# Pragya Agarwal

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5. Procrastination Station

Paris meets someone using dating apps to procrastinate and speaks to Dr Anastasia Dedyukhina who gave up their smartphone to be more present in their own life. Dr Pragya Agarwal talks to Paris about procrastination being a form of unconscious bias and explores what it’s like to live with ADHD. Ca…

The Books That Made Pragya Agarwal

In this episode of 'The Books That Made Me', Ben Keene (Co-founder of Rebel Book Club) talks to Dr. Pragya Agarwal about 3 nonfiction books that have had a massive impact on her to date, including one that inspired her own book '(M)otherhood' and what gave her the motivation to weave personal stori…

Having Children In A Climate Crisis, Eco Fascism and Fossil Fuels with Tessa Khan

Season finale! Tessa Khan is an international climate change and human rights lawyer, campaigner and strategist. She is the founder and executive director of climate action organisation Uplift who are on a mission to support and energise the movement for a just and fossil fuel-free UK. Tessa spent …

This world-renowned thinker wants to help you reach 'emotional utopia'

We think of our emotions as raw expressions of our most primal selves. But behavioural scientist Pragya Agarwal argues that, at all times, our emotions are actually being shaped by cultural and historical factors outside of our control. What would it look like if we all learnt to express what we tr…

Unravelling unconscious bias with Dr Pragya Agarwal

Have you ever been told to smile more or had your name pronounced incorrectly? If so, you've probably already faced bias in your everyday life. We like to believe that we are all fair-minded and egalitarian but we all carry biases that we might not be aware of. In her latest book, SWAY: Unravelling…

This world-renowned thinker wants to help you reach 'emotional utopia'

We think of our emotions as raw expressions of our most primal selves. But behavioural scientist Pragya Agarwal argues that, at all times, our emotions are actually being shaped by cultural and historical factors outside of our control. What would it look like if we all learnt to express what we tr…

Feelings: personality changes, emotional utopia and honest chat

A look into our inner world and the feelings that drive us. Does your personality change as you get older? Plus behavioural scientist Pragya Agarwal on reaching emotional utopia, and ex AFL player Dylan Buckley transforms his anxiety through having honest conversations with others.

Money Box Live: Financial Resolutions

It can feel like new year, new you, with so much potential for change and improvement, but then reality can kick in. Around 1 in 3 of us will have made a financial resolution this year, but according to Hargreaves Lansdown, almost 20% of us won't even make it to the end of this week. So how do y…

Ep89: Pragya Agarwal on motherhood, infertility & being a woman

On this week’s episode, I’m speaking to Dr. Pragya Agarwal all about motherhood, gender-based stereotypes and biases, infertility and so much more. In her book, Motherhood – on the choices of being a woman – Pragya shares her own journey of becoming a mother at a young age, and then facing years of…

Scream Queen

As a young girl, Djamila Azzouz loved performing - musical theatre, choirs. She loved nothing more than the thrill of entertaining an audience. But in her teenage years, mental health issues made her shy away from a career that would put her in the spotlight. When even singing itself became difficu…