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How To! with Mike Pesca — 402 episodes
How to Improve Cyclists' Safety from Dangerous Non-Cyclists' Behavior
How to Get Your Kids to Take Good Risks
How to Feel Good in Your Clothes
How to Hire Someone and Be a Good Boss
How To Keep Cool in a Crisis
How Constraints Make Us More Creative
Should I Choose Passion or a Stable Job?
How To Make New Friends as an Adult
Beating Yourself Up? The 10-Second Play That Outsmarts Your Inner Critic
How To Ditch Your Distractions Once and For All
How To Get Into Wine
How To Connect With An Audience
How to Coach Your Kid
How To Maximize Your Credit Card Points
How To Bounce Back From Burnout
How To Manage Your Anger
ENCORE How To Make a Huge Decision In 60 Minutes... Or Less
How To Solve a Mystery
How To Communicate with Your Pet
How to Not Say "Um"
How To Protect The Elderly From Scammers
How To Take Psychedelics for Your Mental Health with Dr. Will Van Derveer
How To Make A How To Podcast
How To Ghostbust The Old Fashioned Way
How to Emigrate as a Throuple
How To Be a DJ, Not a Playlist with Tom Nash
Announcing: How To! with Mike Pesca
How To Start Writing (w/ Anna Quindlen & John Dickerson) Encore
Now Is the Time to Escape Your Bad Relationship. Here's How. (Encore)
How To Rob a Bank (Encore)
How To Never Miss a Deadline (Encore)
How To Know When to Quit Your Job (Encore)
How To Confront a Vindictive Neighbor with Tig Notaro (Encore)
Our Favorite Advice of 2025
Quick Fix: Date Night Done Right
How To Create 'Marriage Rules' as a Couple
Quick Fix: Sexual Fawning
How To Stop Fawning
How To Sing in Front of Other People
How To Give to a Good Cause—and Make It Count
How To Learn to Love Your City
How To Move to a New City
Quick Fix: The Reality of Owning a Home
How To Take Charge of Home Repair (with Sam Sanders and Mercury Stardust)
How To Talk to Contractors (With Sam Sanders and Mercury Stardust)
How To Stop Snoring
How To Survive Getting Fired
Quick Fix: Dismantling Male Supremacy
How To Harness Your Anger
Quick Fix: Starting Conversations About Identity
How To Raise a Boy
How To Quit IVF (and Start a New Chapter)
Quick Fix: The Afterword
Update: Losing Your 'Virginity' at 43
Quick Fix: Carvell's Take on Hypnosis
How To Use Hypnosis
Quick Fix: How to Be an Atheist Chaplain
How To Quit Your Dream Job
Quick Fix: Meet Your Neighbors
How To Host With Ease
How To Be a Better Coach (Encore)
How To Declutter Your Digital Life
Quick Fix: Three Pillars of Parenting
How To Raise a Kid in a Polarized Family
How To Let Go of ADHD Shame
How To Gossip for Good
How To Be an Ethical Hater
Quick Fix: The Let Them Theory
How To Get Sweet, Sweet Revenge
Quick Fix: Slow Down (and Try This Art Exercise)
How To Stop Giving 110%
How To Start Reading Books Again (Encore)
How To Balance Mind, Body—and iPhone
Quick Fix: Drawing as Stress Relief
How To Draw Outside the Lines
How To Live With Chronic Pain
Quick Fix: Siblings Get the Freshman Blues, Too
How To Send Your Kid to College (and Keep Your Distance)
How To Repair Your Stuff
How To Discover Your Kink
Quick Fix | Challenge #4: Spring Cleaning
How To Get a Great Haircut
How To Parent With a Disability
Living at Odds | 4. A Quiet Fight for LGBTQ Rights
Living at Odds | Bonus: How To Find an Ancestor
Living at Odds | 3. Making Amends for Ancestors
Living at Odds | 2. An Education in Opposition
Living at Odds | 1. Two Partisans, One Corner
Quick Fix | Challenge #3: Social Media Cleanse
How To Replace Your Tesla
Quick Fix: Writing a Great Sex Scene
How To Write Your Memoir
How To Discover Music You'll Love
Supercommunicators | 3. How to Have the Hardest Conversations
Quick Fix: Moving 575 Books
How To Lose Your 'Virginity' at 43
How To Interview Someone
Supercommunicators | 2. How to Communicate Without Words
Quick Fix | Challenge #2: Sleep Hacks
How To Protect Your Parents From Fraud
Supercommunicators | 1. How to Talk to Anyone
How To Outsmart Your Student Loans
How To Have the Best Sex of Your Life (Encore)
Quick Fix: Letting Go of Guilt
How To Rebuild Your Life After a Wildfire
Quick Fix | Challenge #1: Make Every Day Exciting
How To Set Limits With an Ex
How To Harness Your Citizen Superpowers
How To Switch Careers in Midlife
Quick Fix: Moving to Portugal 101
How To Become an Expat
How To Talk Politics With Your Dad (Without Yelling) Pt 2 - Encore
How To Talk Politics With Your Dad (Without Yelling) Pt 1 - Encore
Quick Fix: Stuff We Loved in 2024
Our Favorite Advice of 2024
How To Exorcise Your Fitness Demons
How To Plan an Estate (Before It's Too Late)
How To Throw a Party They'll Remember (Encore)
Quick Fix: Finding the Perfect Mattress
How To Face the Future (Gen Z Edition)
How To Man Up About Male Birth Control
How To Lead Your Local Nonprofit
How To Face Your Fear of Dying (Encore)
How To Cope With Forever Parenting
How To Be Less Judgy
Quick Fix: Pick the Perfect Plant
How To Stop Killing Your Plants
How To Care for an Aging Parent
How To Grow Your Podcast
How To Rethink Screen Time
Quick Fix: Building Trust in an Emergency
How To Survive a Disaster
How To Cook at Home Like Sohla El-Waylly
How To Fall Out of Love (Encore)
How To Be a Family (and Still Be You)
How To Do Housework (and Not Hate It)
How To Put a Toxic Job Behind You
How To Be Funny (5th Anniversary Edition)
How To Date With a Disability
How To Be a Mindful Grandparent
How To Take a Sabbatical
How To Survive a Shark Attack (Encore)
How To Make Bank at a Yard Sale
How To Start Strength Training
How To Move Past Your Toxic Ex
How To Be Lonely
How To Take a Gap Year
How To Confront a Vindictive Neighbor with Tig Notaro (Encore)
How To Handle Feedback at Work
How To Flirt With Confidence
Carvell Wallace on Another Word for Love
How To Find Your People After a Mental Health Diagnosis
How To 'Do the Work' of Racial Justice
How To Bring a Big Idea to Life
How To Crack Up Your Coworkers (Encore)
How To Make Humor Your Superpower (Encore)
How To Help a Loved One With Dementia
How To Say What You're Thinking
How To Rethink Retirement
How To Let Go of a Friendship
How To Evolve a Friendship
How To Find Friends in Unexpected Places
How To Be a Mindful Drinker
How To Plan Your Next Adventure
How To Be Free Of Body Shame
How To Stop Snoring and Breathe Easier (Encore)
How To Make Small Talk Feel Big
How To Keep Caring Amid Endless Crises
How To Age Like an Elite Athlete
How To Cook One Perfect Meal (Rerun)
Our Favorite Advice of 2023
How To Transition From Soldier to Civilian
How To Carve Out Creative Time
How To Grieve an Estranged Parent
How To Talk Politics Without Wrecking Relationships (Encore)
How To Get Through Menopause
How To Build a Marriage That Lasts
How To Hit "Reset" on Your Career
How To Let Go of Kid Clutter
How To Build Trust With Co-Workers
How To Find Love Where You Least Expect It
How To Get Out of Debt Faster Than You Think (Encore)
How To Say Goodbye to Your Pet
How To Follow Your Small Business Dream
How To Learn Any Language Fast
How To Find Your People
How To Navigate Adult Autism
How To Fill an Empty Nest (Encore)
How To Live Anywhere in the World
How To Cope With Climate Anxiety
How To Show Up For a Friend With Cancer
How To Deal With a Difficult Parent
How To Make Aging Easier for Everyone
How To Hack Any Bureaucracy
How To Stop Finding Your Self-worth Through Your Job (w/ Gloria Chan Packer)
How To Find Genuine Happiness
How To Find the Gems in All Your Junk
How To Quit Your Calling
How To Help Teachers Thrive
How To Sleep Apart to Save Your Relationship
How To Sleep Like a Champ
How To Deliver Bad News Better
Dear Prudie: My Husband Wants Our 9-Year-Old Son to Play Tackle Football. Help!
How To Raise Kids in a Nation Full of Guns
How To Face the A.I. Revolution
How To Start Reading Books Again
How To Breathe Like a Navy SEAL
How To Succeed at Social Media
How To Bounce Back From a Layoff
The Upside of Stress: A Slight Change of Plans with Dr. Maya Shankar
How To Make Imposter Syndrome Your Superpower
How To 'Chaos Cook' With Samin Nosrat
How To Style Your Home Like a Pro
How To Manage Your Precious Time
Encore: How To Find Your First Kiss at 38
How To Face Your Kid's Future
How To Command a Room
How To Love Your Face
How To Stick to Your New Year's Resolutions
How To End Political Violence (From an Ex-Gang Leader)
How To Prevent Another Jan. 6
Our Favorite Advice of 2022
How To Forgive Someone Who Isn't Sorry
How To House Everyone in Your City
How To Throw a Party They'll Remember
How To Know When to Quit Your Job
Encore: How To Write a Bestseller
How To Make a Huge Decision In 60 Minutes... Or Less
How To Parent Your Depressed Teen
How To Talk Politics With Your Dad (Without Yelling) Pt 2
How To Talk Politics With Your Dad (Without Yelling) Pt 1
Encore: How To Not Be Scared
How To Put Your Town on the Map
How To Do Divorce Right
How To Be Yourself in an Interracial Relationship
How To Pick a College (And Actually Afford It)
How To Make the Leap to Your Dream Job
How To Have a Healthier News Diet
How To Unbreak the News
How To Survive a Silent Retreat
How To Restore Nature in the Heart of a City
How To Save the Planet, Starting With Your Yard
How To Be an Artist and Not Starve
How To Stop Being an Emotional ATM
How To Stop Being an Emotional ATM
How To Parent Less
How To Become a Parent Overnight
How To Orgasm
Encore: How To Get Your Dog to Stop Eating Your Daughters' Underwear With Jenny Slate
How To Dress with Confidence
How To Run for Office Without Being an A**hole
Encore: How To Stand Up for Your Kid When Society Won't
How To Raise a Future College Athlete
How To Ditch the Apps & Actually Find a Date
How To Make Sexual Consent Sexy
How To Be a Lazy Genius
How To Bounce Back From Burnout
How To (Really) Help Refugees
How To Change a Mascot Without Tearing Apart Your School
How To Solve Your Own Medical Mystery
How To Start Writing (w/ Anna Quindlen & John Dickerson)
How To Speak Up So Others Listen
How To Stand Up To a Workplace Bully
How To Make Friends... Like a Man
How To Have Happy Regrets
How To Stop 'Having It All' (Before You End Up With Nothing)
Encore: How To Win Gold Without Losing Yourself
How To Fight With Your Parents
How To Beat Hackers at Their Own Game
How To Crack Up Your Coworkers (Without Being Offensive)
How To Make Humor Your Superpower
Encore: How To Succeed When Everyone's Mad at You
How To Squash Your Fear of Bugs (and Other Phobias)
How To Eat Whatever You Want
How To Break the Spell of Social Media
How To Save a Friend from a Bad Relationship
Our Favorite Advice of 2021
When To Say Goodbye to a Difficult Dog
How To Get Your Dog to Stop Barking (Without Barking Back)
How To Embrace Your Anti-Vax Family This Holiday Season
How To Advance Your Career by Quitting Your Job
How To Get Your Book Published
What To Do When Your Husband Becomes Your Boss
How To Beat the Dreaded Midday Slump
How To Make Friends as an Adult
How To Keep Cool in a Crisis
How To Stop a Fight Before It Starts
How To Coach Squirrelly Kids (and Screaming Parents)
How To Fill an Empty Nest
How To Crack Your Kid Like a CIA Operative
How To Live With a Dirty Family Secret
How To Succeed When Everyone's Mad at You
How To Beat Your Hidden Biases
How To Repair a Broken Relationship Before It's Too Late
How To Reconnect with Your Kid After a Nasty Divorce
How To Never Miss a Deadline
How To Ditch Your Distractions Once and For All
Congrats, You Won the Olympics. Now What?
How To Make a Big Purchase Without Panicking
How To Fight Outrageous Medical Bills
How To Trick Your Brain Into Running Longer
I'm a Recovering Alcoholic. I'm Afraid My Kids Will End Up Like Me.
After a Year of Survival, How to Start Living Again
How To Have the Best Sex of Your Life
My Kid's Anxiety Is Giving ME Anxiety! How Do I Fix This?
The Single Most Important Thing to Know Before Becoming a Single Parent
How To Stand Up to Your Terrible Manager—Without Getting Fired
How To Have a Fight That Actually Helps Your Relationship
Now Is the Time To Escape Your Bad Relationship. Here's How.
I'm Great at My Job. So Why Do I Feel Like a Fraud?
How To Give a Killer Speech
I Was Lost at Sea for 438 Days. Here's How I Survived.
How To Fight Rattlesnakes and Polar Bears
How To Write the Perfect Obituary
How To Make an Exit Like Mary Poppins
How To Stop Snoring (And Breathe Easier)
How To Quiet the Chatter in Your Head
How To Survive a Doomsday Cult
How To Fall Out of Love
How To Start Over at 60
How To Leave the Church When Your Dad's the Pastor
How To Steal Back Your Identity
How To Be a Badass On and Off the Court
How To Get Things Done in a Divided Nation with Samantha Power
Our Favorite Advice of 2020
How To Stress-Bake with Claire Saffitz
How To Get Your Dog to Stop Eating Your Daughters' Underwear With Jenny Slate
Bonus Ep - How To Get Out of Debt Faster Than You Think
How To Face Your Fear of Dying
How To Save Your Marriage
How To Rescue Someone From a Conspiracy Theory
How To Have an Open Relationship
How To Be the Next Erin Brockovich
How To End a Sibling Rivalry With Kate & Oliver Hudson
How To Avoid Becoming Your Mother
Bonus Ep - How To Get People to Vote
How To Survive a Public Shaming With Katie Hill
How To Talk Politics Without Wrecking Relationships
How To Lose Weight and Keep It Off
How To Get Away With Murder
How To Win Arguments Like a Hostage Negotiator
Cheat Sheet: How To Survive High School & Whatever Comes Next
Cheat Sheet: How To Talk to Your Son About Sex
Cheat Sheet: How To Ace Zoom School
How To Become Your Own Boss with Guy Raz
How To! Presents: "Cheat Sheet"
How To Confront a Crazy Neighbor with Tig Notaro
How To Get That Promotion You Deserve
How To Survive a Shark Attack
Bonus Episode - 'Hello Monday' with Jessi Hempel
How To Write a Bestseller
How To Fight Racism in Your Town
How To Stand Up for Your Kid When Society Won't
How To Walk Away from an Impossible Parent
How To Find a New Career Before it's Too Late
How To Get a Stubborn Parent to Listen
How To Say the Right Thing at the Worst Time
How To Lose 155 Pounds Happily
How To Talk to Strangers
How To Actually Enjoy Working from Home
How To Save the Planet (And Still Use a Plastic Straw)
How To Stop Procrastinating
Quarantine Q&A: Masks
How To Tame a Chaotic Household
How To Not Go Crazy Under Quarantine
How To Forgive the Unforgivable
How To Find Your First Kiss at 38
How To Get Your Mom to Accept You
How To Vote for the Next President
How To Write the Perfect Breakup Song with Ben Folds
How To Convince People to Give You Money
How To Protect Yourself Against the Coronavirus
How To Put Your Wife's Career First
How To Kick a Meth Habit
How To Rob a Bank
How To Propose (to a Man)
How To Make Your New Year's Resolutions Stick
How To Give a REALLY Big Gift
How To Remember Everything
How To Sleep
How To Get Your Kid To Finally Grow Up
How To Cook One Perfect Meal
How To Win At Online Dating
How To Perform Under Pressure
How To Withstand Pain
How To Not Be Scared
How To Fire Your Daughter
How To Put Down Your Phone
How To Be Funny
How To Decide To Have a Baby
How To Go On a Family Adventure
How To Look Like a Superhero
How To Stress Your Kid the Right Way
How To Survive a Pandemic
How To Stop Being Anxious
How To Uproot Your Life
How To Cook One Perfect Meal
How To Fire a Bad Employee
How To Withstand Pain
How To Be Funny
How To Give Your Mom a Kidney
How To Rob a Bank