New Year's Advice, Hobbies, and Resolutions; Public Domain Day and Public Song Project Joe's Pub Preview

All Of It with Alison Stewart | Dec 31, 2024

As we start a new year, we look back at some of the best advice we've received and how it might encourage us in the new year. Social Q's advice columnist Philip Galanes is along for the ride, and we take your calls.

The New Year can be a good time to pick up a new hobby! We discuss the importance of hobbies, and how they can improve your life and your mental health, with author Gretchen Rubin, founder of The Happiness Project. Plus, we take your calls.

Dan Harris, host of the self-improvement podcast 10% Happier, shares his thoughts on New Year's Resolutions, including what kinds of resolutions are designed for success, and strategies for staying motivated to stick to them. Listeners call in to share their resolutions.

A new year means a new trove of public domain material. Jennifer Jenkins, director of the Center for the Study of the Public Domain at Duke University, returns to talk about some of the new works entering this year. Plus, producer Simon Close joins for an update on the 2025 Public Song Project and next week's event at Joe's Pub!

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