podcast and free online courses. With strict lockdowns in many countries around the world, isolation, economic insecurity, the absence of family and friends, Covid is putting enormous pressure on our mental health. Can we really learn how to be happy?