Episode 2 — You're Not Stuck in the Past — You're Mining It: The Science of Nostalgia with Dr. Clay Routledge Nostalgia, loneliness, and the shared experiences we've lost — an existential psychologist explains why missing the past is actually good for you

Have you ever been told to stop living in the past? What if that impulse — that pull toward old songs, childhood memories, and the way things used to feel — is actually one of the healthiest things your brain does?

In this episode of The Analog Hour, host Michelle Henery sits down with Dr. Clay Routledge, an existential psychologist and one of the world's leading researchers on nostalgia, to explore why we're so drawn to the past in times of uncertainty, and why instead of it being a weakness, it's a resource.

Clay explains what existential psychology  ...