188 - The Happiness Lab - Laurie Santos (rebroadcast)
In this episode, we welcome Yale psychologist Laurie Santos who discusses her new podcast, The Happiness Lab which explores how wrong and misguided we can be when we pursue the things we think will ma...
6 Sep 20201h 6min
187 - Bad Habits - Jud Brewer (rebroadcast)
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 Craving Mind: From Cigarettes to Smartphones to Love ...
24 Aug 20201h 13min
186 - Maybe You Should Talk to Someone - Lori Gottlieb (rebroadcast)
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 to be released from an affliction, but nothing is m...
10 Aug 202041min
185 - Masks
In this episode we explore the psychology behind why some people don't want to wear masks, why they get angry at the idea, and why they sometimes take to the streets and city council meetings to voice...
28 Jul 20201h 31min
184 - The Blind Spots Between Us - Gleb Tsipursky
Our guest in this episode is Dr. Gleb Tsipursky, a disaster-avoidance expert who has spent more than 20 years training businesses how to de-bias themselves. He is the author for Never Trust Your Gut ...
13 Jul 20201h 13min
183 - Black Lives Matter
In this episode, members of the Association of Black Psychologists gather in a roundtable discussion to explore Black Lives Matter and the social movement taking place right now in The United States.P...
29 Jun 20201h 12min
182 - The A/B Effect (rebroadcast)
So, you might think that, in general, as an idea, as a practice, the A/B test would be beloved, supported, and encouraged as a way to test out policies and practices and drugs and treatments, but new ...
15 Jun 20201h 27min
181 - Pluralistic Ignorance (rebroadcast)
There are several ways to define pluralistic ignorance, and that’s because it’s kind of a brain twister when you try to put it into words. On certain issues, the majority of the people believe that th...
1 Jun 20201h 26min
