The Resonance Podcast · 400+ episodes

Why do some people calm you, and others drain you?

The science and soul of human connection. Thirty years of conversations with Nobel laureates, neuroscientists, wisdom keepers and elite performers, distilled into how you find your people, and keep them.

Rated five stars by 800+ listeners across platforms

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In conversation with

His Holiness the Dalai Lama
Laird Hamilton
Maria Sharapova
Steven Pressfield
Sri Sri Ravi Shankar

plus President Carter, Tony Gonzalez, Wim Hof, Terry Crews, Jim Kwik and hundreds more.

400+Episodes since 2019
800+Five-star ratings
Top 0.5%Podcasts globally
~10MMonthly reach on Facebook
100KInstagram community
40KEmail subscribers
15.5KSubstack readers

Featured conversations

Start here.

Five conversations that define the show: a monk, an athlete, a champion, a writer and a teacher, each on what it takes to stay human under pressure.

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His Holiness the Dalai Lama in conversation with Michael Trainer
Nobel Peace Laureate

His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama

[EPISODE TITLE] — On compassion as a practice, and why the warm heart is the foundation of every human connection.

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Big-wave pioneer

Laird Hamilton

[EPISODE TITLE] — Fear, flow and the discipline of meeting the biggest waves on earth.

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Five-time Grand Slam champion

Maria Sharapova

[EPISODE TITLE] — Mental toughness, reinvention, and what a champion does when the cheering stops.

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Author, The War of Art

Steven Pressfield

[EPISODE TITLE] — Resistance, the long road to the work, and the courage to do it anyway.

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Founder, Art of Living

Sri Sri Ravi Shankar

[EPISODE TITLE] — Breath, stillness, and a stress-free mind as the birthright of every person.

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Michael Trainer in the Resonance studio

Your host

Michael Trainer

Michael co-created Global Citizen, a movement that mobilized $40 billion in policy commitments and reached 2.25 billion lives. He has spent thirty years learning from Nobel laureates, neuroscientists and wisdom keepers, and he wrote what he learned into Resonance: The Art and Science of Human Connection.

Every week he brings one question to the mic: how do we find the people who make us more ourselves?

Get the book → About Michael → Weekly letter →

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Reach people who are rebuilding how they live, love and connect.

Our listeners come for depth: the nervous system, relationships, belonging, health and purpose. They act on what they hear. We take a small number of partners each season, and only brands we would recommend to a friend.

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