Unseen Influences

Jim Grinstead
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The hidden forces shaping your choices

Episodes

  1. 2D AGO

    Car squealing: The secrets your car shares with others

    Send us a text You know your car is loaded with computers, but it also has cameras and microphones. Depending on the make, model and year of your car, it could be giving up a lot of information about you and there isn't much you can do about it -- it has its own cell phone to share what it knows. All this can impact your insurance rates and many other indices that affect the goods and services you have access to. Listen in to find out the secrets your car gives up about you and who is getting it.

    20 min

  2. 2D AGO

    Social influence: How others' opinions impact your actions

    Send us a text You may believe you're an independent thinker, but odds are you are influenced by others' actions or beliefs. In most cases, the influence is inconsequential, but it's important to know how their beliefs and actions impact you to fully understand why you do what you do. Plus, we'll talk about lying and why we all lie a lot. You'll also learn why lying is a two-way proposition. For a lie to work, you have to be a willing participant.

    23 min

  3. 2D AGO

    Placebo buttons: the switches around you that do nothing

    Send us a text We are surrounded by buttons and devices that are intended to make our lives better, but they do nothing.  Want your hotel room to be cooler? Chances are whatever setting you choose, you won't notice much of a difference. They are designed that way, but we will give you the codes to bypass many of those thermostats and get the relief you need, most of which are helpfully provided by airline crews. There are many other things around you that either just don't work or have limited functionality. Listen in as we expose them.

    22 min

  4. 12/20/2025

    Unseen Influences trailer

    Send us a text Unseen Influences launches Feb. 12, 2026. There are hidden forces that shape your choices. Some work to your benefit -- like finding your way through hospital corridors. Others nudge you toward buying products or adopting ideas that may not have occurred to you before. Unseen Influences helps you identify those efforts and make choices that are right for you. You'll learn how to find the right hospital room and why your hotel thermostat lies to you about how low you can set the temperature. We'll also tell you how to bypass that. From product packaging to starting a new job, people want you to think the way they do. Our job is help you see what strings are bring pulled. Find Unseen Influences at UnseenInfluences.com or wherever you get podcasts.

    2 min
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The hidden forces shaping your choices

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  • Creator
    Jim Grinstead
  • Years Active
    2K
  • Episodes
    4
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © 2026 Unseen Influences
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    Unseen Influences