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Episode 15: Loss and Renewal
Maya Shankar was well on her way to an extraordinary career as a violinist when an injury closed that door. This week, we look at how she wound up at…
10 years, 4 months ago
Episode 14: Christmas
This is the time of year for giving--whether that's a holiday gift for someone we love, or a charitable donation to a good cause. But why do we give?…
10 years, 4 months ago
Episode 13: Terrorism
Why do young people join ISIS? Is it nihilism, or, as social scientists suggest, a perverse idealism? This week on Hidden Brain, we explore the psych…
10 years, 4 months ago
Episode 12: Humor
This week on Hidden Brain, Shankar Vedantam looks at what we find funny and what, well, crosses the line. Comedian Bill Burr joins us to talk about w…
10 years, 5 months ago
Episode 11: Forgery
This week on Hidden Brain, we explore real and fake, from fine art to fine wine. Shankar speaks with Noah Charney, author of The Art of Forgery, abou…
10 years, 5 months ago
Episode 10: Thanksgiving
The holidays are all about generousity, gratitude, and spending time with the people we love. But we all know the whole "spending time with the peopl…
10 years, 5 months ago
Episode 9: Aziz Ansari on Modern Love
Hidden Brain host Shankar Vedantam talks to comedian Aziz Ansari — star of a new Netflix show and coauthor of Modern Romance — about Tinder, texting …
10 years, 5 months ago
Episode 8: Back Up Plans
This week on Hidden Brain, researcher Katy Milkman explains why backup plans may make us less motivated, Dan Pink is back to discuss moral hazard, an…
10 years, 6 months ago
Episode 7: Lonely Hearts
Jesse always wanted to fall in love. So when the perfect woman started writing him letters, it seemed too good to be true. Because it was. This week,…
10 years, 6 months ago
Episode 6: The Science of Fear
This week, for Halloween, the Hidden Brain podcast gets spooky. We explore the science of fear — traveling to a haunted house curated by a scientist …
10 years, 6 months ago