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What to Do When You Make the Wrong Decision (w/ Annie Duke)
First, Annie Duke will explain what to do when you make the wrong decision. Then you’ll learn why we may want to think about recycling our poop, and …
5 years, 4 months ago
The Best Time to Make a Gut Decision (w/ Annie Duke)
Learn about why gynandromorphs are born half male and half female. Then, we’ll talk to poker champion turned decision strategist Annie Duke about whe…
5 years, 4 months ago
4 of the World's Weirdest Weather Phenomena
Learn about how babies' random choices become their preferences, why modern agriculture requires “migratory beekeeping” — basically, taking honeybee…
5 years, 4 months ago
Why Are Spacesuits White?
Learn why spacesuits are white, and how to avoid drama by breaking the Karpman Drama Triangle. Then, test your podcast knowledge with this month’s Cu…
5 years, 4 months ago
Befriend Cats with the Slow Blink
Learn about how slow blinking at a cat can help you make friends with it, how temptation bundling can help you reinforce good habits, and why Moravec…
5 years, 4 months ago
Why Bugs Are Basically Robots (w/ Alie Ward)
Learn about how AI could help predict which drugs won’t agree with women, and why Point Nemo is considered planet Earth’s spacecraft graveyard. But f…
5 years, 4 months ago
Ask Smart People Stupid Questions (w/ Alie Ward)
Learn about why birds are the only surviving dinosaurs. Then, we’ll talk to Alie Ward of the Ologies podcast about why we should all ask smart people…
5 years, 4 months ago
Why You Need a Virtual Commute
Learn about why remote workers need a "virtual commute," what happened when scientists tried growing prehistoric-sized insects, and how the solar sys…
5 years, 5 months ago
You Can Control Your Dreams with Science
Learn how fathers benefit from being involved with their newborn babies, what you can do to control your dreams with science, and why the asterisk is…
5 years, 5 months ago
A Brain-Training Task to Reduce Motion Sickness
Learn about a simple brain-training task that may reduce motion sickness, what parasites found in medieval human remains can tell us about eradicatin…
5 years, 5 months ago