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The Beanie Bandwagon: With Guests Robert Cialdini & Yemisi Brookes
Season 11 Episode 2
Mullets. Skinny jeans. Crocs. Many of us can recall trends that we've jumped on, only to see those trends become passé soon after. But the fear of mi…
3 years, 5 months ago
The Power of Do-Overs: With Guests Jeff Ryan & Marissa Sharif
Season 11 Episode 1
When you fail to reach a challenging goal, say, saving a certain amount of money each month or getting to the gym a certain number of times a week, i…
3 years, 5 months ago
Mesmerized: With Guests Mara Rockliff & John List
Season 10 Episode 6
It seems like every other week there's a news report about how coffee will help you live longer or will shorten your life. There are similar reports …
3 years, 10 months ago
The Bad with the Good: With Guests Uzma Khan & Gustav Källstrand
Season 10 Episode 5
You've probably caught yourself indulging after a workout or a game or a stretch of healthy eating. Maybe it was a pint or two after a soccer game or…
3 years, 10 months ago
Rebroadcast: Silver Linings: With Guests Annie Duke, Kassia St. Clair & Adam Grant
Season 10
If you’ve ever lost a job, or been through a breakup, or failed an exam, you’ll know that the aftermath can be painful and disorienting. But for some…
3 years, 10 months ago
So Much in Common: With Guests Samantha Futerman, Anaïs Bordier & Kareem Haggag
Season 10 Episode 4
When we feel angry or excited, or happy or sad, the reasons for those emotions may seem obvious. Angry? It was that argument with a spouse. Excited? …
3 years, 11 months ago
How You Spend It: With Guests Joshua Fields Millburn & Cassie Mogilner Holmes
Season 10 Episode 3
“Life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.” A quintessentially American phrase from the Declaration of Independence. That “pursuit of happiness” t…
3 years, 11 months ago
Not by a Long Shot: With Guests Katia Jordan & Craig Fox
Season 10 Episode 2
Humans can easily distinguish between a zero-chance event (e.g., the Washington Nationals winning the World Series in 2022) and a sure thing (e.g., t…
4 years ago
Fail Better: With Guests Joseph Herscher & Lauren Eskreis-Winkler
Season 10 Episode 1
You hear it a lot in contemporary education, the tech world, and the arts: that it's important to fail, to make mistakes so that you can learn from t…
4 years ago
Under Pressure: With Guests Svetlana Savranskaya, Gary Slaughter & Modupe Akinola
Season 9 Episode 6
If you've ever been faced with an important decision when time was scarce, information was incomplete, or tempers were running high, you'll know that…
4 years, 3 months ago