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PULLING THE THREAD
Oliver Buchannon
Elise Loehnen

I'm the author of the NYTimes bestseller On Our Best Behavior and the host of Pulling the Thread.

On Creativity & Career

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Why Do We Devalue Aesthetic Intelligence? (Chloe Redmond Warner)

Aug 20, 2026

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23 min read

Why Do We Devalue Aesthetic Intelligence? (Chloe Redmond Warner)

Listen now (44 mins) | "I think AQ is what makes life worth living, and it is how your senses interact with the world and how I'm folding music and food and anything tactile, anything that has to do with the senses under the AQ umbrella. And yeah, I wish that institutions were more willing to consider elevating it, but for certain reasons, I think it has been ignored."

Elise Loehnen
Elise Loehnen

On Creativity & Career

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The Secret Ingredient to Be More Creative (David Epstein)

Aug 13, 2026

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34 min read

The Secret Ingredient to Be More Creative (David Epstein)

Listen now (58 mins) | "I think a good career is made from toggling between these two modes, what's called in some of the psychological literature, explore and exploit..."

Elise Loehnen
Elise Loehnen

Episodes on Civics & Social Justice

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Is "Churn" Ruining Our Relationships? (Claude Steele, PhD)

Aug 6, 2026

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30 min read

Is "Churn" Ruining Our Relationships? (Claude Steele, PhD)

Listen now (55 mins) |"It sort of stiffens us up and this preoccupation interferes with our ability to perform in the immediate situation or function in the immediate situation. But it also affects these big choices in our lives like what's going to be my college major?"

Elise Loehnen
Elise Loehnen

Solo Episodes

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Do You Need to Put Yourself in Order? (Monthly Solo)

Jul 30, 2026

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26 min read

Do You Need to Put Yourself in Order? (Monthly Solo)

Listen now (50 mins)

Elise Loehnen
Elise Loehnen
My Double Mastectomy Resources

Jul 29, 2026

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5 min read

My Double Mastectomy Resources

A few items—and healers—I found clutch for my recovery.

Elise Loehnen
Elise Loehnen

Healers

My Favorite Healers

Jul 8, 2026

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10 min read

My Favorite Healers

My go-to list of intuitives, astrologers, forensic mediums, energy healers, and body workers. Check back, I update this frequently.

Elise Loehnen
Elise Loehnen

Solo Episodes

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A Life Update (Monthly Solo)

Jul 2, 2026

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31 min read

A Life Update (Monthly Solo)

Listen now (54 mins) |

Elise Loehnen
Elise Loehnen

On Relationships

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Getting Out of the Unconscious Loyalty Trap (Mark Wolynn)

Jun 25, 2026

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32 min read

Getting Out of the Unconscious Loyalty Trap (Mark Wolynn)

Listen now (64 mins) | "Well, the first thing that's going on is we're creating new neural pathways in our brain of a new experience and really a new way our brain is performing."

Elise Loehnen
Elise Loehnen

On Creativity & Career

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Reckoning with the End of a Relationship (Belle Burden)

Jun 18, 2026

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28 min read

Reckoning with the End of a Relationship (Belle Burden)

Listen now (60 mins) | "And I thought, how am I going to stop what is now really a pattern? Three generations, this is a pattern. And how do I stop this for my kids?"

Elise Loehnen
Elise Loehnen

On Relationships

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What's Behind Lasting Attraction? (Paul Eastwick, PhD)

Jun 11, 2026

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34 min read

What's Behind Lasting Attraction? (Paul Eastwick, PhD)

Listen now (64 mins) | "Off the rails is a good description of the thing because if you look at the history of work in evolutionary psychology, there is precision about where..."

Elise Loehnen
Elise Loehnen

Pulling the Thread Podcast

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Why Women Need Fairytales Now (Sharon Blackie, PhD)

Jun 4, 2026

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32 min read

Why Women Need Fairytales Now (Sharon Blackie, PhD)

Listen now (64 mins) | "And I have found certainly as I kind of look back at my own life that fairytales in lots of ways have mapped it. The particular stories and images..."

Elise Loehnen
Elise Loehnen

Pulling the Thread Podcast

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What Dark Retreat Offers (Andrew Holocek)

May 28, 2026

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33 min read

What Dark Retreat Offers (Andrew Holocek)

Listen now (58 mins) | "Because then it helps you see that, oh my gosh, I spend my entire life distracting from these primordial really uncomfortable feelings. And if I can bring them into the..."

Elise Loehnen
Elise Loehnen

On Creativity & Career

The Trust Fall

May 27, 2026

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7 min read

The Trust Fall

I've really never, ever cared for these.

Elise Loehnen
Elise Loehnen

Solo Episodes

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Taking Your Foot Off the Gas (Monthly Solo)

May 25, 2026

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15 min read

Taking Your Foot Off the Gas (Monthly Solo)

Listen now (28 mins)

Elise Loehnen
Elise Loehnen

Pulling the Thread Podcast

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Designing Your Own Ritual (Bruce Feiler)

May 21, 2026

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33 min read

Designing Your Own Ritual (Bruce Feiler)

Listen now (60 mins) | "I ran the numbers on this. You ran up births and deaths and marriages. The average person in 1800 had 80% more ritual occasions than we have today. So it took..."

Elise Loehnen
Elise Loehnen

On Creativity & Career

The Clipping Economy

May 21, 2026

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6 min read

The Clipping Economy

Manufactured virality and what that means for the rest of us.

Elise Loehnen
Elise Loehnen

Pulling the Thread Podcast

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The Most Dangerous Idea Ever Created (Ibram X. Kendi, PhD)

May 14, 2026

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21 min read

The Most Dangerous Idea Ever Created (Ibram X. Kendi, PhD)

Listen now (47 mins) | "And that is the single most dangerous idea that humans, in my opinion, have ever created because it will continuously lead to..."

Elise Loehnen
Elise Loehnen

Pulling the Thread Podcast

Not Operating by the Checklist (Stacey Lindsay)

May 7, 2026

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33 min read

Not Operating by the Checklist (Stacey Lindsay)

Listen now (58 mins) | "There's something a beautiful about. This age, this time that actually did propel me to want to really start looking at this and really, really start doing..."

Elise Loehnen
Elise Loehnen

On Creativity & Career

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Can We Stop Using this Phrase?

May 6, 2026

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6 min read

Can We Stop Using this Phrase?

The quest continues to de-couple these roles.

Elise Loehnen
Elise Loehnen

Pulling the Thread Podcast

Solving Medical Mysteries—and the Diagnosis Crisis (Alexandra Sifferlin)

Apr 30, 2026

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26 min read

Solving Medical Mysteries—and the Diagnosis Crisis (Alexandra Sifferlin)

Listen now (58 mins) | "What’s great about this program too is that many of the experts involved in it, it’s run by this physician, Dr. William Gall, will be very frank with the patient..."

Elise Loehnen
Elise Loehnen

On Trauma & Addiction

Navigating Anxiety
LockSimple

Apr 29, 2026

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5 min read

Navigating Anxiety

Learning to trust what it signals—and ways to turn it down.

Elise Loehnen
Elise Loehnen

Solo Episodes

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Could We Accept Stillness? (Monthly Solo)
LockSimple

Apr 27, 2026

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18 min read

Could We Accept Stillness? (Monthly Solo)

Listen now (42 mins)

Elise Loehnen
Elise Loehnen

On Mysticism & Spirituality

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What's Your Why? (Rachel Goldberg-Polin)

Apr 22, 2026

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29 min read

What's Your Why? (Rachel Goldberg-Polin)

Listen now (67 mins) | "So the first thing that I’ll say about faith is that it’s incredibly challenging for any of us to describe how we feel about this universe and how it’s organized..."

Elise Loehnen
Elise Loehnen

On Relationships

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Understanding—and Even Changing—Your Attachment Style (Amir Levine M.D.)

Apr 16, 2026

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34 min read

Understanding—and Even Changing—Your Attachment Style (Amir Levine M.D.)

Listen now (56 mins) | So I think the research overwhelmingly shows that people who are secure, the benefits are really far and wide, not just in relationships, also for us ourselves, for how..."

Elise Loehnen
Elise Loehnen

On Creativity & Career

Are You a Seeder, Grower, or Harvester?
LockSimple

Apr 15, 2026

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5 min read

Are You a Seeder, Grower, or Harvester?

Figuring out what's what in this current void.

Elise Loehnen
Elise Loehnen
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