Blinkist Podcast - Interviews | Personal Development | Productivity | Business | Psychology

Steven Petrow, author of Stupid Things I Won't Do When I Get Old, tells Caitlin Schiller that the book began as notes he took while caring for his aging parents in their seventies and later drew responses from about 200 readers.

Dheeraj Mukherjee, co-founder of Shazam and now a tech-for-good investor, ties entrepreneurship to the United Nations’ 17 Sustainable Development Goals, including climate action, equality, poverty, and clean water.

Natalie Lue, author of The Joy of Saying No and former host of The Baggage Reclaim Sessions, joins Caitlin Schiller and Ben Schumann-Soler on Simplify to talk about boundaries, people pleasing, and why "no is not a dirty word." She breaks people pleasing into five styles — gooding, efforting, avoiding, saving, and suffering — and says the pattern is really about motive, not just behavior.

Poet and essayist Amy Key discusses her book Arrangements in Blue, which explores how to build a meaningful life as a single woman without centering romantic love.

Caitlin Schiller interviews relational skills teacher Christabel Minta-Galloway about the undertaught skill of repair in relationships.

Seth Godin joins the Simplify podcast to demystify business strategy, arguing it's a 'philosophy of becoming.' The conversation covers practical topics like pricing, competing with AI, and building trust, while exploring deeper concepts like productive tension versus stress and the true meaning of luxury.

The episode opens with Caitlin Schiller and Benjamin Soller talking through the New Year urge to fix everything at once.

Simplify opens in a new Berlin studio.

Caitlin Schiller and Ben Schumann-Soler open with a light check-in before turning to Bob Glazer.

Caitlin Schiller and Ben Schumann-Soler open with their usual banter.

Caitlin Schiller and honorary guest Phoebe McIndoo welcome Michael Bungay-Stanier back to Simplify.

Caitlin Schiller and Benjamin Soller open with winter in Berlin banter before bringing in Guy Winch.

Journalist Jane Borden discusses her book exploring how America's Puritan roots created a culture vulnerable to cult-like thinking.

Diet culture hangs in the air here.

Simplify is back.

The offensive line is the key to the new offense working.

Caitlin Schiller speaks with Mina B, a licensed social worker, mental health educator, and author of Owning Our Struggles, about how healing connects self-care, community care, and community healing.

Vanessa Gennarelli, COO of Work Brew and co-author of the forthcoming book “Surviving Change at Work,” frames workplace change as something employees can study and use, not just endure.

Bad English gets a fairer shake here.

Katherine Morgan Schafler says perfectionism is a 'unique cognitive capacity,' not just rigidity, and ties it to her book, The Perfectionist's Guide to Losing Control.

Gustavo Razzetti says hybrid work is “more complex than complicated,” and he argues companies are still trying to recreate a new nine-to-five with fixed office days.

Caitlin Schiller and Ben Schumann-Soler sit down with David Rosenthal, the creator of Acquired.

Revenge gets a careful, awkward airing.

Daniel Mate discusses The Myth of Normal, Trauma, Illness, and Healing in a Toxic Culture with Caitlin Schiller and Benjamin Soller on Blinkist Podcast - Interviews.

Elise Hu, host of TED Talks Daily and former NPR Seoul bureau founder, discusses her book Flawless: Lessons and Looks in the K-Beauty Capital with Simplify hosts Caitlin Schiller and Ben Schumann-Soler.

The hosts welcome listeners to the relaunched Simplify podcast and introduce an interview with human rights lawyer Nani about her book Radical Justice.

A behind-the-scenes host shares a cut segment from an interview with psychotherapist Ken Page about an intimacy-building exercise called the inner mentor process.

Hosts reflect on the season's theme of presence and boundaries, then introduce an interview with Tiffany Dufu about her book 'Drop the Ball' on letting go to thrive.

An interview with Erika Dawan about her book 'Digital Body Language' and how to build trust and connection in remote work environments.

Hosts interview psychotherapist Ken Page about his book on intimacy and dating, discussing core gifts and deeper connections.

Hosts discuss boundaries and over-responsibility with guest Natalie Liu in a live audience episode.

An interview with hospice physician Catherine Mannix about her book 'With the End in Mind', exploring how understanding death can lead to a calmer, more grateful life.

An interview with Ryan Holiday about modern Stoicism and overcoming obstacles in life.

An interview with Gretchen Rubin about her approach to happiness, habits, and self-knowledge.

An interview with sex advice columnist Dan Savage about simplifying sex and relationships.