Two Percent with Michael Easter
by Michael Easter
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Lessons from the frontiers of health, psychology, thought, and human experience. Hosted by Michael Easter—New York Times bestselling author of The Comfort Crisis and Scarcity Brain. New episodes are released twice each week.
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- #60: The Case for Going All In | Ravi Gupta · 59 min · Episode 60Almost everyone carries a list of things they want to do in life, and almost nobody gets to it. Michael speaks with Ravi Gupta, author of The Invisible List, who went all in on…
- #59: Why Being Scared Is Good for You | Coltan Scrivner · 1 h 10 min · Episode 59We’ve made life so safe that most of us are out of practice at handling fear. Michael speaks with Coltan Scrivner about why being scared can be good for you. Scrivner, a…
- #58: Why You Should Hike Right Now | Robert Moor · 1 h 2 min · Episode 58Michael speaks with Robert Moor, author of On Trails and the new book In Trees, about what five months on the Appalachian Trail taught him about quitting and comfort, why going…
- #57: Stop Trying to Sleep Perfectly | David Samson · 53 min · Episode 57Up to half of Americans say their sleep is bad, and the rules for fixing it keep piling up. Michael speaks with David Samson, an evolutionary anthropologist at the University of…
- #56: Misogi Is a Challenge You're Supposed to Fail Half the Time | Marcus Elliott · 1 h 8 min · Episode 56Most of us avoid anything we might fail at. Michael speaks with Dr. Marcus Elliott about Misogi, his yearly challenge with about a 50 percent chance of failure, and why we…
- #55: The Accidental FBI Director on Moral Courage | Brian Driscoll · 1 h 26 min · Episode 55Brian Driscoll became acting director of the FBI through what he believes was a clerical error in 2025. He was then asked to hand over the names of thousands of FBI employees who…
- #54: A Harvard Professor Tested Popular Diets on Himself | Dan Lieberman · 1 h 8 min · Episode 54Michael speaks with Harvard evolutionary biologist Dan Lieberman, author of Fed Up. They talked about how humans didn't evolve to think about what to eat, the history of food and…
- #53: Your Mind Lies About How Much You Can Take | Lindsay Crouse · 53 min · Episode 53A lot of us think of quitting as a path to failure. Michael speaks with Lindsay Crouse, the former New York Times writer, editor and producer, lifelong distance runner and author…
- #52: What Convenience and Your Phone Are Costing You | Tim Wu · 1 h 0 min · Episode 52Michael speaks with Tim Wu, the Columbia law professor and author of The Age of Extraction, about how media and tech platforms learned to harvest our attention, why convenience…
- #51: Creatine, Wearables, Carbs: What's Hype and What's Real | Brady Holmer · 51 min · Episode 51Michael speaks with Brady Holmer, the exercise scientist and 2:24 marathoner behind the Substack Physiologically Speaking, about which fitness trends hold up. Brady explains why…
- #50: The Mormon Missionary Who Became a Real Housewife | Heather Gay · 1 h 0 min · Episode 50Heather Gay, star of The Real Housewives of Salt Lake City and author of Bad Mormon, tells Michael why she left the Mormon faith, what that decision cost, and how she rebuilt a…
- #49: Why We Should Stop Eating Lettuce | Tamar Haspel · 59 min · Episode 49Michael speaks with Tamar Haspel, The Washington Post's Unearthed columnist and author of To Boldly Grow, about her case for why we should stop eating lettuce. Starting with the…
- #48: A Fox News Host’s Formula for Winning Arguments | Jessica Tarlov · 46 min · Episode 48Michael speaks with Jessica Tarlov, co-host of The Five on Fox News and author of I Disagree, about how to argue without losing friends. Outnumbered four to one on the…
- #47: Lessons from Singlehandedly Fighting Off a Terrorist Attack | Christian Craighead · 56 min · Episode 47Michael speaks with Christian Craighead, a former SAS soldier and author of One Man In, about the afternoon he singlehandedly fought off a major terror attack in Nairobi and what…
- #46: How to Learn Faster and Remember More | Jim Kwik · 1 h 1 min · Episode 46Michael speaks with Jim Kwik, brain coach and author of the new book Limitless Daily, about how to learn faster, remember more, and use AI to get smarter instead of dumber. They…
- #45: Inside the North Tower on 9/11 | Chief Joseph Pfeifer · 55 min · Episode 45Michael speaks with FDNY Chief Joseph Pfeifer, who led the first fire units into the North Tower on 9/11 and later gave the order to evacuate the towers. Chief Pfeifer later…
- #44: How to Recover From Trauma and Come Back Stronger | Elizabeth Smart · 56 min · Episode 44Michael sits down with Elizabeth Smart, who was abducted at 14, survived nine months of captivity, and spent the decades after building her own path to recovery. She is the…
- #43: Avoiding Anxiety Makes it Stronger & Relationship Rules | Dr. John Delony · 1 h 3 min · Episode 43Michael speaks with Dr. John Delony, host of The Dr. John Delony Show and author of Building a Non-Anxious Life. They discuss: 00:00 Preview00:54 Mental Health and Relationship…
- #42: A Trial Lawyer’s Rules for Hard Conversations | Jefferson Fisher · 1 h 0 min · Episode 42Michael sits down with trial lawyer Jefferson Fisher, author of The Next Conversation, on why hard conversations are some of the most uncomfortable things we do and how to handle…
- #41: Should You Take Peptides? A Doctor’s Evidence-Based Answer | Dr. Jordan Feigenbaum · 56 min · Episode 41Michael speaks with physician and competitive powerlifter Dr. Jordan Feigenbaum about what peptides are, why they suddenly seem to promise everything, and what the human evidence…
