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Episode 24: Tribes and Traitors
This week on Hidden Brain, two remarkable stories of empathy... And why showing empathy for another group can feel so threatening to our own tribes.
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9 years, 11 months ago
Episode 23: Boredom
We've all been there: bored in class, bored at work, bored in standstill traffic. But why do we find boredom so unbearable? And, if we hate being bor…
10 years ago
Encore of Episode 9: Aziz Ansari on Modern Love
Hidden Brain host Shankar Vedantam talks to comedian Aziz Ansari — star of Master of None and coauthor of Modern Romance — about Tinder, texting and …
10 years ago
Episode 22: Originals
Adam Grant, author of Originals: How Non-Conformists Move the World, tells us what makes an original, how parents can nuture originality in their chi…
10 years ago
Episode 21: Stroke of Genius
Derek Amato wasn't born a musical savant. He became one—almost instantly—after hitting his head on the bottom of a swimming pool.
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10 years ago
Episode 20: Remembering Anarcha
J. Marion Sims is remembered as the father of modern gynecology. Forgotten are the mothers—the enslaved women whose bodies were sacrificed for the ad…
10 years, 1 month ago
Episode 19: Dating and Mating
It's almost Valentine's Day, but this week we're not talking about love. Instead, we explore the other forces that drive our romantic relationships.
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10 years, 1 month ago
Encore of Episode 2: Near Victories
Shankar Vedantam explores "almosts" and "not quites" on this episode of the Hidden Brain podcast, with the help of Monica Wadhwa, Dan Pink, and count…
10 years, 1 month ago
Episode 18: The Paradox of Forgiveness
After more than a decade of brutal civil war, perpetrators and victims attempted to find peace around bonfires across Sierra Leone. This week on Hidd…
10 years, 1 month ago
Episode 17: Resolutions
Today is the perfect day to (re)start your resolution. Here's how.
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10 years, 2 months ago