What’s the Meaning of Life? (Happiness)

In this episode of Where There’s Smoke, Brett might be getting a little too big for his britches. When he realized he was tackling the meaning of life four episodes in the show’s history, he thought, ‘Maybe that’s not a good idea.’

Best case scenario, he solves it, and then WTS is done after four episodes. (Honestly, where do you go from there?) Or, after having an incredible start, WTS falls flat on its face in episode four. So it’s a no-win situation really. Greatest episode ever, uncover the meaning of life, then POOF, done. Or falling flat and losing our listeners on the way down to the pavement.

But what’s the alternative? Lay up like David Simms? No way. Where There’s Smoke is the Roy McAvoy of podcasts.

This episode started when he saw a video that went semi-viral. A 6-year old, actually a “6 and three quarter” year old, asked astrophysicist and all-round cool dude, Neil deGrasse Tyson, this question: “What’s the meaning of life?”

And while that is a common question, it led Brett to another one: Why are we even asking that question?

So this episode starts with a question from a 6-and-3/4-year-old boy, veers through Monty Python, Douglas Adams, and Tony Robbins and ultimately lands in not a place, but a perspective.

And following that landing, we have a conversation about Happiness, with positive psychologist Laura Delizonna.