You Are Not So Smart

197 - Conspiratorial Thinking

Over the last few years, this show has devoted many shows to the psychology behind what we saw in...

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196 - Art (rebroadcast)

Moira Dillon studies how “the physical world in which we live shapes the abstract world in which...

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195 - Clearer Thinking

In this episode we sit down with Spencer Greenberg to discuss how to be better critical thinkers...

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195 - Clearer Thinking

In this episode we sit down with Spencer Greenberg to discuss how to be better critical thinkers...

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194 - Because Internet

Our guest in this episode is Gretchen McCulloch, who is a linguist, but also, I’d say a...

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193 - Gossip

In this episode we sit down with psychologist Robb Willer to discuss the psychology of gossip:...

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192 - The Dunning-Kruger Effect (rebroadcast)

In this episode, we explore why we are unaware that we lack the skill to tell how unskilled and...

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191 - Livewired

In this episode we sit down with neuroscientist David Eagleman to learn how brains turn noise...

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190 - Learned Helplessness (rebroadcast)

Stuck in a bad situation, even when the prison doors are left wide open, we sometimes refuse to...

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189 - The Vaccine

In this giant episode, experts on vaccines, epidemiology, psychology, and science communication...

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188 - The Happiness Lab (rebroadcast)

In this episode, we welcome Yale psychologist Laurie Santos who discusses her new podcast, The...

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187 - Bad Habits (rebroadcast)

In this episode, Dr. Jud Brewer, a neuroscientist and addiction psychiatrist, discusses bad...

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186 - Maybe You Should Talk to Someone (rebroadcast)

In Lori Gottlieb's new book, Maybe You Should Talk to Someone, she opens with a quote from James...

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185 - Masks

In this episode we explore the psychology behind why some people don't want to wear masks, why...

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184 - The Blind Spots Between Us

Our guest in this episode is Dr. Gleb Tsipursky, a disaster-avoidance expert who has spent more...

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183 - Black Lives Matter

In this episode, members of the Association of Black Psychologists gather in a roundtable...

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182 - The A/B Effect (rebroadcast)

So, you might think that, in general, as an idea, as a practice, the A/B test would be beloved,...

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181 - Pluralistic Ignorance (rebroadcast)

There are several ways to define pluralistic ignorance, and that’s because it’s kind of a brain...

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180 - Meltdown

In this episode we sit down with Chris Clearfield, author of Meltdown: Why Our Systems Fail and...

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179 - The Memory Illusion

Our guest on this episode of the You Are Not So Smart Podcast is Dr. Julia Shaw, the author of...

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