Hello, Experiment listeners, it's Julia Lungoria.

I'm excited to tell you about a brand new show from the Atlantic called How to Start

Over.

It's hosted by Olga Hazan.

You might remember her from our Brock Doc episode.

So Olga, what sparked inspiration for this show?

Why?

Well, Julia, these past two years have gotten me thinking about feeling kind of stuck.

I think a lot of us have felt a little bit stuck during the pandemic and now we're ready

for a little bit of a refresh in various areas of our lives.

You know, maybe you're experiencing some dissatisfaction with your job and you want to

shake things up a little.

It wasn't until after I went through this long process that I realized that this part

that I enjoy is like 5% of the career being a litigator and I absolutely couldn't stand

the rest of it.

Or you might be in midlife and experiencing that proverbial quote unquote midlife crisis,

which might be exacerbated even further by the pandemic.

I try to avoid the term midlife crisis because I think crisis is really this idea that's

like that's it's a dramatic thing that has to stop immediately.

It has to be short and we have to like get rid of it, right?

Maybe you just want a new friend, but starting over, it can feel a little daunting.

So one of the things that's unfortunate is although we keep meeting a lot of new people,

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