031 - Extinction Burst
Why do you so often fail at removing bad habits from your life?You try to diet, to exercise, to stop smoking, to stop staying up until 2 a.m. stuck in a hamster wheel of internet diversions, and right...
27 Aug 201432min
030 - Practice - David Epstein
Is it true that all it takes to be an expert is 10,000 hours of practice? What about professional athletes? Do different people get more out of practice than others, and if so, is it nature or nurture...
14 Aug 20141h 6min
029 - Labels - Adam Alter
I did something this week that I’m sure many people secretly do every day. I stopped, talked to myself for a moment, and checked to see how much slack was in the leash I keep on my tongue. I was remi...
1 Aug 201454min
028 - Crowds - Michael Bond
It is a human tendency that’s impossible not to notice during wars and revolutions – and a dangerous one to forget when resting between them. In psychology they call it deindividuation, losing yourse...
18 Jul 20141h 6min
027 - Science Communication - Joe Hanson
I recently collaborated with Joe Hanson of the YouTube channel It’s Okay to be Smart and helped him write an episode about pattern recognition. I thought it would be great to bring him on the show and...
9 Jul 20141h 9min
026 - Maslow's Hammer
“I suppose it is tempting, if the only tool you have is a hammer, to treat everything as if it were a nail.” You’ve heard the expression before. You’ve may have, like myself, smugly used it a few time...
20 Jun 201415min
025 - Enclothed Cognition - Hajo Adam
The clothes you wear have powers...over your mind. Your wardrobe doesn't just affect the way others see you, but it affects the way you see yourself. That results in changes in perception, attention, ...
6 Jun 20141h 5min
024 - Sleep - Richard Wiseman
Why do we sleep and why do we dream? Despite the fact that every human being spends roughly 1/3 of his or her life asleep, science has yet to crack the mystery of the phenomenon. Why do we sleep and d...
24 Mai 20141h 6min
