What Now? with Trevor Noah - Meet Esther Perel - One of My Favorite People

Where Should We Begin? with Esther Perel

Esther Perel Global Media

Mental Health, Society & Culture, Self-improvement, Education, Health & Fitness

4.7 • 15.6K Ratings

🗓️ 7 July 2025

⏱️ 133 minutes

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Summary

This week on Where Should We Begin we are sharing a very special episode of What Now? with Trevor Noah. Esther joins Trevor for a heartfelt conversation about the power of friendship. As Esther reflects on her childhood and the experiences that shaped her journey, the two explore how meaningful relationships help us grow—often through our challenges, humor, and even a little friction. From unexpected places like the laundromat to deep conversations with old friends, this episode invites us to consider how friendships can ground us, push us, and ultimately strengthen the communities we build together. All summer long, Esther will be diving deeper into the role of connection and community in our lives. Want to learn more? Receive monthly insights, musings, and recommendations to improve your relational intelligence via email from Esther: https://www.estherperel.com/newsletter For the month of July, Esther is offering 20% off to join her Office Hours on Apple Podcasts. It's a place to continue conversations on important topics like sexlessness, infidelity or the perils of modern dating. It's also a place to follow up with couples and find out where their stories went. You'll also get an ad free version of all the episodes. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Trevor Noah's podcast, What Now, has a new series. It's called My Favorite People. And, well, I was on that list. And that was already a real pleasure. But then he said, okay, I want to have a conversation with you. And then he said, but I would like to talk about you. And if you know me and my work, you know, I don't talk too often about myself because I like
0:25.0	the stories of the people that I present to be the primary voice.
0:29.6	But here I agreed, which is also why I am putting this on our podcast so that you can hear
0:37.2	me for a change,
0:39.4	not help other people talk about themselves, but talk about myself.
0:43.8	What occupies my mind, what I think about, what keeps me up, what gives me joy, what gives me sorrow.
0:51.8	Here's the thing.
0:53.3	Talking to Trevor Noah is being in a state of flow.
0:56.3	You turn around and two hours have passed.
0:58.9	There are people who when you speak with them, you kind of clinch.
1:02.9	And then there are people that when you speak with them,
1:05.1	something opens up a certain vastness and things flow out.
1:08.9	And you realize that you said a lot more than you ever intended to.
1:13.3	So that's what happened to me.
1:16.0	I hope you enjoy the show.
1:27.3	You know, in New York, you ask people how you are and they often tell you I'm behind.
1:30.3	Yeah.
1:31.3	They tell you what they're doing, I find.
1:34.3	Yeah.
1:35.3	I find that's the biggest change is when I'm in New York or anywhere in the US, if I ask somebody,
1:42.3	and I notice it most glaringly when I come back from South
1:45.0	Africa if I ask somebody how are you or how are you doing they'll often tell me how they
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