No Small Endeavor with Lee C. Camp
Tokens Media
What does it really mean to live a good life—in our politics, our faith, our work, and our relationships?
On No Small Endeavor with Lee C. Camp, we explore the ideas, practices, and public debates that shape human flourishing today. Each week you’ll hear thought-provoking conversations with bestselling authors, philosophers, neuroscientists, psychologists, theologians, artists, and political leaders—people wrestling with the biggest questions of meaning and purpose in our time.
Together we ask:
How can religion be a force for healing instead of division?
What does neuroscience reveal about happiness, habits, and productivity?
Where do politics and justice meet the pursuit of the common good?
How do truth, beauty, and goodness help us live well—personally and collectively?
If you care about faith, politics, social justice, science, or the search for meaning, you’ll find courageous, practical conversations here. Because pursuing a meaningful life is no small endeavor—and we’re with you on the road.
Learn more at nosmallendeavor.com.
On No Small Endeavor with Lee C. Camp, we explore the ideas, practices, and public debates that shape human flourishing today. Each week you’ll hear thought-provoking conversations with bestselling authors, philosophers, neuroscientists, psychologists, theologians, artists, and political leaders—people wrestling with the biggest questions of meaning and purpose in our time.
Together we ask:
How can religion be a force for healing instead of division?
What does neuroscience reveal about happiness, habits, and productivity?
Where do politics and justice meet the pursuit of the common good?
How do truth, beauty, and goodness help us live well—personally and collectively?
If you care about faith, politics, social justice, science, or the search for meaning, you’ll find courageous, practical conversations here. Because pursuing a meaningful life is no small endeavor—and we’re with you on the road.
Learn more at nosmallendeavor.com.
Episodes
Mentioned books
Apr 6, 2026 • 54min
256: The Human Cost of AI: Money, Sex, and Tools
Rumman Chowdhury, data and social scientist who builds responsible AI teams. Josh Brake, computer scientist studying how tools shape human agency. They discuss how AI designs shape our habits and desires. They explore AI’s role in attention economies, how simulated intimacy can reshape relationships, and how profit incentives steer technological paths.
Apr 3, 2026 • 1h 19min
255: Unabridged Interview: Matt Lee
Matthew T. Lee, sociologist and human flourishing scholar at Baylor and Harvard who directs the Flourishing Network. He explores flourishing as a shared, mutual reality. He talks about love as a social practice, the forest metaphor of interconnected lives, critiques of narrow well-being measures, restorative justice, dialogue over monologue, and building small communities of hope.
11 snips
Apr 1, 2026 • 49min
The Subtext: Is Social Media a Calling?
A viral influencer video sparks a conversation about whether public-facing work can be a true calling. They probe how dreams connect to vocation and what counts as meaningful social impact. The hosts weigh motives, temptations of publicity, and practical steps for discerning purpose in a platform-driven world.
Mar 30, 2026 • 52min
255: Matt Lee: Why You Can't Flourish Alone
Matthew T. Lee, sociologist studying human flourishing and restorative justice, reflects on shifting from criminology to exploring love as a social practice. He talks about flourishing as mutual and interdependent. He describes restorative practices, dialogue over monologue, small communities of hope, and why humanities matter for shared well-being.
Mar 27, 2026 • 1h 5min
254: Unabridged Interview: Laurie Santos
Laurie Santos, Yale psychologist who created Psychology and the Good Life, translates happiness science into doable habits. She explores why we miswant things, how social comparison and reference points shape satisfaction, and why real connection, time affluence, gratitude, and small practices matter. She also discusses embracing difficult emotions and turning knowledge into sustainable habits.
10 snips
Mar 25, 2026 • 57min
The Subtext: WAR! Part TWO!
A lively classroom-style conversation about dispensationalism and how it shapes political support for modern Israel. They unpack literal readings of Revelation and the theme of martyrdom versus imperial power. The debate moves to Christian ethics in politics, weighing nonviolence against realpolitik and exploring just war criteria and conduct in war.
Mar 23, 2026 • 52min
254: Laurie Santos: The Science of Happiness (and How We Get It Wrong)
Laurie Santos, Yale psychology professor and creator of the hit course Psychology and the Good Life, explains why we often mispredict what will make us happy. She explores miswanting, social comparison, the bronze mindset, and why real connection, time affluence, and small habits matter. Conversations range from comparative cognition to managing perfectionism and turning knowledge into practice.
Mar 20, 2026 • 1h 6min
253: Unabridged Interview: Sonja Lyubomirsky
Sonja Lyubomirsky, psychologist and bestselling author who studies happiness, shares her research on gratitude, kindness, hedonic adaptation, and why life circumstances have limits. She explains how feeling genuinely loved starts with being known. Practical mindsets like curiosity, vulnerable connection, and multiplicity are highlighted as paths to deeper relationships.
8 snips
Mar 18, 2026 • 30min
The Subtext: Multi-Level Marketing
A deep dive into the billion-dollar world that turns friendships into sales funnels and targets women. Traces the origins of multi-level marketing and explains how recruiting overtook retail. Examines the math that makes universal success impossible and how community is repackaged as a sales pitch. Looks at industry scale, boom-bust cycles, and why people keep signing up despite losses.
Mar 16, 2026 • 52min
253: Sonja Lyubomirsky: How To Actually Feel Loved
Sonja Lyubomirsky, psychologist and bestselling author who studies happiness and well-being, discusses how feeling loved grows from being known. She explores gratitude, acts of kindness, hedonic adaptation, curiosity-driven connection, vulnerability, and the multiplicity mindset. Short, practical habits and deep listening are highlighted as pathways to more meaningful relationships and lasting happiness.
