Work Life Play Podcast

Hosted by Aaron McHugh

Join me as I have real dialogues with good humans entrepreneurs, artists, heretics, authors, liberators, adventurers, and innovators, who achieve the impossible and prove that we can live, lead and succeed as wholehearted people.

Featured Episodes

Below are some of my favorite and most popular episodes from the Work Life Play podcast. They embody the spirit of wholehearted living and will encourage, challenge, and inspire you.

Alastair Humphreys

Microadventures: Great Escapes Out Your Front Door with Alastair Humphreys Episode #38

Alastair Humphreys says “If you are too busy, too stressed, or too tired for an adventure. Then you are the perfect microadventure candidate.

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Fully Alive with Ben Moon Episode #150

Ben Moon is guided by sheer joy and a deep appreciation for being alive. Cancer survivor, photographer, and good human.

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Nir Eyal

How to Deal With the Root Cause of Your Distraction with Nir Eyal #182

I’ll be the first to admit. I can be easily distracted. Ping, blue dot, check email, etc. Nir Eyal named my interference as pain management. “Unless we deal with the […]

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Morgan Snyder

The Path to Restoring the Heart of a Man with Author Morgan Snyder #183

Morgan Snyder is more than my guest today. Our sixteen-year friendship is an anchor I repeatedly tether myself to for hope, truth, and joy. Our transformative reciprocity began when we […]

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Latest Episodes

48 Days to the Work You Love with Dan Miller Episode #59

“The master in the art of living makes little distinction between his work and his play, his labor and his leisure, his mind and his body, his information and his […]

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Ben Lecomte Plans to Swim the Pacific Ocean Episode #58

Swimming 5,500 Miles across the Pacific Ocean with Ben Lecomte Podcast Highlights with Ben Lecomte: From Tokyo to San Francisco in the name of sustainability –The LONGEST Swim Why would […]

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A Story Worth Living with John Eldredge Episode #57

I picked John up in my 1974 VW Joy Bus and we found a semi-quiet trailhead to park and do the interview in my bus. Friends, I want you to […]

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Net Worth Measured in Experiences with Cedar Wright Episode #56

Cedar Wright’s net worth is measured in experiences, not by his financial balance sheet. Warning: Don’t listen to his gnarly stories about his extreme climbing expeditions and paragliding off 18,000 foot tall […]

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How to Be Here with Rob Bell Episode #55

Rob Bell is a brother from another mother. I love this man. I’ve listened to Rob’s voice in my earbuds since early 2000’s. When he was a pastor in Grand […]

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How I Burned Out and Came Back Episode #54

If you’ve ever burned out, flirted with the idea of burn out or could envision that burn out is in your future, you’ll identify with my story. Burn out isn’t […]

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