You 2.0: Change Your Story, Change Your Life
28 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
We all tell stories about ourselves, often without realizing we’re doing so. How we frame those st...
You 2.0: Change Your Story, Change Your Life
28 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
We all tell stories about ourselves, often without realizing we’re doing so. How we frame those st...
You 2.0: The Wisdom of Stoicism
21 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
What does it mean to be stoic? Many of us assume it means you have a stiff upper lip, or that you su...
You 2.0: The Wisdom of Stoicism
21 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
What does it mean to be stoic? Many of us assume it means you have a stiff upper lip, or that you su...
You 2.0: The Path to Contentment + Your Questions Answered on Conversations
14 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Many of us believe that hard work and persistence are the key to achieving our goals. But is that tr...
You 2.0: The Path to Contentment + Your Questions Answered on Conversations
14 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Many of us believe that hard work and persistence are the key to achieving our goals. But is that tr...
You 2.0: The Passion Pill
Mon, 7 Jul
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
You’ve probably heard the saying, “Do what you love, and you’ll never work a day in your life....
You 2.0: The Passion Pill
07 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
You’ve probably heard the saying, “Do what you love, and you’ll never work a day in your life....
You 2.0: What Is Your Life For?
Mon, 30 Jun
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
What should you do with your life? There's no one-size-fits-all answer to that question. But there a...
You 2.0: What Is Your Life For?
30 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
What should you do with your life? There's no one-size-fits-all answer to that question. But there a...
Win Hearts, Then Minds + Your Questions Answered on Identity and "Covering"
Mon, 23 Jun
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
There’s a saying that’s attributed to the Dalai Lama: in the practice of tolerance, one’s enem...
Win Hearts, Then Minds + Your Questions Answered on Identity and "Covering"
23 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
There’s a saying that’s attributed to the Dalai Lama: in the practice of tolerance, one’s enem...
Doing it the Hard Way
Mon, 16 Jun
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
Learning to play a musical instrument is hard. So is trying to run a marathon, writing a term paper,...
Doing it the Hard Way
16 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Learning to play a musical instrument is hard. So is trying to run a marathon, writing a term paper,...
Ouch! That Feels Great
Mon, 9 Jun
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
We generally think of pain as something to be avoided. But psychologist Paul Bloom says that as much...
Ouch! That Feels Great
09 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
We generally think of pain as something to be avoided. But psychologist Paul Bloom says that as much...
The Price of Revenge
Mon, 2 Jun
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
Revenge often feels sweet, but what price do we pay for seeking it out? Researcher James Kimmel, Jr....
The Price of Revenge
02 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Revenge often feels sweet, but what price do we pay for seeking it out? Researcher James Kimmel, Jr....
Do I Know You? (A Hidden Brain-Revisionist History special on facial recognition)
Mon, 26 May
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
Have you ever encountered someone who clearly knows you, but you have no idea who they are? This wee...
Do I Know You? (A Hidden Brain-Revisionist History special on facial recognition)
26 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Have you ever encountered someone who clearly knows you, but you have no idea who they are? This wee...
How Much Do We Really Know?
Mon, 19 May
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
You probably know someone who thinks they know more about something than they really do. But you cou...
How Much Do We Really Know?
19 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
You probably know someone who thinks they know more about something than they really do. But you cou...
Forget About It!
Mon, 12 May
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
Forgetting something — whether it's a colleague's name or where we put our keys — can be deeply ...
Forget About It!
12 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Forgetting something — whether it's a colleague's name or where we put our keys — can be deeply ...
How to Harness Your Feelings
Mon, 5 May
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
Do you feel like you control your emotions, or do your emotions control you? What scientists call "e...
How to Harness Your Feelings
05 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Do you feel like you control your emotions, or do your emotions control you? What scientists call "e...
Relationships 2.0: Keeping Love Alive
Mon, 28 Apr
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
There's no magic potion that can make someone adore you. But there are things you can do to promote ...
Relationships 2.0: Keeping Love Alive
28 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
There's no magic potion that can make someone adore you. But there are things you can do to promote ...
Relationships 2.0: Why Did You Do That? + Your Questions Answered: Fred Luskin on Grudges
Mon, 21 Apr
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
As we go through life, we’re constantly trying to figure out what other people are thinking and fe...
Relationships 2.0: Why Did You Do That? + Your Questions Answered: Fred Luskin on Grudges
21 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
As we go through life, we’re constantly trying to figure out what other people are thinking and fe...
Relationships 2.0: The Power of Tiny Interactions + Your Questions Answered: Erica Bailey on Authenticity
Mon, 14 Apr
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
As you go about your day, you likely interact with family, friends and coworkers. These relationship...
Relationships 2.0: The Power of Tiny Interactions + Your Questions Answered: Erica Bailey on Authenticity
14 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
As you go about your day, you likely interact with family, friends and coworkers. These relationship...
Relationships 2.0: Become a Better Negotiator
Mon, 7 Apr
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
When we head into a negotiation — whether we're asking for a raise or trying to get our spouse to ...
Relationships 2.0: Become a Better Negotiator
07 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
When we head into a negotiation — whether we're asking for a raise or trying to get our spouse to ...
Relationships 2.0: The Price of Disconnection
Mon, 31 Mar
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
All of us want to "seen" by the people around us. We want to be recognized as unique individuals. Ye...
Relationships 2.0: The Price of Disconnection
31 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
All of us want to "seen" by the people around us. We want to be recognized as unique individuals. Ye...
The Moments that Change Us
Mon, 24 Mar
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
Often in life, we find ourselves wrestling with a decision. But in running these mental calculations...
The Moments that Change Us
24 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Often in life, we find ourselves wrestling with a decision. But in running these mental calculations...
Did I Really Do That?
Mon, 17 Mar
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
Have you ever been falsely accused of something? Many of us think there’s only one way we’d act ...
Did I Really Do That?
17 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Have you ever been falsely accused of something? Many of us think there’s only one way we’d act ...
When To Pivot
Mon, 10 Mar
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
When should you stay the course in life, and when should you shift with changing tides? This week, w...
When To Pivot
10 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
When should you stay the course in life, and when should you shift with changing tides? This week, w...
Dropping the Mask
Mon, 3 Mar
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
Have you ever downplayed some aspect of your identity? Maybe you don’t hide it, but you don’t br...
Dropping the Mask
03 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Have you ever downplayed some aspect of your identity? Maybe you don’t hide it, but you don’t br...
Marching To Your Own Drummer
Mon, 24 Feb
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
What would you have done? It's one of the most enduring questions in psychology. We all like to thin...
Marching To Your Own Drummer
24 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
What would you have done? It's one of the most enduring questions in psychology. We all like to thin...
The Conversations that Bring Us Closer
Mon, 17 Feb
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
Last week on the show, we looked at the science of conversation, and how even ordinary chats can inv...
The Conversations that Bring Us Closer
17 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Last week on the show, we looked at the science of conversation, and how even ordinary chats can inv...
We Need to Talk
Mon, 10 Feb
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
Just because we’ve been doing something for a long time doesn’t mean we’re doing it right. One...
We Need to Talk
10 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Just because we’ve been doing something for a long time doesn’t mean we’re doing it right. One...
No Hard Feelings
Mon, 3 Feb
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
Holding a grudge can feel like a form of justice, a way of punishing those who have wronged us. But ...
No Hard Feelings
03 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Holding a grudge can feel like a form of justice, a way of punishing those who have wronged us. But ...
Wellness 2.0: The Art of the Unknown
Mon, 27 Jan
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
"Life is what happens to you while you're busy making other plans." It's been 45 years since John Le...
Wellness 2.0: The Art of the Unknown
27 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
"Life is what happens to you while you're busy making other plans." It's been 45 years since John Le...
Wellness 2.0: When It's All Too Much
Mon, 20 Jan
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
It’s no exaggeration to say that the world in 2025 can be ... a lot. Sometimes it may seem that tu...
Wellness 2.0: When It's All Too Much
20 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
It’s no exaggeration to say that the world in 2025 can be ... a lot. Sometimes it may seem that tu...
Wellness 2.0: Who Do You Want To Be?
Mon, 13 Jan
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
We all have to make certain choices in life, such as where to live and how to earn a living. Parents...
Wellness 2.0: Who Do You Want To Be?
13 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
We all have to make certain choices in life, such as where to live and how to earn a living. Parents...
Wellness 2.0: Rising to the Occasion
Mon, 6 Jan
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
From time to time, all of us are called upon to do hard or even seemingly impossible things. Do we r...
Wellness 2.0: Rising to the Occasion
06 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
From time to time, all of us are called upon to do hard or even seemingly impossible things. Do we r...
Wellness 2.0: Be Yourself
Mon, 30 Dec
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
We’re often drawn to people who appear to be true to themselves. Yet showing our authentic selves ...
Wellness 2.0: Be Yourself
30 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
We’re often drawn to people who appear to be true to themselves. Yet showing our authentic selves ...
How to Be More Creative
Mon, 23 Dec
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
It's happened to all of us: We're in the shower, or on a walk, and boom — a big idea or a brillian...
How to Be More Creative
23 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
It's happened to all of us: We're in the shower, or on a walk, and boom — a big idea or a brillian...
What Your Online Self Reveals About You
Mon, 16 Dec
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
Every day, we leave small traces of ourselves online. And we might not realize what these traces say...
What Your Online Self Reveals About You
16 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Every day, we leave small traces of ourselves online. And we might not realize what these traces say...
The Secret to Gift-Giving
Mon, 9 Dec
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
With the holidays fast approaching, many of us are hunting for that special something for the specia...
The Secret to Gift-Giving
09 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
With the holidays fast approaching, many of us are hunting for that special something for the specia...
How Monsters are Made
Mon, 2 Dec
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
What makes ordinary people do evil things? It was a question that long fascinated the psychologi...
How Monsters are Made
02 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
What makes ordinary people do evil things? It was a question that long fascinated the psychologi...
The Power of Family Stories
Mon, 25 Nov
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
There's a tradition around many Thanksgiving dinner tables that's as consistent as stuffing and pump...
The Power of Family Stories
25 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
There's a tradition around many Thanksgiving dinner tables that's as consistent as stuffing and pump...
Emotions 2.0: The Logic of Rage
Mon, 18 Nov
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
Neuroscientist Doug Fields was on a trip to Europe when a pickpocket stole his wallet. Doug, normall...
Emotions 2.0: The Logic of Rage
18 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Neuroscientist Doug Fields was on a trip to Europe when a pickpocket stole his wallet. Doug, normall...
Emotions 2.0: What's Better than Being Happy?
Mon, 11 Nov
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
Many of us go to great lengths to be happy. But is our singular focus on feeling good actually makin...
Emotions 2.0: What's Better than Being Happy?
11 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Many of us go to great lengths to be happy. But is our singular focus on feeling good actually makin...
Emotions 2.0: The Benefits of Mixed Emotions
Mon, 4 Nov
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
Sometimes we feel just one single feeling with overwhelming force. We're joyously happy. We're crush...
Emotions 2.0: The Benefits of Mixed Emotions
04 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Sometimes we feel just one single feeling with overwhelming force. We're joyously happy. We're crush...
Emotions 2.0: The Feeling that Moves Us Forward
Mon, 28 Oct
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
For centuries, philosophers and theologians have warned about the dangers of pride and hubris. It’...
Emotions 2.0: The Feeling that Moves Us Forward
28 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
For centuries, philosophers and theologians have warned about the dangers of pride and hubris. It’...
Emotions 2.0: When I Feel What You Feel
Mon, 21 Oct
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
This week, we kick off our new series, Emotions 2.0, with a special double episode about the emotion...
Emotions 2.0: When I Feel What You Feel
21 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This week, we kick off our new series, Emotions 2.0, with a special double episode about the emotion...
How to Win People Over
Mon, 14 Oct
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
We humans are a social species, and so it's not surprising that we care a lot about what other peopl...
How to Win People Over
14 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
We humans are a social species, and so it's not surprising that we care a lot about what other peopl...
What's Hidden in Your Words
Mon, 7 Oct
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
I. Me. My. You. He. She. They. It. To. Of. For. These are all words we use without a second thought....
What's Hidden in Your Words
07 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
I. Me. My. You. He. She. They. It. To. Of. For. These are all words we use without a second thought....
Sitting With Uncertainty
Mon, 30 Sep
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
It can sometimes be exciting when we don't know what's coming next. Other times, the unknown can be ...
Sitting With Uncertainty
30 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
It can sometimes be exciting when we don't know what's coming next. Other times, the unknown can be ...
Rewrite Your Money Story
Mon, 23 Sep
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
Money worries are one of the biggest sources of anxiety in our lives. Psychologist Brad Klontz says ...
Rewrite Your Money Story
23 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Money worries are one of the biggest sources of anxiety in our lives. Psychologist Brad Klontz says ...
You 2.0: Fighting Despair
Mon, 16 Sep
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
Every morning, you wake up and face the world. What does it look like to you? Do you see a paradise ...
You 2.0: Fighting Despair
16 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Every morning, you wake up and face the world. What does it look like to you? Do you see a paradise ...
You 2.0: Remember More, Forget Less
Mon, 9 Sep
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
It happens to the best of us — we blank on someone's name, or forget an important meeting, or bomb...
You 2.0: Remember More, Forget Less
09 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
It happens to the best of us — we blank on someone's name, or forget an important meeting, or bomb...
You 2.0: How To Say No
Mon, 2 Sep
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
Saying no to someone who asks for something is often easier said than done. Maybe it's a boss who wa...
You 2.0: How To Say No
02 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Saying no to someone who asks for something is often easier said than done. Maybe it's a boss who wa...
You 2.0: Taking Control of Your Time
Mon, 26 Aug
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
Many of us feel like there aren't enough hours in the day. We struggle to make time for all the comp...
You 2.0: Taking Control of Your Time
26 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Many of us feel like there aren't enough hours in the day. We struggle to make time for all the comp...
You 2.0: The Gift of Other People
Mon, 19 Aug
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
Are you someone who strikes up a conversation with the person next to you on the train? Or do you ke...
You 2.0: The Gift of Other People
19 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Are you someone who strikes up a conversation with the person next to you on the train? Or do you ke...