Maybe I'm just odd. I've listened to no more than a handful of podcasts in my entire life.<p>If I want to learn something, I'll read it. Which I can do 20x faster than listening to a podcast.<p>So I don't have a favourite podcast episode. And certainly not for 2021!
Hidden Brain - Minimizing Pain, Maximizing Joy - <a href="https://hiddenbrain.org/podcast/minimizing-pain-maximizing-joy/" rel="nofollow">https://hiddenbrain.org/podcast/minimizing-pain-maximizing-j...</a><p>Life is filled with hardships and tragedies — a fact that 2020 has made all too clear for people across the globe. For thousands of years, philosophers have come up with strategies to help us cope with such hardship. This week on Hidden Brain, we talk with philosopher William Irvine about ancient ideas — backed by modern psychology — that can help us manage disappointment and misfortune.
There is another active thread on the same topic - <a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29703564" rel="nofollow">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29703564</a>