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169 - Art
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 …
6 years, 4 months ago
168 - Not a Scientist (rebroadcast)
Our guest in this episode of the You Are Not So Smart Podcast is Dave Levitan, a science journalist with a new book titled: Not a Scientist: how poli…
6 years, 5 months ago
167 - How to Talk to People About Things (rebroadcast)
In this episode, we sit down with negotiation expert Misha Glouberman who explains how to talk to people about things -- that is, how to avoid the pi…
6 years, 5 months ago
166 - Prevalence Induced Concept Change (rebroadcast)
In this episode we explore prevalence induced concept change. In a nutshell, when we set out to change the world by reducing examples of something we…
6 years, 6 months ago
165 - The Friendship Cure (rebroadcast)
On this episode, we welcome journalist Kate Leaver to talk about her new book The Friendship Cure in which she explores the crippling, damaging, life…
6 years, 6 months ago
164 - Meetings - Steven Rogelberg
You probably hate meetings -- most people do -- and much of their awfulness feels inevitable which makes meetings seem unnecessary, but psychologist …
6 years, 7 months ago
163 - The Happiness Lab
In this episode we welcome Yale psychologist Laurie Santos who discusses her new podcast, The Happiness Lab which explores how wrong and misguided we…
6 years, 7 months ago
162 - The Elaboration Likelihood Model (rebroadcast)
In this episode we sit down with psychology legend Richard Petty to discuss the Elaboration Likelihood Model, a theory he developed with psychologist…
6 years, 8 months ago
161 - Bad Habits
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 Cra…
6 years, 8 months ago
160 - Maybe You Should Talk to Someone
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 …
6 years, 9 months ago