The podcast

What Matters

What Matters is a series of long-form conversations with psychologists, researchers, authors, practitioners and people whose work gives them an unusual perspective on the questions we all face.

Two armchairs set for a long-form conversation

The format

Long-form conversations

  • 60–90 minutes.
  • In English.
  • Professionally filmed.

Full conversations

YouTube + podcast platforms

Short conversations

Selected ideas and moments across social media

Two armchairs set for a long-form conversation

The library

Currently recording our first conversations.

Every conversation will be published here in full, alongside YouTube and podcast platforms. Join the list below to hear about the first release.

The questions

Twelve questions we keep returning to. The conversations are longer than the answers.

Topics

The questions we're exploring.

01

Relationships

Love, attachment, intimacy, conflict and what makes relationships last.

02

The Mind

Anxiety, overthinking, emotions and the patterns that shape how we think.

03

Happiness

What science, psychology and experience can teach us about living well.

04

Performance

Confidence, motivation, resilience, discipline and human potential.

05

Life

Loss, identity, purpose, friendship, loneliness and the experiences that change us.

06

Human Behaviour

Why we believe, choose, connect, avoid, desire and behave the way we do.

The guests

People worth listening to.

What Matters brings together people who have spent years understanding the subjects the rest of us spend our lives trying to figure out.

  • Psychologists.
  • Researchers.
  • Therapists.
  • Authors.
  • Doctors.
  • Scientists.
  • Thinkers.
  • And people with extraordinary experiences.

The profession isn't the story.The question is.

Watch & Listen

Watch & listen to What Matters.

Full conversations, selected moments — on the platforms you already use.

Available on

Watch

YouTube

Full-length conversations, filmed.

Listen

Spotify

Every episode, audio and video.

Listen

Apple Podcasts

Subscribe and listen anywhere.

Newsletter

One conversation worth thinking about.

New conversations, ideas and questions from What Matters. Occasional emails. Nothing unnecessary.