Alive with Steve Burns

About Alive with Steve Burns

There are a thousand podcasts you can listen to. This one listens back. Alive with Steve Burns continues the conversation you began all those years ago. Back then it was letters and numbers and graham crackers. Now it’s death, sex, taxes, and all the big, messy questions of being alive. Why does money stress us out? Is the American dream dead? What’s the future of truth? Each week, a new guest drops by Steve’s window for a genuine and respectful dialogue between two people just trying to figure it out, together. Funny, tender, and just a little weird, this show invites you to sit down and think with Steve once again and wonder… what it really means to be Alive. Alive with Steve Burns premieres September 17. New episodes every Wednesday wherever you get podcasts, and full video at www.youtube.com/@AlivewithSteveBurns

Publisher

Lemonada Media

Category

society & culture

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

28 Aug 2025

Latest episode

22 Apr 2026

Latest episodes

29 of 34 episodes have a transcript.

1. 

   22 Apr 2026

   Are You Getting Grief All Wrong? with Megan Devine

   What if grief isn’t something to fix but something to understand? In this episode, psychotherapist Megan Devine breaks down the truth about loss, why we’re so uncomfortable with it, and how our culture gets grief completely wrong. From the myth of “moving on” to the pressure to feel better on a timeline, this conversation challenges everything we think we know about healing. Steve and Megan explore how trying to control or minimize grief often makes things worse. Megan offers a more honest, practical way to live with loss, support others, and stop judging ourselves for how we feel. --------------------------------------------------------------------- ** if you like this episode, then check out these ** What is Dying with Nurse Julie https://youtu.be/DXMdWpFTNhY Preparing for the End with Alua Arthur https://youtu.be/vUh2qoNjhkQ --------------------------------------------------------------------- Alive with Steve Burns - Season One Episode 27 | Megan Devine Instagram: @alivewithsteveburns TikTok: @alivewithsteveburns --------------------------------------------------------------------- There are a thousand podcasts you can listen to. This one listens back. Alive with Steve Burns continues the conversation you began all those years ago. Back then it was letters and numbers and graham crackers. Now it’s death, sex, taxes, and all the big, messy questions of being alive. Why does money stress us out? Is the American dream dead? What’s the future of truth? Each week, a new guest drops by Steve’s window for a genuine and respectful dialogue between two people just trying to figure it out, together. Funny, tender, and just a little weird, this show invites you to sit down and think with Steve once again and wonder… what it really means to be Alive. --------------------------------------------------------------------- You are not alone. You are cared for. If you need someone to listen: National Suicide and Crisis Hotline: https://988lifeline.org/ NAMI Helpline: https://www.nami.org/nami-helpline/ Crisis Text Line: https://www.crisistextline.org/ Keywords: grief, loss, dealing with grief, coping with loss, grief support, grief advice, grief healing, stages of grief, grief recovery, emotional healing, mental health, trauma, bereavement, mourning, loss of a loved one, complicated grief, prolonged grief, grief myths, grief misconceptions, moving on from grief, grief and relationships, grief and life changes, personal growth, emotional resilience, psychology, therapy, Megan Devine, grief expert, understanding grief, living with loss, Steve Burns, Blues Clues Watch full episodes of Alive on YouTube. Stay up to date with Lemonada on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram at @LemonadaMedia. If you haven’t yet, now is a great time to subscribe to Lemonada Premium. You’ll get ad-free episodes and bonus content from Steve. Just hit the 'subscribe' button on Apple Podcasts, or, for all other podcast apps head to lemonadapremium.com to subscribe. Click this link for a list of current sponsors and discount codes for this show and all Lemonada shows: lemonadamedia.com/sponsors

2. 

   15 Apr 2026TRANSCRIPT

   Can Money Buy Happiness? with Blake Mycoskie

   Host Steve Burns interviews Blake Mycoskie about redefining purpose and finding inner peace after chasing external validation through TOMS Shoes.

3. 

   8 Apr 2026TRANSCRIPT

   You Grew Up With Me, But We Never Met

   Steve sits down with media psychology expert Rebecca Tukachinsky Forster to break down parasocial relationships, the one-sided connections we form with TV hosts, creators, and public figures. From childhood TV to social media, they explore why these connections feel real and how easily we trust them. They also look at how these connections can comfort, teach, and even help us feel less alone – and where they can drift into unrealistic expectations. Along the way, Steve turns the lens on himself, asking what it really means to build a relationship through a screen. --------------------------------------------------------------------- ** if you like this episode, then check out these ** Why Everyone is Choosing to Stay Single - with Eric Klinenberg https://youtu.be/V3_3xYpS108 Depression - with Jessi Gold https://youtu.be/U4KGIjd9LY0 --------------------------------------------------------------------- Exclusive Offers For Our Listeners: Get 15% off your first order plus free shipping at BollAndBranch.com/alive with code alive. You can try ZipRecruiter FOR FREE at ziprecruiter.com/alive Sign up for your one-dollar-per-month trial today at shopify.com/alive --------------------------------------------------------------------- Alive with Steve Burns - Season One Episode 25 | Rebecca Tukachinsky Forster Instagram: @alivewithsteveburns TikTok: @alivewithsteveburns --------------------------------------------------------------------- There are a thousand podcasts you can listen to. This one listens back. Alive with Steve Burns continues the conversation you began all those years ago. Back then it was letters and numbers and graham crackers. Now it’s death, sex, taxes, and all the big, messy questions of being alive. Why does money stress us out? Is the American dream dead? What’s the future of truth? Each week, a new guest drops by Steve’s window for a genuine and respectful dialogue between two people just trying to figure it out, together. Funny, tender, and just a little weird, this show invites you to sit down and think with Steve once again and wonder… what it really means to be Alive. --------------------------------------------------------------------- You are not alone. You are cared for. If you need someone to listen: National Suicide and Crisis Hotline: https://988lifeline.org/ NAMI Helpline: https://www.nami.org/nami-helpline/ Crisis Text Line: https://www.crisistextline.org/ Keywords: parasocial relationships, media psychology, why we feel connected to celebrities, loneliness and social media, emotional connection psychology, storytelling and persuasion, steve burns podcast Watch full episodes of Alive on YouTube. Stay up to date with Lemonada on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram at @LemonadaMedia. If you haven’t yet, now is a great time to subscribe to Lemonada Premium. You’ll get ad-free episodes and bonus content from Steve. Just hit the 'subscribe' button on Apple Podcasts, or, for all other podcast apps head to lemonadapremium.com to subscribe. Click this link for a list of current sponsors and discount codes for this show and all Lemonada shows: lemonadamedia.com/sponsors

Inside a recent episode

Can Money Buy Happiness? with Blake Mycoskie

Published 15 Apr 2026 · Transcript excerpt

[…] And when I didn't, that's when things really started to come crashing down because there's nothing else to do. Yeah, let's go there. So, you, you talked about, this is something I heard you talk about before, this idea of a core wound. Yes. What does that mean to you? So I think a core wound is something that happens probably, you know, in your first 12 years of your life, maybe a little bit later, depending on which psychologist you talk to. And it is basically a very limiting false belief about yourself. And, and it, and it happens oftentimes through trauma. Or I even think like, you know, putting on your spiritual beliefs like, Carmically, you could have come into this incarnation to heal this wound, which could have happened from a life before. […]

Who has been a guest on Alive with Steve Burns

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• Dr Jessi Gold
• Angela Santomero
• Tracy Paige Johnson
• Bill Nye
• Alua Arthur

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Apple Podcasts (US)

4.9 / 5

685 ratings

Spotify

5.0 / 5

664 ratings

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