Before we start today’s episode… a small confession.

I love doing this podcast. I really do.
But sometimes I’m sitting here talking into a microphone, staring at two screens, in a completely silent room… and I realize I’m dangerously close to turning this thing into a TED Talk.

And that was never the plan.

So today we’re doing something slightly different.

We’re talking about the strange pressure of modern life to always look happy. Always fine. Always thriving. Because apparently saying “I’m not great today” has become socially unacceptable.

Somewhere along the way, happiness stopped being an emotion… and became a performance.

Welcome to the Dictatorship of Happiness — where everyone is glowing online, protecting their peace, choosing positivity… and quietly losing their minds behind the scenes.

Let’s talk about it.

Uninfluenced.
Unpaid.
Unfiltered.

Hosted by Noah B Jackman