A Hostage Negotiator’s Hacks To Master Communication - Scott Walker - #669
Scott Walker is a former Scotland Yard detective, world renowned hostage negotiator and an author. Having successfully resolved over 300 cases, from hostage negotiations to piracy, ransom and cyber e...
19 Aug 202352min
How To Leverage The Psychology Of Power & Status - David Pinsof - #668
David Pinsof is a research scientist at UCLA, co-creator of Cards Against Humanity and an author. Humans want things. Then we tell ourselves stories about why we want those things. And these reasons ...
17 Aug 20231h 12min
What Twins Separated At Birth Teach Us About Nature vs Nurture - Nancy Segal - #667
Nancy Segal is a professor at California State University, an author and one of the most prominent twin-study researchers on the planet. What makes you the person you are? Is it your genetics or your...
14 Aug 20231h 15min
How To Defeat Your Inner Coward - John Lovell - #666
John Lovell is a former United States Army Ranger, firearms instructor and founder of Warrior Poet Society, known for his expertise in tactical training and philosophy. It's often quoted that “it’s b...
12 Aug 202355min
5 Forbidden Topics That Psychology Won’t Discuss - Cory Clark - #665
Cory Clark is an Assistant Professor at the University of Pennsylvania, a social psychologist and an author. Academia is supposed to be a bastion of intellectual purity where curiosity and the truth ...
10 Aug 20231h 34min
Talking To A Feminist About Masculinity - Christine Emba - #664
Christine Emba is an opinion columnist at The Washington Post, journalist, social commentator, and an author. Christine wrote one of the best articles on modern masculinity that I've ever read and it...
7 Aug 20231h 26min
A Guide To The Fundamental Mystery Of The Mind - Erik Hoel - #663
Erik Hoel is a research professor at Tufts University, theoretical neuroscientist, and an author known for his work on understanding consciousness and the complexity of the brain. Consciousness and f...
5 Aug 202358min
18 Psychology Lessons To Understand People Better - Gurwinder Bhogal - #662
Gurwinder Bhogal is a programmer and a writer. Gurwinder is one of my favourite Twitter follows. He’s written yet another megathread exploring human nature, cognitive biases, mental models, status ga...
3 Aug 20232h 4min
