Episode list

THAT MOMENT WHEN psychotherapist Esther Perel, host of the podcast "Where Should We Begin?," discovered what it means to be truly alive through her family history and how she applies that knowledge to her work with couples.

"I did think I was going to make it longer than a carton of milk." Anthony Scaramucci discusses his 11 days working in President Donald Trump's administration and that moment when he was fired.

"Rebuild yourself. We can always get back up again." Robin Arzon describes that moment when she decided to leave her law career and reinvent herself as an ultramarathon runner - eventually running five marathons in five days.

A visit to Abraham Lincoln's boyhood home in Springfield, Illinois, is the moment when Michael Beschloss became fascinated with American presidents. "I began, literally, reading things on Lincoln and reading things on other presidents - at 7 [years old]."

"We failed him - not so much that he died, but really the way that he died." Dr. Shoshana Ungerleider of Sutter Health California Pacific Medical Center and End Well discusses that moment when she realized dying in the ICU wasn't just unfortunate, it was unjust.

Chef and Netflix star Samin Nosrat discovered there were four elements common to all cooking.

"What really supercharged #GivingTuesday was small communities, families, people all around the country who just said, 'You know what? I'm going to start making this part of my annual tradition.'" 92nd Street Y CEO Henry Timms explains that moment when he discovered how online movements got their staying power.

"As a black girl in a STEM pathway, you're the only one often," says BlackGirlsCode founder Kimberly Bryant, "and that's lonely." She explains that moment when decided to pursue a career in science.

Is there a moment when Margaret Atwood realized her writing could radicalize people? The Handmaid's Tale author reads a portion of the book and explains its political appeal.

Playwright and actor Jeremy O. Harris, whose new work "Slave Play" is on stage now at the New York Theatre Workshop, explains that moment when his private school experience growing up shaped his identity and work.

Andy Puddicombe, the co-founder of the app Headspace, tells us that meditation is not "an aspirin, something to take when we get stressed." We should see it "more as a vitamin." He explains that moment when his path to self-discovery began.

Author and Council on Foreign Relations fellow Max Boot says he doesn't deny the fact that President Trump "has delivered on a few conservative principles. My argument is that the price is way too high." He explains that moment when he left the right.

"When cooking came into my life, that became my addiction because I could finally funnel everything into this thing," chef Roy Choi says, "and it wasn't just destructive. It was actually productive."

The question that animates Sarah Lewis' work, she tells us, is this: "How has culture enlarged our notion of who counts in society?"

Ibtihaj Muhammad, author of "Proud," describes that moment when she became the first U.S. athlete to compete at the Olympic Games in a hijab.

When illustrator Vashti Harrison challenged herself to draw every single day during Black History Month, she found opportunities to "dive into American history and celebrate these incredible contributions that black women have made."

Why is work always "crazy"? It doesn't have to be, programmer and author David Heinemeier Hansson tells Steve Goldbloom.

What advice would Justine Bateman give herself during her "Family Ties" days? The actress and author of "Fame: The Hijacking of Reality" talks to Steve Goldbloom.

"The biggest shift of mind occurred for me when I decided to forgive myself for being black, female and smart," Janice Bryant Howroyd tells Steve Goldbloom.

Directors Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi and Jimmy Chin tell Steve Goldbloom about the moment Alex Honnold became the first person to climb Yosemite's 3,000-foot El Capitan wall on his own without ropes. It's the subject of their Oscar-winning film, "Free Solo."

What sparked Tamar Manasseh's activism to end senseless killings in the South Side of Chicago? The founder of Mothers Against Senseless Killings talks to Steve Goldbloom.

Xiaohoa Michelle Ching tells Steve Goldbloom how her experience in school drove her to help future students through Literator.

What kept journalist Michael Scott Moore resilient during his 977 days in captivity at the hands of Somali pirates? The author of "The Desert and the Sea" talks to Steve Goldbloom.

This is why the 2016 presidential election will be seared into the American psyche for decades to come, political adviser and The Circus: Inside the Wildest Political Show On Earth co-host Mark McKinnon tells Steve Goldbloom.

An upcoming book by Lesley M. M. Blume will look at one journalist's quest to expose the ghastly realities of the atomic bombs dropped on Japan at the end of World War II. She tells Steve Goldbloom why we need to hear that story now more than ever.

Comedians Steve Martin and Martin Short tell Steve Goldbloom the moment when they first met.

Activist and writer Gloria Steinem tells Steve Goldbloom that when she received an abortion in the late 1950s, her doctor made her promise these two things.

Rather than "I'm sorry," these are the two words to tell someone when they are grieving the death of a loved one, author Kelly Corrigan tells Steve Goldbloom.

After the sudden death of his first wife, comedian and writer Patton Oswalt tells Steve Goldbloom what he learned from his young daughter.

What can we do to slow down and re-evaluate our relationships with the web, social media and technology? Author Douglas Rushkoff has this answer for Steve Goldbloom.

Deborah Dugan tells Steve Goldbloom the moment she went from working on Wall Street to leading (RED).

When people ask Nina Shaw how they can make their workplaces more diverse and inclusive, she says the easy answer is "you can hire." But the Time's Up co-founder tells Steve Goldbloom there's a "tougher issue" to address.

We should not look at climate change as an apocalypse waiting to happen, psychologist Steven Pinker tells Steve Goldbloom. Here's why.

Father Michael Pfleger is the white priest of Chicago's largest African American Catholic congregation. "Standing up against racism is something I have to do," he tells Steve Goldbloom. "Because at the end of the day, I'm white. I can walk into a white community and get away from it."

Who taught "60 Minutes" correspondent Lesley Stahl what integrity looks like? Here's how she answered Steve Goldbloom's question.

Michael Solomonov tells Steve Goldbloom his journey from addiction to recovery and how he honors his brother's memory through cooking.

"I truly don't believe North Korea will give up their nuclear weapons program," Sue Mi Terry talks to Steve Goldbloom about North Korea's continued pursuit of a nuclear weapon and if the Trump administration is preventing such actions.

Celebrating quirkiness and 'weirdness' is a core value at Zappos, CEO Tony Hsieh tells Steve Goldbloom.

"I really wanted to make sure that when I came out, that it wasn't going to feel like an exploitation of any type," Greyson Chance sits down with Steve Goldbloom to talk about the moment when he came out to the public for the first time.

Elizabeth L. Reede, Co-Founder and CEO of Boulevard, tells Steve Goldbloom about the moment her dying father's unexpected advice inspired her to pursue a career in art history.

Bill Browder tells Steve Goldbloom the story of Sergei Magnitsky, a Russian whistleblower who died in a prison after being beaten by riot police. This tragic event inspired Browder to lobby for the Magnitsky Act, a set of laws meant to restrict travel and freeze the assets of any individuals who have committed human rights violations in Russia.

Not all of David Copperfield's shows are magic - sometimes things go wrong. He tells Steve Goldbloom what he's learned from those experiences.

"I think I couldn't believe that, in our city of so much, there are people who live that way," Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti tells Steve Goldbloom.

Here's how Iliza Shlesinger built her latest Netflix comedy special, "Elder Millennial."

"If you were working for me, your job was to go home, get in a fight with your wife, come back in and tell me about it." Everybody Loves Raymond creator Phil Rosenthal tells Steve Goldbloom about the everyday events that inspired the show's episodes.

What got Michael Tilson Thomas to trade his instrument for the conductor's baton? The San Francisco Symphony's music director shares his story with Steve Goldbloom.

A wrong turn turned into a moment of revelation for Edward Burtynsky, the photographer tells Steve Goldbloom.

Ben Platt talks to Steve Goldbloom about how performing his own music gave him a new fear and nervousness that he did now have before.

Entrepreneur Erik Moore talks to Steve Goldbloom about overcoming racism in his industry, running his own businesses and how he is learning to raise "a 13-year-old woman."