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300 - Cognitive Dissonance - Part One
In this episode, the story of a doomsday cult that predicted the exact date and circumstances of the end of the world, and what happened when that da…
1 year, 11 months ago
299 - Debunkbot
Our guests in this episode are Thomas H. Costello at American University, Gordon Pennycook at Cornell University, and David G. Rand at MIT who create…
1 year, 11 months ago
298 - Tribal - Michael Morris
In this episode we sit down with renowned cultural psychologist Michael Morris to discuss his new book, Tribal, in which he makes the case for seeing…
2 years ago
297 - Project Alpha - Brian Brushwood (rebroadcast)
Brian Brushwood tells us how he put together the most recent season of The World's Greatest Con, his podcast about incredible scams and over the top …
2 years ago
296 - Job Therapy - Tessa West
Are you unhappy at your job? Are you starting to consider a change of career because of how your current work makes you feel? Do you know why?
Accord…
2 years ago
295 - Easy Crafts for the Insane - Kelly Williams Brown
In this episode we sit down with author Kelly Williams Brown, an old friend who (I recently learned) had attempted suicide, which is the subject of t…
2 years, 1 month ago
294 - Living Constitutionally - A.J. Jacobs
In this episode we sit down with A.J. Jacobs, a journalist who noticed some striking similarities between Biblical fundamentalism and constitutional …
2 years, 1 month ago
293 - Do Your Own Research - Sedona Chinn (rebroadcast)
Sedona Chinn, who studies how people make sense of competing claims – scientific, environmental, health-related – joins us to discuss her latest rese…
2 years, 2 months ago
292 - The Society Library - Jamie Joyce
Our guest in this episode is Jamie Joyce who is the president and executive director of The Society Library, an organization that extracts arguments,…
2 years, 2 months ago
291 - Tough - Terry Crews (rebroadcast)
Terry Crews, actor, athlete, artist, President Dwayne Elizondo Mountain Dew Camacho, star of Brooklyn Nine-Nine, host of America’s Got Talent - that …
2 years, 3 months ago