Sounds Good Podcast

Danielle Coke uses art to educate and inspire millions online about anti-racism and allyship. In this episode, Dani shares five steps to allyship during a crisis and how we can maintain hope.

Katherine Gehl says reforming our voting system is the solution to political division and gridlock. Our current political system makes polarization and incivility commonplace and compromise nearly impossible, but ranked choice voting promises to make efficient cooperation possible.

Dr. Rick Hanson is a psychologist who creatively works at the intersection of three circles: psychology, neuroscience, and contemplative wisdom. In this conversation, he speaks to the empowerment that comes with using our inner resources for hardwiring happiness in relationship with pain.

He wore his own trash for 30 days. He built tiny houses for the homeless. He dumpster dived for food. And now he’s committing to only eat food he’s grown and foraged himself for an entire year.

Andy J. Miller (also known as Andy J. Pizza) is an illustrator, podcaster and public speaker. In this episode, Andy shares the story of his relationship with his mother, how ADHD has affected his life, and how Modest Mouse brought him out of a very dark place.

In his new book, Notes on a Nervous Planet, Matt Haig shares his personal life story, as well as advice from experts to try to understand how to find a greater sense of health in the midst of the new world that surrounds us. In this episode, Branden and Matt talk about Matt's experiences and how he came out on the other side in a healthier place.

At the age of 27, Kate Manser had a number of people close to her die young and unexpectedly. It sent her into a tailspin of fear and anxiety, processing her own death one day. She’s since turned this self-awakening into a movement called You Might Die Tomorrow. In this episode, Branden and Kate discuss how we can live everyday like it's our last.