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Latest episode: Mon May 13 2024
Shankar Vedantam uses science and storytelling to reveal the unconscious patterns that drive human behavior, shape our choices and direct our relationships.
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- May13Innovation 2.0: The Influence You Have52mins
- May6Innovation 2.0: Multiplying the Growth Mindset52mins
- Apr29Innovation 2.0: How Big Ideas Are Born50mins
- Apr22Parents: Keep Out!53mins
- Apr15The Curious Science of Cravings49mins
- Apr8What Is Normal?50mins
- Apr1The Transformative Ideas of Daniel Kahneman98mins
- Mar25Are You Listening?49mins
- Mar18The Ventilator49mins
- Mar11Escaping the Matrix49mins
- Mar4Fear Less51mins
- Feb26US 2.0: Lincoln's Dilemma52mins
- Feb19US 2.0: Not at the Dinner Table49mins
- Feb12US 2.0: Living With Our Differences52mins
- Feb5US 2.0: Win Hearts, Then Minds48mins
- Jan29US 2.0: What We Have In Common50mins
- Jan22Are Your Memories Real?49mins
- Jan15Finding Focus48mins
- Jan8Where Do Feelings Come From?50mins
- Jan1Making the Most of Your Mistakes51mins
- Dec25What Would Socrates Do?50mins
- Dec18How to Believe in Yourself49mins
- Dec11The Ugly Side of Beauty50mins
- Dec4The Mystery of Beauty49mins
- Nov27Healing 2.0: The Power of Apologies49mins
- Nov20Healing 2.0: Disrupting Death52mins
- Nov13Healing 2.0: Life After Loss49mins
- Nov6Healing 2.0: What We Gain from Pain49mins
- Oct30Healing 2.0: Change Your Story, Change Your Life55mins
- Oct23The Enemies of Gratitude49mins
- Oct16Follow the Anomalies48mins
- Oct9How to Spot a Scam51mins
- Oct2Escaping Perfectionism52mins
- Sep25The Secret to Great Teams50mins
- Sep18Outsmarting Yourself46mins
- Sep11How We Live With Contradictions53mins
- Sep4Being Kind to Yourself51mins
- Aug28You 2.0: Make the Good Times Last47mins
- Aug21You 2.0: Slow Down!50mins
- Aug14You 2.0: Your Future Is Now51mins
- Aug7You 2.0: How to Break Out of a Rut50mins
- Jul31The Truth About Honesty55mins
- Jul24Learning From Your Mistakes49mins
- Jul17The Path to Enough50mins
- Jul10The Paradox of Pleasure49mins
- Jul3How Others See You50mins
- Jun26The Best Years of Your Life50mins
- Jun19When to Eat the Marshmallow51mins
- Jun12Between Two Worlds46mins
- Jun8Seeking Serenity: Part 249mins
- Jun5Seeking Serenity: Part 149mins
- May29Success 2.0: Getting to the Top and Staying There51mins
- May22Success 2.0: The Psychology of Self-Doubt49mins
- May15Success 2.0: The Obstacles You Don't See48mins
- May14Introducing Hidden Brain+2mins
- May8Success 2.0: Getting What You Want50mins
- May1Success 2.0: Taking the Leap49mins
- Apr24A Secret Source of Connection49mins
- Apr17Remember More, Forget Less49mins
- Apr10Crying Wolf50mins
- Apr6The Snowball Effect48mins
- Apr3Less is More48mins
Mar27How To Make Amends51mins- Mar20Made of Honor47mins
- Mar14Revealing Your Unconscious: Part 252mins
- Mar13Revealing Your Unconscious: Part 154mins
- Mar6How Your Beliefs Shape Reality49mins
- Feb27Happiness 2.0: The Reset Button55mins
- Feb23Happiness 2.0: Surprising Sources of Joy45mins
- Feb20Happiness 2.0: Cultivating Your Purpose50mins
- Feb13Happiness 2.0: The Only Way Out Is Through48mins
- Feb6Happiness 2.0: The Path to Contentment54mins
- Jan30When You Need It To Be True49mins
- Jan23Persuasion: Part 250mins
- Jan16Persuasion: Part 148mins
Jan9Who's In Your Inner Circle?53mins
Jan2Who Do You Want To Be?51mins- Dec26You, But Better49mins
- Dec19How to Complain Productively52mins
- Dec12An Ancient Solution to Modern Problems51mins
- Dec5The Secret to Gift Giving48mins
- Nov28Relationships 2.0: What Makes Relationships Thrive48mins
- Nov21Relationships 2.0: When Did Marriage Become So Hard?52mins
- Nov14Relationships 2.0: An Antidote to Loneliness49mins
- Nov7Relationships 2.0: The Power of Tiny Interactions49mins
- Oct31Relationships 2.0: How To Keep Conflict From Spiraling53mins
- Oct24A Better Way to Worry52mins
- Oct17Thriving in the Face of Contradiction53mins
- Oct10Did I Really Do That?52mins
- Oct3Watch Your Mouth49mins
- Sep26Taking Control of Your Time48mins
- Sep19How to Really Know Another Person55mins
- Sep12Decoding Emotions52mins
- Sep5Making the World a Safer Place49mins
- Aug29You 2.0: How to Open Your Mind52mins
- Aug22You 2.0: Overcoming Stage Fright56mins
- Aug15You 2.0: The Mind's Eye49mins
Aug8You 2.0: How To See Yourself Clearly50mins- Aug1You 2.0: Befriending Your Inner Voice52mins
- Jul25Reframing Your Reality: Part 250mins
Jul18Reframing Your Reality: Part 148mins- Jul11Separating Yourself from the Pack54mins
- Jul4What We Gain from Pain50mins
- Jun27A Founding Contradiction49mins
Jun20The Premonition49mins
Jun13Why You're Smarter Than You Think48mins
Jun6Do Less53mins- May30Money 2.0: Let's Go Shopping!48mins
May23Money 2.0: The Rich and the Rest of Us48mins- May16Money 2.0: Emotional Currency35mins
- May9Money 2.0: Why We Bust Our Budgets52mins
- May2Money 2.0: Rewrite Your Money Story49mins
- Apr25The Logic of Rage49mins
Apr18When Doing Right Feels Wrong48mins- Apr14A Conspiracy of Silence56mins
- Apr11How Rude!49mins
- Apr4Healing Your Heart49mins
- Mar28You Don't Need a Crystal Ball49mins
- Mar21How to Change the World49mins
- Mar17You Can't Hit Unsend49mins
- Mar14The Benefits of Mixed Emotions51mins
- Mar7Putting Our Assumptions to the Test52mins
- Feb28Mind Reading 2.0: Why Conversations Go Wrong51mins
- Feb21Mind Reading 2.0: Our Better Angels44mins
- Feb14Mind Reading 2.0: The Double Standard48mins
- Feb7Mind Reading 2.0: How others see you50mins
- Jan31Mind Reading 2.0: Why did you do that?48mins
- Jan28My Unsung Hero: Sanaa Kerroumi's Story6mins
- Jan25Minimizing Pain, Maximizing Joy52mins
- Jan17What Makes Relationships Thrive48mins
- Jan14My Unsung Hero: Wendy McDowell's Story5mins
- Jan10Changing Behavior, Not Beliefs48mins
- Jan3Choose Carefully48mins
- Dec27Creatures of Habit48mins
- Dec24My Unsung Hero: Justin Horner's Story6mins
- Dec20Bringing Up Baby50mins
- Dec13The Psychology of Self-Doubt49mins
- Dec10My Unsung Hero: Leah Bartell's Story3mins
- Dec6Both Things Can Be True47mins
- Nov29Work 2.0: The One-Room Commute48mins
- Nov24My Unsung Hero: Tony Ludlow's Story5mins
- Nov22Work 2.0: Rebel with a Cause48mins
Nov15Work 2.0: Life, Interrupted50mins
Nov12My Unsung Hero: Terri Powers' Story4mins
Nov8Work 2.0: Game On!53mins
Nov1Work 2.0: The Obstacles You Don't See50mins
Oct25We Broke the Planet. Now What?48mins
Oct22My Unsung Hero: Rick Mangnall's Story5mins
Oct18The Halo Effect53mins
Oct11Being Kind to Yourself51mins
Oct8My Unsung Hero: Jackie Briggs' Story5mins
Oct4When You Need It To Be True54mins
Sep27Passion Isn't Enough47mins
Sep24Introducing My Unsung Hero2mins
Sep20Group Think50mins
Sep13Just Sex23mins
Sep6Where Happiness Hides49mins
Aug30You 2.0: Regrets, I Have a Few...28mins
Aug23You 2.0: Did That Really Happen?48mins
Aug16You 2.0: When Did Marriage Become So Hard?50mins
Aug9You 2.0: In the Heat of the Moment51mins
Aug2You 2.0: Cultivating Your Purpose51mins
Jul26Losing Alaska24mins
Jul19Stage Fright52mins
Jul12Playing the Gender Card49mins
Jul5You, But Better50mins
Jun28The Influence You Have50mins
Jun24What Twins Tell Us28mins
Jun21The Power of Apologies49mins
Jun14The Power of Mercy48mins
Jun11What are the Odds?29mins
Jun7This is Your Brain on Ads48mins
May31Why We Hold on to Things45mins
May24Loss and Renewal26mins
May21Tribes and Traitors31mins
May17Our Noisy Minds48mins
May10The Fake Bride53mins
May7Josh Gitelson: My Unsung Hero3mins
May3One Head, Two Brains49mins
Apr30Deb Pierce: My Unsung Hero4mins
Apr26Why Conversations Go Wrong52mins
Apr23Unsung Hero: A Cold Nevada Night4mins
Apr19Humor Us52mins
Apr12An Unfinished Lesson49mins
Apr5Useful Delusions49mins
Mar29Made of Honor48mins
Mar22The Story of Your Life51mins
Mar15The Story of Stories51mins
Mar9Radically Normal50mins
Mar1The Snowball Effect54mins
Feb26The Match19mins
Feb22Creating God51mins
Feb16Is It Better to Know?52mins
Feb13Love is Blind6mins
Feb8How They See Us50mins
Feb1The Easiest Person to Fool53mins
Jan25Afraid of the Wrong Things50mins
Jan18Our Brands, Our Selves34mins
Jan11The Secret Life of Secrets47mins
Jan4The Double Standard48mins
Dec28A Creature of Habit49mins
Dec22Waiting Games51mins
Dec14Minimizing Pain, Maximizing Joy52mins
Dec7Screaming into a Void40mins
Nov30A Conspiracy of Silence59mins
Nov23Where Gratitude Gets You51mins
Nov16When You Start to Miss Tony from Accounting48mins
Nov9Between Two Worlds46mins
Nov2From Pedestals to Guillotines22mins
Oct26Not at the Dinner Table50mins
Oct19Moral Combat51mins
Oct12Beyond Doomscrolling52mins
Oct5The Logic of Rage50mins
Oct2An Update from Shankar4mins
Sep28Laughter: The Best Medicine46mins
Sep21The Halo Effect53mins
Sep14Why Nobody Feels Rich31mins
Sep7The Fee-for-Service Monster50mins
Aug31You 2.0: Empathy Gym51mins
Aug24You 2.0: WOOP, WOOP!18mins
Aug17You 2.0: Loss And Renewal24mins
Aug10You 2.0: The Mind's Eye45mins
Aug3You 2.0: Our Pursuit of Happiness45mins
Jul27Edge Effect36mins
Jul20The Untold Story Of Lyndie B. Hawkins50mins
Jul13Romeo & Juliet In Rwanda48mins
Jul6The Night That Lasted A Lifetime52mins
Jun29The Founding Contradiction45mins
Jun22Buy, Borrow, Steal48mins
Jun15A Rap on Trial54mins
Jun12The Air We Breathe36mins
Jun8Playing Favorites52mins
Jun1Justifying The Means53mins
May30The Time Machine5mins
May25The People Like Us35mins
May18Our Better Angels39mins
May13A Hidden Brain Commencement Address6mins
May11The Dramatic Cure50mins
May4The Choices Before Us48mins
Apr27Starving The Watchdogs29mins
Apr20A Social Prescription48mins
Apr13Sex Machines27mins
Apr6Playing Tight And Loose49mins
Mar30Close Enough: Living Through Others48mins
Mar23An Unfinished Lesson48mins
Mar16Panic In The Street24mins
Mar10The Bomb That Didn't Explode35mins
Mar3The Tale of the Cowboy Philosopher48mins
Feb24The Influence You Have49mins
Feb17Liar, Liar, Liar28mins
Feb10Passion Isn't Enough50mins
Feb4When Things Click49mins
Jan27Secret Friends50mins
Jan20Warnings, Warnings Everywhere33mins
Jan13Emotional Currency35mins
Jan6On The Knife's Edge26mins
Dec30Creatures Of Habit49mins
Dec23Why We Love Surprises28mins
Dec17Did That Really Happen?48mins
Dec9Zipcode Destiny49mins
Dec3In The Heat Of The Moment53mins
Nov25Counting Other People's Blessings49mins
Nov19The Ventilator52mins
Nov11Hungry, Hungry Hippocampus26mins
Nov4The Talk Market34mins
Oct28BS Jobs42mins
Oct21The Monkey Marketplace45mins
Oct14The Lonely American Man46mins
Oct7Screaming Into The Void39mins
Sep30Baby Talk29mins
Sep23We're All Gonna Live Forever!37mins
Sep16We're All Gonna Die!30mins
Sep10You Can't Hit Unsend51mins
Sep2You 2.0: Decide Already!23mins
Aug27You 2.0: Deep Work32mins
Aug19You 2.0: Rebel With A Cause45mins
Aug12You 2.0: Our Better Nature25mins
Aug5You 2.0: Tunnel Vision35mins
Jul29You 2.0: The Empathy Gym53mins
Jul22Facts Aren't Enough48mins
Jul15Finding Your Voice33mins
Jul8The Fox And The Hedgehog36mins
Jul1I Buy, Therefore I Am32mins
Jun24The Lazarus Drug46mins
Jun17Our Animal Instincts48mins
Jun10Me, Myself, and IKEA23mins
Jun3People Like Us33mins
May27More Divided Than Ever?50mins
May20Losing Face22mins
May13What's Not On The Test48mins
May6Creating God51mins
Apr29A Dramatic Cure49mins
Apr22Why No One Feels Rich32mins
Apr15The Sorting Hat48mins
Apr8Radically Normal51mins
Apr1Don't Panic!49mins
Mar25What Twins Tell Us29mins
Mar18Never Go To Vegas48mins
Mar11Unreal Sex27mins
Mar4For Sale, By Owner31mins
Mar1Radio Replay: Playing The Gender Card49mins
Feb25Better Than Cash26mins
Feb18Emma, Carrie, Vivian39mins
Feb11Close Enough48mins
Feb4One Head, Two Brains48mins
Feb1Radio Replay: Creative Differences48mins
Jan28Rewinding & Rewriting29mins
Jan21The Vegetable Lamb35mins
Jan14The Best Medicine46mins
Jan7The Cowboy Philosopher48mins
Dec31Loss and Renewal24mins
Dec24Compassion16mins
Dec21Radio Replay: Yum and Yuck48mins
Dec17Alan Alda Wants Us To Have Better Conversations40mins
Dec10Starving the Watchdog28mins
Dec3Spoiler Alert!28mins
Nov26A Founding Contradiction48mins
Nov23Radio Replay: Bringing Up Baby48mins
Nov19The Edge of Gender50mins
Nov12Zipcode Destiny49mins
Nov5Sounds Like a Winner24mins
Oct29The Lazarus Drug46mins
Oct26Radio Replay: Too Little, Too Much48mins
Oct22Be The Change49mins
Oct15Voting With Your Middle Finger46mins
Oct8Red Brain, Blue Brain24mins
Oct1"Man Up"40mins
Sep24Why Now?49mins
Sep21Radio Replay: Eyes Wide Open48mins
Sep17The Cassandra Curse33mins
Sep11Our Better Nature25mins
Sep4Bullshit Jobs42mins
Aug28You 2.0: Check Yourself49mins
Aug21You 2.0: Originals20mins
Aug14You 2.0: When Did Marriage Become So Hard?49mins
Aug7You 2.0: The Ostrich Effect25mins
Jul31You 2.0: Dream Jobs20mins
Jul24You 2.0: Rebel With A Cause45mins
Jul20Radio Replay: Watch Your Mouth48mins
Jul17Creating God51mins
Jul10Snooki and the Handbag23mins
Jul3The Edge Effect36mins
Jun26Fake News: An Origin Story25mins
Jun22Radio Replay: Looking Back49mins
Jun19Summer Melt24mins
Jun12Hungry, Hungry Hippocampus26mins
Jun5When Everything Clicks49mins
May29Kinder-Gardening27mins
May22Rewinding & Rewriting28mins
May18Radio Replay: This Is Your Brain On Ads48mins
May15Baby Talk29mins
May8Rap on Trial54mins
May1The Fox and the Hedgehog36mins
Apr24Emma, Carrie, Vivian39mins
Apr20Radio Replay: The Weight of Our Words48mins
Apr17Romeo and Juliet in Kigali48mins
Apr10Liar, Liar28mins
Apr3Tunnel Vision34mins
Mar27Crickets and Cannibals31mins
Mar20The Lonely American Man46mins
Mar16Radio Replay: The Mind of the Village48mins
Mar13Think Fast with Daniel Kahneman48mins
Mar6Men: 45, Women: 020mins
Feb27Counting Other People's Blessings49mins
Feb20Filthy Rich20mins
Feb13When Did Marriage Become So Hard?49mins
Feb6Why Now?49mins
Jan30Lost in Translation33mins
Jan26Radio Replay: The Power Hour49mins
Jan23Alan Alda Wants Us To Have Better Conversations39mins
Jan16Give Me Your Tired...20mins
Jan12Radio Replay: I, Robot48mins
Jan9E Pluribus Unum?35mins
Jan2Buying Attention36mins
Dec30Radio Replay: Fresh Starts48mins
Dec26I'm Right, You're Wrong22mins
Dec22Radio Replay: Don't Panic!49mins
Dec19Never Go To Vegas48mins
Dec12Kinder-Gardening27mins
Dec8Radio Replay: Loving the Lie48mins
Dec5The Sorting Hat48mins
Dec1Radio Replay: Life, Interrupted48mins
Nov28Money Talks24mins
Nov21An American Secret21mins
Nov17Radio Replay: Crime As A Disease48mins
Nov14Eyes Wide Open: Part 234mins
Nov7Eyes Wide Open: Part 123mins
Nov3Radio Replay: Prisons of Our Own Making48mins
Oct31Check Yourself49mins
Oct27Radio Replay: What's In It For Me?50mins
Oct24Misbehaving with Richard Thaler23mins
Oct17The Good Old Days26mins
Oct10The Edge of Gender49mins
Oct3Be The Change49mins
Sep26Just Sex22mins
Sep19The Ostrich Effect25mins
Sep12Regrets, I Have A Few...28mins
Sep5Hiding Behind Free Speech27mins
Aug29You 2.0: Getting Unstuck27mins
Aug22You 2.0: Decide Already!23mins
Aug15You 2.0: WOOP, There It Is19mins
Aug8You 2.0: Embrace the Chaos26mins
Aug1You 2.0: Dream Jobs20mins
Jul25You 2.0: Deep Work32mins
Jul18Summer Melt24mins
Jul11Could You Kill A Robot?32mins
Jul4Losing Face22mins
Jun27Guessing Games27mins
Jun20"Is he Muslim?"25mins
Jun13Rap on Trial52mins
Jun6In The Air We Breathe36mins
May30Broken Windows28mins
May23Me, Myself, and IKEA23mins
May16Ep. 71: The Fox and the Hedgehog35mins
May9Encore of Ep. 45: What Are The Odds?27mins
May2Ep. 70: Who We Are At 2 A.M.26mins
Apr25Episode 69: Money Talks23mins
Apr18Ep. 68: Schadenfacebook25mins
Apr11Encore of Ep. 35: Creature Comforts27mins
Apr4Ep. 67: The Hole23mins
Mar28Ep. 66: Liar, Liar27mins
Mar21Episode 65: Tunnel Vision34mins
Mar14Ep. 64: I'm Right, You're Wrong21mins
Mar7Encore of Ep. 24: Tribes and Traitors28mins
Feb28Ep. 63: "I'm Not A Terrorist..."22mins
Feb21Episode 62: On The Knife's Edge26mins
Feb14Episode 61: Just Sex22mins
Feb7Encore of Episode 20: Remembering Anarcha23mins
Jan31Episode 60: Fortress America21mins
Jan24Episode 59: The Deep Story21mins
Jan17Episode 58: Pedestals and Guillotines21mins
Jan10Episode 57: Slanguage24mins
Jan3Episode 56: Getting Unstuck27mins
Dec27Encore of Episode 15: Loss and Renewal24mins
Dec20Encore of Episode 32: The Scientific Process28mins
Dec13Episode 55: Snooki and the Handbag24mins
Dec6Episode 54: Panic in the Streets23mins
Nov29Episode 53: Embrace the Chaos26mins
Nov22Episode 52: Losing Face22mins
Nov15Episode 51: What Happened?26mins
Nov8Encore of Episode 27: Losing Alaska24mins
Nov1Episode 50: Broken Windows28mins
Oct25Episode 49: Filthy Rich20mins
Oct18Episode 48: Men: 44, Women: 019mins
Oct11Episode 47: Give Me Your Tired...20mins
Oct4Episode 46: Blessings in Disguise?20mins
Sep27Episode 45: What Are The Odds?27mins
Sep22Trailer: Hidden Brain 2.02mins
Sep20Update: #AirbnbWhileBlack23mins
Sep13Episode 44: Our Politics, Our Parenting21mins
Sep6Episode 43: The Perils of Power26mins
Aug30Encore of Episode 21: Stroke of Genius24mins
Aug23Episode 42: Decide Already!22mins
Aug16Encore of Episode 11: Forgery23mins
Aug9Episode 41: Defeated20mins
Aug2Episode 40: Silver and Gold22mins
Jul26Encore of Episode 7: Lonely Hearts32mins
Jul19Episode 39: Vacations16mins
Jul12Episode 38: Me, Me, Me22mins
Jul5Episode 37: Smoke & Mirrors22mins
Jun28Episode 36: Science of Deception19mins
Jun21Episode 35: Creature Comforts27mins
Jun14Encore of Episode 13: Terrorism25mins
Jun7Episode 34: Google at Work26mins
May31Episode 33: Food for Thought19mins
May24Episode 32: The Scientific Process28mins
May17Episode 31: Your Brain on Uber30mins
May10Episode 30: WOOP, There It Is17mins
May3Episode 29: Traffic15mins
Apr26Episode 28: #AirbnbWhileBlack22mins
Apr19Episode 27: Losing Alaska23mins
Apr12Encore of Episode 16: Misbehaving23mins
Apr5Episode 26: Grit27mins
Mar29Episode 25: Dream Jobs20mins
Mar22Episode 24: Tribes and Traitors27mins
Mar15Episode 23: Boredom19mins
Mar8Encore of Episode 9: Aziz Ansari on Modern Love26mins
Mar1Episode 22: Originals19mins
Feb23Episode 21: Stroke of Genius24mins
Feb16Episode 20: Remembering Anarcha24mins
Feb9Episode 19: Dating and Mating21mins
Feb2Encore of Episode 2: Near Victories22mins
Jan26Episode 18: The Paradox of Forgiveness18mins
Jan19Episode 17: Resolutions21mins
Jan12Episode 16: Misbehaving22mins
Jan5Encore of Episode 3: Stereotype Threat22mins
Dec29Episode 15: Loss and Renewal24mins
Dec22Episode 14: Christmas21mins
Dec15Episode 13: Terrorism25mins
Dec8Episode 12: Humor19mins
Dec1Episode 11: Forgery23mins
Nov24Episode 10: Thanksgiving18mins
Nov17Episode 9: Aziz Ansari on Modern Love26mins
Nov10Episode 8: Back Up Plans24mins
Nov3Episode 7: Lonely Hearts33mins
Oct27Episode 6: The Science of Fear20mins
Oct20Episode 5: Compassion18mins
Oct13Episode 4: Students and Teachers18mins
Oct6Episode 3: Stereotype Threat21mins
Oct2Brain Bonus: Magic Brain4mins
Sep29Episode 2: Near Victories22mins
Sep22Episode 1: Switchtracking27mins
Sep4Hidden Brain: A Sneak Peek5mins
Aug9Welcome to the Hidden Brain Podcast1min