How to Be a Better Human
Hosted by Chris · TED
4.5from 4,191 ratings
- 280
- Episodes
- 149
- Transcribed
- 4,191
- Ratings
- Daily
- Cadence
- 2021
- First episode
- 3B
- YouTube views
About How to Be a Better Human
How To Be A Better Human isn’t your average self improvement podcast. Each week join Chris Duffy (https://chrisduffycomedy.com/) in conversation with guests and past speakers as they uncover sharp insights and give clear takeaways on how YOU can be a better human. From your work to your home and your head to your heart, How To Be a Better Human looks in unexpected places for new ways to improve and show up for one another. Inspired by the popular series of the same name on TED’s Ideas blog, How to Be a Better Human will help you become a better person from the comfort of your own headphones.Follow Chris on Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/chrisiduffy) and TikTok (https://www.tiktok.com/@chrisiduffy) at @chrisiduffy. Buy his book Humor Me (https://t.ted.com/ZGuYfcL).Fill out our survey at bit.ly/BHSurvey6 (https://bit.ly/BHSurvey6) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy (https://acast.com/privacy) for more information.
- Publisher
- TED
- Category
- education
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- No
- First episode
- 4 Jan 2021
- Latest episode
- 21 Sept 2026
Latest episodes
149 of 280 episodes have a transcript.
21 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT
How to live longer (w/ Keith Diaz)
14 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT
How to navigate complicated family dynamics (w/ Emerson Whitney)
7 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT
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How to live longer (w/ Keith Diaz)
Published 21 Sept 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] And I felt great. It was a great way to start my day. I often, when I do something like that, when I wake up and do something healthy, do my exercise, I often feel like, well, then I've done it. Am I wrong? Did I do it for today or do I still need to be getting up and doing stuff every half an hour? You're not wrong. Exercise is one of the most important things you can do for your health. Keep going, keep doing it. What we're proposing here and what we're talking about in terms of the research I do is, what do you do besides that? Because the time you spend outside of your exercise, because exercise is, what, 30 minutes? […]
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- Keith Diaz
- Emerson Whitney
- Harlan Coben
- Christopher Robichaud
- Hrishikesh Hirway
Reach and audience
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- YouTube views
- 2,909,630,784
- Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025
- Apple Podcasts (US)
- 4.1 / 5
- 1,404 ratings
- Spotify
- 4.7 / 5
- 2,787 ratings
Podcast Authority Score: 84 / 100
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- Quality
- 73
- Social presence
- 97
- YouTube
- 93
- Engagement
- 100
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Chris host the show. Published by TED.
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