Press Play with Madeleine Brand

Calm app made meditation chic — and billions of dollars along the way

Calm. It’s something many people haven’t felt a lot during more than a year of the COVID-19 pandemic. That collective anxiety has been a boon for Calm , the meditation app that takes you to a lake when you open it.

By Madeleine Brand • Jun 14, 2021 • 7m Listen

Calm. It’s something many people haven’t felt a lot during more than a year of the COVID-19 pandemic. That collective anxiety has been a boon for Calm, the meditation app that takes you to a lake when you open it. The sound of tiny waves lap the shore of the mountain range. Calm is now valued at around $2 billion — how did that happen?

Madeleine Brand
Host, 'Press Play'
Sarah Sweeney
Vice President of Talk Programming, KCRW
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Producer, Press Play
Michell Eloy
Line Editor, Press Play
Annie Lowrey
staff writer for the Atlantic Magazine

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Press Play with Madeleine Brand

Calm app made meditation chic — and billions of dollars along the way

Calm. It’s something many people haven’t felt a lot during more than a year of the COVID-19 pandemic. That collective anxiety has been a boon for Calm , the meditation app that takes you to a lake when you open it.

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Press Play with Madeleine Brand

Calm app made meditation chic — and billions of dollars along the way

Calm. It’s something many people haven’t felt a lot during more than a year of the COVID-19 pandemic. That collective anxiety has been a boon for Calm , the meditation app that takes you to a lake when you open it.

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