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  • Why AI Feels Alive to Some People
    2026/08/18
    Psychiatry professor ⁠Dr. Joe Pierre⁠ reveals why ⁠some people believe AI chatbots are conscious and why that can be problematic⁠. Find Joe's book False: How Mistrust, Disinformation, and Motivated Reasoning Make Us Believe Things that Aren't True here⁠. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    11 分
  • On Phone Addiction, and How to Break It
    2026/08/18
    Psychology professor ⁠Dr. Shane Kraus⁠ from the ⁠Behavioral Addictions Lab⁠ talks about phone addiction: how severe they can get, and ⁠how to overcome them⁠. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    11 分
  • Your Miraculous Life
    2026/08/18
    Professor of counseling psychology ⁠Joel Wong⁠ explains ⁠how to see your life as a miracle⁠. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    11 分
  • Does Consuming True Crime Reduce Anxiety?
    2026/08/18
    York-based clinical psychologist ⁠⁠Dr. Lindsay Weisner⁠⁠ discusses ⁠⁠how true crime content may reduce symptoms of anxiety, fear, and insecurity⁠⁠. ⁠Listen to Lindsay's podcast Crimes of Long Island here⁠⁠. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    11 分
  • FULL EPISODE: Reduce, Reuse, Re-Star - August 17, 2026
    2026/08/18
    Astronomy and physics professor Pieter van Dokkum goes over his observations showing how a dying star is fueling the galaxy's cosmic recycling system. Psychiatry professor Dr. Joe Pierre reveals why some people believe AI chatbots are conscious and why that can be problematic. (Find Joe's book False: How Mistrust, Disinformation, and Motivated Reasoning Make Us Believe Things that Aren't True here.) New York-based clinical psychologist Dr. Lindsay Weisner discusses how true crime content may reduce symptoms of anxiety, fear, and insecurity. (Listen to Lindsay's podcast Crimes of Long Island here.) Professor of counseling psychology Joel Wong explains how to see your life as a miracle. Psychology professor Dr. Shane Kraus from the Behavioral Addictions Lab talks about phone addiction: how severe they can get, and how to overcome them. Then, journalist and translator Eric Stone gives a personal example of overcoming phone addiction and tells David what worked for him. For Conspiracy Corner, professor of conspiracy studies Nathan Radke outlines how scams we might have seen in the back of comic books years ago have grown up for the digital age. (Check out Nathan's new book Uncover Up: How to Think Clearly in an Age of Conspiracies here.) Segments: (00:00) Introduction (01:33) Pieter van Dokkum (10:00) Dr. Joe Pierre (20:00) Dr. Lindsay Weisner (30:00) Joel Wong (39:50) Dr. Shane Kraus (49:50) Eric Stone (59:50) Nathan Radke pt. 1 (1:09:50) Nathan Radke pt. 2 (1:19:14) Sign-off Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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  • When an International Surrogacy Goes Terribly Wrong with Emi Nietfeld
    2026/08/15
    Journalist ⁠Emi Nietfeld⁠ explains how she ⁠reported the fascinating story of a Chinese man who hired a Florida surrogate, then failed to pick up his children, sparking a custody battle that could upend the entire US surrogacy industry⁠. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    21 分
  • When a Coworker's Name Is Pronounced Wrong, Repeatedly
    2026/08/15
    Economics professor ⁠Eric Kam⁠ weighs in on these dilemmas: A coworker mispronouncing a name repeatedly⁠; Someone who charges their friends a late fee for shared expenses⁠; and A roommate who hides the toilet paper arguing they're the one who paid for it⁠. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    11 分
  • Cooking for Others Boosts Your Well-being
    2026/08/15
    Licensed mental health counselor and culinary therapist ⁠Dr. Michael Kocet⁠ digs into ⁠why cooking for others has mental health benefits for the cook⁠. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    11 分