Podcast Episodes

Can People Learn to be Better at Thinking? With Richard E. Nisbett

Episode 249

Few psychologists in the world have contributed more to scientific discovery than our guest Richard E. Nisbett. He joins us to discuss his latest boo…

4 years, 7 months ago

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Do We Control Situations or Do Situations Control Us? With John Bargh

Episode 248

Can we control our unconscious behavior? How much does the situation we’re in control us? Can we prime people to behave a certain way? Is it even eth…

4 years, 7 months ago

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Stanford Prison Experiment, 50 Years On: What Have We Really Learnt? With Dr Philip Zimbardo

Episode 247

The Stanford Prison Experiment has been the topic of movies, newspaper articles, textbooks and TV shows. Extensively published controversy has surrou…

4 years, 8 months ago

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[INTERVIEW] Are You More Honest with Google or Your Friends? With Seth Stephens-Davidowitz

Episode 246

The truth is we divulge more information to Google that we do to our friends, our family or even our doctors. Our social media persona can paint a ve…

4 years, 8 months ago

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[GROOVING SESSION] Are You More Honest with Google or Your Friends? With Seth Stephens-Davidowitz

Episode 245

This follow-up episode is a free-flowing Grooving Session where Tim and Kurt chat about their discussion with Seth Stephens-Davidowitz (Episode 246).…

4 years, 8 months ago

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[INTERVIEW] Does Money Really Make You Happy? The Research with Johannes Haushofer

Episode 244

What link is there between happiness and income? Does winning the lottery make you happier? What does the research say about poverty and our mental h…

4 years, 8 months ago

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[GROOVING SESSION] Does Money Really Make You Happy? The Research with Johannes Haushofer

Episode 243

Kurt and Tim discuss the links between poverty and mental health, how higher income is linked to better well-being, and the idea of a Universal Basic…

4 years, 8 months ago

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[INTERVIEW] Smart Behavioral Economics Secrets Every Marketer Needs with Melina Palmer

Episode 242

What does your customer want but can’t tell you? What effective marketing techniques use behavioral economics? If only you had a way of understanding…

4 years, 8 months ago

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[GROOVING SESSION] Smart Behavioral Economics Secrets Every Marketer Needs with Melina Palmer

Episode 241

How can your organization improve its marketing messaging using proven behavioral science techniques? As part of our series on Marketing & Employee E…

4 years, 8 months ago

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[INTERVIEW] Why Good, Honest Employees Really Do Steal With Kelly Paxton

Episode 240

Do honest people steal? Our guest, Kelly Paxton investigates and researches low level crimes such as book-keeping fraud; also known as Pink Collar Cr…

4 years, 8 months ago

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