{"podcast":{"title":"Happier with Gretchen Rubin","slug":"happier-with-gretchen-rubin-392423","podcast_index_feed_id":392423,"rss_url":"https://feeds.megaphone.fm/LEME9795629446","website_url":"http://www.gretchenrubin.com/","image_url":"https://megaphone.imgix.net/podcasts/11090902-34f4-11f1-9856-0fdbaed12bcd/image/1495097cdf12014a8e117d03e8495d1d.jpg?ixlib=rails-4.3.1&max-w=3000&max-h=3000&fit=crop&auto=format,compress","author":"Lemonada Media","episode_count":1342,"summary":"Gretchen Rubin is HAPPIER, and she wants you to be happier too. The #1 bestselling author of The Happiness Project and Better Than Before gets more personal than ever as she brings her practical, manageable advice about happiness and good habits to this lively, thought-provoking podcast. Gretchen’s cohost and guinea pig is her younger sister, Elizabeth Craft, a TV writer and producer living in Los Angeles, who (lovingly) refers to Gretchen as her happiness bully. Sales and Distribution by Lemonada Media https://lemonadamedia.com/","last_synced_at":"2026-07-19T06:20:14.289296+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/happier-with-gretchen-rubin-392423"},"episode":{"title":"More Happier: Are People Socializing More? Plus, Things That Have Achieved Perfection","slug":"more-happier-are-people-socializing-more-plus-things-that-have-achieved-perfection","published_at":"2026-06-13T07:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/happier-with-gretchen-rubin-392423/more-happier-are-people-socializing-more-plus-things-that-have-achieved-perfection","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/happier-with-gretchen-rubin-392423","url":"https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/pdst.fm/e/claritaspod.com/measure/pscrb.fm/rss/p/mgln.ai/e/491/traffic.megaphone.fm/LEME9413590336.mp3","audio_url":"https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/pdst.fm/e/claritaspod.com/measure/pscrb.fm/rss/p/mgln.ai/e/491/traffic.megaphone.fm/LEME9413590336.mp3","summary":"We explore familiar objects that have achieved perfection—from blue jeans to the perfume bottle—and which ones resonate with us most. We also explore whether people are socializing more since Covid, or if it's just to Elizabeth. Resources & Links Related to this episode: Check out my free newsletter, “5 Things Making Me Happy” Secrets of Adulthood by Gretchen Rubin (Amazon, Bookshop) Everybody's Autobiography by Gertrude Stein (Amazon, Bookshop) Get in touch: podcast@gretchenrubin.com. Visit Gretchen's website to learn more about Gretchen's best-selling books, products from The Happiness Project Collection, and the Happier app. Find the transcript for this episode on the episode details page in the Apple Podcasts app. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices","meta_description":"We explore familiar objects that have achieved perfection—from blue jeans to the perfume bottle—and which ones resonate with us most. We also explore whet…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2046,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/happier-with-gretchen-rubin-392423/episodes/more-happier-are-people-socializing-more-plus-things-that-have-achieved-perfection/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/happier-with-gretchen-rubin-392423/more-happier-are-people-socializing-more-plus-things-that-have-achieved-perfection.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}