Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchHarnessing Serendipity to Generate Better Ideas
Season 3 Episode 964
Marketing professor Alexander Fulmer explores whether serendipity can be harnessed, and tells us how unplanned outcomes offer benefits.
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2 months ago
Parrots Know Names, They Really Know Names
Season 3 Episode 963
Biology professor Lauryn Benedict outlines how parrots don't just mimic words, some use proper names like humans to identify individuals.
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2 months, 1 week ago
Lobsters Feel Pain, Stun Before You Boil!
Season 3 Episode 962
Biology and environmental science researcher Eleftherios Kasiouras gives details of his study confirming lobsters can feel pain.
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2 months, 1 week ago
Boring Conversations Aren't Boring, According to Science
Season 3 Episode 961
Behavioral scientist Elizabeth Trinh extols the benefits of small talk by saying how boring topics are more enjoyable than you think.
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2 months, 1 week ago
FULL EPISODE: Won't Anybody Think of the Lobsters?! - April 20, 2026
Season 3 Episode 960
Biology and environmental science researcher Eleftherios Kasiouras gives details of his study confirming lobsters can feel pain. Behavioral scientist…
2 months, 1 week ago
On Dating an AI Companion
Season 3 Episode 959
Deputy executive producer A. C. Fowler from Business Insider's video team talks about the interview he had with a man who's been dating an AI comp…
2 months, 1 week ago
How to Break Up Well
Season 3 Episode 958
Relationship researcher Erin McClung explains how to romantically break up well: which types of breakups tend to coincide with moving on more easi…
2 months, 1 week ago
Why Bosses Reward the Office Snake
Season 3 Episode 957
Business professor Karl Aquino reveals why some bosses reward employees with 'dark traits' at work, and what it costs later.
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2 months, 1 week ago
Justice vs. Healing When a Relationship Ends
Season 3 Episode 956
Motivated by actor Jennie Garth getting candid about her divorce and moving on, therapist Laurel van der Toorn shares how to move on from a br…
2 months, 1 week ago
Coercive Control in Relationships
Season 3 Episode 955
Senior researcher Julie-Ann Jordan from the IMPACT Research Centre outlines how people view coercive control in relationships as less harmful when…
2 months, 1 week ago