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219 - Irrational Labs - Evelyn Gosnell
In this episode we sit down with expert in behavioral economics Evelyn Gosnell, who is also the managing director of Irrational Labs, an organization…
4 years, 5 months ago
218 - Unwinding Anxiety - Jud Brewer
In this episode, Dr. Jud Brewer, a neuroscientist and addiction psychiatrist, discusses the biological origins of anxiety and how to unwind our feedb…
4 years, 6 months ago
217 - Livewired - David Eagleman (rebroadcast)
In this episode we sit down with neuroscientist David Eagleman to learn how brains turn noise into signal, chaos into order, electrical spikes into m…
4 years, 6 months ago
216 - Shape - Jordan Ellenberg
In this episode, we sit down with Jordan Ellenberg, the John D. MacArthur Professor of Mathematics at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
His writin…
4 years, 7 months ago
215 - Jerks at Work - Tessa West
In this live taping of the podcast at Caveat in NYC, Dr. Tessa West, the author of Jerks at Work, conducts quizzes to see what kind of jerk you are a…
4 years, 7 months ago
214 - Exploring Genius
Over the course of this audio documentary series, David McRaney explores the history and science of intelligence, IQ, and remarkable talent through i…
4 years, 8 months ago
213 - Vaccine Hesitancy
In this episode of the You Are Not So Smart Podcast, we sit down with eight experts on communication, conversation, and persuasion to discuss the bes…
4 years, 8 months ago
212 - The Power of Us - Jay Van Bavel
In this episode, we sit down with psychologist Jay Van Bavel to discuss his new book, The Power of Us, an exploration of "the dynamics of shared, soc…
4 years, 9 months ago
211 - QAnon and Conspiratorial Narratives
When we talk about conspiracy theories we tend to focus on what people believe instead of why, and, more importantly, why they believe those things a…
4 years, 9 months ago
210 - Julia Shaw - The Memory Illusion (rebroadcast)
Our guest on this episode is Dr. Julia Shaw, the author of The Memory Illusion.
Julia is famous among psychologists because she was able to implant f…
4 years, 10 months ago