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Hidden Brain
Shankar Vedantam uses science and storytelling to reveal the unconscious patterns that drive human behavior, shape our choices and direct our relationships.
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Radio Replay: Eyes Wide Open
Episode Date: September 22, 2018When Randy Gardner was 17, he won a world record for going eleven days without sleeping. On this Radio Replay, Randy shares insights from that experie...
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The Cassandra Curse
Episode Date: September 18, 2018After a disaster happens, we want to know whether something could have been done to avoid it. Did anyone see this coming? Many times, the answer is ye...
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Our Better Nature
Episode Date: September 11, 2018If you live in a big city, you may have noticed new buildings popping up — a high-rise here, a skyscraper there. The concrete jungles that we've built...
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Bullshit Jobs
Episode Date: September 4, 2018Have you ever had a job where you had to stop and ask yourself: what am I doing here? If I quit tomorrow, would anyone even notice? This week on Hidde...
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You 2.0: Check Yourself
Episode Date: August 28, 2018The simple "to-do" list may be one of humanity's oldest tools for getting organized. But checklists are also proving essential in many moder...
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You 2.0: Originals
Episode Date: August 21, 2018What does it mean to be an original? As part of our summer series, You 2.0, we talk with psychology professor Adam Grant about innovators and the cha...
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You 2.0: The Ostrich Effect
Episode Date: August 7, 2018Ignorance is bliss, but knowledge is power...right? As part of our summer series, You 2.0, we try to understand why we stick our heads in the sand.
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You 2.0: Dream Jobs
Episode Date: July 31, 2018Finding a new job may be the solution to your woes at work. But there may also be other ways to get more out of your daily grind. This week, we talk...
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Radio Replay: Watch Your Mouth
Episode Date: July 21, 2018If you're bilingual or multilingual, you may have noticed that different languages make you stretch in different ways. In this month's Radio Replay, w...
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Snooki and the Handbag
Episode Date: July 10, 2018Look down at what you're wearing. You picked out that blue shirt, right? And those sandals — you decided on those because they're comfortable, didn't...
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The Edge Effect
Episode Date: July 3, 2018There is great comfort in the familiar. It's one reason humans often flock to other people who share the same interests, laugh at the same jokes, hold...
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Fake News: An Origin Story
Episode Date: June 26, 2018Fake news may seem new, but in reality, it's as old as American journalism. This week, we look at a tension at the heart of news coverage: Should repo...
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Radio Replay: Looking Back
Episode Date: June 23, 2018Why are we so often pulled into memories of the past? This week, two emotions we just can't shake: regret and nostalgia.
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Summer Melt
Episode Date: June 19, 2018As many as 40 percent of students who intend to go to college don't actually show up to their new campuses in the fall. Education researchers call thi...
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When Everything Clicks
Episode Date: June 5, 2018There can be a lot of psychological noise involved in teaching. But what if we replaced all that mental chit chat....with a click? This week, we explo...
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Kinder-Gardening
Episode Date: May 29, 2018Many parents think they can shape their child into a particular kind of adult. Psychologist Alison Gopnik says the science suggests otherwise. This we...
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Radio Replay: This Is Your Brain On Ads
Episode Date: May 19, 2018How many ads have you encountered today? On this week's radio replay, we discuss the insidiousness of advertising in American media. We begin with new...
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Rap on Trial
Episode Date: May 8, 2018Olutosin Oduwole was an aspiring rapper and college student when he was arrested in 2007. He was charged with "attempting to make a terrorist thr...