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You Are Not So Smart

You Are Not So Smart is a show about psychology that celebrates science and self delusion. In each e

Episodes

Total: 313

156 - Selfie (rebroadcast)

2019/6/16

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

You Are Not So Smart, live in New York, at The Bell House, in Brooklyn -- David McRaney and three ex

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

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151 - Behind the Curve

2019/4/8

In this episode we sit down with the director and producers of the documentary film, Behind the Curv

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

149 - Bad Advice

2019/3/11

In this episode, we sit down with vaccine expert Dr. Paul Offit to discuss his new book, Bad Advice

In this episode, we sit down with psychologist Michele Gelfand and discuss her new book: Rule Makers

"Science is wrong about everything, but you can trust it more than anything."That's the as

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

145 - Team Human

2019/1/14

In this episode of the You Are Not So Smart Podcast we sit down with one of the original cyberpunks,

In 2017, YANSS did three episodes about the backfire effect, and by far, those episodes were the mos

In this episode, we sit down with negotiation expert Misha Glouberman who explains how to talk to pe

In late 2014 and early 2015, the city of Starkville, Mississippi, passed an anti-discrimination meas

141 - Not A Scientist

2018/11/19

Our guest in this episode of the You Are Not So Smart Podcast is Dave Levitan, a science journalist

We've transferred our biases to artificial intelligence, and now those machine minds are creating th

139 - The Friendship Cure

2018/10/21

On this episode, we welcome journalist Kate Leaver to talk about her new book The Friendship Cure in

138 - Evil

2018/10/8

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

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