199 - Math Without Numbers - Milo Beckman

199 - Math Without Numbers - Milo Beckman

In this episode we explore the weirdness and wonder of Math Without Numbers with mathematician Milo Beckman who wrote a book about the math behind multiple infinities, strange topologies, and extra dimensions, all without using numbers to explain some of the most fascinating and complex ideas that usually only make sense when scribbled in strange notations on a blackboard.

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310 - Align Your Mind - Britt Frank

310 - Align Your Mind - Britt Frank

Therapist, teacher, speaker, and trauma specialist Britt Frank tells us all about her new book, Align Your Mind, an all-access pass to understanding, befriending, and leading the multiple voices withi...

31 Mars 20251h 12min

309 - They Thought We Were Ridiculous - Andy Luttrell (rebroadcast)

309 - They Thought We Were Ridiculous - Andy Luttrell (rebroadcast)

In 1974, two psychologists, Daniel Kahneman and Amos Tversky, as the New Yorker once put it, "changed the way we think about the way we think." The prevailing wisdom, before their landmark research we...

17 Mars 20251h 12min

308 - Magical Thinking - Matt Tompkins

308 - Magical Thinking - Matt Tompkins

In this episode, the story of Clever Hans, the horse who changed psychology for the better. We also sit down with psychologist and magician Matt Tompkins. Matt is the author of The Spectacle of Illusi...

3 Mars 20251h 19min

307 - Concordance Over Truth Bias

307 - Concordance Over Truth Bias

In this episode, we sit down with three disinformation researchers whose new paper found something surprising about both our resistance and our susceptibility to both true news we wish was fake and fa...

17 Feb 20251h 9min

306 - I Never Thought of it That Way - Mónica Guzmán (rebroadcast)

306 - I Never Thought of it That Way - Mónica Guzmán (rebroadcast)

This episode’s guest is Mónica Guzmán, the author of I Never Thought of It That Way – a book with very practical advice on how to have productive conversations in a polarized political environment via...

3 Feb 202552min

305 - Supercommunicators - Charles Duhigg (rebroadcast)

305 - Supercommunicators - Charles Duhigg (rebroadcast)

Our guest in this episode is Charles Duhigg, a Pulitzer Prize winning journalist and writer for the New Yorker Magazine who is also the New York Times Bestselling author of The Power of Habit and Smar...

20 Jan 20251h 16min

304 - Nobody's Fool - Dan Simons and Christopher Chabris (rebroadcast)

304 - Nobody's Fool - Dan Simons and Christopher Chabris (rebroadcast)

In an era in which we have more information available to us than ever before, when claims of “fake news” might themselves be, in fact, fake news, Daniel Simons and Christopher Chabris, authors of The ...

6 Jan 202551min

303 - The Dress - Decoder Ring

303 - The Dress - Decoder Ring

In this episode we return to The Dress and the psychological lessons offered by one of the most viral moments in the history of the internet via an episode of Decoder Ring in which David McRaney share...

23 Dec 202443min

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