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You Are Not So Smart

You Are Not So Smart

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You Are Not So Smart is a show about psychology that celebrates science and self delusion. In each episode, we explore what we've learned so far about reasoning, biases, judgments, and decision-making.2024 You Are Not So Smart Science Social Sciences
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  • 330 - A More Beautiful Question - Warren Berger (rebroadcast)
    Jan 5 2026

    Warren Berger has made a career out of classifying, categorizing, and making sense of the many varieties of questions that we ask and in this episode he explains how we can ask more beautiful questions that can lead to all manner of better outcomes.

    Warren Berger's Website

    Warren Berger's Twitter

    A More Beautiful Question

    Carl Sagan on Asking Questions

    Neil deGrasse Tyson Explains Why The Sky Is Blue

    The Real Reason the Sky is Blue

    How Does Rayleigh Scattering ACTUALLY Work? (The Blue Sky)

    Kitted

    How Minds Change

    David McRaney’s Twitter

    YANSS Twitter

    Show Notes

    Newsletter

    Patreon


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    1 hr and 5 mins
  • 329 - Point Taken - Steven Franconeri
    Dec 22 2025

    Dr. Steven Franconeri explains the powerful insights and opportunities offered by a game he and his team created for having better disagreements about just about anything, but especially about the sort of topics that often lead to arguments, fights, and terrible holiday dinners.

    Kitted Executive Academy

    Point Taken

    The Visual Thinking Lab

    Steven Franconeri

    How Minds Change

    David McRaney’s Twitter

    David McRaney’s BlueSky

    YANSS Twitter

    Show Notes

    Newsletter

    Patreon


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    52 mins
  • 328 - Shape - Jordan Ellenberg (rebroadcast)
    Dec 8 2025

    We sit down with Jordan Ellenberg, a world-class geometer, who takes us on a far-ranging exploration of the power of geometry, which turns out to help us think better about practically everything

    His writing has appeared in Slate, the Wall Street Journal, the New York Times, the Washington Post, and the Boston Globe, and he is the New York Times bestselling author of How Not to Be Wrong – but in this episode we will discuss his new book, Shape: The hidden geometry of information, biology, strategy, democracy and everything else.

    Kitted Executive Academy

    Jordan Ellenberg’s Website

    Jordan Ellenberg’s Academic Website

    Jordan Ellenberg’s Twitter

    Shape

    How Minds Change

    David McRaney’s Twitter

    David McRaney’s BlueSky

    YANSS Twitter

    Show Notes

    Newsletter

    Patreon


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    1 hr and 11 mins
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