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by Kollo Media, Caitlin Schiller

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About the show

Simplify is a podcast for anyone who’s taken a look at their habits, their happiness, their relationships, or their health and thought, “There’s got to be a better way to do this.” Join Caitlin Schiller and Ben Schuman-Stoler for conversations with authors and thinkers you know—and some you might not, yet—that sit at the intersection of reading, thinking, and daily life. Simplify is now independently owned by Caitlin Schiller and Ben Schuman-Stoler.

Latest episodes

  • EXTRA: How to Get Unstuck Creatively

    October 5, 2026 · 10 min

    What do you do when you're not feeling creative? What do people like Lin-Manuel Miranda, Jenny Slate, and James Acaster do? In this third installment of our new a/v format - EXTRA - Caitlin drives. Sparked by a supercut episode of Mike…

  • Raising Boys Who Can Feel Things with Ruth Whippman

    September 28, 2026 · 48 min

    What does a five-year-old boy learn from the word "buddy"? When Ruth Whippman started shopping around a book about boys in 2021, publishers mostly shrugged—boys, surely, have it great. Ruth, a British journalist, former BBC…

  • Simplify EXTRA: The Human Premium

    September 21, 2026 · 14 min

    Why do commencement speeches suck so often? That's easy. They suck when the speaker is out of touch with their audience - new graduates. That's why legendary ones like from David Foster Wallace and George Saunders and Steve Jobs are so…

  • Heather Widdows: Pretty Privilege Is Real

    September 14, 2026 · 57 min

    When did "I resolve to be a better person" get replaced with "I resolve to tone my arms" in the register of resolutions? For a long time, philosophy treated caring about how you look as proof you weren't serious. Heather Widdows, Professor…

  • NEW FORMAT EP1: Nobody Calls a Horse Ugly for Being Large

    September 7, 2026 · 18 min

    What if the fastest way out of the beauty standard is deciding you're a horse? This is the first of a new thing. On the weeks there's no interview, Caitlin and Ben take turns bringing each other one idea they found out in the world – a new…

  • Joanna Walsh: Amateurs Made The Internet

    August 10, 2026 · 42 min

    What did you make on the internet, back before anyone was paying you to? This time around, Ben takes the interview chair. He's talking with Joanna Walsh, writer, artist, arts activist, author of twelve books, several of them co-written…

  • Nicola Guess: How To Tell What's BS in Wellness

    July 27, 2026 · 47 min

    What if almost everything you're doing to "optimize" your health is, at best, doing nothing at all? Caitlin sits down with Dr. Nicola Guess—dietitian, Oxford nutrition scientist, and quite possibly the best BS detector in the wellness…

  • Christine Armstrong: AI is Messier Than You're Told

    July 13, 2026 · 55 min

    AI replacing our colleagues, feeling lonelier than ever despite enforced physical presense at the office. What is going on with the workplace? Caitlin sits down with Christine Armstrong, researcher, author, and founder of Armstrong &…