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180 - Meltdown - Chris Clearfield
In this episode we sit down with Chris Clearfield, author of Meltdown: Why Our Systems Fail and What We Can Do About It
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6 years, 5 months ago
179 - The Memory Illusion - Julia Shaw
Our guest on this episode of the You Are Not So Smart Podcast is Dr. Julia Shaw, the author of The Memory Illusion, Julia is famous among psychologis…
6 years, 5 months ago
178 - Behind the Curve (rebroadcast)
In this episode, we sit down with the director and producers of the documentary film, Behind the Curve, an exploration of motivated reasoning and con…
6 years, 6 months ago
177 - COVID - 19
Flatten the curve.
That idea has spread through the population faster than COVID-19 ever could.
That’s the power of culture, of human psychology, of br…
6 years, 6 months ago
176 - Socks and Crocs - Part Two
Priors are what neuroscientists and philosophers call the years of experience and regularity leading up to the present. All the ways a ball has bounc…
6 years, 6 months ago
175 - Socks And Crocs - Part One
Back in 2015, before Brexit, before Clinton vs. Trump, before weaponized Macedonian internet trolls, one NPR affiliate called The Dress, “The debate …
6 years, 7 months ago
174 - Bad Advice - Paul Offit (rebroadcast)
In this episode, we sit down with vaccine expert Dr. Paul Offit to discuss his new book, Bad Advice or Why Celebrities, Politicians, and Activists Ar…
6 years, 7 months ago
173 - Rule Makers, Rule Breakers - Michele Gelfand
In this episode, we sit down with psychologist Michele Gelfand and discuss her new book: Rule Makers, Rule Breakers: How Tight and Loose Cultures Wir…
6 years, 8 months ago
172 - Team Human - Douglas Rushkoff (rebroadcast)
In this episode of the You Are Not So Smart Podcast we sit down with one of the original cyberpunks, the famed journalist, documentarian, media theor…
6 years, 8 months ago
171 - Partisan Brains
Jay Van Bavel studies “from neurons to social networks...how collective concerns -- group identities, moral values, and political beliefs -- shape th…
6 years, 9 months ago