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You Are Not So Smart

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You Are Not So Smart

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.

#318

321 - Easy Crafts for the Insane - Kelly Williams Brown (rebroadcast)

This episode is about suicide prevention and awareness. Author Kelly Williams Brown tells ... more

01 Sep 2025

1 HR 18 MINS

1:18:08

01 Sep 2025

#317

320 - Misguided - Matthew Facciani

What is misinformation? How does it differ from disinformation or just plain ‘ole propagan... more

18 Aug 2025

1 HR 08 MINS

1:08:55

18 Aug 2025

#316

319 - Love Factually - Eli Finkel and Paul Eastwick

Two psychologists who study love, relationships, and human mating behavior pick apart the ... more

04 Aug 2025

1 HR 06 MINS

1:06:08

04 Aug 2025

#315

318 - The Intention Action Gap - Britt Frank (rebroadcast)

In this episode, we sit down with therapist Britt Frank to discuss the intention action ga... more

21 Jul 2025

1 HR 10 MINS

1:10:01

21 Jul 2025

#314

317 - Don't Talk About Politics - Sarah Stein Lubrano

Sarah Stein Lubrano tells us about her new book, Don't Talk About Politics, which urges us... more

07 Jul 2025

1 HR 10 MINS

1:10:11

07 Jul 2025

#313

316 - Cultures of Growth - Mary C. Murphy (rebroadcast)

In this episode we welcome psychologist Mary C. Murphy, author of Cultures of Growth, who ... more

23 Jun 2025

1 HR 08 MINS

1:08:13

23 Jun 2025

#312

315 - May Contain Lies - Alex Edmans

Alex Edmans, a professor of finance at London Business School, tells us how to avoid the L... more

09 Jun 2025

39 MINS

39:43

09 Jun 2025

#311

314 - Fluke - Brian Klaas (rebroadcast)

In this episode we sit down with Brian Klaas, author of Fluke, and get into the existentia... more

26 May 2025

54 MINS

54:19

26 May 2025

#310

313 - The 3.5 Percent Rule - Erica Chenoweth

If you want to overthrow a dictator, resist an authoritarian regime, or create a movement ... more

12 May 2025

59 MINS

59:25

12 May 2025

#309

312 - Chaos and Complexity - Neil Theise (rebroadcast)

Professor Neil Theise, the author of Notes on Complexity, provides an introduction to the... more

28 Apr 2025

59 MINS

59:34

28 Apr 2025

#308

311 - Cascades of Change - Greg Satell (rebroadcast)

In this episode we sit down with Greg Satell, a communication expert whose book, [Cascades... more

14 Apr 2025

1 HR 06 MINS

1:06:52

14 Apr 2025

#307

310 - Align Your Mind - Britt Frank

Therapist, teacher, speaker, and trauma specialist Britt Frank tells us all about her new ... more

31 Mar 2025

1 HR 12 MINS

1:12:55

31 Mar 2025

#306

309 - They Thought We Were Ridiculous - Andy Luttrell (rebroadcast)

In 1974, two psychologists, Daniel Kahneman and Amos Tversky, as the New Yorker once put i... more

17 Mar 2025

1 HR 12 MINS

1:12:38

17 Mar 2025

#305

308 - Magical Thinking - Matt Tompkins

In this episode, the story of Clever Hans, the horse who changed psychology for the better... more

03 Mar 2025

1 HR 19 MINS

1:19:14

03 Mar 2025

#304

307 - Concordance Over Truth Bias

In this episode, we sit down with three disinformation researchers whose new paper found s... more

17 Feb 2025

1 HR 09 MINS

1:09:09

17 Feb 2025

#303

306 - I Never Thought of it That Way - Mónica Guzmán (rebroadcast)

This episode’s guest is Mónica Guzmán, the author of I Never Thought of It That Way – a bo... more

03 Feb 2025

52 MINS

52:11

03 Feb 2025

#302

305 - Supercommunicators - Charles Duhigg (rebroadcast)

Our guest in this episode is Charles Duhigg, a Pulitzer Prize winning journalist and write... more

20 Jan 2025

1 HR 16 MINS

1:16:54

20 Jan 2025

#301

304 - Nobody's Fool - Dan Simons and Christopher Chabris (rebroadcast)

In an era in which we have more information available to us than ever before, when claims ... more

06 Jan 2025

51 MINS

51:01