The Inforium

We've decided we want houses, and it turns out we're not alone. But with buying a house being such a huge undertaking, where do we start? We talk about what we've been thinking about so far in our que...

2 Apr 20181h 25min

Feeling ready for finals? We talk through the 12-step exam preparation checklist found in Barbara Oakley's "A Mind for Numbers." Full show notes Things mentioned in this episode: A Mind of Numbers, b...

26 Mars 20181h 7min

Ready for the next level, but not sure how to get there? Maybe you need to find yourself a mentor. We talk about what it means to be a mentor and how to find one. Full show notes Things mentioned in t...

19 Mars 201847min

Winners never quit, right? Well, no. According to Seth Godin's 'The Dip,' winners quit plenty of things. They just know which things to quit, leaving them to focus their energies on better things. So,...

12 Mars 201858min

In this 5 questions episode, we talk about studying with music, making new connections, estimating how long a task will take, staying productive in winter, and what to do when you're overwhelmed. Full...

5 Mars 201851min

It's almost March now, so quite a few New Year's resolutions have probably fallen through already. But that doesn't mean it's too late to do something worth being proud of. We talk about how to really...

26 Feb 201849min

We look one final time at Robert Cialdini's "Influence: The Psychology of Persuasion" to talk about why you really don't know what you have until it's gone. Full show notes Things mentioned in this ep...

19 Feb 201856min

Classes may seem like they take forever, but four years really isn't that long in the grand scheme of things. We talk about fourteen of the nearly limitless options for spending your time in school, s...

12 Feb 20181h 7min