Well done. You've sorted through the embarrassment of riches that is the modern podcast landscape

and found me Rob Briden on my podcast. In this series of Briden and I talk to among

others Harry Hill, Ben Elton, Charlotte Church, Steve Cougan and Dame Harriet Walter.

And that's just a few. We tend to chat for about 45 minutes to an hour never longer.

It's terrific conversation, reminiscent where appropriate and exchange of anecdotes.

So do join me Rob Briden wherever you get your podcasts.

New episodes of Briden and are available early and ad free on Amazon Music or by subscribing

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The Panic is a new comedy podcast from Wondery that leans into our most absurd anxieties and

defuses them with humor and actual advice. Listen to Don't Panic on the Wondery app or

wherever you get your podcasts.

From ABC, this is the 10% happier podcast. I'm Dan Harris.

Loyal listeners, slash viewers will remember my guests this time because he was actually

on the first 10% happier podcast ever that was he was sitting beside a guy you may have

heard of who goes by the name of his holiness, the Dalai Lama. And his name is Richard Davidson,

Professor Richard Davidson, everybody calls him Richie. And he is the guy who's really

been at the tip of the spear in terms of using neuroscience to look at what contemplative

practices like meditation do to your brain. And I think it's safe to say that if Richie

hadn't done his work, I would never have started meditating because for skeptics, it's

the science that gets you over the hump and gets you to start meditating at least for

me. Although interestingly, and he and I will talk about this, I actually think, I like

to say this, you might start to meditate because you think you're, you know, because you

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