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Pulling The Thread with Elise Loehnen

by Elise Loehnen
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Episode releases
#136#155#173#192#210Chart rankOct 15Oct 18Oct 21Oct 24Oct 27#191Episode released Oct 15: A Psychiatrist on Finding Magic (Ellen Vora, MD)Episode released Oct 22: Joy for People Who Aren’t Happy (Kelly McGonigal, PhD)Episode released Oct 26: What’s Meaningful in This Media Landscape? (Monthly Solo)
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Oct 27#191#169
Oct 26#164#139
Oct 25#173#152
Oct 24#151#128
Oct 23#146#122
Oct 21—#195
Oct 20#200#179
Oct 19#177#155
Oct 18#160#138
Oct 17#173#153
Oct 16#173#153
Oct 15—#198

Latest episodes

  • What’s Meaningful in This Media Landscape? (Monthly Solo)

    October 26, 2026 · 44 min

    In October’s solo episode, I’m sharing what I’ve read this month (including the rare novel, which I loved!), and what’s inspiring my latest attempts to resist the compulsion to overwork. I’m also sharing my takes on some things that are…

  • Joy for People Who Aren’t Happy (Kelly McGonigal, PhD)

    October 22, 2026 · 59 min

    “Globally, across many cultures, across the lifespan, many people have a deep mistrust of joy and other positive emotions for different reasons,” says psychologist, teacher, and author Kelly McGonigal, PhD. In her new book, Joy Is a Risk…

  • A Psychiatrist on Finding Magic (Ellen Vora, MD)

    October 15, 2026 · 58 min

    “ I was raised in a culture that says it’s cooler and it's smarter to say this is just a material, senseless, random world where atoms are bouncing off of each other, and there's no meaning or order or divine wink to any of it,” says…

  • 6 Archetypes That Shape Our Relationships (Galit Atlas, PhD)

    October 8, 2026 · 1 hr 2 min

    In her private therapy practice, renowned psychoanalyst Galit Atlas, PhD, has identified six archetypes that shape our intimate relationships as adults. She says that every adult carries one of these archetypes with them, and that usually…

  • Navigating a New Era (Carissa Schumacher)

    October 1, 2026 · 1 hr 4 min

    “The alchemy pathway brings back synchronicity, unity, harmony to all of these different parts of self,” says psychic medium Carissa Schumacher. Her book—The Alchemy Transmissions: A Pathway to Miracles—is out this week, and it’s a series…

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  • Our Gifts Are Emergent (Monthly Solo)

    September 28, 2026 · 32 min

    It’s just me today, sharing an update on my next surgery (I’m still doing well!), and reflecting on something that someone shared with me at a book event a few weeks ago. It got me thinking about how our gifts are emergent; they show up at…

  • The Core of Consciousness (Antonio Damasio, MD, PhD)

    September 24, 2026 · 50 min

    “Feeling is really the core of consciousness,” says Antonio Damasio, MD, PhD. “And it's giving you information about what it is like to be alive, and how your life is going, and what you need to do about it.” Damasio is the director of the…

  • What Almost All of Us Agree On (Naomi Klein and Astra Taylor)

    September 17, 2026 · 54 min

    In their brilliant new book—End Times Fascism: And the Fight for the Living World—Naomi Klein and Astra Taylor uncover the varied threads that have given birth to an apocalyptic, survivalist alliance of power that seems intent on…ending…

  • Pleasure Principles (Richard Christiansen)

    September 10, 2026 · 51 min

    Richard Christiansen is the founder of Flamingo Estate and a dear pal of mine. Today, we’re talking (in part) about the stories that led to his new book, Flamingo Estate Pleasure Principles. We get into: our love of witches, why Richard…

  • How to Pursue Your Goals—Without Suffering (Angela Duckworth, PhD)

    September 3, 2026 · 53 min

    “ It’s just incredibly hard to really resist these forces that are, you know, probably from evolution, that we adapt to our circumstances,” says psychologist Angela Duckworth, PhD. “But once you have that insight, then you realize that you…

  • How This Hamster Wheel Stops (Monthly Solo)

    August 31, 2026 · 56 min

    This month’s solo episode is mostly about what I think will come of all the AI generation, the fabrication of viral moments, and the latest iteration of marketing that we’re starting to see through. And why I think where we’re headed is…

  • How Do We Help People with Addiction? (Stephanie Wittels Wachs)

    August 27, 2026 · 54 min

    “ I think these resources are good because it gives you the language and the tools to do something that doesn’t necessarily feel right,” says Stephanie Wittels Wachs, author of Last Day. Steph also hosts a podcast by the same name and is…

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About the show

Writer Elise Loehnen explores life’s big questions with today’s leading thinkers, experts, and luminaries: Why do we do what we do? How can we understand and love ourselves better? What would it look like to come together and build a more meaningful world? Sales and Distribution by Lemonada Media https://lemonadamedia.com/