The Science of Happiness Trailer

The Science of Happiness

PRX and Greater Good Science Center

Science, Social Sciences

4.5 • 2K Ratings

🗓️ 23 January 2018

⏱️ 2 minutes

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Summary

What does it take to live a happier life? Learn research-tested strategies that you can put into practice today. Hosted by award-winning psychologist Dacher Keltner. Co-produced by PRX and UC Berkeley’s Greater Good Science Center.

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0:00.0	Hi, I'm working on a podcast about happiness and I'm just asking people what makes them happy.
0:06.0	Sunny days.
0:07.0	No stress.
0:08.0	Music usually.
0:10.0	Family, community, my daughter.
0:15.0	So how should you pursue happiness?
0:17.0	Self-help books and new-age gurus have their own answers,
0:20.0	but now science has taken a crack at it.
0:22.0	I'm Dacker Keltner and in our new
0:24.0	science of happiness podcast we'll share the insights from thousands of studies
0:28.0	of what makes a truly happy meaningful life and we'll help you apply this science to your own life. In each episode we'll have a
0:34.8	happiness, Guinea Pig, try a research tested activity and tell us how it worked.
0:39.2	I was tasked to spend about 15 minutes a day to reflect about three good things that have happened
0:46.2	to me that day.
0:47.2	What to me is magic about these practices is that it honestly is a form of instant gratification.
0:53.0	Then we'll explain the science behind why the practices actually work.
0:57.0	We think that more money should be linked to greater happiness,
1:00.0	and we just don't find that to be necessarily true, it's relationships that are really important.
1:06.0	Here real experiences as our guests share their own pursuits of happiness.
1:10.0	You know, sometimes there is actually a good day happening and I'm not even seeing and
1:14.2	leading researchers help us understand the science of happiness produced by PRI in
1:18.6	UC Berkeley's Greater Good Science Center the Science of Happiness will launch
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