Alan Cumming | Making Peace & Claiming Joy

Angela Duckworth on why grit is only half the story. Acclaimed researcher Professor Angela Duckworth returns to unpack a bigger idea behind grit: your environment matters as much, if not more, than your mindset. Jonathan and Angela Duckworth explore how situation, peers, mentors, ...  Show more

Most of us think good decisions happen in the moment. Shane Parrish says they’re already decided before you sit down. And most of them end up being bad, because you waited too long to make them good.Shane Parrish spent years inside Canadian intelligence, making real-time decision ...  Show more

Alan Cumming's wide-ranging career on stage includes playing Hamlet, starring opposite Daniel Radcliffe in Samuel Beckett’s Endgame and – perhaps most notably - taking the role of the Emcee in the musical Cabaret in London and New York to great acclaim: his 1998 Broadway performa ...  Show more

In this deeply personal episode, Monica chats with actor and Traitors presenter Alan Cumming, who shares his story of surviving an abusive childhood with a father obsessed with his hair and the lasting impact it left on him. He reflects on the power of speaking openly about his t ...  Show more

Alan Cumming (Spy Kids, Golden Eye) and Justin discuss Alan’s relationship with Tonka the chimp, the nuances that surround his Scottish identity, and Alan shares a story about his first encounter with acclaimed director, Stanley Kubrick.Alan’s new book, Baggage, is available ever ...  Show more

Creator, entrepreneur, and YouTube star Alan Chikin Chow sits in with Maria and the Heal Squad to discuss his transformation from first gen bullied high school student to college party boy to enlightenment, focus and success. Alan and Maria discuss how their immigrant parents aff ...  Show more