The Science of Fear—and How to Break Free From It

The Science of Fear—and How to Break Free From It

Why do we fear the wrong things? We worry about plane crashes but not car rides, strangers but not algorithms, sharks but not sugar. In The Fear Knot: How Science, History, and Culture Shape Our Fears – and How to Get Unstuck, journalism professor Ruth DeFoster and neuroscientist Natashia Swalve explore why our brains evolved to fear what once kept us alive — but now often misleads us. The result is a timely, eye-opening look at how to separate fact from fear in a world that profits from keeping us anxious. In the second half of the show, we hear from Ellen Vora, author of the 2022 book The Anatomy of Anxiety. 📱 Follow The Next Big Idea Daily on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you listen 📩 Want more bite-sized insights from the best new nonfiction delivered straight to your inbox? Sign up for our Book of the Day newsletter

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S18 E5: Optimize Your Regrets (Daniel Pink)

S18 E5: Optimize Your Regrets (Daniel Pink)

Anticipating regrets can often work to our advantage. It slows our thinking. It taps our cerebral breaks, allowing us time to gather additional information and to reflect before we decide what to do. ...

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S18 E4: Science Offers a Systematic Way To Deal With Our Regrets (Daniel Pink)

S18 E4: Science Offers a Systematic Way To Deal With Our Regrets (Daniel Pink)

So, what can we do to turn our existing regrets into engines of progress? Science suggests a three-step process.

1 Kesä 202313min

S18 E3: To Understand What People Regret, Look Beneath the Surface (Daniel Pink)

S18 E3: To Understand What People Regret, Look Beneath the Surface (Daniel Pink)

After analyzing thousands of regrets from people in more than 100 countries, Daniel Pink (”The Power of Regret”) has identified the four core regrets that haunt us most. Today, he explains what they a...

31 Touko 202314min

S18 E2: Done Right, Regret Makes Us Better (Daniel Pink)

S18 E2: Done Right, Regret Makes Us Better (Daniel Pink)

Regret makes us feel worse, but it can make us do better. Indeed, the way it makes us do better is by making us feel worse.

30 Touko 202317min

S18 E1: Regret Is Universal (Daniel Pink)

S18 E1: Regret Is Universal (Daniel Pink)

It’s popular to claim you have no regrets. Popular, but perilous. Because regrets aren’t anything to be ashamed of — on the contrary, they’re an integral part of being human. When you deny their exist...

29 Touko 202315min

S17 E5: We Find Ourselves Through Connecting With Others (Sharon Salzberg)

S17 E5: We Find Ourselves Through Connecting With Others (Sharon Salzberg)

Today, meditation expert Sharon Salzberg shares one final insight from her new book "Real Life: The Journey from Isolation to Openness and Freedom."

26 Touko 202312min

S17 E4: Cultivating Positive States Creates Resilience (Sharon Salzberg)

S17 E4: Cultivating Positive States Creates Resilience (Sharon Salzberg)

Today, Sharon Salzberg tells us how practicing loving-kindness meditation can change how we treat others and understand ourselves.

25 Touko 202313min

S17 E3: Loving Presence Transforms Our Relationship With Painful Emotions (Sharon Salzberg)

S17 E3: Loving Presence Transforms Our Relationship With Painful Emotions (Sharon Salzberg)

What if instead of demanding that a painful emotion disappear or becoming all consumed by it, you began to relate to your experience with spaciousness infused with kindness?

24 Touko 202310min

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