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Discover AWE Daily with Oprah and Dacher Keltner

The Oprah Podcast

Harpo

February 3, 2026

Show Notes

Did you know that experiencing awe can improve your health and your overall well-being? Oprah talks with University of California, Berkeley psychology professor Dacher Keltner to delve into his latest book "Awe: The New Science of Everyday Wonder and How It Can Transform Your Life." During this inspirational conversation Dacher explains how each of us has the potential to experience awe every single day and shares how encountering awe can lead us to greater fulfillment and happiness. Based on his extensive research Dacher outlines and describes what he calls the “Eight Wonders of Life” or the eight experiences that most commonly trigger awe. Throughout the discussion Oprah and Dacher each share their own deeply personal encounters with awe.



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- Welcome Dacher Keltner, author of “Awe”

- Awe decreases depression

- Awe and death

- Finding awe everyday

- 8 awe experiences

- how Awe affects our health

- Awe vs gratitude

- How awe can heal divisions

- Making space for awe and kids

- Develop an awe practice

- Psychedelics and awe

- Everyone can experience awe



The Science of Happiness Podcast


What does it take to live a happier life? Learn research-tested strategies that you can put into practice today. Hosted by award-winning psychologist Dacher Keltner. Co-produced by PRX and UC Berkeley’s Greater Good Science Center.


https://greatergood.berkeley.edu/podcasts/series/the_science_of_happiness



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