This is a podcast about deciphering human behavior and understanding why people do the things they d
Maybe you’ve heard that you can get clues about whether someone is lying by what direction they look
Many Americans think Trump is harming democracy; they see him as acting undemocratically in various
A talk about hypnosis and mind control with Martin S. Taylor, a well known British hypnotist (hypnot
In March of 2024, the newsman and sports commentator Keith Olbermann tweeted that the “Supreme Court
I talk to Jess Snitko, who has researched online dating and other online communication, about the si
Cheo Rose-Washington had an accident that ruptured his knee cap tendons. Then a medical miscommunica
What if I told you the left-right political spectrum was an illusion? What if I told you there is no
Every time I go in Trader Joe's, the checkout person asks me a question of some sort. I used to thin
The fraud Chase Hughes, whose major lies and unethical behaviors I’ve examined in past episodes, con
In June of 2024, I got an op-ed published in TheHill.com about Elon Musk's polarization -- specifica
Brian Dunning, creator of the podcast Skeptoid, made a documentary that brings a skeptical, analytic
I thought it'd be interesting to read a very dumb book from 1969 called "Face Reading: A Guide to Ho
I interrogate an 8-year-old about her belief in Santa Claus, the Tooth Fairy, the Easter Bunny, and
A piece I wrote for my Defusing American Anger Substack (learn more at www.american-anger.com). It’s
In a recent Fox News interview, Trump was asked whether he thought there would be chaos and violence
In the documentary Money Electric, filmmaker Cullen Hoback put forth the theory that developer Peter
On the Nextdoor app, a fake account succeeded in getting some personal info from me before I realize
