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Back to SearchBoring 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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5 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…
5 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…
5 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…
5 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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5 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…
5 months, 2 weeks 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…
5 months, 2 weeks ago
The Doomsday Clock, Don't Worry Too Much
Season 3 Episode 954
For Conspiracy Corner, political science professor Lee Kuhnle discusses the Doomsday Clock and whether things in the world are the worst they've ev…
5 months, 2 weeks ago
FULL EPISODE: Fear Not, It's Been Bad Before - April 17, 2026
Season 3 Episode 953
Business professor Karl Aquino reveals why some bosses reward employees with 'dark traits' at work, and what it costs later. Deputy executive produce…
5 months, 2 weeks ago
Gen Z Might Survive the Robots. Older Workers: Maybe Not.
Season 3 Episode 952
Business editor Nick Lichtenberg from Fortune describes how Goldman looked at 40 years of data on the 'scarring' effects of technological disrupti…
5 months, 2 weeks ago