Category: Entertainment

The update is back from summer vacation with a new format, new segments and tons of new tips. For this episode, we were joined by […]

Michael Pollan has been writing about the intersection of nature and culture for over 30 years. He is perhaps best known for the man who […]

In this week’s Upgrade, we spoke to Danny Wallace, comedian, radio host, and author of You So Much: Understanding The Culture of Roughness – And […]

In this issue, we speak with Angela Garbes, author of Like a Mother: A Feminist Journey through the Science and Culture of Pregnancy . Listen […]

Do you know that some people feel like they have some kind of inner strength that helps them bounce back when something goes wrong? Those […]

This week our guests are the hosts of Coin Talk , a podcast about bitcoin, cryptocurrencies and blockchain. Journalists Aaron Lammer and Jay Caspian Kang […]

For our first Livehacker event , we spent an evening with therapist, podcast writer and host Esther Perel , divorce attorney James J. Sexton, and […]

In this latest installment of The Upgrade, Mike Steib, CEO of XO Group and author of A Career Manifesto: Discover Your Calling and Create an […]

Mel Robbins is a motivational speaker and author of The Five Seconds Rule . She also hosts the new Audible Original ” Kick Ass with […]

Nell Skovell is a comedy writer and author of Just Funny Moments: And A Few Hard Truths About Breaking A Hollywood Boys’ Club . Nell […]

Our guest on this week’s update is author Stéphane Garnier, whose book, How to Think Like a Cat, extols many of the virtues of feline […]

James J. Sexton is a divorce attorney who has worked his entire career with couples whose marriages are breaking up. Over the years, he has […]

Our guests this week are video game designer Seth Scott, creator of Membrane for the Nintendo Switch, and YouTuber Brian Lewis, creator of the Magic: […]

In this episode, we’ll talk with Stephen Snyder , sex and couples therapist and author of Love Worth Making: How To Have Ridiculously Great Sex […]

Our guest this week is Outside columnist Alex Hutchinson, author of Enduring: The Mind, Body, and the Surprisingly Elastic Limits of Human Action . We […]

In this episode, we talk about the lost art of conversation. We are joined by podcaster and storyteller Ken Plume , who has conducted extensive […]

This week of update, we spoke to a live audience at On Air Fest with journalist Jill Abramson, the first female executive editor of the […]

In this issue, we spoke with writer and psychiatrist Mark Epstein , whose books include Thoughts Without a Thinker and Moving to Detail Without Falling […]

In the latest installment of The Upgrade, we’re talking about the self-proclaimed “front page of the internet,” a huge online community known as Reddit . […]

In this issue, we speak with Sanjeev Chopra and Gina Wild, authors of The Most Important Two Days: Finding Your Purpose – and Living a […]

In this week’s episode we talk about grief. How do you know when your heart is broken? What can you do about this? And how […]

It’s a new year (and new are you? Maybe?) And we’re all trying to get our actions in order. In the first episode of the […]

This week we will touch on the topic of urban cycling. Our guests include Eben Weiss, author of The Best Guide for Bike Owners: The […]

In this episode, we spoke to Tim Ferriss, author, podcaster, investor, entrepreneur and self-proclaimed guinea pig. He is the author of several books, including the […]

In this episode, we’ll talk to Mira Jacob, author of The Sleepwalker’s Guide to Dancing , about how her romance took her ten years and […]

In this episode we’ll talk about the myths of the movies about disasters associated with homemade products, and that you need to correct a problem […]

In this issue, we discuss side-effects: those projects you do after work – at night or on weekends – to increase your income or satisfy […]

In this episode, we talk about dinner — what you should cook, how you should prepare it, and why the idea of ​​“dinner” scares many […]

In this issue, we discussed sects: how they work, how you define them, what it feels like to be in one, and how to get […]

Mindfulness has a moment. In particular, the case in point: the hashtag #mindfulnessinamerica currently popular on Twitter, through Mindfulness in America conference, which takes place […]

The Equifax hack made one thing clear: we are all vulnerable to such attacks. But how do you keep your information (and money) safe? What […]

In this issue we are talking about personality tests. You know: These are tests that ask you personal questions about your philosophy of life, your […]

Dr. Robert Lustig joined us in the studio to talk about his new book , Hacking the American Mind: The Science Behind the Corporate Hijacking […]

In this episode, we talk about bullshit: what it is, how to spot it, and how to spot it. First, Staff Writer Nick Douglas joins […]

This week we’re talking about microdosing: using relatively low doses of psychedelics like LSD and the psilocybin mushroom to improve mood, focus, and productivity in […]

This week we talked about personal hygiene with professional cleaner Jolie Kerr. Jolie has been a cleaning expert for Esquire, Deadspin, and The Hairpin, and […]

In the age of smartphones, people are wringing their hands over the state of sex and relationships – online dating is destroying romance! And oh […]

The entire Lifehacker staff gathered in New York last week. Our writers traveled from all over the country to get together, rally for food, ignore […]

This week, as part of the “Update” We spoke with Steve Kasner, author of ” Caution: User manual for the mind, prone to injury” . […]

How do you deal with a psychopath? What if you realize that you are married to one? This week at The Upgrade, we are joined […]