What up family and germs?

Welcome to another episode of The Genius Life.

I'm your host Max Lugavir, a filmmaker,

health and science journalist

New York Times best-selling author. I've dedicated my life to

unraveling the science behind our choices including what we eat and how we live

affect our cognitive and physical performance, how we feel, and our health span and risk for disease.

This podcast is all about how to live in that optimal state, which I call living like a genius.

On today's episode of the show, we welcome the legend that is Matt Nathanson.

Matt is a good friend of mine, he's a platinum selling recording artist with a number of

hit songs under his belt, including Come On Get Higher, Faster, Headphones, and many more.

Aside from being an incredibly gifted songwriter, singer, and performer, Matt is a brilliant guy who is just loaded with all kinds of insight

that we are going to tap into on this episode. We're going to talk about how Matt learned to cope with losing

the illusion of control during the pandemic by focusing on the here and now. We're going to

talk about what self-care looks like for Matt and how walking with music helps him understand the world in a new way.

We're going to talk about how labels can be confining, something that I'm sure many of us can relate to.

We're going to talk about the art of songwriting, why empathy is important, the way that

Matt processes his emotions, journaling, and so much more. There's a lot here. And before we dive in, Matt's new album Boston Accent is out now.

It is incredible.

I've been listening to it on Loop and my man is also on tour currently through the end of fall all around the United States.

So make sure to catch him.

I hope to join him on a few dates.

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