Category: Entertainment

In this episode of The Upgrade, we discuss Impostor Syndrome, a psychological phenomenon in which people doubt their success and are inwardly afraid of being […]

We all think we are experts at “doing nothing,” but there is a difference between being numb when looking at Facebook and actually relaxing your […]

Sleep: We all need it, but most of us almost miss it. What are we doing wrong? Why is a perfect night’s sleep so elusive? […]

You hear a lot about how to change habits – it will take you 21 days! You will have to make small changes before you […]

We could all learn to speak better with other people. It’s so easy to hide behind our screens these days, and when we’re finally face […]

Too often, people who are good at doing things are promoted to leaders by those who do them – without any training in how to […]

We spend a lot of time worrying about death — our own and the death of those we love. This week we will take a […]

Buying gifts can be … stressful. It is often difficult to know what to buy for a friend who loves movies or a son-in-law who […]

How can we even find true love in the hectic world of online dating, ghosts and the bench? Matchmaker Dr. Frankie Bashan tells us why […]

This is our first live Upgrade recording performed in front of an audience at Bell House in Brooklyn, NY. We were joined by comedians Chris […]

What are you doing tonight? If you’re in the New York area, do we have an option for you: Join us for the first ever […]

I’m not going to be overconfident, but if you live in the world in 2018, chances are good that sometimes you will need help to […]

It’s almost Thanksgiving, which means that many of us will be elbows to elbows with family members, some of whom may have vastly different opinions […]

In this week’s Update, we talk about how to tell the truth – and how to know when the people around you are not being […]

There are so many different ways to be a jerk, from being a bully in the schoolyard to not mowing the lawn, using plastic straws, […]

Anne Lamotte is a progressive politician and writer, author of bestselling books such as Bird by Bird , Journey of Mercy , Operating Instructions , […]

You know those days: you wake up in a gloomy mood, confident that everything is terrible and doom is inevitable. And then you talk, or […]

This week we chat with Les Stroud , creator and star of the hit TV series Survivorman. Alice and staff writer Nick Douglas talk to […]

In this episode, KJ Dell’Antonia -journalist and author of How to Be Happier Parent: Raising a Family to Have Life, and to Love (almost) Every […]

This week we’re digging into the things you’re afraid of – specific things like fear of spiders and heights, as well as the more conceptual, […]

In the morning. Many of us hate them; some of us love them; we all want to get the best out of them. But how […]

In this episode, Coss Marté tells us how he went from drug lord to fitness entrepreneur using the regime he developed in prison. We then […]

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 […]