Best Knox Robinson Productions Podcasts (2025)

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Who's Right? - Can You Fake It Till You Make It? 32:18

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In this playful and revealing back-and-forth, Amanda and Chris debate the ethics, psychology, and survival-value of improvising your way through life. They touch on careers, creativity, parenting, identity, and confidence, while exploring why adaptability may now be the most essential human skill of all. How do you know when to “fake it till you ma…

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How to Discover What You Really Want (Aella) 1:02:14

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In this weeks wide-ranging conversation, Amanda Knox and Aella, a writer, sex worker, and self-taught researcher, explore the art of questioning everything. They talk about status, desire, fear, and freedom. And it’s a deep dive into what happens when living experimentally turns your whole life into a lab. Reach out to us at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.amandaknox.co…

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Old School: The Why of the Why (Dylan Marron) 42:29

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Most people are pretty bad at having difficult conversations. We don't get much practice--the internet makes sure that we mostly see content from people we agree with. When we do see opposing viewpoints, it's usually in the form of hateful comments. But when Dylan Marron started receiving a deluge of online abuse in response to his viral video seri…

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Who's Right? - Saying "No" 41:11

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Who's Right is back by popular demand! Between our usual Hard Knox episodes, Amanda sits down with her husband, Chris to debate something serious or silly and ask you: “Who’s Right?” In this Who’s Right? episode, Amanda and Chris explore what really happens when we say “no”—to others, to expectations, and even to ourselves. Is saying no an act of s…

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How Soldiers Make Sense of an Unwinnable War (Phil Klay) 53:01

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Phil Klay is a U.S. Marine Corps veteran and National Book Award–winning author of Redeployment, Missionaries, and Uncertain Ground, whose work examines the moral and emotional toll of modern war. How do soldiers make sense of what they’ve done when the meaning of war keeps changing? Why does true patriotism demand not blind loyalty, but the courag…

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Who's Right? - Arranged Marriages 52:57

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Who's Right is back by popular demand! Between our usual Hard Knox episodes, Amanda sits down with her husband, Chris to debate something serious or silly and ask you: “Who’s Right?” In this Who’s Right? episode, Amanda and Chris debate whether marriage should be a spiritual bond or a practical alliance—and whether we might all be better off if an …

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How We Evolved to Be Good (Nicholas Christakis) 1:09:11

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Nicholas Christakis is a Yale sociologist and physician whose research explores how human connection, cooperation, and contagion shape societies. In this episode Amanda and Nicholas explore how our social networks influence everything from kindness to cruelty, and why the impulse to punish, forgive, or imitate spreads just like a virus. How does tr…

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Old School: The Aha Moment (AJ Jacobs) 42:26

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Amanda and Chris get lost in the wide world of puzzles with AJ Jacobs, author of the The Puzzler: One Man's quest to solve the most baffling puzzles ever, from crosswords to jigsaws to the meaning of life. And pay close attention, because this episode has a puzzle embedded within it! Reach out to us at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.amandaknox.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠or ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠…

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Who’s Right? - Accept Death or Defy It 48:51

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Who's Right is back by popular demand! Between our usual Hard Knox episodes, Amanda sits down with her husband, Chris to debate something serious or silly and ask you: “Who’s Right?” In this weeks pre-Halloween episode they debate the role of death in living a full life. How do we live fully when death feels both inevitable and avoidable? Why does …

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The Satanic Panic – How Pop Culture Got Possessed (Sarah Marshall) 1:05:24

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Sarah Marshall is a writer and podcaster, best known as the cohost of You're Wrong About and creator of The Devil You Know, a CBC podcast series exploring the Satanic Panic which explores how a wave of moral hysteria in the 1980s fused pop culture, politics, and fear into an era where heavy metal lyrics and daycare centers became symbols of evil. I…

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Ask Amanda Anything - Young Love, Oversharing, Presence 37:22

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In this week's episode Amanda relfects on how to tell your story while protecting a teenager’s privacy, why intentional oversharing can build connection, and how Zen, Nonviolent Communication, and even a near dog scam teach everyday resilience. Reach out to us at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.amandaknox.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠or ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠amandaknox.substack.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ X: @amandaknox I…

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How Hyperpersuasion Hijacks Free Will (Rebecca Lemov) 1:12:18

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Rebecca Lemov is the author of The Instability of Truth: Brainwashing, Mind Control, and Hyperpersuasion, whose work explores how people are persuaded, manipulated, and sometimes brainwashed. In this conversation, Amanda and Rebecca unpack why intelligence doesn’t protect us from influence, how moments of “ungrounding” make us vulnerable to brainwa…

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Old School: Excellent Advice for Living (Kevin Kelly) 51:12

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There's some wisdom you can only find when you're lost, which has led Kevin Kelly, senior Maverick and co-founder Wired magazine, to get lost intentionally through decades of travelling. Along the way, he's collected some gems of wisdom and invented many of his own. Kevin Kelly is the author of Excellent Advice for Living: Wisdom I Wish I'd Known E…

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Ask Amanda Anything - Star Trek Uniforms, Gaslighting, Disengagement 48:07

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In this episode of Ask Amanda Anything, Amanda unpacks the complexity of memory, truth, and the quiet work of setting boundaries with those we love, even when love feels conditional. How do we navigate the minefield of family relationships when our histories clash and our beliefs collide? Why do some people rewrite the past to protect themselves, a…

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Why Fear Is the Worst Parenting Strategy (Emily Oster) 1:01:40

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Emily Oster is an economist, bestselling author, and creator of Parent Data, where she uses research to cut through fear-driven myths about pregnancy and parenting. In this episode she discusses how data and boundaries help us make better choices when there’s no way to guarantee an outcome, why treating everyone—including toddlers, teenagers, and e…

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Ask Amanda Anything - Punchlines, Pain, Permission 47:40

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How do you laugh at the absurdity of your own trauma without minimizing it? Why do we expect people who’ve been hurt to perform grace, and what if they just want to be messy and real? In this AMA, Amanda tackles questions about forgiveness, therapy, and surviving the spotlight. Reach out to us at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.amandaknox.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠or ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠amandaknox.s…

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Why Comedy Is the Last Refuge of the Honest (Michael Moynihan) 58:04

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Michael Moynihan is a journalist, co-host of The Fifth Column podcast, and a writer known for his unflinching takes on politics, culture, and free expression. In this episode, he and Amanda discuss how satire and skepticism cut through today’s noise, why outrage has become the default language of public life and how to keep your sense of humor inta…

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Old School: Lost in Faith (Megan Phelps-Roper) 1:02:52

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Welcome to Old School, where we revisit some of our best episodes from previous years with some current reflections on why these episodes are still fascinating. In this “Old School” episode, Megan Phelps-Roper talks with Amanda about her upbringing in and departure from the Westboro Baptist Church. What does it mean to be lost in faith, to lose our…

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Ask Amanda Anything – Stand-Up, Trust, and Dating After Notoriety 42:54

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This week on Ask Amanda Anything: From prison letters to public scrutiny, Amanda reflects on trust, resilience, and what it means to be seen. She shares her take on Kim Kardashian’s surprising role in criminal justice reform, the philosophy behind her Waking Up series, and why some bonds from prison endure while others fade. Along the way: lessons …

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How Hate Becomes a Path to Compassion (R.G. Shore) 1:21:52

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R.G. Shore, author of The Ocean Inside Me and a meditation teacher who began his practice in prison, joins Amanda for a conversation on resilience and self-discovery. They discuss how meditation can turn confinement into freedom, why facing hate can lead to compassion and how surrendering to the hardest circumstances can reveal unexpected strength.…

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How Trauma Rewires Desire (Katie Simon) 56:42

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Katie Simon’s latest book, Tell Me What You Like: An Honest Discussion of Sex and Intimacy After Sexual Assault, explores how survivors chart diverse paths to healing. In this episode, she reveals how she walked away from a life that looks perfect from the outside, why listening to your body can be the most radical act of self-preservation and how …

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How Belonging Shapes Democracy (Yascha Mounk) 58:17

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Yascha is a professor at Johns Hopkins University, the Founder of Persuasion and the host of The Good Fight podcast, known for his work on democracy, identity, and polarization. In this conversation with Amanda, he describes how growing up between cultures shaped his obsession with belonging and freedom, why personal resilience matters just as much…

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Old School: Munchausen Syndrome by Proxy (Dr. Kari Nixon) 1:01:38

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Welcome to Old School, where we revisit some of our best episodes from previous years with some current reflections on why these episodes are still fascinating. In this “Old School” episode, Dr. Kari Nixon joins Amanda to talk the intersection of death, disease, and community and how illness impacts identity. It's a topic she pursued without even r…

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Ask Amanda Anything - TV Portrayal, Italian Fluency , Han Solo or Indiana Jones 38:20

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This week on Ask Amanda Anything: How it feels to watch your own life turned into television. Why false confessions still shape the way justice fails. How a flood of letters — from Harry Potter fan fiction to marriage proposals — carried Amanda through prison. And why the eternal debate of Han Solo versus Indiana Jones reveals more about resilience…

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How to Drink Your Way Sober (Katie Herzog) 1:03:38

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Katie Herzog is a journalist, podcaster, and author of Drink Your Way Sober, a candid and science-based look at alternative paths to recovery. In this discussion with Amanda they uncover answers to some hard questions. How do you break free from addiction when the standard treatments don’t work? Why might shame, denial, and even doctors themselves …