You Are Not So Smart is a show about psychology that celebrates science and self delusion. In each e
Is the person you believe to be the protagonist of your life story real or a fictional character? In
Can new computer programs rid us of the cognitive errors that lead to learned helplessness in the cl
Stuck in a bad situation, even when the prison doors are left wide open, we sometimes refuse to atte
Work often sucks, but it doesn't have to. In this episode we interview Lazlo Bock, head of People Op
It’s peculiar, your inability to predict what will make you happy, and that inability leads you to d
What if you could give yourself a superpower? That's what Jia Jiang wondered when he began a quest t
Can you change a person's mind on a divisive social issue? The latest science says...yes. But it wil
Public shaming is back. Once done in town squares, the subjects of our ridicule locked in pillories
In this inbetweenisode you will hear an excerpt from a lecture I gave at DragonCon2014 and an interv
In this episode, we talk to Danielle Ofri, a physician and author of "What Doctors Feel" -
This episode is a rebroadcast of two interviews from episode 20 all about how we are very, very bad
Did Brian Williams lie, exaggerate, or misremember? How certain are you that your most vivid memorie
Scientists are using rubber hands and virtual reality to transfer people's minds into avatars design
In this episode, two stories, one about a football game that split reality in two for the people who
How far back can we trace our irrational behaviors and cognitive biases? Evolutionarily speaking, wh
Is it possible to for different parts of your mind to learn how the world works at different rates?
One salient trait can cause you to misjudge every other trait when evaluating a new hire, a love int
What motivates you to keep going, to reach for your dreams, to persist and endure? Psychology has, o
Have you ever been confronted with the fact that you were in over your head, or that you had no idea
Are you throwing good money after bad? Are you stuck in a job, a relationship, a degree, or some oth
