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  Why do we want the things we want? While we'll offer up plenty of reasons to explain our choices, my ...

  Editor’s Note: This is a re-broadcast. This episode originally aired in April ...

  Seventy-six years years after the end of World War II, that singular event continues to capture our ...

Editor's Note: This is a guest piece by Cody and Paige Brandon.  As wedding coordinators, we have ...

  for knowing the death which was about to come upon them by reason of those who were going round the ...

We've all been there. You’re out to eat at a restaurant with a friend, professional colleague, or family ...

The Strenuous Life is a membership platform for those who wish to revolt against our age of ease, ...

  There's no shortage of information out there on how to change — how to lose weight, exercise ...

Many people have, throughout their lives, experienced varying degrees of existential angst: the feeling of ...

Man, life can be a slog sometimes.  Each day, annoying little piddly things arise that aren’t ...

  We tend to throw the word "genius" around pretty casually, saying so-and-so has a genius for a ...

With our archives now 3,500+ articles deep, we’ve decided to republish a classic piece each Sunday to ...

  Most everyone has experienced restlessness from time to time. A feeling of wanting more, but ...

With our archives now 3,500+ articles deep, we’ve decided to republish a classic piece each Sunday to ...

  Quick, think of a famous magician. Dimes to donuts, you just thought of Harry Houdini. Though ...

In spite of the countless note-taking and to-do list apps and software I’ve experimented with over the ...

  Before Gary Collins left a bureaucratic government job to pursue a more independent existence off ...

With our archives now 3,500+ articles deep, we’ve decided to republish a classic piece each Sunday to ...

  Despite the fact that public speaking remains an important and relevant skill in our modern age -- you ...

  When it comes to proposed solutions to life's problems, whether on an individual or ...