Fail Better with David Duchovny

To be human is to fail – period. And not just to fail once, but to fail a lot. As the author Samuel

Episodes

Total: 51

This week I’m excited to share an episode of the podcast Happier, hosted by past guest Gretche

Peter Singer has a pretty simple mission: minimize the suffering of all living creatures. But a seem

Failure-ish with Kenya Barris

2025/2/25

Kenya Barris, the creator of "Black-ish", knows a thing or two about resilience. Eighteen failed pil

As someone who knows tech giants like Elon Musk more deeply than most reporters, Kara Swisher doesn&

While Maggie Wheeler is known by millions as the iconic Janice on ‘Friends’, she has bee

This week, I’ve got some more behind-the-scenes content for you. As you know, at the end of ea

The author of In Praise of Failure, Costica Bradatan, joins me from Romania to share his wisdom on a

As the presidential administration turns over, it feels like an important time to revisit the family

The Buoyancy of Rob Lowe

2025/1/14

Throughout his long and varied career, Rob Lowe has become an expert at reinventing himself. He left

I’m no self-help guru. And while I don’t think Gretchen Rubin would identify as one, she

As 2024 comes to a close, I’m feeling grateful for the conversations this show has allowed me

Introducing: Boneheads

2024/12/24

We’re taking a break for the holidays, and if you are, too, you might enjoy another show to fi

The actor Alec Baldwin has spent a lot of time at life’s intersections. He came of age with ch

As the United States Surgeon General, Dr. Vivek Murthy is dedicated to keeping the public healthy an

Jack Halberstam, the author of The Queer Art of Failure, is someone I’ve wanted to talk to since I f

Introducing: Pack One Bag

2024/11/26

Hey, Fail Better listeners. It’s Thanksgiving week, and I’m sharing a show that trades in some of th

It was a real magic moment to connect with Aimee Mann, a musician I’ve listened to for decades. She

Gillian Anderson and I share a connection unlike any other. The Dana Scully to my Fox Mulder, we are

This week I’m excited to tell you about My So-Called Midlife, a new podcast by Reshma Saujani and Le

Jia Tolentino has the internet to thank for some of her biggest successes. In the 2000s, it offered