I love listening to Jonathan interview fascinating guests in his calm, thoughtful way. I always learn something and feel inspired after. It’s also super professional and well done. Thanks!

I’m listening to the guy who is saying, it was a bunch of little things that led to the divorce, I wonder if his wife would say the same thing. I do congratulate him on his self reflective and admitting that he was the one in the relationship that was not caring for his wife as much as he should. I can relate with the wife. I really appreciate his example about the glass of water being on the counter. In my situation during a 26 year marriage, it was shoes not being taken off when walking into our home. I asked my then husband if he could please take his outside shoes off and haga e him a thorough explanation as to why I prefer for us to take off our outside shoes when we come home. Well, he told me, I’ll take them off in the bedroom, I explained to him that means that you are tracking the grime and dirt into our living room, kitchen, maybe bathroom. Him never, ever asking me how important this was to me, told me he really didn’t care what I thought, therefore he didn’t care about me. Some people make think this is trivial. To me it was not, when we had a baby crawling on the floor and I cleaned the floor and vacuumed, because I stayed home with our daughter. Thank you for the show!

Appreciate the thoughtful conversations.

If obesity is genetic, why were there so many fewer morbidly obese Americans 50 years ago? Why do I suddenly see so many people over 300 pounds? Genetics is not a valid scientific conclusion here. People eat too much and the food is bad quality. They are sedentary due to tech. Yes, this might trigger a genetic predisposition, but it can not be solely blamed on genetics.

The topics covered on this show stay with me throughout the week, and not because they always resonate with something I can relate to, but because the stories and perspectives are so rich and human that they often take me outside of my comfort zone and challenge me in ways I hadn’t considered or would not normally choose to focus on. Thinking outside of my comfort zone is good.

A podcast that feels like a wonderful, sensitive, knowledgeable ‘friend’.

The host does an incredible job at connecting with the guests and letting their words lead. Thoughtful and bright, the program helps us think a little deeper.

Thank you to Jonathan Bastian and the Life Examined team. I started on the very first of 6 episodes at the pandemics inception and was devastated when it ended. Now it is such an important part of my Saturday flow. The guests and conversations could not be more relevant to where I am in life; a NZ 41 year old first time father in Los Angeles trying my hardest to live with as much joy as I can in a challenging world. Jonathan’s interview / conversation technique is both skilled and validating of the guest whilst reiterating for the listener, and continuing the discussions in a mutually exploratory fashion. I couldn’t be more grateful for your work.

This is one of the few shows I don’t miss an episode of. Always interesting topics, it’s an engaging listen, often I’ll listen to episodes twice. Thanks for the great work!

This show is hands down my favorite podcast. Every week the conversation is insightful, interesting and makes me think of something new i had not considered before. I love discussing this show with my friend who listens to. Keep up the good work