How To Want Better Things

About How To Want Better Things

A podcast about careers, ambition, and in extreme cases, making slightly better decisions than you would have otherwise. We cover the research on job satisfaction, ambition, effective forecasting, and the various ways humans talk themselves into and out of things. Ocassionally informative.

Publisher

HTWBT

Category

education

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

26 Sept 2025

Latest episode

15 May 2026

Latest episodes

34 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   15 May 2026

   It Always Gets Done

   On the productivity hazards of knowing yourself too well

2. 

   5 May 2026

   James and Martha vs the Replacement Rate

   We discuss whether having children is good, bad, or just inevitable if the World Cup goes well. A budding astrophysicist explains protostars to four-year-olds.

3. 

   1 May 2026

   Not Me Though

   2 seasons in and the crew remains undefeated in wasting our listeners' time. This week: mandatory statistics requirements, the case for & against extended lives (feat. modern day Genghis Khan), and why parenting courses might be a bad idea.

Reach and audience

Public platform figures. Ratings count people who left a rating, not total listeners.

Apple Podcasts (US)

5.0 / 5

1 ratings