Topic
Anxiety
The low-grade dread that apparently powers most successful comedy careers.
The Mel Robbins Podcast·Health
Mel Robbins says writing your unfinished to-do list at night can work better than some sleep medication
The strongest idea in Robbins's bedtime script is also the most suspiciously useful one, put the unfinished mess on paper and stop letting your brain cosplay as a project manager at midnight.
The Mel Robbins Podcast·Health
Marc Brackett says teachers can grade the same essay one to two full grades differently depending on their mood
The Yale emotional intelligence researcher makes a useful, slightly terrifying case that your feelings are already making decisions before you think you are.
Conan O'Brien Needs a Friend·Comedy
Bill Hader and Ted Danson Bond Over the One Thing Funnier People Are Supposed to Hide
Two of the most decorated comedy actors alive spend ninety minutes comparing anxiety attacks, SNL nightmares, and the specific horror of bombing in front of a Sarah Palin crowd.