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Hosted by Steve Burns · society · EN-US
There are a thousand podcasts you can listen to. This one listens back.Alive with Steve Burns continues the conversation you began all those years ago. Back then it was letters and numbers and graham crackers. Now it’s death, sex, taxes, and all the big, messy questions of being alive. Why does money stress us out? Is the American dream dead? What’s the future of truth?Each week, a new guest drops by Steve’s window for a genuine and respectful dialogue between two people just trying to figure it out, together.Funny, tender, and just a little weird, this show invites you to sit down and think with Steve once again and wonder… what it really means to be Alive.Alive with Steve Burns premieres September 17. New episodes every Wednesday wherever you get podcasts, and full video at www.youtube.com/@AlivewithSteveBurns
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Alive with Steve Burns is hosted by Steve Burns. The show has published 34 episodes to date.
Recent episodes include "What's the Deal With Sports? | Introducing So U Think U Can Sports? with Eliot Glazer" (27 October 2026, 8 minutes), "Are You Getting Grief All Wrong? with Megan Devine" (22 April 2026, 60 minutes), and "Can Money Buy Happiness? with Blake Mycoskie" (15 April 2026, 53 minutes).
Alive with Steve Burns publishes roughly weekly, with episodes averaging 49 minutes across 34 episodes.
Booking probability for Alive with Steve Burns is 31%, and the host is rated Selective on guests. Alive with Steve Burns requires a Pod Score of 80 or higher. Alive with Steve Burns's contact route on record: verified email.
Steve Burns hosts Alive with Steve Burns, a society podcast with 34 episodes published.
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Alive with Steve Burns
Today, we're sharing a peek at a new show from Lemonada Media, So U Think You Can Sports? with Eliot Glazer. If there’s one thing comedian Eliot Glazer knows, it isn’t sports! And that makes for gloriously chaotic...
Alive with Steve Burns
What if grief isn’t something to fix but something to understand? In this episode, psychotherapist Megan Devine breaks down the truth about loss, why we’re so uncomfortable with it, and how our culture gets grief...
Alive with Steve Burns
Blake Mycoskie opens up about building TOMS Shoes, chasing success, and still feeling empty. He unpacks the hidden cost of validation, the crash that followed, and how he’s redefining purpose, connection, and what it...
Alive with Steve Burns
Steve sits down with media psychology expert Rebecca Tukachinsky Forster to break down parasocial relationships, the one-sided connections we form with TV hosts, creators, and public figures. From childhood TV to social...
Alive with Steve Burns
Megan helps Steve approach the anxieties, fantasies, and obsessions we bring to our relationship with money. Dr. Megan McCoy is an Assistant Professor at Kansas State University’s Department of Personal Financial...
Alive with Steve Burns
Adam Savage sits down with Steve to discuss the future of facts, the scientific method, busting myths, and he gives us a peek inside his legendary workshop. Adam Savage is a veteran special-effects artist and maker...
Alive with Steve Burns
Is depression actually increasing or are we misunderstanding what it really is? Steve Burns sits down with psychiatrist and bestselling author Dr. Jessi Gold to unpack why depression is often confused with everyday...
Alive with Steve Burns
Nearly 30% of households in the United States are now single-person homes. In this episode, Steve Burns talks with NYU sociologist Eric Klinenberg about why more people are living alone than ever before - and what that...
Alive with Steve Burns
Angela Santomero and Traci Paige Johnson, the creative forces behind Blue’s Clues, join Steve Burns for a 30-year reunion that goes far beyond nostalgia. They go deep behind the scenes to share never before heard...
Alive with Steve Burns
Malala Yousafzai joins Steve Burns for an intimate, wide-ranging conversation about surviving the Taliban, winning the Nobel Peace Prize at 17, and growing up under a global spotlight as “the bravest girl in the world.”...
Alive with Steve Burns
The legendary Bill Nye joins Steve Burns for an honest, fun, and - occasionally unsettling - conversation about one deceptively simple question: how do people decide what’s true? Nye breaks down why intellectual...
Alive with Steve Burns
*** DON’T FORGET TO SUBSCRIBE AND BECOME A PART OF THE ALIVE FAMILY*** In this episode of Alive with Steve Burns, Steve sits down with journalist and firearms expert Stephen Gutowski for a calm, clear-eyed conversation...
Alive with Steve Burns
[Original air date: September 17, 2025] Steve and Jamie discuss what it means to be real and be human in a world of manufactured authenticity.Jamie Lee Curtis is an actress, producer, and children’s author. She has won...
Alive with Steve Burns
In this episode, Steven talks with death doula Alua Arthur about how to prepare for the end of life before it becomes an emergency, and why doing so is one of the most generous things you can do for the people you love...
Alive with Steve Burns
** DON’T FORGET TO SUBSCRIBE NOW** What does masculinity actually mean in a world where the old rules no longer seem to apply? Social scientist Richard Reeves joins the show for a clear-eyed, data-driven conversation...
Alive with Steve Burns
Why are we so easily persuaded by charisma? In this episode, historian and writer Molly Worthen talks about the strange, magnetic force we call charisma and why it’s having such a moment right now. Why aren’t facts more...
Alive with Steve Burns
What does happiness mean and why do negative emotions matter more than we think? In this thoughtful conversation, Gretchen Rubin, bestselling author of The Happiness Project and host of the Happier podcast, joins Steven...
Alive with Steve Burns
Steve was a recently guest on the podcast Origin Stories and we wanted to share the episode with you. Origin Stories is the ultimate podcast for anyone curious about the workings of the creative mind. Each week...
Alive with Steve Burns
This week, we’re taking a deep breath for the holidays, so we’re sharing an episode of Hasan Minhaj Doesn’t Know. Hasan sits down with documentary legend Ken Burns for a conversation that feels a bit like American...
Alive with Steve Burns
Daryl shares his incredible experience of engaging right-wing extremists with Steve—and how he convinced many of them to open their worldview. Dr. Daryl Davis is a blues musician, author, and activist. Daryl received...
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