It is the great conundrum of our modern era that most of us feel, more than ever, both anxious about how much is going wrong and helpless about how to respond. We are inundated with bad news and an increasingly bleak picture of the future, but at a loss over how exactly to operate within the frightening chaos.
Within this context, the podcasts we listen to often broadly fall into one of two categories: informative ones that often only worsen this feeling of dread, or light-hearted shows meant to serve as escapism from the outside world. But there are also plenty of shows that can both inform and empower — from podcasts that gives us actionable ways to understand and fight climate change, to those that teach us about the science of our brain and give us tools to cultivate happiness, and the ones that remind us through simple-yet-powerful stories of what it means to connect as humans. The 9 podcasts ahead won’t cure all of your woes, but they are filled with stories and conversations meant to rejuvenate, inspire, and better you as a person.
