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323 - Common Knowledge - Steven Pinker
Harvard Psychologist Steven Pinker tells us all about his new book “When Everyone Knows That Everyone Knows” which explores the power of common knowledge, how it differs from common sense, and why it…
Published on 5 hours ago
322 - Intellectual Humility - Tenelle Porter
Can intellectual humility be measured? What influences it and affects it, limits it and enhances it? What even is it, scientifically speaking? We explore all of this and then play an episode of How t…
Published on 2 weeks ago
321 - Easy Crafts for the Insane - Kelly Williams Brown (rebroadcast)
This episode is about suicide prevention and awareness. Author Kelly Williams Brown tells us about her book, Easy Crafts for the Insane, in which she recounts how, after she gained fame and success a…
Published on 4 weeks ago
320 - Misguided - Matthew Facciani
What is misinformation? How does it differ from disinformation or just plain ‘ole propaganda? How do we protect ourselves from people with nefarious intentions using all of these things to affect our…
Published on 1 month, 1 week ago
319 - Love Factually - Eli Finkel and Paul Eastwick
Two psychologists who study love, relationships, and human mating behavior pick apart the movie "The Notebook" and tell us what it gets right and what it gets wrong when it comes to portraying how hu…
Published on 1 month, 3 weeks ago
318 - The Intention Action Gap - Britt Frank (rebroadcast)
In this episode, we sit down with therapist Britt Frank to discuss the intention action gap, the psychological term for the chasm between what you very much intend to do and what you tend to do inste…
Published on 2 months, 1 week ago
317 - Don't Talk About Politics - Sarah Stein Lubrano
Sarah Stein Lubrano tells us about her new book, Don't Talk About Politics, which urges us not to lose hope or become frozen in frustration when it comes to polarization and faulty discourse because …
Published on 2 months, 3 weeks ago
316 - Cultures of Growth - Mary C. Murphy (rebroadcast)
In this episode we welcome psychologist Mary C. Murphy, author of Cultures of Growth, who tells us how to create institutions, businesses, and other groups of humans that can better support collabora…
Published on 3 months ago
315 - May Contain Lies - Alex Edmans
Alex Edmans, a professor of finance at London Business School, tells us how to avoid the Ladder of Misinference by examining how narratives, statistics, and articles can mislead, especially when they…
Published on 3 months, 2 weeks ago
314 - Fluke - Brian Klaas (rebroadcast)
In this episode we sit down with Brian Klaas, author of Fluke, and get into the existential lessons and grander meaning for a life well-lived (once one finally accepts the power and influence of rand…
Published on 4 months ago