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Hidden Brain had a pretty good podcast on this, and the linked page includes a quick summary.
@fuzzythinker
Podcast
Hidden Brain
Why do I feel stuck? How can I become more creative? What can I do to improve my relationships? If you’ve ever asked yourself these questions, you’re not alone. On Hidden Brain, we help you understand your own mind — and the minds of the people around you. (We're routinely rated the #1 science podcast in the United States.) Hosted by veteran science journalist Shankar Vedantam.
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A great episode of NPR's Hidden Brain about the placebo effect, "All The World's A Stage—Including The Doctor's Office."
@gnatman
Wellness 2.0: When It's All Too Much
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The Hidden Brain episode "Escaping the Matrix" with Jonathan Haidt argues phones and social media build static networks that make people fear the unknown.
@itishappy
Escaping the Matrix
with Jonathan Haidt
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Covers the recent studies challenging the Marshmallow test.
@wanderingmind
When to Eat the Marshmallow
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The latest Hidden Brain episode discusses this very phenomenon of group perception shaping feelings.
@totetsu
Separating Yourself from the Pack
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Recent Hidden Brain episode on the power of subtraction: taking things away is a path to improvement we rarely consider.
@johnthuss
Do Less
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A section on presenting our best sides to strangers rather than the people in our lives is really insightful.
@baali
You 2.0: Our Pursuit of Happiness
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Hidden Brain had a nice episode on the same topic: starving the watchdog, and who foots the bill when newspapers disappear.
@amrrs
Starving the Watchdog
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A pretty good podcast explores why religions may have arisen: moral rules needed to keep large communities functioning among strangers.
@craftyguy
Creating God
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Explains how high spousal expectations pressure marriages, and why couples can adjust expectations and meet some needs through friends.
@gnicholas
When Did Marriage Become So Hard?
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You should listen to this week's episode of Hidden Brain.
@theGnuMe
Episode 62: On The Knife's Edge
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Hidden Brain's Episode 56: Getting Unstuck offers a method: define three ideal life paths, analyze them, pick one, and retry.
@WheelsAtLarge
Episode 56: Getting Unstuck
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Hidden Brain (NPR) has a great episode on Broken Windows that explains where the idea came from.
@Abishek_Muthian
Encore of Episode 15: Loss and Renewal
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there's really great data on this same effect. Shankar Vedantam from the Hidden Brain podcast recently talked about this
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Great episode on grit and why effort matters so much; worth a listen.
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Worth a listen on an amazing podcast I highly recommend called Hidden Brain, covering therapy to address teen violence.
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Good listen with plenty of reasons to always try to get enough sleep.
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There is an episode of Hidden Brain which touches on this subject; it is a neat discussion on the topic.
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There is a great Hidden Brain episode that talks about similar topics.
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There's a great episode of the Hidden Brain podcast about scarcity, covering how poverty and loneliness trap people in self-perpetuating behavior.
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Here is a Hidden Brain episode on it: the trick to surviving a high-stakes, high-pressure job is trying a checklist.
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You might like this episode of Hidden Brain on our complex, contradictory attitudes toward animals, including whether pets actually improve our lives.
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Hidden Brain did an episode on how an athlete went from no sports-enhancing drugs to being a major dealer, decomposing each reasonable-seeming step.
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A Hidden Brain episode on the news topic is a great listen, and it explains how news can become spectacle instead of empowering citizens.
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It's a very good podcast.
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A fantastic Hidden Brain episode discusses research on the placebo effect itself; worth checking out.
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Snap judgement - I have heard amazing stories on this.
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Hidden Brain's recent episode on passion in politics summed up core problems with how we frame discourse.
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Good podcast episode about how social networks decrease people's involvement in real-world politics.
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Ancient philosophers' coping strategies for hardship, backed by modern psychology, to manage disappointment and misfortune.
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This Hidden Brain episode about working from home contains interesting research findings.
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Comment lists Hidden Brain, A Slight Change of Plans, Indie Hackers, and Darknet Diaries as suggestions for a workout listener.
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'Hidden Brain' with Shankar Vedantam is also good, in a more dry way that doesn't need to pile-drive emotional anecdotes.
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This essay seems inspired by this amazing episode of Hidden Brain, i strongly suggest take a listen if you find this subject interesting.
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Wendy Wood's research suggests willpower matters little; high achievers simply don't face many temptations.
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Just listened to this Hidden Brain episode, which has a similar theme to Four Thousand Weeks.
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NPR's Hidden Brain covered how micro interactions reduce loneliness.
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There was a really interesting episode of the podcast Hidden Brain last year about using medical data
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If you're in the PNW or interested in that area the Timber Wars series is a must listen.
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Highly recommends Hidden Brain for self-help and for understanding people better.
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