Podcast Episodes

How vs. Why Knowledge (Rebroadcast)

Because we know “how” things work sometimes we think we understand “why” these things work as they do, and that can be a problem.

In this edition of …

4 years, 8 months ago

Repressing Emotions

It doesn’t feel good when you can’t express your emotions, but the effect of repressing emotions can have reproductions far beyond just feeling bad.

4 years, 8 months ago

Anger Management

One could ask, if we need anger management why don’t we also need management for other emotions? Turns out anger management isn’t a new thing at all …

4 years, 8 months ago

Anger and Motivation

We might not have the most positive associations with anger, and for good reason. Anger can be threatening and lead to destruction, but it can also m…

4 years, 8 months ago

Math, Music, and The Brain

There are some things that just feel like they’re true. For example, the idea that people who are gifted musicians are also good at learning math, or…

4 years, 9 months ago

The Language of Emotion

We have a limited number of ways to experience the world psychologically, but many ways to interpret that experience. In that interpretation, the wor…

4 years, 9 months ago

Outcome Bias

A listener wrote in: “Please take a moment to address why September 11, 2001, is still a cultural touchstone, but February 26, 1993, was so easily fo…

4 years, 9 months ago

Remembering 9/11

When we live through a profound and historic event we have a different understanding of it than if we just read about it. That has a complex and inte…

4 years, 10 months ago

Learning Conflict Resolution

As humans, we don’t come ready to interact with the world when we are born. We have to learn a language, we have to learn how to roll over, to walk, …

4 years, 10 months ago

Bad Science (Rebroadcast)

Why do we continue to believe in ideas that sound scientific long after they have been scientifically proven to be incorrect? That is the question …

4 years, 10 months ago