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#637: What Poker Can Teach You About Luck, Skill, and Mastering Yourself
Maria Konnikova, who has her Ph.D in psychology and studies human behavior, had never played poker when she approached Eric Seidel, a renowned player…
5 years, 4 months ago
#636: Why You Overeat and What to Do About It
We all know the basics of losing weight: don't consume more calories than your body needs. And yet many of us still overeat anyway, sometimes continu…
5 years, 5 months ago
#635: The Existentialist's Survival Guide
Life isn't an easy road to navigate. We're moody creatures, susceptible to an array of psychological setbacks, emotional ups and downs, fruitless sea…
5 years, 5 months ago
#634: How to Design Conversations That Matter
We typically don't think much about how we structure a conversation. We just sort of wing it and hope for the best. But my guest today argues that al…
5 years, 5 months ago
#633: The World and Vision of Lakota Medicine Man Black Elk
When he was nine years old in 1872, Black Elk, a member of the Lakota tribe, had a near-death vision in which he was called to save not only his peop…
5 years, 5 months ago
#632: How the Internet Makes Our Minds Shallow
Have you found it harder and harder to sit with a good book for long periods of time without getting that itch to check your phone? Well, you're not …
5 years, 5 months ago
#631: How to Prevent and Survive a Home Invasion
You're lying in bed at night and hear a noise downstairs. Is there someone in your house, and if there is, do you know what to do?
While we'd like to…
5 years, 5 months ago
#630: The Strategy Paradox
To be a great success in business, you need to have a compelling vision, create a well-thought-out strategy to achieve that vision, and then fully co…
5 years, 5 months ago
#629: Why We Swim
If you've been swimming since you were a child, you probably don't think too much about it anymore. But when you take a step back, the human act of s…
5 years, 5 months ago
#628: The Rise of Secular Religion and the New Puritanism
There has been a lot of civil and political upheaval lately, and what makes the atmosphere particularly disorienting, is that beyond the more obvious…
5 years, 5 months ago