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Back to Search149. Is It Harder to Make Friends as an Adult? (Replay)
Episode 149
How do friendships change as we get older? Should you join a bowling league? And also: how does a cook become a chef?
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172. Is Marriage Worth It?
Episode 172
Can long-term relationships do more harm than good? Where is the line between intimacy and codependence? And should we all try to be more like Mike’s…
2 years, 11 months ago
171. Where Is the Line Between Exaggeration and Lying?
Episode 171
Why do we use “literally” figuratively? Does conveying an "emotional truth" justify making things up? And are Angela’s kids really starving or just h…
2 years, 11 months ago
170. Are We Getting Lonelier?
Episode 170
How can you be lonely when so many people showed up at your birthday party? Can you fight loneliness by managing expectations? And where can you find…
3 years ago
169. Can We Disagree Better?
Episode 169
Do you suffer from the sin of certainty? How did Angela react when a grad student challenged her research? And can a Heineken commercial strengthen o…
3 years ago
168. Would You Be Happier if You Were More Creative?
Episode 168
Should you become an artist or an accountant? Did Sylvia Plath have to be depressed to write The Bell Jar? And what can Napoleon Dynamite teach us ab…
3 years ago
167. Is GPS Changing Your Brain?
Episode 167
Is it better to be an egocentric navigator or an allocentric navigator? Was the New York City Department of Education wrong to ban ChatGPT? And did M…
3 years ago
166. Are You Suffering From Burnout?
Episode 166
What’s the difference between being busy and being productive? Would you be better at your job if you cared a little less? And can somebody get Mike …
3 years ago
165. Do "Generations" Mean Anything?
Episode 165
Do you get grittier as you age? What's worse for mental health: video games or social media? And do baby boomers make the best D.J.s?
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164. Do You Have Impostor Syndrome?
Episode 164
Does anyone really know what they’re doing? How do we reward the competent and not the confident? And what’s wrong with using TikTok for research?
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3 years, 1 month ago