Specials: Schadenfreude - Joy at Another Person's Misfortune
You see the downfall of someone popular trending, and you feel a small flicker of delight, followed straight away by guilt. This special episode asks whether that flicker means something is wrong with...
11 Okt 18min
The History of the Condom
You can buy a condom at almost any Nigerian pharmacy today, but getting it there was a journey that took five centuries. This episode traces the storied history from a linen sheath that an Italian ana...
4 Okt 18min
What They Don't Tell You About Grief
The five(5) stages of grief is the popular model that is used to track the processing of loss. But what they don't tell you is that the model isn't a rigid & sequential path. Everyone experiences grie...
28 Sep 18min
What Is an IPO? Using the Dangote Offer to Explain It
Africa's biggest IPO just opened. ₦5,250 buys you the minimum number of shares. The offer closes October 13th. And Nigerian X has been talking about it nonstop with different ownership memes dropping,...
21 Sep 18min
The Nepal Floods. A Climate Change Episode
The Nepal disaster that happened on August 26th was caused by a glacier collapse in the Himalayas and this killed over 1,300 people. Every piece of coverage on this event mentioned climate change. It ...
14 Sep 19min
Why Smart People Make Bad Money Decisions
You already know you should save more, spend less, and invest. Most people do. The problem therefore is not knowledge, it is psychology. This episode draws on Morgan Housel's The Psychology of Money a...
7 Sep 21min
Specials: Is Virginity a Social Construct?
This topic was a debate on Nigerian X. Alot of people had a lot of opinions. Most people did not ask what the biological evidence actually says, or even separate the scientific question from the moral...
30 Aug 17min
The Psychology of Addiction
Everyone knows addiction is bad but not everyone understands what it actually is. This episode explains the real science behind why addiction is a brain disorder and not a character flaw. We talk abou...
23 Aug 25min
