{"podcast":{"title":"Why Are You More Successful Than Me? with Richard Bacon","slug":"why-are-you-more-successful-than-me-with-richard-bacon-7827101","podcast_index_feed_id":7827101,"rss_url":"https://feeds.megaphone.fm/waymstm","website_url":null,"image_url":"https://megaphone.imgix.net/podcasts/8fda44d0-3751-11f1-9af9-9fe4064776c0/image/732a5e252b04e3d95393bdd792ba5455.png?ixlib=rails-4.3.1&max-w=3000&max-h=3000&fit=crop&auto=format,compress","author":"Yes Yes Media","episode_count":16,"summary":"Richard Bacon returns to his broadcasting roots with a new ongoing interview series asking successful people the question that keeps him up at night: Why Are You More Successful Than Me? Richard meets people he believes are more successful than him to ask them why. Don’t be thinking Richard isn’t successful. He is. He’s doing absolutely fine. But this series isn’t about Richard’s insecurity. It’s about curiosity, ambition and what really drives people who operate at the top of their fields. You can follow us on Instagram: @yesyesmediatv @whyareyoumoresuccessfulthanme You can follow us on TikTok: WhyAreYouMoreSuccessfulThanMe - Full episodes are available to watch on Spotify & YouTube https://www.youtube.com/@WhyAreYouMoreSuccessfulThanMe - If you have any questions and comments you can email us at: moresuccessfulpod@yesyesmedia.com","last_synced_at":"2026-07-16T14:19:53.051897+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/why-are-you-more-successful-than-me-with-richard-bacon-7827101"},"episode":{"title":"Alain De Botton","slug":"alain-de-botton","published_at":"2026-07-02T05:01:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/why-are-you-more-successful-than-me-with-richard-bacon-7827101/alain-de-botton","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/why-are-you-more-successful-than-me-with-richard-bacon-7827101","url":"https://traffic.megaphone.fm/NSR4155009428.mp3","audio_url":"https://traffic.megaphone.fm/NSR4155009428.mp3","summary":"Why is Alain De Botton More Successful Than Richard? On this week's episode, globally-acclaimed author and philosopher Alain de Botton talks to Richard about how success is driven by unhappiness, how the happiest people are the ones we have never heard of, why we always believe the times we’re living in are the worst, the meaning of philosophy, and meeting each other for the first time in a North London newsagent. You can follow us on Instagram: @yesyesmediatv @whyareyoumoresuccessfulthanme You can follow us on TikTok: WhyAreYouMoreSuccessfulThanMe - Full episodes are available to watch on Spotify & YouTube ⁠https://www.youtube.com/@WhyAreYouMoreSuccessfulThanMe⁠ - If you have any questions and comments you can email us at: ⁠moresuccessfulpod@yesyesmedia.com⁠ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices","meta_description":"Why is Alain De Botton More Successful Than Richard? On this week's episode, globally-acclaimed author and philosopher Alain de Botton talks to Richard ab…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":4222,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/why-are-you-more-successful-than-me-with-richard-bacon-7827101/episodes/alain-de-botton/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/why-are-you-more-successful-than-me-with-richard-bacon-7827101/alain-de-botton.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}