Archive - Peak Notions with Laura Kennedy

The Unbearable Lightness of Being Irish

The Irish are having a cultural moment. Unfortunately, we can't let ourselves have nice things.

Jul 17 •

The Unbearable Lightness of Being Irish

The Irish are having a cultural moment. Unfortunately, we can't let ourselves have nice things.

Jul 17 •

17:02

The Hunger Switch

On the drug that quiets food noise and destroys the moral story we’ve told about appetite and control

Jul 10 •

The Hunger Switch

On the drug that quiets food noise and destroys the moral story we’ve told about appetite and control

Jul 10 •

16:20

What's the Point Of All This Again?

The Death of Meaning, Then and Now. Sign Up for Session Nine of The Peak Notions Book Club. We're discussing Albert Camus' The Stranger and absurdism

Jul 2 •

31:13

What's the Point of All This Again?

The Death of Meaning, Then and Now. Sign Up for Session Nine of The Peak Notions Book Club. We're discussing Albert Camus' The Stranger and absurdism

Jul 2 •

June 2025

You Can't Slow Down. Ever.

We're all failing the marshmallow test

Jun 25 •

22:02

You Can't Slow Down. Ever.

We're all failing the marshmallow test

Jun 25 •

Audio Reading: Jordan Peterson: Philosophically Unorthodox, Psychologically Heterodox, Fundamentally Uncontroversial

Along with an intro chat, some context to my sit-down interview with Peterson, and some thoughts about the Culture War then and now

Jun 16 •

41:41

Jordan Peterson: Philosophically Unorthodox, Psychologically Heterodox, Fundamentally Uncontroversial

Back when I took a deep dive into what Peterson actually thinks to understand all the controversy...

Jun 13 •

Peak Notions Book Club

The Let Them Theory: Self-help as a gauge of what we are feeling inadequate about, whether a universalised theory is any help to anyone, and what 'low…

Jun 6 •

12:46

Peak Notions Book Club

The Let Them Theory: Self-help as a gauge of what we are feeling inadequate about, whether a universalised theory is any help to anyone, and what 'low…

Jun 6 •

1:04:46

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