The Tangled Tree with David Quammen

In this interview, I speak with David Quammen about his newest book The Tangled Tree. David lives a fascinating life travelling the world as a journalist and author – his interests lay in the fields of science, history and evolution.

In The Tangled Tree: A Radical New History of Life David uncovers how molecular biology and how it can change our understanding of evolution and life’s history. The crux of this discussion is Horizontal Gene Transfer (HGT) – the movement of genes across species lines. It challenges Darwinism and the traditional view that genes are passed along via heredity and instead can move sideways through viral infection. (more…)

Predictably Irrational by Dan Ariely

Written by Leigh Martinuzzi

In this book, Dr Dan Ariely, A professor of behavioural economics at the Duke University uncovers why humans are predictably irrational. Every day we are responsible for making numerous decisions and what Dan was intrigued by is that despite our assumption that we are smart logical beings, we often make poor decisions that don’t seem logical at all.

Often emotions become entangled in the decisions we have to make. We overvalue, we procrastinate, and we make the same poor decisions time and time again. From his perspective, it seemed humans are highly irrational, hence his research behind this book. (more…)

Emotional Intelligence

Today’s featured guest is Sam Alibrando.

The topic is “Emotional Intelligence.”

Let the show begin.

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Spirituality

By Leigh Martinuzzi 

What is spirituality?

The subject of spirituality is sometimes a difficult one to navigate.  It can be misunderstood, confused as a religious pursuit and associated with people that are a little bit “out there” in how they live their life.  (more…)

Fearvana – Turning Fear into Happiness

“Fearvana inspires us to look beyond our own agonizing experiences and find the positive side of our lives.” The Dalai Lama

After overcoming drug addiction, post-traumatic stress disorder, and alcoholism that pushed him to the brink of suicide, Akshay has dedicated himself to a path of mastery and service.

Today, he is a US Marine veteran, ultra-runner, explorer, speaker, entrepreneur and author of the book – Fearvana: The Revolutionary Science of How to Turn Fear Into Health, Wealth and Happiness. (more…)

Revisionist History Podcast by Malcolm Gladwell

Written by Leigh Martinuzzi 

Malcolm Gladwell is the author of Five New York Times bestsellers. He is a journalist for the New Yorker and prior to that the Washington Post. He writes and speaks about the research and science in sociology, psychology and social psychology.

Within his works, he often examines the past – the history of ideas, events, people, and cultures and how they have been misunderstood and how they impact our lives today. The Revisionist History is a podcast series dedicated to this curiosity. (more…)

Lifters

Today’s featured guest is Paresh Shah.

The topic is “Lifters.”

Let the show begin.

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Addition and Subtraction – A Formula for Happiness

By Leigh Martinuzzi

In an interview, I recently hosted with Jodi Aman, a Psychotherapist, Auther and proponent of Happiness – she described a simple formula or definition of Happiness.

It goes, Wants – Don’t Wants + Practice = Happier. (more…)

Enhance Your Relationships with Sam Alibrando

In this conversation, I speak with Dr Alibrando about his book “The 3 Dimensions of Emotions: Finding the Balance of Power, Heart, and Mindfulness in All Your Relationships.”

These are the 3 dimensions of the interpersonal world. How well we learn to navigate them directly corresponds to how well we live our lives – how happy and fulfilled we feel. (more…)

Humans Are Underrated by Geoff Colvin

Written by Leigh Martinuzzi 

In this book, Geoff Colvin has delivered a brilliantly assembled counter-argument to the notion that technology is taking over the human race. With the advancement of machines, AI and robots killing us in the task and skill race of the functioning world, what chance do we have? Well, as Colvin explains, it may merely be a matter of reconnecting with our roots – the fundamentals of our human nature. (more…)