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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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We're All Gonna Live Forever!
Episode Date: September 24, 2019Last week, we spoke with psychologist Sheldon Solomon about the fear of death and how it shapes our actions. This week, we pivot from psychology and p...
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We're All Gonna Die!
Episode Date: September 17, 2019Death may be inescapable, but we do our best to avoid thinking about it. Psychologist Sheldon Solomon says we're not very successful though. This week...
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You 2.0: Decide Already!
Episode Date: September 3, 2019For the last episode in our You 2.0 series, we bring you a favorite conversation with Harvard researcher Dan Gilbert. He explains why we're bad at pre...
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You 2.0: Deep Work
Episode Date: August 27, 2019When your phone buzzes or a notification pops up your screen, do you stop what you're doing to look and respond? That's what many of us are doing. Eve...
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You 2.0: Rebel With A Cause
Episode Date: August 20, 2019Francesca Gino studies rebels — people who practice "positive deviance" and achieve incredible feats of imagination. They know how, and when...
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You 2.0: Our Better Nature
Episode Date: August 13, 2019If 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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You 2.0: Tunnel Vision
Episode Date: August 5, 2019When you're hungry, it can be hard to think of anything other than food. When you're desperately poor, you may constantly worry about making ends meet...
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You 2.0: The Empathy Gym
Episode Date: July 29, 2019Some people are good at putting themselves in another person's shoes. Others may struggle to relate. But psychologist Jamil Zaki argues that empathy i...
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Facts Aren't Enough
Episode Date: July 22, 2019Sometimes when we believe something, we resist data that can change our minds. This week, we look at how we rely on the people we trust to shape what...
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Finding Your Voice
Episode Date: July 16, 2019At some point in our lives, many of us realize that the way we hear our own voice isn't the way others hear us. This week on Hidden Brain, we look at...
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The Fox And The Hedgehog
Episode Date: July 9, 2019The Greek poet Archilochus wrote that "the fox knows many things, but the hedgehog knows one big thing." This week, we'll use the metaphor o...
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I Buy, Therefore I Am
Episode Date: July 2, 2019All of us are surrounded by brands. Designer brands. Bargain-shopper brands. Brands for seemingly every demographic slice among us. But have you ever...
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The Lazarus Drug
Episode Date: June 25, 2019More than 70,000 people died of drug overdoses in 2017 — many of them from heroin and other opioids. One of the most widely-used tools to confront thi...
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Our Animal Instincts
Episode Date: June 18, 2019Does living with animals really make us healthier? Why do we eat some animals and keep others as pets? This week on Hidden Brain, we talk with psychol...
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Me, Myself, and IKEA
Episode Date: June 11, 2019Are women named Virginia more likely to move to Virginia? Are people with the last name of Carpenter more likely to be carpenters? This week on Hidden...
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People Like Us
Episode Date: June 4, 2019Generations of Americans have struggled against segregation. Most of us believe in the ideal of a colorblind society. But what happens when that idea...
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More Divided Than Ever?
Episode Date: May 28, 2019Many of us intuitively feel that the bitter partisanship of American politics is bad for our nation. So should we be concerned about the health of our...
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Losing Face
Episode Date: May 21, 2019It happens to all of us: someone recognizes you on the street, calls you by name, and says hello. You, meanwhile, have no idea who that person is. Res...
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What's Not On The Test
Episode Date: May 14, 2019Smarts matter. But other factors may play an even bigger role in whether someone succeeds. This week, we speak with Nobel Prize-winning economist Jame...