On social power, the oppressed/oppressor framework, and empathy, with Elizaveta Friesem
Elizaveta Friesem writes about media and about social power (i.e., the power people exert over...
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On social power, the oppressed/oppressor framework, and empathy, with Elizaveta Friesem
Elizaveta Friesem writes about media and about social power (i.e., the power people exert over...
01:03:26
What's life like when you don't believe in free will?, with physicist Daniel Whiteson
A talk with Daniel Whiteson, a professor of physics and astronomy, about free will, with a focus...
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News media tends to deepen our divides. Does Isaac Saul have a solution?
A talk with journalist Isaac Saul, founder of Tangle News (readtangle.com), which shares takes...
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The allure of deciphering behavior: a talk with Rounders screenwriter Brian Koppelman
A talk with screenwriter/producer Brian Koppelman, known for many TV and film projects, including...
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How a pro poker player makes use of poker tells, with Dara O'Kearney
A talk with professional poker player Dara O’Kearney about poker tells (aka, physical and verbal...
01:04:43
Tips on interrogating people for information and confessions, with David Zulawski
A reshare of a talk with David Zulawski from 2018. Zulawksi is an expert in interrogation and...
01:13:10
Reading behavior and motivations in the Robbi Jade Lew poker hand, with Yakov Hirsch
A talk with professional poker player Yakov Hirsch about the well known high-stakes poker...
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"You want me to have empathy for Trump?!": a talk with Yakov Hirsch
A talk about trying to understand Trump's anger at the American media and how that relates...
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A second talk with Yakov Hirsch, who writes about the Middle East conflict and about "Hasbara...
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Why do some people want to watch the world burn?, with Kevin Arceneaux
A talk with Kevin Arceneaux, whose research found that a surprising number of people (around 40%)...
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Reading "tells" in football, baseball, and other sports, with Jon Hoefling
A talk with Jon Michael Hoefling, a sports analyst, about reading behavioral tells and indicators...
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Understanding and dealing with debilitating anxiety, with Scott Stossel
A talk with Scott Stossel, author of "My Age of Anxiety: Fear, Hope, Dread, and the Search for...
01:02:53
Electrodermal activity is what lie detectors measure: what is that?, with Christopher Moyer
I talk with psychologist Christopher Moyer about electrodermal activity (EDA), also known as...
01:11:17
Dogs' reading of human emotions, and other human-pet dynamic research, with Daniel Mills
Animal behavior researcher Daniel Mills talks about various aspects of the human-pet...
01:12:02
On the art of listening and the challenges of being an introvert, with Joel Berman
Joel Berman is a practitioner of Compassionate Listening (compassionatelistening.org). Joel has...
01:03:54
Door-to-door sales tricks and strategies
A talk with two people with door-to-door sales experience. We talk about the tricks and...
01:15:41
Can recognizing bias in news media help reduce us-vs-them polarization?, with Vanessa Otero
Vanessa Otero is the creator of a popular and well respected media bias chart that ranks the bias...
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Why is criticism of Israel sometimes portrayed as antisemitic?, with Yakov Hirsch
A talk with Yakov Hirsch, who thinks that some Jewish people have exaggerated ideas about the...
01:29:07
Is our desperate craving for certainty our biggest weakness?, with Maria Konnikova
Maria Konnikova is the best-selling author of the books The Biggest Bluff, The Confidence Game,...
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Understanding an orchestra conductor's gestures, with Ming Luke
A talk with orchestra conductor Ming Luke (mingluke.com). Topics discussed include: what a...
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