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You Are Not So Smart

138 - Evil

In this episode, we sit down with psychologist Julia Shaw, an expert in memory and criminal...

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137 - Narrative Persuasion (rebroadcast)

One of the most effective ways to change people’s minds is to put your argument into a narrative...

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136 - Prevalence Induced Concept Change

In this episode we explore prevalence induced concept change. In a nutshell, when we set out to...

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135 - Optimism Bias (rebroadcast)

In this episode, Tali Sharot, a cognitive neuroscientist and psychologist at University College...

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134 - The Elaboration Likelihood Model

In this episode we sit down with psychology legend Richard Petty to discuss the Elaboration...

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133 - Uncivil Agreement

In this episode, we welcome Lilliana Mason on the program to discuss her new book, Uncivil...

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132 - Practice (rebroadcast)

Is it true that all it takes to be an expert is 10,000 hours of practice? What about professional...

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131 - The Marshmallow Replication

The marshmallow test is one of the most well-known studies in all of psychology, but a new...

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130 - The Half LIfe of Facts (rebroadcast)

In medical school they tell you half of what you are about to learn won't be true when you...

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129 - Desirability Bias (rebroadcast)

Confirmation bias is our tendency to seek evidence that supports our beliefs and confirms our...

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128 - Happy Brain

What makes you happy? As in, what generates happiness inside the squishy bits that reside inside...

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127 - Selfie

In this episode, we sit down with author Will Storr to talk about his new book -- Selfie: How We...

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125 - Separate Spheres (rebroadcast)

Despite their relative invisibility, a norm, even a dying one, can sometimes be harnessed and...

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125 - Status Quo Rationalization

When faced with an inescapable and unwanted situation, we often rationalize our predicament so as...

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124 - Belief Change Blindness

When was the last time you changed your mind? Are you sure? In this episode we explore new...

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123 - Active Information Avoidance (rebroadcast)

Little did the champions of the Enlightenment know that once we had access to all the facts…well,...

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122 - Tribal Psychology

The evidence is clear that humans value being good members of their tribes much more than they...

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121 - Progress (rebroadcast)

Do we have the power to change the outcome of history? Is progress inevitable? Is it natural? Are...

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120 - The Backfire Effect - Part Four

New research into the backfire effect...complicates things, but it also provides us with new...

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119 - The Unpersuadables

Our guest for this episode, Will Storr, wrote a book called The Unpersuadables: Adventures with...

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