A podcast by Robert Humphrey & Asher Cohn
Learning to live
on purpose.
Research, self-experimentation, and honest conversation — in pursuit of a more fulfilling life.
Platform
Apple · Spotify · YouTube
Focus
Fulfillment & growth
Format
Research + conversation
About the show
What does it actually mean
to live well?
Learning To Live is a podcast built around one question: how do we build a life worth living? Robert and Asher dig into the research, run the experiments on themselves, and have the kinds of honest conversations most people avoid.
No life-hacking shortcuts. No empty inspiration. Just genuine curiosity, real findings, and the occasional uncomfortable truth.
Robert
Co-host
Driven by curiosity and a belief that the examined life is worth living.
Asher
Co-host
Bringing research, skepticism, and a willingness to test ideas in real life.
Latest episodes
Recent conversations
Our New Diet Plan Is Insane... And Our Blood Work Made Us Do It
In this episode of Learning To Live we're pulling back the curtain on our full blood work results and using them to build the most ambitious diet we've ever att...
The System Is Making You Sick (Controversial Book)
As guys trying to take control of our health, we realized we’ve been mostly guessing when it comes to what we eat and how it affects us. This episode, we react ...
We Learned The Science Behind Spirituality
As spiritual skeptics, we wanted to learn the science behind meditation. On this episode of Learning To Live, we examine how meditation structurally changes you...
What we explore
Topics
We're not experts — we're two curious people doing the reading, running the experiments, and reporting back honestly.
Mindset
Consciousness, surrender, and the untethered mind. Exploring Michael Singer and the science of meditation.
Focus
Deep work, attention, and reclaiming concentration in a distracted world.
Habits
Behavior design and building change that actually sticks, inspired by BJ Fogg's Tiny Habits.
Technology
The hidden costs of phone use and what the research says about our digital lives.
Nutrition
Food, energy, and metabolic health — starting with Casey Means and Function Health.
Neuroscience
How the brain shapes perception and reality. Exploring the divided mind.
Ongoing challenges
We don't just talk about it.
Every season we run real challenges on ourselves and track the results on air. No experts — just two regular people doing the work.
Listen now
Start your own experiment.
New episodes every week. Follow along as we read, experiment, and figure out what actually makes life better.
Have a topic suggestion or want to get in touch?
We're always looking for ideas, research, and feedback from listeners.
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