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24 alternatives to This American Life - My Damn Mind

The brain can betray you or benefit you. Act I w/ the NYT

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. This American Life - My Damn Mind launched in 2016; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

1
Hidden Brain: Ep. 41: Defeated: Losing Hurts (In Surprising Ways)▲55
A conversation about life's unseen patterns
2016 · its alternatives →
2
Tim Ferriss Show - Challenging Reality w/ Eric Weinstein▲65
Quite possibly one of my favorite podcast episodes ever.
2016 · tim.blog · its alternatives →
3
Sit.▲101
Sit down and do nothing.
2023 · sit.sonnet.io · its alternatives →
4
This American Life - How to Win Friends and Influence People▲76
Stories of people climbing to be number one.
2016 · overcast.fm · its alternatives →
5
This American Life - 575: Poetry of Propaganda▲68
The subtle messages inside propaganda
2015 · thisamericanlife.org · its alternatives →
6
This American Life - Something Only I Can See▲77
This week: people trying to show others what they see
2016 · thisamericanlife.org · its alternatives →
7
Common sense with Dan Carlin - The war on bad thoughts▲64
Important perspectivesIn the wake of the last terror attack
2015 · its alternatives →
8
This American Life - #567: What's Going On In There?▲81
From the outside, we think we know exactly what’s going on.…
2015 · thisamericanlife.org · its alternatives →
9
Planet Money - Our Valentines▲56
Regret. Self-loathing. Jealousy. Happy V-Day!
2016 · its alternatives →
10
Dark Matter of the Mind▲67
The Culturally Articulated Unconscious
2017 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
11
Hello Tech Pros: Contemplating Suicide Taught Me This About Social Anxiety▲60
A 30+ year struggle with self-doubt and loneliness
2016 · gadgetsprimer.com · its alternatives →
12
Diurnal▲80
The fastest way to get a thought out of your head
Sep 2026 · diurnal.in · its alternatives →
13
Exvangelical Episode 4: On Mental Health: A Conversation w/ Nate Crawford▲55
Coming to terms w/ a messed up subculture.
2016 · soundcloud.com · its alternatives →
14
Once▲111
Life's worth remembering. Post once a day.
2014 · lucidalabs.com · its alternatives →
15
Release Notes - 124: Happiness is my default position▲70
Great conversation about personal motivation in this episode
2015 · releasenotes.tv · its alternatives →
16
This American Life - 562: The problem we all live with▲89
First of a two-part series rethinking and reinvent education
2015 · thisamericanlife.org · its alternatives →
17
Trust Me, I'm Lying: Confessions of a Media Manipulator▲83
The inside mechanics of how blogs & news are made.
2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
18
This American Life - 556: Same Bed, Different Dreams▲66
People that imagine radically different futures.
2016 · thisamericanlife.org · its alternatives →
19
Optimal Living Daily - Joshua Becker of BecomingMinimalist.com▲58
Reading you the best blogs so you don't have to!
2016 · optimallivingdaily.com · its alternatives →
20
Freakonomics - This Is Your Brain on Podcasts▲60
Scientific evidence that podcasts are good for your brain
2016 · freakonomics.com · its alternatives →
21
Deep Thoughts▲65
Irreverent observations about life
2016 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
22
The Tim Ferriss Show - How to Cage the Monkey Mind▲66
Tim talks about his career, books, podcasts, and stoicism
2016 · hwcdn.libsyn.com · its alternatives →
23
Hello Mind▲101
Think better. Feel stronger.
2016 · hellomind.com · its alternatives →
24
Fever Reader▲73
A Feed Reader with A Brain
2014 · its alternatives →

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