Everything Happens with Kate Bowler

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Everything Happens Studios Visit website › Society & Culture · EN · 303 episodes · latest 2026-11-10

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Are you living your best life now? Not always? This is a podcast for you. Duke Professor Kate Bowler is an expert in the stories we tell about success and failure, suffering and happiness. She had Stage IV cancer. Then she didn’t. And since then, all she wants to do is talk to funny and wise people about how to live with the knowledge that, well, everything happens. Find her online at @katecbowler. Sales and Distribution by Lemonada Media https://lemonadamedia.com/

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What Stoicism Gets Wrong with Warren Smith

2026-11-10 · 55 min

Stoicism promises a way to navigate an uncertain world through reason, virtue, and self-control. But what happens when life breaks our hearts? Kate Bowler sits down with her friend Dr. Warren Smith, professor of…
Motherhood Was Never Meant to Be a One-Person Job with Reshma Saujani

2026-11-03 · 29 min · Season 17, episode 9

Motherhood can feel like an impossible job because, in so many ways, we’ve made it one. In this conversation, I sit down with the brilliant Reshma Saujani—founder of Girls Who Code and Moms First and creator of the new…
How to Disagree Without Hating Each Other with Tim Shriver

2026-10-27 · 53 min

We all believe people deserve dignity. Until someone says something outrageous at Thanksgiving dinner. Or posts something truly unhinged on Facebook. Or votes differently than we do. So how do we hold on to our…
You Might Be Wrong with Bill Haslam

2026-10-20 · 44 min · Season 17, episode 7

We live in a world that rewards certainty, outrage, and being absolutely convinced that the other side is wrong. But what if faithfulness looks a little less like winning an argument and a little more like admitting we…
Is There Really a Religious Revival? with Sociologist Mark Chaves

2026-10-13 · 41 min · Season 17, episode 6

Is religion in America disappearing—or are we secretly in the middle of a revival? Sociologist Mark Chaves has spent decades studying what Americans actually believe and how our religious lives are changing. He joins…
Losing Religion with Diana Butler Bass

2026-10-06 · 48 min · Season 17, episode 5

Something strange has happened to American religion. More people are checking “none” when asked about religious affiliation—but that doesn’t necessarily mean they’ve stopped believing in God, looking for meaning, or…
You’re Going to Need Some Friends with Andrew O’Hagan

2026-09-29 · 49 min · Season 17, episode 4

Who are the people who have made you who you are? Kate sits down with novelist Andrew O’Hagan for a funny and tender conversation about friendship: the childhood friends we swear we’ll love forever, the unexpected…
Joy, Come Find Me with Jennifer Garner

2026-09-22 · 55 min · Season 17, episode 3

Jennifer Garner joins Kate Bowler for a conversation about happiness, joy, and the particular ache that shows up somewhere around midlife when the disappointments start to outnumber the wins, and you’re still not who…
Aging is a Privilege with Dr. Mary Claire Haver

2026-09-15 · 47 min · Season 17, episode 2

Aging is a privilege — but perimenopause and menopause can still blindside you. Kate Bowler sits down with Dr. Mary Claire Haver, board-certified OB-GYN and bestselling author of The New Menopause and The New…
How to Break Generational Cycles in Motherhood with Libby Ward

2026-09-08 · 50 min · Season 17, episode 1

What if becoming the parent you want to be requires unlearning some of what you were taught? Author and creator Libby Ward joins Kate to talk about breaking generational cycles, people-pleasing, parental burnout, and…

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Owner: Kate Bowler
Oldest episode in feed: 01/2018 · over 8 years
Typical length: 41 min
Format: Episodic Newest first, episodes stand alone

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