How's Life?

Would you rather.... Speak all languages or be able to speak to all animals? be able to switch lives with anyone you want or be able to freeze time? be the valedictorian or the greatest athlete at Monte Vista? have an attractive girlfriend/boyfriend of below average intelligence or an average looking girlfriend/boyfriend of above average intelligence? Would you rather be the most intelligent person in the room or the funniest person in the room? Would you rather people envy you or like you?

Frank Hurley proposes a preposterous conspiracy: that we've been lied to all of our lives and Santa Claus is not real.

I interview my mom about Christmas when she was growing up.

Which country is the happiest? What even is happiness? Can you put a number on it?

In this episode, I ask teachers and students who are know as creative and driven individuals how they get things done. As always, the issue is more complicated than it seems.

In previous years, I have been a public Christian voice. This year I'm saying that I no longer believe in Christianity. What happened?