Ep136 "Why do we care about mattering?" with Rebecca Goldstein
What does it mean for your life to matter? We all talk a lot about happiness, pleasure, and meaning... but what if the real engine underneath it all is the need to feel we count? Is it possible that d...
12 Jan 41min
Ep135: What does neuroscience mean by hypnosis? with David Spiegel
What exactly is hypnosis? We’ve all heard of circus-like versions, but is there a real element to hypnosis that psychiatrists and neuroscientists are able to leverage? Can attention and expectation ch...
5 Jan 55min
Ep82 Re Broadcast "Why Do Your 30 Trillion Cells Feel Like a Self?" Part 1
Happy Holidays- New Episodes starting Jan. 5th Every cell in your body changes, so why do you have a sense of continuity of the self – as though you're the same person you were a month ago? What does ...
29 Dec 202529min
Ep70 Re Broadcast "Why do our memories drift? Part 1: The War of the Ghosts"
Happy Holidays- New episodes starting Jan. 5th Why did lions look so strange in medieval European art? What does this have to do with Native American folklore, eyewitness memory of a car accident, or ...
22 Dec 202533min
Ep134 "What do brains teach us about morality?" with Joshua Greene
Why will you make different moral decisions in similar circumstances? Why do some people make different choices than you? What happens when ancient moral instincts collide with modern problems such as...
15 Dec 20251h 15min
Ep133 "Why do people hold misbeliefs?" with Dan Ariely
Why do people sometimes buy into ideas that seem obviously false from the outside, as with conspiracy theories? Is this kind of misbelief a universal feature of human brains? Does it offer clarity and...
8 Dec 202546min
Ep132 "What will AI mean for the economy?" with Andrew Mayne
If AI can do everything from writing novels to designing proteins, what remains that only humans can do? What's the human advantage in a world where machines can outperform us at almost any measurable...
1 Dec 202551min
Ep131 "What do brains tell us about politics?" Part 2: Rehumanization
How do societies work their way out of polarization? And what does the answer have to do with broken trucks, the Apollo program, the movie 'Watchmen', Iroquois Native Americans, a new idea for social ...
24 Nov 202549min
