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SOLVED with Mark Manson

Solved, Answers: Finding Purpose, Failing Better, and the AI Future

12/15/20251 hr 31 min

This one’s different. In this special year-end episode, I answer your questions—from the deep stuff about purpose and motivation, to the uncomfortable realities of change, burnout, failure, and dealing with unsupportive family. I also share the behind-the-scenes chaos of building SOLVED this year, what I learned about making massive, meaningful content, and what’s coming in 2026 (spoiler: boundaries, ego, and maybe some live shows).

This is part personal, part philosophical, and part therapy session disguised as a podcast. If you’ve been wondering what’s next—or why you feel stuck—this one’s for you. See you in...

Clips

Why AI Won’t Replace Us
It’s All In There
Next Book Is Stirring
Ads Are Coming Back
Passion Isn’t Purpose
Respectfully Defy Your Family
Always Not Good Enough
Why Humans Still Matter
Petty Fuel, Real Growth
Don’t Call The Aliens

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  7. Mark Manson· Host0:29

    What's up, everybody? Mark Manson here for a very, very special end-of-year episode of Solved, the most thorough and over-researched podcast on the planet. Now, this is the last episode of Solved this year. It's a very special episode. Uh, it's gonna get a little bit personal. We're gonna go deeper on some common topics that have been coming up quite a bit, and I'm gonna share a lot of the future plans for the podcast coming up in 2026. But I do wanna put it on your radar that the next Solved episode is going to come out on January 1st, so it's gonna be new year, new you, new Solved episode. Definitely don't wanna miss that, so be sure to check that out. But for this episode, I wanna do something a little bit different than what we usually do. As most of you know, Solved episodes, we dive super deep, we get way into the weeds, we over-research everything, and then we end up delivering a, like, four to five-hour mega episode on a single topic. Today, I would like to, A, go

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