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Apr 5, 2024
Mary
Jun 24, 2023
I've listened to a lot of conversations about meditation, even including some with Richie Davidson, but Maya's questions made this the most interesting and useful one I've heard. And of course, the other episodes have been great, too!
gigi
Apr 25, 2022
Such fascinating conversations... Love the podcast immensely ❤️❤️❤️. Dr Maya and your guest bring so much healing and allowed me to have a different view of life in general.... In the throws of life..
Suzanne from GlendaleAZ
Sep 23, 2021
Where did you go? I miss your weekly podcast.
Jul 28, 2021
You can follow the show at @DrMayaShankar on Instagram.
Apple Podcasts’ Best Show of the Year 2021 Editor's Note: Maya Shankar blends compassionate storytelling with the science of human behavior to help us understand who we are and who we become in the face of a big change. Maya is no stranger to change. “My whole childhood revolved around the violin, but that changed in a moment when I injured my hand playing a single note,” says Shankar, who was studying under Itzhak Perlman at the Juilliard School at the time. “I was forced to try and figure out who I was, and who I could be, without the violin." Maya soon discovered a new path in the field of cognitive science, where she earned her PhD as a Rhodes Scholar studying how and why we change. Her insights into human behavior ultimately led her to create A Slight Change of Plans—Apple Podcasts’ Best Show of the Year in 2021. You’ll hear intimate conversations with people like Tiffany Haddish, Kacey Musgraves, and Riz Ahmed, as well as real-life inspirations, like John Elder Robison, who undergoes experimental brain stimulation to deepen his emotional intelligence, Daryl Davis, a Black jazz musician who inspires hundreds of KKK members to leave the Klan, and Shankar herself, who had her own “slight change of plans” earlier this year. The show also explores the science of change with experts like Adam Grant and Angela Duckworth. "What I love most about this show is that the content is evergreen," says Shankar. "You can listen to episodes in any order and at any time."
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Brené Brown on Our Flawed, Imperfect Selves
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Apr 29, 2024 |
Part 2: Life, Interrupted with Suleika Jaouad
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Apr 22, 2024 |
Part 1: Life, Interrupted with Suleika Jaouad
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Apr 22, 2024 |
Dr. Becky: A Game-Changing Strategy for Better Relationships
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Apr 15, 2024 |
What Children Can Teach Us About Creativity
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Apr 08, 2024 |
Freedom After a Lifetime of Secrets
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Apr 01, 2024 |
A New Season with Brené Brown, Becky Kennedy, and More!
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Mar 25, 2024 |
The Science of Happiness with Dr. Laurie Santos
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Mar 21, 2024 |
Pushkin Hosts Celebrate World Happiness Day
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Mar 20, 2024 |
Why change is so scary -- and how to unlock its potential | TED Talks Daily
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Mar 14, 2024 |
Best of: How to Make Stress Your Friend
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Feb 26, 2024 |
Best of: The Science of Making—and Keeping—Friends
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Feb 19, 2024 |
How to Make Your Habits Stick
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Feb 12, 2024 |
Adam Grant Helps Unlock Our Hidden Potential
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Dec 18, 2023 |
"I Gave Up Asking 'Why Me?'"
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Dec 11, 2023 |
Get Happier with Gretchen Rubin
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Dec 04, 2023 |
Your Future Self Needs Your Help Today
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Nov 27, 2023 |
The Coin Toss
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Nov 20, 2023 |
Awe and Psychedelics with Michael Pollan
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Nov 13, 2023 |
Why Experiencing Awe With Others Feels So Magical
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Nov 06, 2023 |
A Different Kind of Identity Theft
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Oct 30, 2023 |
How Awe Transforms Us
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Oct 23, 2023 |
Coming Soon: Awe, our “Future Selves,” and Navigating Uncertainty
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Oct 17, 2023 |
Best Of: Life After Escaping Captivity
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Oct 05, 2023 |
Best Of: A Blind Cook Becomes a Master Chef
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Sep 28, 2023 |
The Power of Imaginative Courage, our “Why”, and Awe
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Sep 21, 2023 |
Best Of: Wired for Change
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Aug 15, 2023 |
Best Of: Amanda Knox Wants Us to Move On
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Aug 08, 2023 |
Best Of: The Science of Regret
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Aug 01, 2023 |
Best Of: A Black Musician Takes on the KKK
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Jul 25, 2023 |
Maya's TED Talk is Out Today!
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Jul 25, 2023 |
A Neuroscientist’s Curious Approach to Dying
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Jul 10, 2023 |
For the Love of Pizza
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Jul 05, 2023 |
The Science of Self-Compassion
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Jun 26, 2023 |
A Meditation Scientist Changes My Mind
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Jun 19, 2023 |
“I Will Never Leave You”
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Jun 12, 2023 |
Let’s Agree to Disagree More
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Jun 05, 2023 |
Coming Soon: The Science of Meditation, Self-Compassion, and More!
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May 29, 2023 |
Mental Health: Surviving Grief
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May 25, 2023 |
Mental Health: Managing Mental Chatter
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May 18, 2023 |
Mental Health: The Power of Grandmothers and Community
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May 11, 2023 |
The Science of Making (and Keeping) Friends
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Apr 10, 2023 |
The Devastation of Things Going Exactly to Plan
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Apr 03, 2023 |
How to Build Empathy and Avoid Burnout
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Mar 27, 2023 |
A Science Journalist Tries to Hack Heartbreak
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Mar 20, 2023 |
Stick to your Goals with Dr. Maya Shankar on Slate's How To! Podcast
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Mar 13, 2023 |
You Have More Influence Than You Think
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Mar 06, 2023 |
Hasan Minhaj is Trying Not to Care If You Like Him
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Feb 27, 2023 |
Can Stress Be Helpful?
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Feb 21, 2023 |
Coming Soon: Stories about Heartbreak, Empathy, Stress, and Much More!
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Feb 13, 2023 |
Made, Not Born: How Grit Helps Us Change
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Jan 19, 2023 |
Changing Your Mind with Adam Grant
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Jan 12, 2023 |
Reach your 2023 Goals with these... Slight Changes!
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Jan 05, 2023 |
"I Survived the Unsurvivable"
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Nov 28, 2022 |
A Short Message From Maya!
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Nov 21, 2022 |
A Theranos Whistleblower (Rebroadcast)
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Nov 20, 2022 |
The Science of Loneliness
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Nov 14, 2022 |
When Surviving is Enough
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Nov 07, 2022 |
Jason Isbell on Resisting the Mythos of Sobriety
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Oct 31, 2022 |
The Science of Quitting (Rebroadcast)
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Oct 24, 2022 |
The Art and Science of Gathering
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Oct 17, 2022 |
A First Responder's Call for Help
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Oct 10, 2022 |
A 6 Year Old Changes History
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Oct 03, 2022 |
The Science of Regret
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Oct 03, 2022 |
Sneak Peek: Season 5 of A Slight Change of Plans!
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Sep 26, 2022 |
Maya's Slight Change in Perspective
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Jul 28, 2022 |
A Theranos Whistleblower
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Jul 11, 2022 |
The Science of Motivation
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Jul 05, 2022 |
A Holocaust Survivor's Story
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Jun 27, 2022 |
Jeopardy! Changed My Life
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Jun 20, 2022 |
The Science of Our Inner Voice
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Jun 13, 2022 |
Does Everything Happen for a Reason?
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Jun 06, 2022 |
"I Don't Feel Like a Boy, I Am a Boy"
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May 31, 2022 |
Headspace x Dr. Maya Shankar: Understanding Change
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May 24, 2022 |
Sneak Peek: Season 4 of A Slight Change of Plans!
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May 23, 2022 |
A Conversation About A Slight Change of Plans
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May 18, 2022 |
The Thai Cave Rescue
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Apr 18, 2022 |
Lessons From a Grief Therapist
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Apr 11, 2022 |
Losing Dixie
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Apr 04, 2022 |
The Science of Connection
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Mar 28, 2022 |
Captured in North Korea
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Mar 21, 2022 |
How Psychedelics Can Change Our Minds
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Mar 14, 2022 |
Life After Surviving Stage-Four Cancer
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Mar 07, 2022 |
Turning the Page with Well-Read Black Girl
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Mar 04, 2022 |
A Blind Cook Becomes a Master Chef
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Feb 28, 2022 |
New Slight Change Episodes Coming Soon!
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Feb 21, 2022 |
Heartbreak: A Journalist Studies the Science of Divorce
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Feb 01, 2022 |
Listening to Negative Emotions with The Happiness Lab
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Jan 10, 2022 |
A Mother's Fight for the Truth
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Dec 13, 2021 |
The Woman Who Changed Warlord Joseph Kony’s Mind
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Dec 03, 2021 |
Amanda Knox Wants Us to Move On
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Nov 29, 2021 |
The Science of Grit
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Nov 22, 2021 |
BONUS: Eric Vetro Helps Maya Find Her Voice
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Nov 17, 2021 |
BONUS: Olympian Gabby Thomas Sets Her Own Pace
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Nov 15, 2021 |
Wired for Change
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Nov 08, 2021 |
The Science of Quitting
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Nov 01, 2021 |
Riz Ahmed Plays Himself
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Oct 25, 2021 |
Maya's Slight Change of Plans
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Oct 18, 2021 |
“Grieving the Man I Thought My Husband Was”
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Oct 11, 2021 |
TEASER: New Slight Change Episodes!
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Oct 04, 2021 |
BONUS: The Science of Happiness and Change
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Sep 27, 2021 |
Kacey Musgraves on Psychedelics
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Aug 05, 2021 |
Getting My Silence Back
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Jul 29, 2021 |
I'm Not as Free as I Thought
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Jul 22, 2021 |
The Life-Changing Diagnosis
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Jul 15, 2021 |
The Girl in the Mirror
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Jul 08, 2021 |
Adam Grant Thinks Again
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Jul 01, 2021 |
Leaving a Religious Cult
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Jun 24, 2021 |
Life After Escaping Captivity
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Jun 17, 2021 |
The Science of Change
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Jun 10, 2021 |
Hillary Clinton Changes on Her Own Terms
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Jun 03, 2021 |
Tiffany Haddish Discovers Her Superpower
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May 27, 2021 |
A Black Musician Takes on the KKK
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May 19, 2021 |
Meet Maya Shankar: A Conversation with Michael Lewis
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May 19, 2021 |
Introducing A Slight Change of Plans
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May 07, 2021 |