Life Examined
Hosted by Life Examined and unknown · KCRW
4.9from 313 ratings
- 313
- Episodes
- 45
- Transcribed
- 313
- Ratings
- Daily
- Cadence
- 2020
- First episode
- 307M
- YouTube views
About Life Examined
Life Examined is a one-hour weekly podcast exploring psychology, philosophy, spirituality — and finding meaning in the modern world. The show is hosted by Jonathan Bastian.
- Publisher
- KCRW
- Category
- society & culture
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- No
- First episode
- 25 Apr 2020
- Latest episode
- 10 Jul 2025
Latest episodes
45 of 313 episodes have a transcript.
10 Jul 2025TRANSCRIPT
Robert Macfarlane: "Is a River Alive?"
10 Jun 2025TRANSCRIPT
When to medicate the mind with Laura Delano
27 May 2025TRANSCRIPT
Yale happiness guru Lori Santos on the power of time off and modern parenting traps
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Robert Macfarlane: "Is a River Alive?"
Published 10 Jul 2025 · Transcript excerpt
[…] And yet interestingly, and this is maybe a conversation that turns into why the Western mind works the way it does and why society is gathered, which is that where I live, let's say, rivers are just thought of as, for example, like power sources, ways to get electricity, ways to dam, ways to pool, ways to flush wastewater, and they are seen as economic creatures. I don't even want to say creatures, isn't even the right word. There's no logic. There's no creature. There's no actual life giving pronoun given to any river. It's just, it's an economic feature of the land. Water rights, legal rights. […]
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- Laura Delano
- Laurie Santos
- Ocean Vuong
- Pico Iyer
- Paul Elie
Reach and audience
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- YouTube views
- 306,965,971
- Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025
- Apple Podcasts (US)
- 4.9 / 5
- 313 ratings
Podcast Authority Score: 84 / 100
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- Quality
- 94
- Social presence
- 0
- YouTube
- 93
- Engagement
- 95
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Who hosts Life Examined?
Life Examined and unknown host the show. Published by KCRW.
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