207 - A Slight Change of Plans - Maya Shankar
A few weeks ago, Maya Shankar and her team reached out to me noting their new show, A Slight Change of Plans, which explores how various fascinating people have changed their minds, often after someth...
30 Maj 20211h 16min
206 - Narcissism
In this episode we explore what narcissism is and what is most-definitely is not. You will learn is that narcissists are not psychopaths, and vice-versa, but there is a form of narcissism which had be...
16 Maj 202158min
205 - Unfollow - Megan Phelps-Roper
In this episode we sit down with Megan Phelps-Roper, the author of Unfollow, a memoir of her time in Westboro Baptist Church, and an exploration what it took to convince her to leave. I interviewed Me...
3 Maj 20211h 50min
203 - Transcend - Scott Barry Kaufman
In this episode we sit down with Scott Barry Kaufman, one of the most-influential and prolific psychologists working today, to discuss his new book, Transcend: The New Science of Self-Actualization. B...
4 Apr 20211h 9min
202 - Desirability Bias (rebroadcast)
Confirmation bias is our tendency to seek evidence that supports our beliefs and confirms our assumptions when we could just as well seek disconfirmation of those beliefs and assumptions instead. Conf...
21 Mars 202128min
201 - Good Dog - Kate Leaver
In this episode we sit down with journalist and author Kate Leaver to explore her new book, Good Dog, which covers "the science and history of our extraordinary relationship with dogs and focusing on ...
7 Mars 20211h 21min
200 - Socks and Crocs (rebroadcast)
When facing a novel and uncertain situation, the brain secretly disambiguates the ambiguous without letting you know it was ever uncertain in the first place, leading people who disambiguate different...
22 Feb 20211h 36min
