World Happiness Report 2025: Happiness, Benevolence, and Social Connection

Send us Fan MailSee the related substack page to go deeper into happinessHear related original songWe've been getting happiness all wrong.That's the disturbing conclusion I've reached after diving into the latest global research on well-being. While self-help gurus push manifestation techniques and corporate America hawks "wellness" products, the scientific evidence points in entirely different directions—ones that powerful interests have little incentive to promote.The truth about happiness isn't marketable. It can't be packaged into a $19.99 monthly subscription or a luxury retreat. And it certainly doesn't align with our hyper-individualistic, consumption-driven social model.World Happiness Report 2025 This is Heliox: Where Evidence Meets EmpathyIndependent, moderated, timely, deep, gentle, clinical, global, and community conversations about things that matter.  Breathe Easy, we go deep and lightly surface the big ideas. Support the showDisclosure: This podcast uses AI-generated synthetic voices for a material portion of the audio content, in line with Apple Podcasts guidelines. We make rigorous science accessible, accurate, and unforgettable.Produced by Michelle Bruecker and Scott Bleackley, it features reviews of emerging research and ideas from leading thinkers, curated under our creative direction with AI assistance for voice, imagery, and composition. Systemic voices and illustrative images of people are representative tools, not depictions of specific individuals.We dive deep into peer-reviewed research, pre-prints, and major scientific works—then bring them to life through the stories of the researchers themselves. Complex ideas become clear. Obscure discoveries become conversation starters. And you walk away understanding not just what scientists discovered, but why it matters and how they got there.Independent, moderated, timely, deep, gentle, clinical, global, and community conversations about things that matter.  Breathe Easy, we go deep and lightly surface the big ideas.Spoken word, short and sweet, with rhythm and a catchy beat.http://tinyurl.com/stonefolksongs