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Are you ready to start living your best life today? Welcome to the Living Fully Podcast! Each week, join Mallory Ervin, wife, mom and entrepreneur, as she encourages you toward a life of joy and fulfillment. She’ll be chatting with inspirational trailblazers like Jamie Kern Lima, who built a business from the ground up, and eventually sold it for $1 Billion dollars to Loreal. And legacy-leaving motivators that are close to heart, like her dad who has summited the 8 largest mountains around t ...
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The HBS hosts ask Devin Shaw whether and how to punch Nazis. [NOTE: This is a REPLAY episode, first aired on Jun2, 2023. The HBS hosts will be back with new episodes for Season 11 starting on September 13, 2024!] Since at least the 2016 election the word fascism has emerged from the historical archive to contemporary political debates. This questio…
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Today is a very special surprise episode of The Living Fully Podcast… I’M PREGNANT! What a joy it is to finally announce that we are welcoming our fourth baby(another rainbow baby) into our family in February! You guys know this journey has been filled with moments of fear and hope and highs and lows. After recently enduring our fifth miscarriage a…
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Welcome to the desert of the real. Hotel Bar Sessions podcast is predicated on the idea that the three of us meet up at bar, order-up some drinks, and then settle in to talk philosophy. But—spoiler alert—none of that is true. There is no bar, sadly there are not drinks, and the conversation takes place through the instrumentality of digital technol…
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Does voting matter? Voting is often heralded as the cornerstone of democracy, a fundamental right that empowers citizens to influence the direction of their government and society. Proponents argue that every vote counts, that it is through the collective decisions of the electorate that leaders are held accountable, policies are shaped, and societ…
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This week on The Living Fully Podcast, Mallory sits down with, Demi-Leigh Tebow. Demi is a former Miss Universe, speaker, and author who inspires others with her journey through beauty pageants, faith, and the power of embracing life's interruptions. Demi has been a beacon of grace and strength, showing how true confidence comes from a deep sense o…
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What happens when AI overtakes the role of human journalists? The HBS hosts are joined this week by Dr. Andrea Guzman, one of the leading experts in human-machine communication studies, to chat about the changing landscape of journalism in the age of artificial intelligence, where AI is not just a tool, but an active participant in content creation…
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This week on The Living Fully Podcast, Mallory sits down with her parents, Gary and Lisa Ervin. They dive into the heart of their marriage, sharing both the best and hardest parts, while imparting valuable wisdom from their many years together. Growing up in a small town in Kentucky, Gary and Lisa provide a unique perspective on love, family, faith…
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Can queer theory overcome its ties to sexuality? Toward the end of the 20th Century, French Philosopher Michel Foucault called into question the ways in which a variety of practices, relations, institutions, and discourses came to be organized under the concept of "sexuality." The construction of sexuality as a thing, as a category, as a concept th…
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It’s not everyday Mallory gets to have a best friend on the podcast! This week, Mallory is joined by her very good friend, Shawn Johnson. Shawn is an Olympic gold medalist and a beacon of inspiration, reflecting on her journey from the Olympic stage to the many phases of her life today. They first met when Shawn was a judge during the Miss America …
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The HBS hosts dig into the crisis of academic peer review. Peer review, touted as the gold standard for ensuring research quality, has come under increasing scrutiny. Decades of studies have revealed surprising inconsistencies: from papers initially hailed as groundbreaking being rejected upon resubmission, to the current “retraction crisis,” to co…
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This week on The Living Fully Podcast, Mallory sits down with her good friend, Amy Migdalia. Amy is a Nutritional Therapy Practitioner (NTP) and looks to help others restore their health and bodily functions to live a life full of vitality. Amy knows all things healing and living your best life through the power of nutrition. For years, Amy has bee…
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Ideology is said in many ways. Which one is emancipatory? This week, we are joined by Dr. William Clare Roberts, Associate Professor of Political Science at McGill University, to discuss his recent essay "Ideology and Self-Emancipation: Voluntary Servitude, False Consciousness, and the Career of Critical Theory." This is the second part in our "Ide…
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This week on The Living Fully Podcast Mallory sits down with her good friend, Herb Lang… or better known as, Flight Time! Herb is hands down one of the most positive, upbeat and joyful people in the world. He spent 18 years as a Harlem Globetrotter, competed on three seasons of The Amazing Race (two of which were with Mallory and her dad, Gary), an…
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The ocean and space and "Ode to Joy" are sublime, of course... but what about an excellent lentil soup? In a confusing twist of etymology, where one would expect "sub" to mean "below," in the word "sublime" it indicates something above or even beyond. We use it as a superlative, but a superlative of what? Edmund Burke argues that the experience of …
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This week on The Living Fully Podcast, Mallory is joined by one of her favorite entrepreneurs, businesswoman, and just people, in general, and that is the ultra inspirational, Jamie Kern Lima. Jamie is a self-made entrepreneur, champion of women, philanthropist, keynote speaker and Co-founder of IT Cosmetics (a billion-dollar company she started in…
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What motivates people to live off-grid in the 21st C? And how hard is it to survive out there? This week, the HBS hosts are joined by journalist and co-host of the Our Uncertain Future podcast Eric Mack, who decided in 2020 to move his family "off-grid." Currently residing in a 100% water- and energy-independent compound in the New Mexico desert, E…
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What, if anything, is the difference between having ideological commitments and belonging to a "cult"? This week's episode is a "deep dive" into the very deep waters of ideology and ideological commitments. A couple of important notes for listeners: first, this episode was recorded the day before William Clare-Roberts' excellent essay "Ideology and…
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This week on The Living Fully Podcast, Mallory sits down with her friend, Mary Lawless Lee. Mary is the founder and face of her fashion blog, Happily Grey, as well as the founder of, Nēmah, a sustainable, vegan, skincare collection created for mothers and their families. What started as passion projects for Mary quickly grew into well-respected and…
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The HBS hosts wonder whether ChatGPT is the least of our worries. Generative Ai is a still new and emergent technology capable of producing not only text that could be mistaken as human-generated, but also images, video, music, and "voice." For all of the amazing opportunities opened up by generative AI, however, it does not come without its own ri…
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Last week, Mallory answered your questions all about her recovery journey and unlocking joy beyond it. This week on The Living Fully Podcast, Mallory wanted to reflect on the top 10 things she has learned in 10 years of sobriety. Recovery gave her a life she never would have unlocked had she not gone through what she went through and she wants this…
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The HBS hosts are not here to make friends. They’re here to WIN. We all have our low-brow guilty pleasures and, for millions of Americans, one of those is reality TV. Only a few months ago, amidst a war raging in the Ukraine, a new regent being crowned in the U.K., and reproductive rights being stripped from women here in the U.S., the whole of the…
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This week on The Living Fully Podcast, Mallory sits down and answers your questions reflecting on her time in recovery. Now over ten years sober and addiction-free, Mallory is living her most vibrant and full life, filled with more joy than she could have ever imagined. In this heartfelt and candid Q&A episode, Mallory delves into various aspects o…
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The HBS hosts discuss how friendships are forged, maintained, and sometimes broken. In The Politics of Friendship, Jacques Derrida invokes a statement originally attributed to Aristotle: “My Friends, there are no friends," capturing something that seems to be fundamental about friendship. Friendship is essential to human thriving, but also difficul…
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This week on The Living Fully Podcast, Mallory sits down with Jennie Allen. Jennie is the founder and visionary of IF:Gathering as well as the New York Times bestselling author of Find Your People, Get Out of Your Head, Made for This, Anything, and Nothing to Prove. A frequent speaker at national events and conferences, Jennie is a passionate leade…
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What is a person? What is a thing? And what difference does that difference make? Although we tend to use the terms "person" and "human being" interchangeably, it hasn't always been the case that all human beings were considered (moral or legal) persons, nor is the case today that all persons are human beings. Here in the United States, corporation…
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In this very special episode, Mallory and her dad, Gary, dive deep into the remarkable life of Papa Bud, a man who faced immense adversity but radiated joy and kindness throughout his life. Despite his challenging upbringing, Papa Bud's dedication to his family and his entrepreneurial spirit inspired countless people throughout his life. Join us as…
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What's so special about originality? Today, originality is being challenged in so many ways: comedians “stealing” jokes, cultural appropriation, remixes, not to mention the myriad ways that generative artificial intelligence has made plagiarism of all kinds possible. We value originality over imitation, creativity over copying, and novelty over the…
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Michael Norton explains why “Joe Versus the Volcano” is the perfect existentialist film. Continuing our tradition of going to the movies for the first episode of teach new season, we watch the 1990 film Joe vs. The Volcano with Michael Norton from the University of Arkansas, Little Rock. Michael has an argument that the movie is the perfect existen…
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Welcome back to an intimate and heartfelt episode with Mallory, where she opens up about life, marriage, fashion, motherhood and more. Addressing questions directly from her listeners, Mallory’s authentic and candid responses provide an upfront and personal window into her world, offering valuable wisdom and practical advice for navigating various …
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The HBS hosts cross-examine the courts. Former President Trump is currently dividing his time between the campaign trail and the courtroom. Some Americans are outraged by what they view to be targeted prosecutions by biased and overzealous District Attorneys, while others view the same events as a lifelong con man getting his just deserts. Fascinat…
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Talking with the remarkable Marie Forleo was a dream come true! She inspires me daily to revisit how I spend my time since taking her course Time Genius a few years ago and I have never looked back! Marie is a renowned life coach and New York Times Bestselling author who shares her wealth of knowledge and practical strategies to inspire you to unlo…
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For this "mini-bar" episode, HBS introduces our newest addition to the co-host gang, Dr. David Gunkel! David Gunkel is an award-winning author, educator and researcher, specializing in the philosophy of technology, with a focus on the moral and legal challenges of artificial intelligence and robots. He is the author of a number of important texts o…
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Are you ready for the ultimate adventure? This episode tackles the peak of human achievement! We're joined by my dad, the one and only, Gary Ervin, as he recounts his awe-inspiring conquest of the Seven Summits. Only about 500 people in the world have completed such a quest and his retelling of the story is just as unique as he is. It's a story tha…
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The HBS hosts chat with Caleb Cain about his experience being radicalized by the Alt-Right internet. [While the HBS hosts are on break between Seasons, we're releasing REPLAYs of some of our favorite episodes from the past. This episode is from Season 5 and originally aired on August 22, 2022.] In June 2019, the New York Times featured a story abou…
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From Instagram DMs to in-real-life friends, today’s pair is one for the books. Mallory is chatting with wife, mother, influencer, and co-founder of the elevated basics brand, nuuds, for a hilarious and touching conversation. With over 2 million followers on instagram, Daryl Ann holds *nothing* back - including pregnancy test results live from the t…
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