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204 - On Being Certain - Robert Burton
In this episode, we sit down with neurologist Robert Burton, author of On Being Certain, a book that fundamentally changed the way I think about what…
4 years, 10 months ago
203 - Transcend - Scott Barry Kaufman
In this episode we sit down with Scott Barry Kaufman, one of the most-influential and prolific psychologists working today, to discuss his new book, …
4 years, 10 months ago
202 - Desirability Bias (rebroadcast)
Confirmation bias is our tendency to seek evidence that supports our beliefs and confirms our assumptions when we could just as well seek disconfirma…
4 years, 11 months ago
201 - Good Dog - Kate Leaver
In this episode we sit down with journalist and author Kate Leaver to explore her new book, Good Dog, which covers "the science and history of our ex…
4 years, 11 months ago
200 - Socks and Crocs (rebroadcast)
When facing a novel and uncertain situation, the brain secretly disambiguates the ambiguous without letting you know it was ever uncertain in the fir…
5 years ago
199 - Math Without Numbers - Milo Beckman
In this episode we explore the weirdness and wonder of Math Without Numbers with mathematician Milo Beckman who wrote a book about the math behind mu…
5 years ago
198 - Reflection and Insurrection
In this episode, we explore the psychological mechanisms that led to the the storming of the Capitol, an event that sprang from a widespread belief i…
5 years, 1 month ago
197 - Conspiratorial Thinking
Over the last few years, this show has devoted many shows to the psychology behind what we saw in the Capitol in January 2021. So, in this episode, w…
5 years, 1 month ago
196 - Art (rebroadcast)
Moira Dillon studies how “the physical world in which we live shapes the abstract world in which we think,” and in this episode we travel to her Lab …
5 years, 2 months ago
195 - Clearer Thinking - Spencer Greenberg
In this episode we sit down with Spencer Greenberg to discuss how to be better critical thinkers using his FIRE method and other insights from his we…
5 years, 2 months ago