{"podcast":{"title":"Hack Your Happiness","slug":"hack-your-happiness-6611844","podcast_index_feed_id":6611844,"rss_url":"https://anchor.fm/s/e539c4d0/podcast/rss","website_url":"https://smallbitsofhappiness.com/","image_url":"https://d3t3ozftmdmh3i.cloudfront.net/staging/podcast_uploaded_nologo/38357684/38357684-1764116674326-c71f8697bf5b5.jpg","author":"Small Bits of Happiness","episode_count":134,"summary":"Hosted by Mercedes and Anastasia Korngut, co-founders of Small Bits of Happiness. The duo interviews celebrities, Olympians and more iconic individuals. Together, they share what brings them happiness + life hacks. Hack Your Happiness is about making happiness—and life in general—practical, personal, and achievable, through simple hacks built from small habits and shifts. Don't miss an episode! Follow on Instagram for updates + daily happiness: https://www.instagram.com/small.bits.of.happiness/ Join our Happiness Family: https://smallbitsofhappiness.com/newsletter-sign-up/","last_synced_at":"2026-06-18T16:18:53.869636+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/hack-your-happiness-6611844"},"episode":{"title":"Were People ACTUALLY Happier Back Then?! | Professor Michael Scott","slug":"were-people-actually-happier-back-then-professor-michael-scott","published_at":"2026-02-12T08:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/hack-your-happiness-6611844/were-people-actually-happier-back-then-professor-michael-scott","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/hack-your-happiness-6611844","url":"https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/small-bits-of-happiness/episodes/Were-People-ACTUALLY-Happier-Back-Then----Professor-Michael-Scott-e3e1oif","audio_url":"https://anchor.fm/s/e539c4d0/podcast/play/114401295/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-0-22%2Fa574b7c2-ac14-4dc9-3de6-9bbbcd9cd4c6.mp3","summary":"We’re hitting rewind on history and stepping into the ancient world. Michael Scott is a professor of Classics at the University of Warwick, a bestselling author, and the historian behind hit documentary series like Invisible Cities . Mercedes and Anastasia join Michael for a journey back in time to ancient Greece and Rome, uncovering the hidden layers beneath modern cities and the timeless questions that have shaped humanity for thousands of years. Along the way, Michael shares the ancient wisdom and practices that can boost our happiness - and modern habits that are preventing us from living our best lives. This episode isn’t just about history- it’s about perspective. It’s time travel without a machine; learning from lives lived long before ours and realizing that feeling unsure about your next step is part of the human experience. After this episode, you’ll know: – Why the biggest myth about the past is that it’s “over.” – How people 2,500 years ago dealt with uncertainty, purpose, and happiness. – Were people in the past happier than us? – Ancient life hacks that we can utilize today! – A simple way to bring the joy of discovery into your everyday life. Whether you’re questioning your future, feeling overwhelmed by decisions, or just curious about how people lived & thought before us, this episode will make you feel less alone in your questions and more excited about exploring what’s next. Explore our website⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠Shop the Manta Sleep Mask⁠⁠ Check out Michael's Website + buy his new book (US)! Buy Michael's new book (UK) Follow Michael on Instagram Ready to Hack Your Happiness some more? Listen to our interview with creator of Everybody Loves Raymond and star of Somebody Feed Phil, Phil Rosenthal. In this episode, Phil shares his learnings from traveling th…","meta_description":"We’re hitting rewind on history and stepping into the ancient world. Michael Scott is a professor of Classics at the University of Warwick, a bestselling…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3223,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/hack-your-happiness-6611844/episodes/were-people-actually-happier-back-then-professor-michael-scott/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/hack-your-happiness-6611844/were-people-actually-happier-back-then-professor-michael-scott.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}