{"podcast":{"title":"Reasonably Happy with Paul Ollinger","slug":"reasonably-happy-with-paul-ollinger-635912","podcast_index_feed_id":635912,"rss_url":"https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/892156/s/356789.rss","website_url":"https://words.paulollinger.com/s/reasonably-happy-podcast","image_url":"https://substackcdn.com/feed/podcast/892156/s/356789/a16ca37324e805787f46b75cedb6bc74.jpg","author":"Paul Ollinger","episode_count":336,"summary":"Reasonably Happy is a podcast hosted by comedian and former tech executive Paul Ollinger who explores the intersection of money, meaning, and happiness through candid conversations with authors, thinkers, and creatives. With wit and depth, each episode offers insights into how we can lead more fulfilling lives—without chasing perfection.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-24T02:18:41.337879+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/reasonably-happy-with-paul-ollinger-635912"},"episode":{"title":"I Read My Essays to You","slug":"i-read-my-essays-to-you","published_at":"2026-06-03T09:31:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/reasonably-happy-with-paul-ollinger-635912/i-read-my-essays-to-you","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/reasonably-happy-with-paul-ollinger-635912","url":"https://words.paulollinger.com/p/i-read-my-essays-to-you","audio_url":"https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/200352640/300e00a201920f9bff09514fd81f3d38.mp3","summary":"✍️ Follow Paul Ollinger on Substack by clicking here ✍️ Hello friends, this week's Reasonably Happy is me reading some of my favorite posts from my Substack over the past six months. They cover the Manosphere, schadenfreude, career trajectories, and more. I understand that you don’t always have time to read everything I crank out—you’re on the move, working out, or re-arranging your sock drawer. And that’s okay. So today—as I do occasionally—I’m sending you this podcast version of me reading TO YOU. And now you don’t have any excuses to not enjoy my wonderful writing. You’re right - it’s quite generous of me, but I enjoy it. You can read all my stuff and catch some upcoming live streams here ! COME SEE ME PERFORM COMEDY NEAR YOU (in Atlanta, Chattanooga, NYC, L.A., SF, Southampton, Sarasota)... * June 4: Atlanta Athletic Club (members only) * June 19-20: Comedy Catch, Chattanooga ON SALE * June 25: Couples Therapy Comedy at West Side Comedy Club , NYC * July 21: The Venice West, Los Angeles - On Sale soon * July 23: Cobbs Comedy Club , San Francisco - ON SALE * Aug 1: Sticks and Stones Comedy Club , Southampton, NY - * Aug 8: Atlanta Country Club (members only) * Aug 13-16: Headlining McCurdy’s in Sarasota , FL - ON SALE * October 15: Capital City Country Club (members only) Get full access to Reasonably Happy at words.paulollinger.com/subscribe","meta_description":"✍️ Follow Paul Ollinger on Substack by clicking here ✍️ Hello friends, this week's Reasonably Happy is me reading some of my favorite posts from my Substa…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2159,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/reasonably-happy-with-paul-ollinger-635912/episodes/i-read-my-essays-to-you/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/reasonably-happy-with-paul-ollinger-635912/i-read-my-essays-to-you.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}