Why Is Mike Pesca So Happy?
The Gist explores what happiness studies really tell us.
The Gist has moved! Find new episodes here.
Listen to Episode 49 of Slate’s The Gist:
Today on The Gist, political analyst Jonah Blank from RAND explains how young democracies navigate fair elections. Plus, Mike speaks with Sonja Lyubomirsky, the author of The Myths of Happiness, about how we can make ourselves into happier people by doing the things that happy people do. For the Spiel, no, you probably won’t succumb to a brain-eating amoeba.
Advertisement
Email: thegist@slate.com
Twitter: @slategist
Facebook: facebook.com/slategist