Pushkin.

Hi, this is Steve Martin.

You might know me from among other things.

My TV show Only Murders in the Building, where I play a guy who records podcasts.

In real life, I'm a guy that made an audiobook.

It's called So Many Steves, afternoons with Steve Martin.

I created it with my friend, New Yorker Rider, Adam Gopnik, and you can find it at pushkin.fm

and wherever audiobooks are sold.

Welcome to a special set of episodes of The Happiness Lab.

The now global spread of coronavirus is affecting all of us.

This disease has brought a host of medical, economic, and political problems.

But it's also given us a ton of uncertainty and anxiety, which are beginning to have an

enormous negative impact on our collective while being.

But whenever I'm confused or fearful, I remember that looking for answers in evidence-based

science is always the best way to go.

And that's where I'm hoping this podcast can help.

If you're like me, you probably feel like your entire life has been or is about to be

abended by this awful crisis, which leads to lots and lots of negative emotions and stressful

personal situations.

Last week, for example, I wound up working 24-7 to get all the students in my residential

college here at Yale, back home safely.

All that stress and rushed goodbyes made me feel incredibly sad and anxious.

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