Philosopher, neuroscientist, and psychologist, Joshua Greene tells us how the brain generates morality and how his research may have solved the infamous trolley problem, and in so doing created a way to encourage people to contribute to charities that do the most good, and, in addition, play quiz games that can reduce polarization and possibly save democracy.

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Pods Fight Poverty

Give Directly

Giving Multiplier

Joshua Greene's Website

Moral Tribes

The Trolley Problem in Real Life

A Buddhist Monk Faces The Trolley Problem

Alief vs Belief

Tango

Tango Quiz Game Research

Charitable Giving Research

How Minds Change

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David McRaney’s BlueSky

YANSS Twitter

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We sit down with Dr. Madeleine Beekman, a professor emerita of evolutionary biology and behavioral ecology at the University of Sydney, Australia, whose new book, The Origin of Language, presents a completely new and fascinating theory for how language emerged in homo sapiens, in human beings, in you and me and the rest of us.

Madeleine Beekman

How Minds Change

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In this episode we welcome Dr. Sarah Stein Lubrano, a political scientist who studies how cognitive dissonance affects all sorts of political behavior. She’s also the co-host of a podcast about activism called "What Do We Want?" and she wrote a book titled Don’t Talk About Politics which is about how to discuss politics without necessarily talking about politics.

Sarah Stein Lubrano's Website

Sarah Stein Lubrano's Substack

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