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

I like to joke sometimes that my guests today, Warren Sofer, could engineer a mid-east piece.

One of his specialties is teaching people how to use mindfulness to be better communicators.

He's so good at this that I've actually used him personally before a tough conversation

I needed to have. As a long time meditation teacher he's got a lot of other areas of expertise

as well and a really interesting personal story all of which we're going to dive into.

Hey Warren.

Hey Dan.

So I'll ask you the question I ask everybody which is how and when, where did you start

meditating?

I started meditating when I was 19. I was here in New York going to college.

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