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How to Be an Adult

by Luke Chao and Kate Voss

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How to Disappoint Others (Ep. 39)

September 17, 2026 · 31 min

Because this podcast is called How to Be an Adult, and we take our promises seriously, you will never see us release an episode titled “How to Never Disappoint Others” or “How to Avoid Criticism.” In this episode, Luke Chao talks about how…
How to “Be Yourself” (Ep. 38)

July 22, 2026 · 44 min

“Just be yourself!” We’ve all heard this platitude, but without specific instruction in what it means, the advice is rather useless. In this solo episode, Luke breaks down how to be yourself, and six enemies of your authentic self: Being…
How to “Take Care of Yourself” (Ep. 37)

July 6, 2026 · 32 min

If you’ve ever heard the clichéd phrase, “take care of yourself,” you might have been flummoxed about how, especially if your needs were unmet in early life. Yet, as Luke will argue in this episode, taking care of yourself is a defining…
How to Have Better Sex (Ep. 36)

June 22, 2026

Good sex is not an accident: it happens deliberately. In this dual-hosted episode of How to Be an Adult with Luke and Kate, we strip away the cultural noise to look at the reality of physical intimacy. We break down what it actually means…
How to Dress Like an Adult: Pour Homme (Ep. 35: Part 2 of 2)

June 1, 2026 · 36 min

In the second of this two-part episode about how to dress like an adult, pour homme, Luke shares what he has learned about outerwear, accessories and how to put together an outfit: For cold weather, invest in a quality wool overcoat such…

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How to Dress Like an Adult: Pour Homme (Ep. 34: Part 1 of 2)

May 22, 2026 · 50 min

If you’ve been following our social media, you might have noticed that Luke has been dressing better in recent months. In the first of this two-part episode about how to dress like an adult, pour homme, he shares what he has learned about…
How to Cope with Tragic Events in the News (Ep. 33)

April 13, 2026 · 38 min

When current events are so constantly upsetting, how do we remain informed without descending into despondency? In this timely episode, Luke shares how he consumes the news while remaining hopeful: It’s possible to be well-informed…
How to Excel at Your First Job (Ep. 32)

March 6, 2026

At some point, we must all take our first jobs. In this solo episode, Luke speaks about how to get the most from yours, from the perspective of a small business owner: To excel in your first job, view it as a resume building project…
How to Overcome Procrastination (Ep. 31, with Kate Voss)

January 21, 2026

In this conversational episode, Kate and Luke discuss how to overcome procrastination, based on their personal experience, as well as professional work with hypnotherapy clients. Procrastination originates from the Latin word…
How to Overcome Impostor Syndrome (Ep. 30)

December 19, 2025 · 34 min

If you’ve accomplished enough with your life, and you’re very self-critical at the same time, you will probably feel at some point that you’re an impostor or a fraud. This is a pretty good sign that you aren’t. In today’s episode, we’ll…
Principles for Effective Protest: A Special Episode Following the SSI-SJP Clash Near TMU (Ep. 29)

November 13, 2025 · 13 min

On November 5, 2025, the tranquility of our hypnosis office was broken by a clash between two student groups, Students Supporting Israel and Students for Justice in Palestine, from Toronto Metropolitan University. After a window was broken…
8 Ways to Win at Capitalism (Ep. 28)

September 17, 2025

Chances are, there isn’t a revolution coming, and you’re going to be living in a capitalist society for the rest of your life. Now what? In this solo episode, Luke shares eight principles for adapting to (indeed, thriving in) the economic…

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About the show

Do you find yourself wishing that your parents had taught you more about how to take care of yourself, your emotions and your health? This show offers practical guidance for outwardly successful but inwardly lost adults like you. It’s the philosophy of life that you should have received when you turned 18, but didn’t. Each episode attempts to arrive at principled answers to a single question about how we might find happiness and peace. We are driven by a mission to democratize self-assurance.