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194 - Because Internet - Gretchen McCulloch
Our guest in this episode is Gretchen McCulloch, who is a linguist, but also, I’d say a MEME-ologist, evidenced by that the fact that in her New York…
5 years, 3 months ago
193 - Gossip
In this episode we sit down with psychologist Robb Willer to discuss the psychology of gossip: how much we do it, why we do it, its major functions, …
5 years, 3 months ago
192 - The Dunning-Kruger Effect (rebroadcast)
In this episode, we explore why we are unaware that we lack the skill to tell how unskilled and unaware we are.
The evidence gathered so far by psych…
5 years, 4 months ago
191 - Livewired - David Eagleman
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…
5 years, 4 months ago
190 - Learned Helplessness (rebroadcast)
Stuck in a bad situation, even when the prison doors are left wide open, we sometimes refuse to attempt escape. Why is that?
In this episode learn al…
5 years, 4 months ago
189 - The Vaccine
In this giant episode, experts on vaccines, epidemiology, psychology, and science communication explain how we created so much confusion about COVID-…
5 years, 5 months ago
188 - The Happiness Lab - Laurie Santos (rebroadcast)
In this episode, we welcome Yale psychologist Laurie Santos who discusses her new podcast, The Happiness Lab which explores how wrong and misguided w…
5 years, 5 months ago
187 - Bad Habits - Jud Brewer (rebroadcast)
In this episode, Dr. Jud Brewer, a neuroscientist and addiction psychiatrist, discusses bad habits and how to change them.
He is the author of The Cr…
5 years, 6 months ago
186 - Maybe You Should Talk to Someone - Lori Gottlieb (rebroadcast)
In Lori Gottlieb's new book, Maybe You Should Talk to Someone, she opens with a quote from James Baldwin that reads, "Nothing is more desirable than …
5 years, 6 months ago
185 - Masks
In this episode we explore the psychology behind why some people don't want to wear masks, why they get angry at the idea, and why they sometimes tak…
5 years, 7 months ago