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The Upgrade by Lifehacker — 336 episodes
A Message for Listeners
How to Find Your Voice, With Vocal Coach Denise Woods (RECAST)
How to Tame Your Inner Critic, With Psychologist Ethan Kross (RECAST)
EHow to Pay Better Attention, With Neuroscientist Dr. Amishi Jha
Introducing Gadgettes!
How to Be a Tourist Without Being an Asshole, With Travel Journalist Sara Clemence
EHow to Talk to Kids About Religion When You Don’t Know What to Say, With Wendy Thomas Russell
How to Be a Better Reader, With Librarian Margaret H. Willison (RECAST)
How to Not Die Alone, With Dating Coach Logan Ury (RECAST)
EHow to Take Care of Your Skin Microbiome, With Physician James Hamblin (RECAST)
How to Be a Successful Culture Critic, With William Evans and Omar Holmon
EHow to Survive a Disaster, With Crisis Reporter Judith Matloff (RECAST)
EHow to Lovehack Your Marriage, With Psychologist Eli Finkel
EHow to Be Happy Right Now, With Dr. Laurie Santos (RECAST)
How to Get a New Job in 2021, With Ramit Sethi (RECAST)
EHow to Change Your Mindset to Get Better at Anything, With Eduardo Briceño
EHow to Not Go Broke When You Need Healthcare, With Journalist Dan Weissmann
EHow to Negotiate Absolutely Anything, With Negotiation Expert Victoria Medvec
How to Change Your Life Through the Power of Suggestion, With Science Journalist Erik Vance (RECAST)
EHow to Raise Kids Who Aren't Assholes, With Melinda Wenner Moyer
EHow to Have Deeper Conversations, With Ximena Vengoechea
How to Never Miss a Deadline, With Journalist Christopher Cox
EHow to Be an Adult, With Julie Lythcott-Haims
EHow to Fight Burnout, With Writer Anne Helen Petersen (RECAST)
How to Time Your Life Perfectly, With Author Daniel Pink (RECAST)
EHow to Reenter Society Post-Pandemic, With Therapist Chamin Ajjan
EHow to Transform Your Life Through Leisure, With Writers John Fitch and Max Frenzel (RECAST)
EHow to Live a Greener Life Without Losing Your Mind, With Laurie David and Heather Reisman
EHow to Learn to Like Running, With Strength Running's Jason Fitzgerald
How to Beat Your Junk Food Addiction, With Michael Moss
How to Stop Feeling Like an Impostor, With Psychologist Dr. Jessamy Hibberd (RECAST)
How to Embrace Minimalism, With Christine Platt
EHow to Negotiate Like a Pro, With Personal Finance Expert Farnoosh Torabi (RECAST)
How to Talk to Anyone, With Podcaster Ken Plume (RECAST)
How to Get Things Done, With Productivity Expert David Allen (RECAST)
How to Get Better at Marketing, With Seth Godin
How to Set Healthy Boundaries, With Therapist Nedra Glover Tawwab
How to Tame Your Inner Critic, With Psychologist Ethan Kross
EHow to Get Out of Debt, With Personal Finance Expert Farnoosh Torabi (RECAST)
How to Be a Beginner, With Journalist Tom Vanderbilt
How Psychedelics Can Expand Your Consciousness, With Michael Pollan (RECAST)
EHow to Be More Hopeful, With Anne Lamott
EHow to Find Your Voice, With Vocal Coach Denise Woods
How to Not Die Alone, With Dating Coach Logan Ury
EHow to Be Happy Right Now, With Dr. Laurie Santos
How to Get a New Job in 2021, With Ramit Sethi
EHow to Upgrade 2021, With Cool Tools’ Mark Frauenfelder and Kevin Kelly
How to Change Your Life Through the Power of Suggestion, With Science Journalist Erik Vance
EHow to Hack Happiness With Gretchen Rubin (RECAST)
How to Get Over Yourself, With Mark Epstein (RECAST)
How to Get Your Kids Into Reading, With Alvin Irby
How to Start 2021 Off Right, With Charles Duhigg
EHow to Be Good With Money, With Felix Salmon & Jen Sincero (RECAST)
How to Read More in 2021, With The Root’s Danielle Belton and Maiysha Kai
EHow to Be a Better Ally, With Disability Advocate Alice Wong
How to Do Thanksgiving This Year, With Andrew Zimmern
How to Change Your Brain With Mindfulness, With Daniel Goleman (RECAST)
EHow to Take Care of Your Skin Microbiome, With Physician James Hamblin
How to Write a Book in 30 Days, With Author Grant Faulkner
EHow to Upgrade Your Home Office, With Gizmodo's Alex Cranz and Brian Kahn
EHow to Handle Your Pandemic Anxiety, With Psychologist Dr. Elena Welsh and Psychiatrist Dr. David Burns
EHow to Free Yourself From Your Mental Prisons, With Psychologist Dr. Edith Eger
EHow to Transform Your Life Through Leisure, With Writers John Fitch and Max Frenzel
EHow to Pursue a Side Hustle, With Chris Guillebeau (RECAST)
How to Survive a Disaster, With Crisis Reporter Judith Matloff
EHow to Time Your Life Perfectly, With Author Daniel Pink
EHow to Deal With Rude People, With Danny Wallace (RECAST)
EHow to Be a Better Conversationalist, With Journalist Celeste Headlee (RECAST)
EHow to Fight Burnout, With Writer Anne Helen Petersen
EHow to Be a Better Reader, With Librarian Margaret H. Willison
How to Get Real About Time Management, With CEO Tiffany Dufu
How to Use Breathing to Improve Your Health, With Journalist James Nestor
How to Teach Your Kids to Be People, With Author Catherine Newman
EHow to Get Your Point Across Online, With Linguist Gretchen McCulloch
How to Make Your Pet Happy, With Animal Behavior Expert Zazie Todd
How to Laugh at Depression, With Humorist John Moe
EHow to See a Doctor During the Pandemic, With Cardiologists Marc Eisenberg and Chris Kelly
How to Protest, With Activists L.A. Kauffman and Charlene Carruthers
In Support of Black Lives Matter
How to Pandemic-Proof Your Relationship, With Divorce Lawyer James J. Sexton
How to Protect Your Money, With Ramit Sethi
How to Be Present, With Sharon Salzberg
How to Make Dinner, With Melissa Clark and Dave Arnold (RECAST)
How to Quarantine, With Samantha Irby
EHow to Be Creative Right Now, With Jerry Saltz
EHow to Do Less, With Journalist Celeste Headlee
How to Be Happy at Home With Gretchen Rubin
How to Stop Touching Your Face, With 'Atomic Habits'' James Clear
How We're Coping With the Pandemic
How to Be Resilient With Psychologist Rick Hanson (RECAST)
How to Eat, With Mark Bittman and Dr. David L. Katz
How to Prevent Your Mind From Being Hacked, With Robert Lustig (RECAST)
How to Stop Procrastinating, With Behavior Scientist BJ Fogg
How to Get to Sleep, With Sleep Doctor Janet Kennedy (RECAST)
How to Hack Your Life, With Tim Ferriss (RECAST)
How to Talk About Art, With Jerry Saltz
EHow to Cut Down on Sugar, With Dr. Yoni Freedhoff
EHow to Love Yourself, With Tara Brach
The All-Upgrades Episode
How to Get a Divorce, With Divorce Lawyer Jacqueline Newman
EHow to Deal With Work Stress, With Ask A Manager's Alison Green (RECAST)
The Best of The Upgrade 2019
The Best of The Upgrade 2018 (RECAST)
How to Start a Podcast, With Abu Zafar
How to Be Nice, With Comedian Josh Gondelman
EHow to End a Friendship, With Psychologist Miriam Kirmayer
How to Read Minds, With Mentalist Henrik Fexeus
EHow to Find Love, With Matchmaker Dr. Frankie Bashan (RECAST)
How to Get Rich, With Personal Finance Expert Ramit Sethi
How to Switch Careers, With Career Guru Joseph Liu
How to Live Forever, With Bulletproof Exec Dave Asprey
How to Ace Public Speaking, With Carmine Gallo
How to Stop Caring What People Think, With Mark Manson
EHow to Take Care of Your Gut
How to Get Out of Debt, With Personal Finance Expert Farnoosh Torabi
How to Get Things Done, With Productivity Expert David Allen
How to Be a Better Decision-Maker, With Neuroscientist David Redish
How to Get Better at Small Talk
How to Stop Feeling Like an Impostor, With Psychologist Dr. Jessamy Hibberd
How to Do Nothing, WIth Artist and Educator Jenny Odell
How to Improve Your Memory, With USA Memory Champion Nelson Dellis
How to Find Out People's Secrets, With Seth Stephens-Davidowitz (RECAST)
How to Travel Alone, With ‘52 Places’ Reporter Sebastian Modak
How to Get to Sleep, With Sleep Doctor Janet Kennedy
How to Make or Break a Habit, With 'Atomic Habits'' James Clear
How to Be a Better Conversationalist, With Journalist Celeste Headlee
How to Negotiate Like a Pro, With Personal Finance Expert Farnoosh Torabi
The Upgrade Returns Next Week!
How to Have a Better Sex Life, with Cleo Stiller (RECAST)
How to Be a Good Boss, With Basecamp’s David Heinemeier Hansson and Columnist Rob Walker
How to Tell if You're Dying, With Cardiologists Chris Kelly and Marc Eisenberg
How to Be Good With Money, With Felix Salmon & Jen Sincero
How to Kick Ass, With Mel Robbins (RECAST)
How to Hack Your Mornings, With My Morning Routine’s Benjamin Spall (RECAST)
The Best of The Upgrade 2017 (RECAST)
The Best of The Upgrade 2018
How to Buy the Perfect Present
How to Find Love, With Matchmaker Dr. Frankie Bashan
How to Fail, With Comedians Chris Gethard and Akilah Hughes
How to Calm Down, With ASMR University Founder Craig Richard
How to Talk to People You Don’t Agree With, With Social Psychologist Jonathan Haidt
How to Tell the Truth, With MSNBC Host Lawrence O’Donnell
How to Not Be a Dick
Anne Lamott Upgrades Our Lives
How to Get Smart About Microdosing, With Ayelet Waldman & Paul Austin (RECAST)
How to Become Financially Independent and Retire Early, With Vicki Robin (RECAST)
How to Change Your Perspective, With CBT Pioneer David Burns, MD
How to Be Tougher, With Survivorman's Les Stroud
How to Be a Happier Parent, With Author KJ Dell’Antonia
How to Conquer Your Fears, With Author Dean Sluyter
How to Hack Your Mornings, With My Morning Routine’s Benjamin Spall
How to Deal With Work Stress, With Ask a Manager’s Alison Green
Tell Us Your Horrible Boss Stories!
How to Reinvent Yourself With Coss Marte and Lawrence O'Donnell
How to Be a Successful Artist, With Keiko Agena and Ottessa Mosfegh
How to Have Great Sex in a Long-Term Relationship, With Therapist Stephen Snyder (RECAST)
How to Be Bored and Brilliant, With Manoush Zomorodi (RECAST)
How to Identify a Cult, With Rick Alan Ross (RECAST)
How to Tell a Story, with Alan Alda and The Moth’s Catherine Burns (RECAST)
How to Tell If You're Dating a Psychopath with Jen Waite & Michael Stone (RECAST)
How to Not Give a Shit with Comedian Samantha Irby (RECAST)
How Psychedelics Can Expand Your Consciousness, With Michael Pollan
How to Deal With Rude People, With Danny Wallace
How to Be Smart About Pregnancy and Early Motherhood, With Angela Garbes
How to Be Resilient With Psychologist Rick Hanson
How to Win at Bitcoin
The Upgrade Presents: The Gateway
How Should a Man Be? With Esther Perel, James J. Sexton, and Donald Shorter, Jr.
How to Find Your Career Path With Mike Steib
How to Kick Ass, With Mel Robbins
How to Break Into Comedy, With Nell Scovell
How to Become Financially Independent and Retire Early, With Vicki Robin
How to Think Like a Cat, With Author Stephane Garnier
How to Save Your Relationship, With Divorce Lawyer James J. Sexton
How to Have an Epic Game Night, With Brian Lewis and Seth Scott
How to Have Great Sex in a Long-Term Relationship, With Therapist Stephen Snyder
How to Increase Your Endurance, With Author Alex Hutchinson
How to Talk to Anyone, With Podcaster Ken Plume
How to Make Sense of the Media, With Jill Abramson
How to Get Over Yourself, With Mark Epstein
How to Conquer Reddit, With 'Endless Thread' Host Ben Brock Johnson
How to Find Your Purpose, With Authors Sanjiv Chopra and Gina Vild
How Our Minds Are Being Hacked, And What We Can Do About It (RECAST)
How to Fix a Broken Heart, With Guy Winch
How to Drink Less, With Author Annie Grace
How to Be a Clean Person, with Jolie Kerr (RECAST)
How to Be Less Stupid About Money, With Felix Salmon (RECAST)
The Best of The Upgrade 2017
How to Bike in the City, With the Bike Snob and Brooklyn Spoke
How to Hack Your Life, With Tim Ferriss
How to Have Good Taste in Wine, With Marissa Ross (RECAST)
How to Write a Novel, With Author Mira Jacob
How to Bust Myths, With MythBuster Hosts Brian Louden and Jon Lung
How to Pursue a Side Hustle, With Chris Guillebeau
How to Be Bored and Brilliant, With Manoush Zomorodi
How to Win at Dinner, With Melissa Clark and Dave Arnold
How to Identify a Cult, With Rick Alan Ross
How to Change Your Brain With Mindfulness, With Daniel Goleman
How to Fight Hackers, With Former Black-Hat Hacker Hector Monsegur
How to Figure Out Your Personality Type, With Gretchen Rubin
How to Prevent Your Mind From Being Hacked, With Robert Lustig
How to Detect Bullshit, With Carl Bergstrom & Jevin West
How to Be Smarter, Faster and Better, With Charles Duhigg (RECAST)
How to Get Smart About Microdosing, With Ayelet Waldman & Paul Austin
How to Be a Clean Person, with Jolie Kerr
How to Have a Better Sex Life, with Cleo Stiller
How to Be Less Rude, With the Lifehacker Staff
How to Tell a Story, with Alan Alda and The Moth’s Catherine Burns
How to Stay Safe, with Steve Casner
How to Tell If You're Dating a Psychopath with Jen Waite & Michael Stone
How to Turn Your Awkwardness Into a Social Asset, With Ty Tashiro
How to Have Good Taste in Wine, With Marissa Ross
How to Find Out People's Secrets, With Seth Stephens-Davidowitz
How to Be Emotionally Correct, With Sally Kohn
How to Not Give a Shit with Comedian Samantha Irby
How to Find Real Love With Sharon Salzberg
How to Be an Adult With Andy Boyle
How to Protect Yourself Online with Hector Monsegur
How to Be a Tech Podcast God with Leo Laporte
How to Hack Happiness With Gretchen Rubin
How to Eat Less Meat, With Brian Kateman
Why Some People Are Born Anxious, With Daniel Keating
How to Keep Your Healthcare, With Planned Parenthood
How to Hack Your Brain, With the Bulletproof Exec Dave Asprey
How to Drive, With Jalopnik's Kristen Lee
How to Be Less Stupid About Money, With Felix Salmon
How to Be Smarter, Faster and Better, With Charles Duhigg
How to Use Improv to Change Your Life, With Ed Herbstman & Hannah Chase
How to Survive Starting a New Job, With Lifehacker's New Editor-in-Chief
How to Choose Between Mac and Windows
How to Make Your Voice Heard in Politics
How to Find Love on the Internet
How to Find, Buy, and Upgrade the Perfect HDTV for You
Introducing: The Upgrade
Selling Stuff Online, Android Phones, and Podcast Goodbyes
Android Skins, Amazon Fakes, and Expensive Cable Bills
Broken Phones, Nintendo 64, and Bandwidth Hogs
Ban Telemarketers, Get a Job You Love, and (Don't) Speed Read
The Best TV Streaming Apps, Steam Sharing, and Camera Comparisons
Apple's Security Flaw, Secret Job Hunts, and Gamify Everything
Password Hacks, Downloading Movies Legally, and Bluetooth Headphones
Comcast Fiascos, Eating Healthy on a Budget, and Multi-Monitor Gaming
Facebook Deletion, Flickr Automation, and Cheap Media Centers
Blocked Videos, DIY Cable Management, and Internet Speed
Browser Malware, Chromecast Streaming, and Life Lessons from Warcraft
Winamp’s Back, Net Neutrality Showdown, and Bedtime Technology
Cellphone Carrier Bonanza, Fast Android Updates, and Cheap Chromebooks
Holiday Special No. 2: Health, Debt, and Credit Scores
Holiday Podcast Special No. 1: Apartments, Real Estate, and Nutrition
Cellphone Tracking, Beats by Dre Headphones, and Lots of Travel Tips
Buying Suits, Breaking Gadgets, and Getting Things Done with Jay-Z
Winamp Closes Down, Laptop Manufacturers Ranked, and iOS Controllers
The Lifehacker 2013 Thanksgiving Special
The Science of Breakups, Hangouts vs. Voice, and Muting Twitter Users
Google Overload, Cheap PC Games, and Essential Computer Building Tips
Android KitKat, iPad Upgrades, and Evil Tips Galore
Cheap Amazon Goods, Great Headphones, and Too Much Apple
Windows and Ubuntu Updates, Android Security, and Health Myths Galore
IOS 7 Bugs, Podcast Downloaders, and Horrible Cellphone Reception
Customized Androids, Prepaid Cellphone Plans, and Refurbished Laptops
Smartphone Upgrades, Office Productivity, and the Laptop Conundrum
IOS 7 Madness, Android Widgets, and Quitting a Job You Hate
IOS 7, Making Extra Money, and Awesome Hidden Google Features
Android KitKat, Netflix Hacks, and Laptop Docking Stations
Tiny Apartment Hacks, Selling Your Smartphone, and Productive Pooping
YouTube Ads, BitTorrent Privacy, and the Best Ereaders
Encrypted Emails, Best College Laptops, and the Office Software Battle Royale
The Merits of Lifehacking, Amazon Prime, and IFTTT for iPhone
Tough Decisions, Resume Lies, Personal Rituals, and Ditching Cable
Android 4.3, Chromecast, DSLR Secrets, and the Ultimate Photoshop Rig
Crappy AT&T Plans, Airbnb Disasters, and the Transforming Go Bag
Google Maps Reborn, the Steam Summer Sale, and Organizing 3000 Bookmarks
Google Reader Alternatives, Windows 8.1, and Lots of Gaming
Productivity Myths Debunked, Smart Watches, and the Joys of Feedly
Apple's Surfing and Easter Party, Voice Commands, and Government Spies
Mechanical Keyboards, Bad Bosses, and Saving Money When Building a Computer
Your Horrible Jobs, Healthy Habits, and Windows 8.1
Google, Google, and More Google
Adobe Kills Creative Suite, Cheap Retro Gaming, and Online Embarrassments
The Best Cellular Providers, How to Work from Home, and the Science of Cold Beer
Chrome Experiements, Facebook Filters, and Better Internet Access
CISPA's Back, Clever Image Searches, and Ugly Computers
49 YouTube Search Secrets, Facebook’s Offline Ad Tracking, and Freedom from Porn
Cooking Mistakes, Unlimited Data, and Syncing Music to Your Car
Paranoid Workers, Syncing Nightmares, and Advice from a Landlord
Sleep Problems, Efficient Packing, Janky Yet Awesome Life Hacks, and Google Keep
The Impending Death of Google Reader, To Pirate or Not to Pirate, and the Beauty of Evernote
The Big, Bad Question Backlog Episode
Facebook Annoyances, Retrieving Stolen Laptops, and Six-Strike Safety
Achieve Inbox Zero, Optimize Your Gaming Rig, and Get Advice for Your First Job
Putting Unlimited Data to Good Use, Why We Give Google So Much Information, and the Return of CISPA
The Pains and Pleasures of Jailbreaking, Live TV on XBMC, and the Best Phones for Little Old Ladies
Recording Calls, Rooting Your Android, Career Insurance, and the DHMO Threat
Do Everything With a Raspberry Pi, Switch to an Online Bank, and Get a Job You Love
Disaster Survival, Cable Wrangling, Online Guitar Lessons, and Better Cooking in the Microwave
Going Paperless for Tax Season, the Best Time to Buy Anything in 2013, and Foiling RFID Thieves
Better Sleep, Breaking Bad Habits, and the Cheapest Ways to Buy a Smartphone
Ask Lifehacker Live!
Special Report: Usenet Indexers Close Up Shop
Busted Productivity Myths, Avoiding Awkward Conversations, and the Apps We Couldn’t Live Without
The Best Holiday Gifts and Deals, Facebook’s Fake Privacy Notice, and Noisy Neighbors
Spy Tricks, Better Printed Photos, and Contract-Free Smartphones
Tablets vs. Laptops, Frequent Smartphone Upgrades, and Cookware for Beginners
All About Windows 8, Google’s Nexus Line, and Surviving Hurricane Sandy
Here Comes Windows 8, New Apple Hardware, and Super Home Theater PCs
The Dark Side of Getting Things Done, Spliced Headphones, and Free Mobile Hotspots
Hack Your Brain for Motivation, Buy Two Computers to Save Money, and Poop
Overclocking Laptops, Handling Career Burnout, and the Cost of Charging a Smartphone
Facebook’s Tracking You (Again), Apple’s Magical Maps, and the Best Set Top Boxes
Windows 8 Tablets, Free iPhones, and Downloading All the Things
Hacked Cameras, Coffee Addictions, and Apple’s Amazing Incredible New iThings
Kindles on Fire, Amazing Feats of Water Cooling, and Making People Tell the Truth
Brain Power Ups, Two-Factor Authentication Everywhere, and Getting Pissed at Twitter
Cheap Media Centers, Smarter Notifications, and a Less-Annoying YouTube
Reviving Old Laptops, Migrating Google Data, and the Communal Tablet Problem
Strong Passwords Aren’t Enough, Craigslist Fails, and Staying Productive in a Demanding World
Microsoft Outlook Is Actually Awesome, Overcoming #NBCFail, and Sharing Music in a Cloud World
Mountain Lion, new features, how to fix them and get them on Windows
Streaming from Android to Android, Hacking a Nintendo DS, and the Impending Mountain Lion
A Lifehacker Tips Box Special
Google, Google, Google, Finding a Sturdy Laptop Bag, and De-Spamming Your Inbox
Microsoft Surface, Getting Started with Web Design, and Forcing Your Older TV into the Future
A Closer Look at iOS 6, Much Ado About Unlimited Data, and the Battle of the Home Theater Platforms
Survive a Compromised Password, Reinstall Windows Efficiently, and Build Your Own iPod
Vibration Syndrome, Life in Hackerspace, and Free Wi-Fi for All
Google Balloons, Dead Software, and Productive Tablets
A Better Bing: Personalized Search That Doesn’t Suck, the Best File Compression, and Sweaty Steve
Internet Explorer Doesn’t Suck? Microsoft’s Almost Winner, This Month’s Greatest Android, and Skype
Take It to the Cloud: Google Drive, Renting Adobe, and Living in Public
007: All in One: Home Theater In a Box, Why the MP3 Is Good Enough, and Preparing for Gmail Outages
006: Some Terms May Not Apply
005: Augment Your Reality: Google Glass, Porn Blocking, and the Gameification of Health and Fitness
004: Passwords! Facebook Credentials Away from Employers, Information Diet, and XBMC
003: Better Than Piracy
002: The New New
001: Put On Your Tinfoil Hats