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Each week, Jordan Calhoun and Meghan Walbert of Lifehacker brings in all-star guests to tackle the stuff that matters—like how to be happy, how to buy a TV, how to be less bad with money and how to tell if you’re dating a psychopath. Look, you're doing great, but quite frankly we think you can be a little better. All your friends do too. It's time for The Upgrade.
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A Message for Listeners
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How to Find Your Voice, With Vocal Coach Denise Woods (RECAST)
This week we're fine-tuning our instruments with help from Hollywood vocal coach, Denise Woods. Denise has been a professional vocal and dialect coach for over 20 years and has worked with stars like Will Smith, Halle Berry, Rachel Weisz, Jessica Chastain, and Mahershala Ali. Listen to hear Denise gives tips on how to nix the bad habits of the “ums,” “ahs,” and “likes,” figure out your unique voice print, and learn to harness the power of your breath when speaking.
Denise's new book is called The Power of Voice: A Guide to Making Yourself Heard.
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How to Tame Your Inner Critic, With Psychologist Ethan Kross (RECAST)
Ever find yourself in an anxiety spiral, ruminating over things that stress you out? If so, you're in luck because this week we're learning how to better control that voice in our heads with help from psychologist Ethan Kross. Ethan is a professor at the University of Michigan’s Psychology Department and Ross School of Business, and is one of the world’s leading experts on controlling the conscious mind. His book is called Chatter: The Voice in Our Head, Why It Matters, and How to Harness It.
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How to Pay Better Attention, With Neuroscientist Dr. Amishi Jha
This week we're learning how to better focus and pay attention with help from neuroscientist Dr. Amishi Jha. Dr. Jha is a professor of psychology at the University of Miami and the Director of Contemplative Neuroscience for the Mindfulness Research and Practice Initiative. She's also the author of Peak Mind: Find Your Focus, Own Your Attention, Invest 12 Minutes a Day. Listen to hear Dr. Jha explain why our minds wander the way that they do, and how we can start to better harness our attention.
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Introducing Gadgettes!
The team at Gizmodo has a brand new podcast womansplaining the latest technology. Each week hosts Florence Ion and Caitlin McGarry sit down to talk about the latest gadgets and the biggest headlines in tech. Listen wherever you get your podcasts!
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How to Be a Tourist Without Being an A*****e, With Travel Journalist Sara Clemence
This week we're learning how to be better, more conscientious travelers with help from travel journalist Sara Clemence. Listen to hear Sara's advice on how to find destinations that aren't experiencing "overtourism," and what research to do and choices to make that have a more positive impact on the local economy on the places you're visiting.
Sara is a travel writer and former travel editor for The Wall Street Journal, and news director at Travel + Leisure. She’s also the author of the book Away & Aware: A Field Guide to Mindful Travel.
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A Great Walking Companion
This podcast is my companion when I take long evening walks around Amsterdam canals during the corona pandemic. I walk with a big smile on my face and laugh frequently so it is good that I don't run into many... Each and every episode is full of great info but my favourite part is the weekly personal upgrades that the hosts share the very last minute.
Fun, inspiring and insightful
The Upgrade is one of the best productivity podcasts out there. The hosts, Alice and Melissa, do an incredible job at breaking down complex topics and turning it into understandable and actionable advice. It is playful, genuine and always a delight to listen to - keep it up!
Great show while it lasted
This was a great podcast from the lifehacker crew dealing with news in technology, downloads, and tips to tweak your life. It was a great post, much better than Whitsun ever suspected (as witnessed by his concerns regarding the excellent quality in the podcasts itself) Unfortunately the show ended on April 3rd 2014, leaving us hanging with accidentally stumbling across a post somewhere in Facebook (The Kinja site offers no good alternative here).