Episodes

  • 27. How Should You Ask for Forgiveness?

    27. How Should You Ask for Forgiveness?
    Jun 22 2025

    Also: why is behavior change so darn hard? This episode originally aired on November 15, 2020.
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    38 mins
  • 26. Do Checklists Make People Stupid?

    26. Do Checklists Make People Stupid?
    Jun 15 2025

    Also: what’s so great about New York City anyway? This episode originally aired on November 8, 2020.
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    34 mins
  • 25. Is Hedonism Better Than Self-Control?

    25. Is Hedonism Better Than Self-Control?
    Jun 8 2025

    Also: is it wrong to feel inured to the pandemic? This episode originally aired on November 1, 2020.
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    31 mins
  • 24. Why Do We Forget So Much of What We’ve Read?

    24. Why Do We Forget So Much of What We’ve Read?
    Jun 1 2025

    Also: do we overestimate or underestimate our significance in other people’s lives? This episode originally aired on October 25, 2020.
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    34 mins
  • 23. Is It Wrong to Crave Praise?

    23. Is It Wrong to Crave Praise?
    May 25 2025

    Also: should everyone have their own trauma score? This episode originally aired on October 18, 2020.
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    39 mins
  • 22. Why Do We Buy Things We’ll Never Use?

    22. Why Do We Buy Things We’ll Never Use?
    May 18 2025

    Also: how is social media like a knife? This episode originally aired on October 11, 2020.

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    32 mins
  • 21. How Can You Identify Hidden Talent? With Eric Schmidt.

    21. How Can You Identify Hidden Talent? With Eric Schmidt.
    May 11 2025

    Also: is there a downside to billionaire philanthropy? This episode originally aired on October 4, 2020.

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    35 mins
  • Presenting “Smart Girl Dumb Questions”

    Presenting “Smart Girl Dumb Questions”
    May 7 2025

    Nayeema Raza describes her podcast as “a curiosity party.” In this episode of Smart Girl Dumb Questions, she asks chef and food writer J. Kenji López-Alt whether cooking is an art or a science — and whether brunch is a scam.
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    48 mins