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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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