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.

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This is the 10% happier podcast. I'm Dan Harris. Hey gang happy Friday. This week we're

giving you a very special treat. Frequent listeners of the show and of course even

people who don't listen so frequently may know Esther Perrell. She's the legendary

psychotherapist, New York Times best selling author and host of the podcasts. Where should

we begin and how's work? Today we're going to present an episode from Esther's latest

project which is called Love and War. Like her other podcasts. This is a one time three

hour session that's been edited down to about an hour. These are not patients in her clinical

setting. They applied to the show to tell their stories. What you're going to hear is a

couple session with a husband and wife whose family has been torn apart by the war in

Ukraine. The wife, Aliona, fled Ukraine at the outset of the war and she is in Western

Europe with their youngest son as refugees. The husband Andrew has stayed behind in Ukraine

with their eldest son as the two wait their turn to serve their country. As Esther's team

told us when they provided us this episode to post this session really humanizes the

stories that we're hearing every day coming out of Ukraine. But also demonstrates the impact

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