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James Nestor, author of Breath: The New Science of a Lost Art, joins the podcast to discuss the harmful effects of mouth-breathing on our health. He shares nasal breathing exercises to help improve snoring, anxiety, and overall wellness. The episode explores the impacts of snoring on relationships and health, as well as techniques to transform breathing and reduce snoring.

Carvell Wallace is joined by Susan McPherson, the author of The Lost Art of Connecting, to help navigate uncomfortable small talk. They discuss turning small talk into big talk, questions to have in your back pocket, and how to extract yourself from conversations. They emphasize the importance of building meaningful connections and provide tips for starting conversations and overcoming insecurities.

In this episode, they discuss how to be empathetic amid chaos, the challenges of activism, using platforms for support, coping with constant exposure to suffering, finding inspiration in a book, exploring identity politics, and taking meaningful action.

Learn how to prolong your athletic career and avoid injuries as you age. The podcast discusses the impact of aging on athletes, personal experiences with injuries, strategies for maintaining physical ability, training for proprioception, and the importance of sleep and recovery.

Sam Sifton, head of the New York Times’s Cooking section, teaches a love-lorn Millennial how to cook one perfect meal. They discuss the connection between cooking skills and love life, the versatility of Shopify for sales, and cooking chicken with olive oil. Plus, sponsored ads from Discover, Apple Card, and Slate Plus.

In this podcast, the hosts reflect on their favorite advice from the year, including topics such as loving our faces, reading again, acing interviews, dealing with difficult parents, saying goodbye to pets, cooking chaotically, moving to new countries, navigating adult autism, and breathing techniques like Navy SEALs.

Dan, a retired soldier, shares his experience transitioning to civilian life after 20 years of service, managing PTSD, ADHD, and new sobriety. The podcast explores a program using science fiction and conceptual art to help veterans plan for the future. Topics include enlisting in the military, the challenges of transitioning, creating visions for the future, and embracing the unknown.

This podcast explores the impact of AI chatbots, including their potential benefits and negative impacts. It discusses advancements in chatbot technology, the implications of human interaction with chatbots, and the potential risks involved. The podcast also explores the concept of AI sentience and the question of AI rights.

Allison is on the hunt for her next hobby. One that's satisfying. One that she can stick with. One that will fit into her family's very busy schedule. Except…maybe she's thinking about that last part all wrong. On this episode of How To!, Courtney Martin brings on Eve Rodsky, author of Fair Play and Find Your Unicorn Space. Eve argues that drawing—and defending—boundaries for individual, creative pursuits is necessary for living a fulfilled life. She'll share how to balance domestic labor in order to carve out creative space and pick something that makes your soul sing. If you liked this episode, check out: How To Stop "Having It All" (Before You End Up With Nothing) Do you have a problem that needs solving? Send us a note at howto@slate.com or leave us a voicemail at 646-495-4001 and we might have you on the show. Subscribe for free on Apple, Spotify or wherever you listen. How To's executive producer is Derek John. Joel Meyer is our senior editor/producer. The show is produced by Rosemary Belson and Kevin Bendis. Slate Plus members get bonus segments and ad-free podcast feeds. Sign up now at slate.com/howtoplus. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This podcast explores the process of grieving an estranged parent, including the challenges of having an estranged parent, healing from childhood trauma, confronting the relationship with an estranged parent, finding support and community, dealing with toxic family members, and navigating childhood trauma and building community.