You Are Not So Smart is a show about psychology that celebrates science and self delusion. In each e
In this episode David McRaney is interviewed by Andrea Chalupa about the psychological research cove
How likely is the fungal infection in The Last of Us? The one that takes over human brains and bring
In this episode we sit down with Greg Satell, a communication expert whose book, Cascades, details h
In this episode Jesse Richardson tells us all about ConspiracyTest.org, a new project designed to be
I recently sat down for a live event and Q&A with the great Annie Duke to discuss her new book, Quit
In this episode we sit down with Douglas Rushkoff, a media scholar, journalist, and professor of dig
In this show you'll hear the first episode of a documentary series I made for Himalaya, an audio ser
In celebration of How Minds Change, my new book, turning one-year-old, in this episode Michael Taft
In this episode we welcome back author Will Storr whose new book, The Status Game, feels like requir
Sedona Chinn, who studies how people make sense of competing scientific, environmental, and health-r
We sit down with Brian Brushwood to discuss how he put together this most recent season of The World
In this episode we sit down with Jennifer Shahade, a two-time U.S. Women’s Chess Champion, author, s
In an era in which we have more information available to us than ever before, when claims of “fake n
Deliberation. Debate. Conversation. Though it can feel like that’s what we are doing online as we tr
At the peak of COVID-19, Matthew Hongoltz-Hetling set out to write a book about the widespread pushb
Marina Nitze is a professional fixer of broken systems – a hacker, not of computers and technology,
Feeling stuck? Can't build momentum to escape all the loops keeping you from moving forward? Our gue
How to manage procrastination according to Margaret Atwood, how to work around your first-instinct f
Astronomer Phil Plait joins us to discuss his new book, Under Alien Skies, in which he describes wha
Is a hotdog a sandwich?Well, that depends on your definition of a sandwich (and a hotdog), and accor
