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A Brief Announcement: A new season (and a new host) for How To!

Published 6 months ago • 1 min read

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Friends,

I hope you don't mind this brief interruption. As you may know, I created a podcast in 2019 named "How To!". The idea was simple: Each week, a listener would call in with a problem, and then we would find an expert to solve that problem - and you got to listen in. (It was kind of like eavesdropping on someone's therapy session, without the co-pay.)

The show has been going strong for seven years now, and I'm ecstatic that we've found a new host: Mike Pesca, an award winning journalist and the host of The Gist.

If this sounds like your cup of tea, I hope you'll tune in (you can listen to the show and subscribe here).

Even better if you have a problem that needs solving, let us know! You can send your dilemmas to howto@mikepesca.com and we'll see if we can't get you on the show.

Thanks so much, and I'll be back soon with more advice on the science of better.

Charles

The Science of Better

Charles Duhigg

This is a newsletter about the science of living better, by the author of The Power of Habit and Supercommunicators. It's a brief newsletter with advice, rooted in science, that helps us all get a little better at life.

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