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Hacking Happiness

Leo Johnson goes on a year-long journey to pick up life lessons of happiness from modern-day practitioners of radically different philosophies.

Radio 4,5 episodes

Episodes

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Beyond Happiness
What if happiness isn’t about the self at all?
20 Jul 2018,14 mins
Existential Cool - Buddhism and the Art of Acceptance
Does true happiness, Nirvana, come from dissolving the self?
19 Jul 2018,14 mins
Fight Club of the Soul
Is what matters denting the universe and unleashing the biggest you?
18 Jul 2018,14 mins
Self-Harm Nation
Leo Johnson explores radical philosophies of happiness.
17 Jul 2018,15 mins
The Perfect Life
Is hedonism getting hacked? And if it is, how do we hack our happiness back?
16 Jul 2018,14 mins