The Reason You Feel Lost in Life
Andrew Yang Podcast
Andrew Yang & Audacy
4.8 • 3.2K Ratings
🗓️ 30 March 2026
⏱️ 42 minutes
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Summary
On this episode of The Andrew Yang Podcast, Arthur Brooks discusses his new book “The Meaning of Your Life: Finding Purpose in an Age of Emptiness.” They explore why people feel unfulfilled despite success, and how modern life driven by screens and constant stimulation pulls us away from what truly matters.
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| 0:00.0 | This week on the Andrew Yang podcast. |
| 0:04.0 | The left side of your brain does all the complicated stuff in life that, you know, you get from here to there, you get to work, you do your work, you do your jobs, you, you know, you goof around, you fiddle around with your phone, all that's left side stuff. |
| 0:16.0 | Right side stuff are the big questions of why. |
| 0:19.0 | Mystery, meaning, love, happiness that's on the right |
| 0:23.5 | hemisphere of your brain. If you don't have the right hemisphere of your brain in order, if |
| 0:28.3 | you're not looking there, you'll have no reason to do anything. |
| 0:43.4 | It is my pleasure to welcome back to the podcast. |
| 0:45.3 | You know him, you love him. |
| 0:50.9 | His column, The Atlantic gets, I'm sure, hundreds of thousands of people every week trying to figure out how to live a better life. |
| 0:52.6 | And he has a new book out just |
| 0:54.6 | about now, the meaning of your life, finding purpose in a time of emptiness. Yeah, in an age of |
| 0:59.8 | emptiness. In an age of emptiness, which by the way is a pretty good descriptor for where we are. |
| 1:04.5 | Arthur, Arthur. Arthur, Andrew. Great to be with you. My third up, my third time on the show. |
| 1:10.1 | I know. Third time's a charm. |
| 1:11.7 | It's a hat trick. Those other two episodes. All the thumbs downs now. You obviously weren't |
| 1:18.3 | reading the comments. Obviously not. So congratulations on the new book, which I dare say just about |
| 1:24.7 | everyone has an interest in or everyone who has like a soul |
| 1:27.7 | has an interest in. Everybody wants to know the meaning of life, that's for sure. Yes. Yeah. So, |
| 1:32.0 | what number of book is this for you? This is number 16. Oh my gosh. I knew you were prolific. I didn't |
| 1:36.7 | know the number. That's why I didn't say 16 good books. It's approximately 16 more than |
| 1:41.9 | most of us. So let's go to the second half first. |
| 1:45.2 | Say in an age of emptiness, that makes me think of is, I mean, there's a shitty time |
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