Life + Work Podcast
Jan. 15, 2025
Top 10 Takeaways from 2024
#210: Chris shares his top 10 takeaways from over 60 episodes released in 2024, providing impactful insights to optimize investments, master the art of travel, cultivate lasting habits, improve health and relationships, and m...
Jan. 8, 2025
5 Resets to Reduce Stress and Burnout with Dr. Aditi Nerurkar
#209: Science-backed strategies to manage stress, build resilience, and reclaim your energy. Harvard physician and stress expert Dr. Aditi Nerurkar shares how to recognize stress and distinguish between healthy and unhealthy ...
Jan. 1, 2025
7 Questions to Make This Year Your Best Year Yet
#208: Learn the 7-step framework for a personal annual review that will help you reflect on last year and plan to make this year your best one yet. Together with Sahil Bloom, we discuss insights for setting meaningful goals a...
Dec. 25, 2024
15 Tactics to Break Free from Distraction with Nate Klemp
#207: Actionable strategies to overcome distraction and reclaim your focus with insights from Nate Klemp. He addresses the negative impact of screen addiction on mental health and shares practical tactics for reducing distrac...
Dec. 11, 2024
Building Better Habits, Strengthening Relationships, and More Listener Q&A with Chris and Amy
#205: Chris and Amy answer listener questions around life and relationships, from creating better routines and setting boundaries to navigating family dynamics and planning creative date nights. They also discuss leveraging a...
Dec. 4, 2024
The Science of Nutrition and Its Impact on Your Body with Dr. Mark Hyman
#204: Learn how to use nutrition to optimize your health, energy, and longevity. Dr. Mark Hyman explores the harmful effects of ultra-processed foods and offers tips for adopting a nutrient-dense diet. We discuss the role of ...
Nov. 20, 2024
Holiday Gift Guide and Top Ways to Save This Season
#202: Sharing 80+ holiday gift ideas across tech, kitchen, clothing, healthcare, games, and more—plus my top strategies to maximize your holiday savings. For all the products, links, deals and more, check out the full 2024 Gi...
Oct. 23, 2024
Use the Internet Better: The Tools and Tactics You Need with Steph Smith
#198: Learn to find anything online quickly, effectively and securely with Chris and Steph Smith. We discuss essential tools and tips for navigating the web, from uncovering hidden information to leveraging AI and keyboard sh...
Oct. 16, 2024
Navigating Your Money, Points, and Career + More Listener Q&A with Kevin Rose
#197: Together with Kevin Rose, we'll dive into points and miles strategies, credit card optimization, travel tips, and career growth. Specifically, we'll cover everything from underrated credit card tricks, tactics for earni...
Sept. 18, 2024
The Power of Trust and Skepticism with Jamil Zaki
#193: Unlock better opportunities, improve your emotional and physical health, and build stronger relationships by embracing “hopeful skepticism.” Dr. Jamil Zaki shares science-backed, actionable strategies to overcome the ri...
Aug. 28, 2024
Why High-Performers Focus on Energy, Not Time with Sahil Bloom
#190: Transform your relationships, productivity, and overall quality of life by discovering how to be intentional with your time. Sahil and I share actionable tactics to build better habits (and get rid of bad ones), improve...
Aug. 14, 2024
My Must-Have Products and Services for Life, Work and More
#188: Here are the 130+ things I cannot (or don’t want to) live without, including my favorite tech, web and mobile apps, travel gear, subscriptions, banks and financial tools. I also share health and fitness items, smart hom...
July 24, 2024
12 Tactics to Make More Time EVERY Day with Jake Knapp and John Zeratsky
#185: Learn a proven 4-step framework to create more time in your day for whatever matters most. In this episode, Jake and John share tactics to highlight your priorities, maintain laser focus, energize with healthy habits, a...
July 10, 2024
Debunking the Biggest Parenting Myths with Emily Oster
#183: Economist Emily Oster uses data to challenge and debunk common parenting beliefs and shares data-driven strategies for parents to make more informed and confident decisions. We also cover data on polarizing topics like ...
June 12, 2024
How a Simple Change Can Improve Your Health, Sleep and More with James Nestor
#178: Bestselling author James Nestor reveals how improper breathing can lead to health issues that include poor sleep, asthma, chronic congestion, ADHD, and anxiety. He shares research-backed techniques to identify and corre...
May 28, 2024
Monday Musings: Latest Deals, Summer Award Travel, Father's Day Gift Ideas, Calling 911 and More
#175: Host Chris Hutchins shares his latest deals, advice on booking summer travel with points, some father’s day gift ideas, a family health update and more. Resources Mentioned Chris's Newsletter Latest Deals Bilt Rewards T...
May 22, 2024
Secrets of Success in Life and Work with Legendary Silicon Valley Investor Andy Rachleff
#174: Legendary investor Andy Rachleff shares invaluable lessons to accelerate your personal and professional growth. He explores how success can be achieved through the power of intellectual curiosity, non-consensus thinking...
May 8, 2024
Secrets of Super Achievers: Learning the 10x Growth Mindset with Dr Benjamin Hardy
#171: Organizational psychologist Benjamin Hardy explores the power of a 10x growth mindset, highlighting how you can achieve more in one week than most people do in one year. He explores the core principles of 10x and the ‘F...
April 24, 2024
Using Radical Candor to Strengthen Relationships at Work and Home with Kim Scott
#169: Bestselling author Kim Scott highlights the impact of using radical candor to maintain better relationships at work and home. She shares tactics to solicit feedback, overcome the discomfort of giving and receiving criti...
April 3, 2024
Reverse Aging and Live Longer with Bryan Johnson
#165: Bryan Johnson shares takeaways from his $2M longevity project, Blueprint. He and Chris discuss ways to utilize the power of sleep, food, supplements, and fitness to help reverse the aging process and achieve optimal hea...
March 20, 2024
The Science-Based Tactics of Persuasion with Daniel Pink
#162: Bestselling author Daniel Pink shares science-based tactics to become a better persuader, whether its to sell a product, motivate yourself, or write an email pitch. This episode also addresses the misconception of coerc...
March 6, 2024
Expert Advice on Medical Emergencies and Travel Illnesses with ER Dr. Benjamin Jack
#160: ER physician Dr. Benjamin Jack helps you plan for the most common medical emergencies. He covers what to do and how to decide if it makes sense to go to an ER, urgent care or regular doctor. He also provides expert advi...
Feb. 28, 2024
Masterclass on Habits and Becoming a Super Communicator with Charles Duhigg
#159: Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Charles Duhigg explores the impact of building habits on our lives and relationships. The episode covers the elements of a habit loop, effective strategies for creating, changing, and r...
Feb. 21, 2024
10+ Tactics to Upgrade Your Brain, Learn Faster and Become Limitless with Jim Kwik
#158: World-renowned brain coach Jim Kwik shares a wealth of tactics to unlock your brain’s full potential. They discuss optimizing your brain diet, identifying your cognitive type, improving retention, mastering stress manag...
Feb. 7, 2024
Scale Yourself though Delegation, Assistants and Automation with Sam Corcos
#155: Entrepreneur Sam Corcos shares the benefits of mastering delegation by leveraging virtual assistants (VAs), and automating tasks. They cover the process of assessing the need for a VA, where to hire them, how to delegat...