The Art of Charm

The Art of Charm


Latest Episodes

633: Jack Barsky | Deep Undercover Pt. 1
July 11, 2017

Jack Barsky joins us to discuss his book Deep Undercover: My Secret Life and Tangled Allegiances as a KGB Spy in America. This is part one of a two-part episode; stay tuned for the second installment next Monday!

Minisode Monday #61 | Acknowledging vs. Suppressing Emotions
July 10, 2017

Are there any benefits to suppressing emotions vs. acknowledging them? Here's an exercise to ensure you're doing the right thing. Many thanks to recent guest Lisa Feldman Barrett for helping put this one together!

Fan Mail Friday #122 | Well Played, Sugar Nuts
July 07, 2017

Time for Fan Mail Friday, where we'll be answering your questions and dropping some knowledge and feedback to help you kick the weekend off right.

632: Chase Hughes | The Behavioral Table of the Elements
July 06, 2017

Chase Hughes teaches interrogation on a tactical level for the military, created The Behavioral Table of the Elements for behavior analysis, and is the author of The Ellipsis Manual: Analysis and Engineering of Human Behavior.

631: Aaron Walker | View from the Top
July 04, 2017

Aaron Walker has almost four decades of successful entrepreneurship under his belt; he rejoins us to talk about his new book, View From the Top: Living a Life of Significance.

Minisode Monday #60 | Hacking Motivation with Value Languages
July 03, 2017

In this Minisode Monday, Vanessa Van Edwards rejoins us to talk about value languages -- the motivations we have for entering into relationships with each other.

Fan Mail Friday #121 | 21st Century Millennial Loneliness
June 30, 2017

Time for Fan Mail Friday, where we'll be answering your questions and dropping some knowledge and feedback to help you kick the weekend off right.

630: AoC Toolbox | Becoming Friendly with Uncertainty
June 29, 2017

Uncertainty seems an unwelcome visitor, but what happens when we invite it in instead of trying to hide from it? Here's what we stand to gain by revisiting our relationship with uncertainty.

629: Timothy Snyder | Twentieth Century Lessons on Tyranny
June 27, 2017

Timothy Snyder is the Housum Professor of History at Yale University and author of Black Earth: The Holocaust as History and Warning and On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century.

Minisode Monday #59 | How to Overcome Default Friendships
June 26, 2017

In this Minisode Monday, we take a friendship audit to help us spend time with people intentionally rather than falling into default friendships.