The Upgrade by Lifehacker Creators & Guests

Alice Bradley is the Deputy Editor of lifehacker and co-host of the show This is Awkward and Lifehacker's The Upgrade.

Melissa Kirsch is an American author who writes predominantly about media, politics, and women’s issues who's recent book The Girl’s Guide provides advice to women on topics ranging from financial issues to dating. She is the editor-in-chief of Lifehacker and co-hosts the podcast The Upgrade.

Levi Sharpe is a podcast producer and sound designer based in Astoria, NY. He most recently was a senior producer at AT WILL MEDIA, leading the production of Wondery’s The Big Flop, a pop-culture history comedy podcast, hosted by TikTok star, Misha Brown.He is also the audio editor and engineer for the international affairs podcast, Global Dispatches.Prior, he was the senior podcast producer at DEV, where he launched the company’s podcast unit and produced, edited, and mixed their CodeNewbie, DevNews, and DevDiscuss podcasts.Previous to working at DEV, he was lead podcast producer at Gizmodo Media Group, where he helped launch their podcast unit, producing and editing Lifehacker’s Webby-nominated podcast, The Upgrade, as well as Jezebel's pop culture podcast DirtCast, and their politics show Big Time Dicks.He also sound designs and mixes narrative fiction podcasts, such as the comedy fantasy, Roommate From Hell, and the the Webby award-winning musical comedy, Propaganda.He received his master's from the Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism, and his work has also been featured on Marketplace Tech, Marketplace Weekend, Codebreaker, Actuality, The Takeaway, Word of Mouth, and Popular Science.

Ayelet Waldman is an Israeli-American novelist, essayist, and writer. She has written seven mystery novels in the series The Mommy-Track Mysteries and four other novels.

David Heinemeier Hansson is known as DHH for the Ruby programming language and automobile racing communities, he is a Danish programmer and the creator of the popular Ruby on Rails web development framework and the Instiki wiki.

Dean Sluyter is an author, meditation teacher, speaker, and workshop leader.

Les Stroud is a survival expert, filmmaker, musician, creator, writer, producer, director, cameraman, and host of the television series Survivorman.

Jenny Odell is an artist, writer, and educator. She wrote the book named, "How to Do Nothing: Resisting the Attention Economy."

James Sexton is a divorce lawyer, author, and courtroom advocate.

Joseph Liu is a career consultant, speaker, podcaster, contributor at Forbes and Fast Company, and host of the Career Relaunch Podcast, he helps people to relaunch their personal brands & careers.

Chris Guillebeau is a nonfiction author, blogger, and speaker. He is best known for The Art of Non-Conformity blog and book. Chris Guillebeau host the daily podcast side hustle school.

Mel Robbins is a renowned American motivational speaker, author, and television host, celebrated for her expertise in personal development and self-help strategies. She gained widespread acclaim with her TEDx talk "How to Stop Screwing Yourself Over" and her bestselling book "The 5 Second Rule," which provides practical techniques for overcoming procrastination and self-doubt. Robbins now hosts The Mel Robbins Podcast and frequently appears as a commentator on CNN. Her engaging and straightforward approach to personal empowerment has inspired millions, making her a leading voice in the self-improvement industry.

Sanjiv Chopra is a physician, author, and Professor.

Christine Agena is an actress.

Jessamy Hibberd is a chartered clinical psychologist, media contributor, and author of "The Imposter Cure."

Before starting her Ask A Manager blog, Alison Green was the chief of staff for a successful nonprofit, where she was responsible for hiring, firing, promoting, managing, all of that. Now she does consulting work on the same issues but writes about it on her blog.

KJ Dell’Antonia is a contributor at New York Times, Motherlode editor, writer, and author. She wrote "How to Be a Happier Parent" and co-hosts #AmWriting Podcast.

Aaron Lammer is the co-hosts of the Longform Podcast. He is the co-founder of Longform.

Rick Alan Ross is a deprogrammer, cult specialist, and founder & executive director of the nonprofit Cult Education Institute.