You Are Not So Smart

You Are Not So Smart
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You Are Not So Smart is a show about psychology that celebrates science and self delusion. In each episode, we explore what we've learned so far about reasoning, biases, judgments, and decision-making.

  1. 295 - Easy Crafts for the Insane - Kelly Williams Brown

    2 SEP.

    295 - Easy Crafts for the Insane - Kelly Williams Brown

    In this episode we sit down with author Kelly Williams Brown, an old friend who (I recently learned) had attempted suicide, which is the subject of this episode – suicide prevention and awareness. In the show we learn about Kelly's latest book, Easy Crafts for the Insane, in which she recounts how, after she gained fame and success as a NYT bestselling author, her life came apart and how an anti-anxiety-drug-induced manic state nearly ended her life.

    1u 15m
  2. 294 - Living Constitutionally - A.J. Jacobs

    19 AUG.

    294 - Living Constitutionally - A.J. Jacobs

    In this episode we sit down with A.J. Jacobs, a journalist who attempted to live for a year following the US Constitution's original meaning as if he were an originalist.

    1u 28m
  3. 293 - Do Your Own Research - Sedona Chinn (rebroadcast)

    5 AUG.

    293 - Do Your Own Research - Sedona Chinn (rebroadcast)

    Sedona Chinn's research has found that the more a person values the concept of doing your own research, the less likely that person is to actually do their own research. In the episode we explore the origin of the concept, what that phrase really means, and the implications of her study on everything from politics to vaccines to conspiratorial thinking.

    45 min
  4. 292 - The Society Library - Jamie Joyce

    22 JUL.

    292 - The Society Library - Jamie Joyce

    Our guest in this episode is Jamie Joyce who is the president and executive director of The Society Library, an organization that extracts arguments, claims, and evidence from various forms of media to compile databases that map all the bickering and debating taking place across our species.

    1u 24m
  5. 291 - Tough - Terry Crews (rebroadcast)

    8 JUL.

    291 - Tough - Terry Crews (rebroadcast)

    Terry Crews, actor, athlete, artist, President Dwayne Elizondo Mountain Dew Camacho, star of Brooklyn Nine-Nine, host of America’s Got Talent - that Terry Crews joins us to discuss his new book, Tough. In the book, Terry shares the raw story of his quest to find the true meaning of toughness and in so doing fundamentally change his concept of himself by uprooting a deeply ingrained toxic masculinity and finally confronting his insecurities, painful memories, and limiting beliefs.

    1u 11m
  6. 290 - The Intention Action Gap - Britt Frank

    24 JUN.

    290 - The Intention Action Gap - Britt Frank

    In this episode, we sit down with therapist Britt Frank to discuss the intention action gap, the psychological term for the chasm between what you very much intend to do and what you tend to do instead.

    1u 11m
  7. 289 - Hack Your Bureaucracy - Marina Nitze (rebroadcast)

    10 JUN.

    289 - Hack Your Bureaucracy - Marina Nitze (rebroadcast)

    Marina Nitze is a professional fixer of broken systems – a hacker, not of computers and technology, but of the social phenomena that tend to emerge when people get together and form organizations, institutions, services, businesses, and governments. In short, she hacks bureaucracies and wants to teach you how to do the same.

    42 min
  8. 288 - Fluke - Brian Klaas

    26 MEI

    288 - Fluke - Brian Klaas

    In this episode we sit down with Brian Klaas, author of Fluke, to get into the existential lessons and grander meaning for a life well-lived once one finally accepts the power and influence of randomness, chaos, and chance.

    51 min
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You Are Not So Smart is a show about psychology that celebrates science and self delusion. In each episode, we explore what we've learned so far about reasoning, biases, judgments, and decision-making.

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    You Are Not So Smart
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    2012 - 2024
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