The Mindfulnews Podcast
Conversations with the people who shaped mindfulness.
Since 2011 I've sat down with the scientists, teachers and pioneers behind modern mindfulness, and asked them the questions I most wanted answered. These are some of those conversations.
Many were recorded for the Action for Happiness Carpool Podcast. Hosted by Gui Hung.
- Jon Kabat-Zinn
- Matthieu Ricard
- Daniel Goleman
- Mo Gawdat
- Chade-Meng Tan
- Andy Puddicombe
- Willem Kuyken
- Willoughby Britton
- Lord Richard Layard
Three conversations
Jon Kabat-Zinn
The man who brought mindfulness into medicine, across three conversations from 2017 to 2024.
Jon Kabat-Zinn
Q&A with Jon Kabat-Zinn, 2024
Creator of Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR)
Watch on YouTube ↗Jon Kabat-Zinn
The future of mindfulness
Creator of Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR)
Watch on YouTube ↗Jon Kabat-Zinn
Carpool podcast, London 2017
Creator of Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR)
Watch on YouTube ↗Teachers and pioneers
The people behind modern mindfulness
Monks, psychologists and the builders of Headspace and Google's mindfulness programme.
Matthieu Ricard
Carpool podcast, London 2018
Buddhist monk, author and photographer
Watch on YouTube ↗Daniel Goleman
Altered Traits: the science of meditation
Psychologist and author of Emotional Intelligence
Watch on YouTube ↗Chade-Meng Tan
Joy on demand
Early Google engineer, creator of Search Inside Yourself
Watch on YouTube ↗Mo Gawdat
Engineer your path to joy
Former Chief Business Officer at Google X, author of Solve for Happy
Watch on YouTube ↗David Butcher
How to manage your thoughts
Mindfulness teacher, former CEO and founder of Positively Aware
Watch on YouTube ↗Ted Meissner
Turning the tables on a podcast host
Podcast host and mindfulness mentor
Watch on YouTube ↗The research
What the science says
Researchers from Oxford, Cambridge and Brown on what mindfulness does, for whom, and when it goes wrong.
Willoughby Britton
The dark side of meditation: what the research found
Associate Professor of Psychiatry, Brown University
Watch on YouTube ↗Willem Kuyken
The Oxford Mindfulness Centre
Mindfulness researcher, University of Oxford
Watch on YouTube ↗Mindfulness in the world
Schools, Parliament and society
Taking the practice beyond the cushion: into classrooms, Parliament, workplaces and justice.
Lord Richard Layard
The founder of Action for Happiness
Economist and wellbeing pioneer
Watch on YouTube ↗Chris Ruane
Getting governments mindful
Former MP who helped bring mindfulness to Parliament
Watch on YouTube ↗Richard Burnett
Mindfulness in schools
Co-founder of the Mindfulness in Schools Project
Watch on YouTube ↗Chris Altizer & Gloria Johnson-Cusack
Growing the Elephant: DEI and mindfulness
Co-authors of Growing the Elephant
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