Season 3 (2018)

The Cognitive Tradeoff Hypothesis
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December 5, 2018 • 30m

Humans are the only Earthlings with complex language. But at what cost was that ability acquired? In this episode, Michael Stevens...Read more

Moral Licensing
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December 5, 2018 • 30m

How are our moral decisions influenced by factors we’re not aware of? A phenomenon known as Moral Licensing claims that when we do...Read more

The Stilwell Brain
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December 12, 2018 • 30m

There are 100 billion individual neurons in the human brain. Working together, they allow us to make sense of, and move through, t...Read more

The Stanford Prison Experiment
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December 19, 2018 • 30m

Normal people can become monsters, given the right situation. That’s the standard narrative of the Stanford Prison Experiment, one...Read more

Should I Die?
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December 26, 2018 • 30m

If I could live forever, should I? How does being reminded of our own mortality affect us psychologically? In this episode I speak...Read more

How to Talk to Aliens
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January 2, 2019 • 30m

Are we alone in the universe? Even if we could contact aliens, what would we say? How would we say it? And, most importantly, shou...Read more

Behavior and Belief
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January 9, 2019 • 30m

How can a lie become true? In this episode, Dr. Aaron Blaisdell and I create a game show that is actually a giant "human Skinner B...Read more

Mind Reading
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January 16, 2019 • 30m

In this episode I visit a researcher who is studying memory by using machine learning and neuroimaging to detect and predict peopl...Read more