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Hidden Brain

Hidden Brain, Shankar Vedantam

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…

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Do You Have Trouble Sleeping? 2026-10-19 · 91m Open
Why Am I Unhappy? 2026-10-12 · 94m Open
When Bad Things Happen to Good People 2026-10-05 · 92m Open
How to Make a Difference: Part 2 2026-09-28 · 49m Open
How to Make a Difference: Part 1 2026-09-21 · 48m Open
Why Conversations Go Wrong 2026-09-14 · 99m Open
Blowing Up Your Life 2026-09-07 · 86m Open
The Things We Don't Say 2026-08-31 · 50m Open
What Art Does For Your Brain 2026-08-24 · 49m Open
How to Be A Better Partner 2026-08-17 · 86m Open
How Feelings Make Us Smarter 2026-08-10 · 48m Open
Making the Most of Your Mistakes 2026-08-03 · 86m Open
You Are Not Ordinary 2026-07-27 · 95m Open
How to Combat Pain 2026-07-20 · 50m Open
Changing Our Mental Maps 2026-07-13 · 94m Open
Waking Up Your Spiritual Brain: Part 2 2026-07-06 · 93m Open
Waking Up Your Spiritual Brain: Part 1 2026-06-29 · 50m Open
Stepping Out of the Shadows 2026-06-22 · 89m Open
A Secret Source of Connection 2026-06-15 · 88m Open
Who Are You, Really? 2026-06-08 · 97m Open
Unleashing Your Creativity 2026-06-01 · 53m Open
The Past is Never Dead 2026-05-25 · 52m Open
The Empathy Gym 2026-05-18 · 89m Open
The Cowboy Philosopher 2026-05-11 · 89m Open
Radical Acceptance 2026-05-04 · 90m Open
Designing a Life that Matters 2026-04-27 · 51m Open
Do You Feel Loved? 2026-04-20 · 93m Open
How to Change the World 2026-04-13 · 91m Open
The Debt Trap 2026-04-06 · 100m Open
When It's Okay to Lie 2026-03-30 · 52m Open
Group Think 2026-03-23 · 88m Open
Rethinking Depression 2026-03-16 · 53m Open
Yuck! The Science of Disgust 2026-03-09 · 97m Open
The Secret of Charisma 2026-03-02 · 94m Open
Do You Feel Invisible? 2026-02-23 · 88m Open
Why You're Smarter Than You Think 2026-02-16 · 94m Open
Coming Clean 2026-02-09 · 97m Open
Keeping Secrets 2026-02-02 · 50m Open
You 2.0: Trusting Your Doubt 2026-01-26 · 97m Open
You 2.0: The Practice of Patience 2026-01-19 · 101m Open
You 2.0: How to Get Out of a Rut 2026-01-12 · 98m Open
You 2.0: Cultivating Courage 2026-01-05 · 52m Open
You 2.0: Stop Spiraling! 2025-12-29 · 93m Open
The Reset Button 2025-12-22 · 97m Open
The Path to Enough 2025-12-15 · 92m Open
The Paradox of Pleasure 2025-12-08 · 51m Open
Murder Mystery 2025-12-01 · 52m Open
Parents: Keep Out! 2025-11-24 · 79m Open
The Power of Family Stories 2025-11-17 · 97m Open
Why Following Your Dreams Isn't Enough 2025-11-10 · 90m Open
How Nature Heals Us 2025-11-03 · 65m Open
Reframing the Battle of Wills 2025-10-27 · 72m Open
Love 2.0: How to Move On 2025-10-20 · 80m Open
Love 2.0: Reimagining Our Relationships 2025-10-13 · 96m Open
Love 2.0: How to Fix Your Marriage, Part 2 2025-10-06 · 104m Open
Love 2.0: How to Fix Your Marriage, Part 1 2025-09-29 · 101m Open
Passion vs. Paycheck 2025-09-22 · 53m Open
It's Not My Fault! 2025-09-15 · 78m Open
Winning the Battle Against Yourself 2025-09-08 · 53m Open
Escaping Perfectionism 2025-09-01 · 98m Open
The Trauma Script 2025-08-25 · 50m Open
How Our Brains Learn 2025-08-18 · 82m Open
The Best Years of Your Life 2025-08-11 · 80m Open
Radical Kindness 2025-08-04 · 64m Open
You 2.0: Change Your Story, Change Your Life 2025-07-28 · 78m Open
You 2.0: The Wisdom of Stoicism 2025-07-21 · 50m Open
You 2.0: The Path to Contentment 2025-07-14 · 92m Open
You 2.0: The Passion Pill 2025-07-07 · 49m Open
You 2.0: What Is Your Life For? 2025-06-30 · 63m Open
Win Hearts, Then Minds 2025-06-23 · 86m Open
Doing it the Hard Way 2025-06-16 · 51m Open
Ouch! That Feels Great 2025-06-09 · 51m Open
The Price of Revenge 2025-06-02 · 66m Open
Do I Know You? (A Hidden Brain-Revisionist History special on facial recognition) 2025-05-26 · 56m Open
How Much Do We Really Know? 2025-05-19 · 55m Open
Forget About It! 2025-05-12 · 48m Open
How to Harness Your Feelings 2025-05-05 · 65m Open
Relationships 2.0: Keeping Love Alive 2025-04-28 · 50m Open
Relationships 2.0: Why Did You Do That? 2025-04-21 · 86m Open
Relationships 2.0: The Power of Tiny Interactions 2025-04-14 · 85m Open
Relationships 2.0: Become a Better Negotiator 2025-04-07 · 53m Open
Relationships 2.0: The Price of Disconnection 2025-03-31 · 50m Open
The Moments that Change Us 2025-03-24 · 51m Open
Did I Really Do That? 2025-03-17 · 52m Open
When To Pivot 2025-03-10 · 50m
Dropping the Mask 2025-03-03 · 69m
Marching To Your Own Drummer 2025-02-24 · 48m
The Conversations that Bring Us Closer 2025-02-17 · 49m
We Need to Talk 2025-02-10 · 51m
No Hard Feelings 2025-02-03 · 66m
Wellness 2.0: The Art of the Unknown 2025-01-27 · 49m
Wellness 2.0: When It's All Too Much 2025-01-20 · 62m
Wellness 2.0: Who Do You Want To Be? 2025-01-13 · 47m
Wellness 2.0: Rising to the Occasion 2025-01-06 · 51m
Wellness 2.0: Be Yourself 2024-12-30 · 51m
How to Be More Creative 2024-12-23 · 52m
What Your Online Self Reveals About You 2024-12-16 · 52m
The Secret to Gift-Giving 2024-12-09 · 46m
How Monsters are Made 2024-12-02 · 47m
The Power of Family Stories 2024-11-25 · 57m
Emotions 2.0: The Logic of Rage 2024-11-18 · 47m
Emotions 2.0: What's Better than Being Happy? 2024-11-11 · 52m
Emotions 2.0: The Benefits of Mixed Emotions 2024-11-04 · 52m
Emotions 2.0: The Feeling that Moves Us Forward 2024-10-28 · 50m
Emotions 2.0: When I Feel What You Feel 2024-10-21 · 100m
How to Win People Over 2024-10-14 · 54m
What's Hidden in Your Words 2024-10-07 · 54m
Sitting With Uncertainty 2024-09-30 · 51m
Rewrite Your Money Story 2024-09-23 · 51m
You 2.0: Fighting Despair 2024-09-16 · 49m
You 2.0: Remember More, Forget Less 2024-09-09 · 54m
You 2.0: How To Say No 2024-09-02 · 50m
You 2.0: Taking Control of Your Time 2024-08-26 · 49m
You 2.0: The Gift of Other People 2024-08-19 · 51m
You're Not the Boss of Me! 2024-08-12 · 54m
The Cure for Self-Importance 2024-08-05 · 52m
Where Truth Lies 2024-07-29 · 51m
How To Be Alone 2024-07-22 · 51m
Changing Our Mental Maps 2024-07-15 · 54m
Out of the Rabbit Hole 2024-07-08 · 48m
Befriending Your Inner Voice 2024-07-01 · 51m
Making the World Sparkle Again 2024-06-24 · 51m
Our God-Shaped Brains 2024-06-17 · 50m
Why You Feel Empty 2024-06-10 · 50m
Why Trying Too Hard Can Backfire On You 2024-06-03 · 52m
Innovation 2.0: Do Less 2024-05-27 · 46m
Innovation 2.0: Shortcuts and Speed Bumps 2024-05-20 · 49m
Innovation 2.0: The Influence You Have 2024-05-13 · 52m
Innovation 2.0: Multiplying the Growth Mindset 2024-05-06 · 52m
Innovation 2.0: How Big Ideas Are Born 2024-04-29 · 50m
Parents: Keep Out! 2024-04-22 · 54m
The Curious Science of Cravings 2024-04-15 · 49m
What Is Normal? 2024-04-08 · 51m
The Transformative Ideas of Daniel Kahneman 2024-04-01 · 98m
Are You Listening? 2024-03-25 · 50m
The Ventilator 2024-03-18 · 50m
Escaping the Matrix 2024-03-11 · 50m
Fear Less 2024-03-04 · 52m
US 2.0: Lincoln's Dilemma 2024-02-26 · 52m
US 2.0: Not at the Dinner Table 2024-02-19 · 49m
US 2.0: Living With Our Differences 2024-02-12 · 53m
US 2.0: Win Hearts, Then Minds 2024-02-05 · 49m
US 2.0: What We Have In Common 2024-01-29 · 51m
Are Your Memories Real? 2024-01-22 · 50m
Finding Focus 2024-01-15 · 48m
Where Do Feelings Come From? 2024-01-08 · 50m
Making the Most of Your Mistakes 2024-01-01 · 52m
What Would Socrates Do? 2023-12-25 · 50m
How to Believe in Yourself 2023-12-18 · 50m
The Ugly Side of Beauty 2023-12-11 · 51m
The Mystery of Beauty 2023-12-04 · 49m
Healing 2.0: The Power of Apologies 2023-11-27 · 50m
Healing 2.0: Disrupting Death 2023-11-20 · 53m
Healing 2.0: Life After Loss 2023-11-13 · 49m
Healing 2.0: What We Gain from Pain 2023-11-06 · 49m
Healing 2.0: Change Your Story, Change Your Life 2023-10-30 · 55m
The Enemies of Gratitude 2023-10-23 · 50m
Follow the Anomalies 2023-10-16 · 49m
How to Spot a Scam 2023-10-09 · 52m
Escaping Perfectionism 2023-10-02 · 53m
The Secret to Great Teams 2023-09-25 · 50m
Outsmarting Yourself 2023-09-18 · 46m
How We Live With Contradictions 2023-09-11 · 54m
Being Kind to Yourself 2023-09-04 · 51m
You 2.0: Make the Good Times Last 2023-08-28 · 48m
You 2.0: Slow Down! 2023-08-21 · 50m
You 2.0: Your Future Is Now 2023-08-14 · 51m
You 2.0: How to Break Out of a Rut 2023-08-07 · 50m
The Truth About Honesty 2023-07-31 · 55m
Learning From Your Mistakes 2023-07-24 · 49m
The Path to Enough 2023-07-17 · 50m
The Paradox of Pleasure 2023-07-10 · 50m
How Others See You 2023-07-03 · 51m
The Best Years of Your Life 2023-06-26 · 51m
When to Eat the Marshmallow 2023-06-19 · 52m
Between Two Worlds 2023-06-12 · 47m
Seeking Serenity: Part 2 2023-06-08 · 50m
Seeking Serenity: Part 1 2023-06-05 · 49m
Success 2.0: Getting to the Top and Staying There 2023-05-29 · 52m
Success 2.0: The Psychology of Self-Doubt 2023-05-22 · 50m
Success 2.0: The Obstacles You Don't See 2023-05-15 · 48m
Introducing Hidden Brain+ 2023-05-14 · 2m
Success 2.0: Getting What You Want 2023-05-08 · 51m
Success 2.0: Taking the Leap 2023-05-01 · 49m
A Secret Source of Connection 2023-04-24 · 50m
Remember More, Forget Less 2023-04-17 · 50m
Crying Wolf 2023-04-10 · 50m
The Snowball Effect 2023-04-06 · 49m
Less is More 2023-04-03 · 48m
How To Make Amends 2023-03-27 · 52m
Made of Honor 2023-03-20 · 48m
Revealing Your Unconscious: Part 2 2023-03-14 · 52m
Revealing Your Unconscious: Part 1 2023-03-13 · 54m
How Your Beliefs Shape Reality 2023-03-06 · 49m
Happiness 2.0: The Reset Button 2023-02-27 · 55m
Happiness 2.0: Surprising Sources of Joy 2023-02-23 · 46m
Happiness 2.0: Cultivating Your Purpose 2023-02-20 · 50m
Happiness 2.0: The Only Way Out Is Through 2023-02-13 · 48m
Happiness 2.0: The Path to Contentment 2023-02-06 · 55m
When You Need It To Be True 2023-01-30 · 49m
Persuasion: Part 2 2023-01-23 · 50m
Persuasion: Part 1 2023-01-16 · 49m
Who's In Your Inner Circle? 2023-01-09 · 53m
Who Do You Want To Be? 2023-01-02 · 52m
You, But Better 2022-12-26 · 49m
How to Complain Productively 2022-12-19 · 52m
An Ancient Solution to Modern Problems 2022-12-12 · 52m
The Secret to Gift Giving 2022-12-05 · 49m
Relationships 2.0: What Makes Relationships Thrive 2022-11-28 · 48m
Relationships 2.0: When Did Marriage Become So Hard? 2022-11-21 · 52m
Relationships 2.0: An Antidote to Loneliness 2022-11-14 · 50m
Relationships 2.0: The Power of Tiny Interactions 2022-11-07 · 50m
Relationships 2.0: How To Keep Conflict From Spiraling 2022-10-31 · 54m
A Better Way to Worry 2022-10-24 · 53m
Thriving in the Face of Contradiction 2022-10-17 · 54m
Did I Really Do That? 2022-10-10 · 52m
Watch Your Mouth 2022-10-03 · 50m
Taking Control of Your Time 2022-09-26 · 49m
How to Really Know Another Person 2022-09-19 · 55m
Decoding Emotions 2022-09-12 · 52m
Making the World a Safer Place 2022-09-05 · 49m
You 2.0: How to Open Your Mind 2022-08-29 · 52m
You 2.0: Overcoming Stage Fright 2022-08-22 · 57m
You 2.0: The Mind's Eye 2022-08-15 · 50m
You 2.0: How To See Yourself Clearly 2022-08-08 · 50m
You 2.0: Befriending Your Inner Voice 2022-08-01 · 53m
Reframing Your Reality: Part 2 2022-07-25 · 51m
Reframing Your Reality: Part 1 2022-07-18 · 49m
Separating Yourself from the Pack 2022-07-11 · 55m
What We Gain from Pain 2022-07-04 · 50m
A Founding Contradiction 2022-06-27 · 50m
The Premonition 2022-06-20 · 49m
Why You're Smarter Than You Think 2022-06-13 · 49m
Do Less 2022-06-06 · 53m
Money 2.0: Let's Go Shopping! 2022-05-30 · 49m
Money 2.0: The Rich and the Rest of Us 2022-05-23 · 49m
Money 2.0: Emotional Currency 2022-05-16 · 36m
Money 2.0: Why We Bust Our Budgets 2022-05-09 · 52m
Money 2.0: Rewrite Your Money Story 2022-05-02 · 49m
The Logic of Rage 2022-04-25 · 49m
When Doing Right Feels Wrong 2022-04-18 · 49m
A Conspiracy of Silence 2022-04-14 · 56m
How Rude! 2022-04-11 · 50m
Healing Your Heart 2022-04-04 · 50m
You Don't Need a Crystal Ball 2022-03-28 · 49m
How to Change the World 2022-03-21 · 50m
You Can't Hit Unsend 2022-03-17 · 50m
The Benefits of Mixed Emotions 2022-03-14 · 52m
Putting Our Assumptions to the Test 2022-03-07 · 52m
Mind Reading 2.0: Why Conversations Go Wrong 2022-02-28 · 52m
Mind Reading 2.0: Our Better Angels 2022-02-21 · 45m
Mind Reading 2.0: The Double Standard 2022-02-14 · 48m
Mind Reading 2.0: How others see you 2022-02-07 · 51m
Mind Reading 2.0: Why did you do that? 2022-01-31 · 49m
My Unsung Hero: Sanaa Kerroumi's Story 2022-01-28 · 7m
Minimizing Pain, Maximizing Joy 2022-01-25 · 52m
What Makes Relationships Thrive 2022-01-17 · 49m
My Unsung Hero: Wendy McDowell's Story 2022-01-14 · 6m
Changing Behavior, Not Beliefs 2022-01-10 · 49m
Choose Carefully 2022-01-03 · 49m
Creatures of Habit 2021-12-27 · 49m
My Unsung Hero: Justin Horner's Story 2021-12-24 · 6m
Bringing Up Baby 2021-12-20 · 50m
The Psychology of Self-Doubt 2021-12-13 · 49m
My Unsung Hero: Leah Bartell's Story 2021-12-10 · 4m
Both Things Can Be True 2021-12-06 · 48m
Work 2.0: The One-Room Commute 2021-11-29 · 49m
My Unsung Hero: Tony Ludlow's Story 2021-11-24 · 5m
Work 2.0: Rebel with a Cause 2021-11-22 · 49m
Work 2.0: Life, Interrupted 2021-11-15 · 50m
My Unsung Hero: Terri Powers' Story 2021-11-12 · 4m
Work 2.0: Game On! 2021-11-08 · 53m
Work 2.0: The Obstacles You Don't See 2021-11-01 · 50m
We Broke the Planet. Now What? 2021-10-25 · 49m
My Unsung Hero: Rick Mangnall's Story 2021-10-22 · 6m
The Halo Effect 2021-10-18 · 53m
Being Kind to Yourself 2021-10-11 · 52m
My Unsung Hero: Jackie Briggs' Story 2021-10-08 · 6m
When You Need It To Be True 2021-10-04 · 54m
Passion Isn't Enough 2021-09-27 · 48m
Introducing My Unsung Hero 2021-09-24 · 3m
Group Think 2021-09-20 · 50m
Just Sex 2021-09-13 · 24m
Where Happiness Hides 2021-09-06 · 50m
You 2.0: Regrets, I Have a Few... 2021-08-30 · 29m
You 2.0: Did That Really Happen? 2021-08-23 · 48m
You 2.0: When Did Marriage Become So Hard? 2021-08-16 · 50m
You 2.0: In the Heat of the Moment 2021-08-09 · 52m
You 2.0: Cultivating Your Purpose 2021-08-02 · 51m
Losing Alaska 2021-07-26 · 24m
Stage Fright 2021-07-19 · 52m
Playing the Gender Card 2021-07-12 · 50m
You, But Better 2021-07-05 · 50m
The Influence You Have 2021-06-28 · 51m
What Twins Tell Us 2021-06-24 · 28m
The Power of Apologies 2021-06-21 · 50m
The Power of Mercy 2021-06-14 · 49m
What are the Odds? 2021-06-11 · 29m
This is Your Brain on Ads 2021-06-07 · 49m
Why We Hold on to Things 2021-05-31 · 46m
Loss and Renewal 2021-05-24 · 26m
Tribes and Traitors 2021-05-21 · 31m
Our Noisy Minds 2021-05-17 · 49m
The Fake Bride 2021-05-10 · 54m
Josh Gitelson: My Unsung Hero 2021-05-07 · 3m
One Head, Two Brains 2021-05-03 · 50m
Deb Pierce: My Unsung Hero 2021-04-30 · 5m
Why Conversations Go Wrong 2021-04-26 · 52m
Unsung Hero: A Cold Nevada Night 2021-04-23 · 4m
Humor Us 2021-04-19 · 52m
An Unfinished Lesson 2021-04-12 · 49m
Useful Delusions 2021-04-05 · 50m
Made of Honor 2021-03-29 · 49m
The Story of Your Life 2021-03-22 · 51m
The Story of Stories 2021-03-15 · 51m
Radically Normal 2021-03-09 · 50m
The Snowball Effect 2021-03-01 · 55m
The Match 2021-02-26 · 20m
Creating God 2021-02-22 · 52m
Is It Better to Know? 2021-02-16 · 52m
Love is Blind 2021-02-13 · 6m
How They See Us 2021-02-08 · 50m
The Easiest Person to Fool 2021-02-01 · 54m
Afraid of the Wrong Things 2021-01-25 · 50m
Our Brands, Our Selves 2021-01-18 · 34m
The Secret Life of Secrets 2021-01-11 · 48m
The Double Standard 2021-01-04 · 48m
A Creature of Habit 2020-12-28 · 50m
Waiting Games 2020-12-22 · 51m
Minimizing Pain, Maximizing Joy 2020-12-14 · 52m
Screaming into a Void 2020-12-07 · 40m
A Conspiracy of Silence 2020-11-30 · 59m
Where Gratitude Gets You 2020-11-23 · 52m
When You Start to Miss Tony from Accounting 2020-11-16 · 49m
Between Two Worlds 2020-11-09 · 47m
From Pedestals to Guillotines 2020-11-02 · 22m
Not at the Dinner Table 2020-10-26 · 50m
Moral Combat 2020-10-19 · 52m
Beyond Doomscrolling 2020-10-12 · 52m
The Logic of Rage 2020-10-05 · 50m
An Update from Shankar 2020-10-02 · 4m
Laughter: The Best Medicine 2020-09-28 · 46m
The Halo Effect 2020-09-21 · 53m
Why Nobody Feels Rich 2020-09-14 · 32m
The Fee-for-Service Monster 2020-09-07 · 50m
You 2.0: Empathy Gym 2020-08-31 · 51m
You 2.0: WOOP, WOOP! 2020-08-24 · 19m
You 2.0: Loss And Renewal 2020-08-17 · 24m
You 2.0: The Mind's Eye 2020-08-10 · 45m
You 2.0: Our Pursuit of Happiness 2020-08-03 · 45m
Edge Effect 2020-07-27 · 36m
The Untold Story Of Lyndie B. Hawkins 2020-07-20 · 50m
Romeo & Juliet In Rwanda 2020-07-13 · 49m
The Night That Lasted A Lifetime 2020-07-06 · 52m
The Founding Contradiction 2020-06-29 · 46m
Buy, Borrow, Steal 2020-06-22 · 49m
A Rap on Trial 2020-06-15 · 54m
The Air We Breathe 2020-06-12 · 36m
Playing Favorites 2020-06-08 · 53m
Justifying The Means 2020-06-01 · 54m
The Time Machine 2020-05-30 · 5m
The People Like Us 2020-05-25 · 35m
Our Better Angels 2020-05-18 · 40m
A Hidden Brain Commencement Address 2020-05-13 · 7m
The Dramatic Cure 2020-05-11 · 50m
The Choices Before Us 2020-05-04 · 49m
Starving The Watchdogs 2020-04-27 · 30m
A Social Prescription 2020-04-20 · 49m
Sex Machines 2020-04-13 · 27m
Playing Tight And Loose 2020-04-06 · 50m
Close Enough: Living Through Others 2020-03-30 · 49m
An Unfinished Lesson 2020-03-23 · 48m
Panic In The Street 2020-03-16 · 25m
The Bomb That Didn't Explode 2020-03-10 · 35m
The Tale of the Cowboy Philosopher 2020-03-03 · 49m
The Influence You Have 2020-02-24 · 49m
Liar, Liar, Liar 2020-02-17 · 28m
Passion Isn't Enough 2020-02-10 · 51m
When Things Click 2020-02-04 · 49m
Secret Friends 2020-01-27 · 50m
Warnings, Warnings Everywhere 2020-01-20 · 33m
Emotional Currency 2020-01-13 · 35m
On The Knife's Edge 2020-01-06 · 27m
Creatures Of Habit 2019-12-30 · 50m
Why We Love Surprises 2019-12-23 · 28m
Did That Really Happen? 2019-12-17 · 48m
Zipcode Destiny 2019-12-09 · 50m
In The Heat Of The Moment 2019-12-03 · 54m
Counting Other People's Blessings 2019-11-25 · 49m
The Ventilator 2019-11-19 · 52m
Hungry, Hungry Hippocampus 2019-11-11 · 26m
The Talk Market 2019-11-04 · 35m
BS Jobs 2019-10-28 · 43m
The Monkey Marketplace 2019-10-21 · 46m
The Lonely American Man 2019-10-14 · 46m
Screaming Into The Void 2019-10-07 · 40m
Baby Talk 2019-09-30 · 29m
We're All Gonna Live Forever! 2019-09-23 · 37m
We're All Gonna Die! 2019-09-16 · 31m
You Can't Hit Unsend 2019-09-10 · 51m
You 2.0: Decide Already! 2019-09-02 · 23m
You 2.0: Deep Work 2019-08-27 · 32m
You 2.0: Rebel With A Cause 2019-08-19 · 46m
You 2.0: Our Better Nature 2019-08-12 · 25m
You 2.0: Tunnel Vision 2019-08-05 · 35m
You 2.0: The Empathy Gym 2019-07-29 · 53m
Facts Aren't Enough 2019-07-22 · 49m
Finding Your Voice 2019-07-15 · 33m
The Fox And The Hedgehog 2019-07-08 · 36m
I Buy, Therefore I Am 2019-07-01 · 32m
The Lazarus Drug 2019-06-24 · 47m
Our Animal Instincts 2019-06-17 · 49m
Me, Myself, and IKEA 2019-06-10 · 23m
People Like Us 2019-06-03 · 34m
More Divided Than Ever? 2019-05-27 · 50m
Losing Face 2019-05-20 · 23m
What's Not On The Test 2019-05-13 · 49m
Creating God 2019-05-06 · 51m
A Dramatic Cure 2019-04-29 · 49m
Why No One Feels Rich 2019-04-22 · 32m
The Sorting Hat 2019-04-15 · 48m
Radically Normal 2019-04-08 · 51m
Don't Panic! 2019-04-01 · 50m
What Twins Tell Us 2019-03-25 · 29m
Never Go To Vegas 2019-03-18 · 48m
Unreal Sex 2019-03-11 · 27m
For Sale, By Owner 2019-03-04 · 31m
Radio Replay: Playing The Gender Card 2019-03-01 · 49m
Better Than Cash 2019-02-25 · 27m
Emma, Carrie, Vivian 2019-02-18 · 40m
Close Enough 2019-02-11 · 49m
One Head, Two Brains 2019-02-04 · 49m
Radio Replay: Creative Differences 2019-02-01 · 49m
Rewinding & Rewriting 2019-01-28 · 29m
The Vegetable Lamb 2019-01-21 · 36m
The Best Medicine 2019-01-14 · 46m
The Cowboy Philosopher 2019-01-07 · 49m
Loss and Renewal 2018-12-31 · 25m
Compassion 2018-12-24 · 16m
Radio Replay: Yum and Yuck 2018-12-21 · 49m
Alan Alda Wants Us To Have Better Conversations 2018-12-17 · 41m
Starving the Watchdog 2018-12-10 · 29m
Spoiler Alert! 2018-12-03 · 28m
A Founding Contradiction 2018-11-26 · 49m
Radio Replay: Bringing Up Baby 2018-11-23 · 49m
The Edge of Gender 2018-11-19 · 50m
Zipcode Destiny 2018-11-12 · 50m
Sounds Like a Winner 2018-11-05 · 24m
The Lazarus Drug 2018-10-29 · 47m
Radio Replay: Too Little, Too Much 2018-10-26 · 49m
Be The Change 2018-10-22 · 50m
Voting With Your Middle Finger 2018-10-15 · 47m
Red Brain, Blue Brain 2018-10-08 · 25m
"Man Up" 2018-10-01 · 40m
Why Now? 2018-09-24 · 49m
Radio Replay: Eyes Wide Open 2018-09-21 · 49m
The Cassandra Curse 2018-09-17 · 33m
Our Better Nature 2018-09-11 · 25m
Bullshit Jobs 2018-09-04 · 43m
You 2.0: Check Yourself 2018-08-28 · 50m
You 2.0: Originals 2018-08-21 · 21m
You 2.0: When Did Marriage Become So Hard? 2018-08-14 · 49m
You 2.0: The Ostrich Effect 2018-08-07 · 25m
You 2.0: Dream Jobs 2018-07-31 · 21m
You 2.0: Rebel With A Cause 2018-07-24 · 47m
Radio Replay: Watch Your Mouth 2018-07-20 · 49m
Creating God 2018-07-17 · 51m
Snooki and the Handbag 2018-07-10 · 24m
The Edge Effect 2018-07-03 · 36m
Fake News: An Origin Story 2018-06-26 · 26m
Radio Replay: Looking Back 2018-06-22 · 49m
Summer Melt 2018-06-19 · 25m
Hungry, Hungry Hippocampus 2018-06-12 · 26m
When Everything Clicks 2018-06-05 · 49m
Kinder-Gardening 2018-05-29 · 28m
Rewinding & Rewriting 2018-05-22 · 29m
Radio Replay: This Is Your Brain On Ads 2018-05-18 · 49m
Baby Talk 2018-05-15 · 29m
Rap on Trial 2018-05-08 · 54m
The Fox and the Hedgehog 2018-05-01 · 36m
Emma, Carrie, Vivian 2018-04-24 · 40m
Radio Replay: The Weight of Our Words 2018-04-20 · 49m
Romeo and Juliet in Kigali 2018-04-17 · 49m
Liar, Liar 2018-04-10 · 29m
Tunnel Vision 2018-04-03 · 34m
Crickets and Cannibals 2018-03-27 · 32m
The Lonely American Man 2018-03-20 · 46m
Radio Replay: The Mind of the Village 2018-03-16 · 49m
Think Fast with Daniel Kahneman 2018-03-13 · 49m
Men: 45, Women: 0 2018-03-06 · 21m
Counting Other People's Blessings 2018-02-27 · 49m
Filthy Rich 2018-02-20 · 21m
When Did Marriage Become So Hard? 2018-02-13 · 49m
Why Now? 2018-02-06 · 49m
Lost in Translation 2018-01-30 · 34m
Radio Replay: The Power Hour 2018-01-26 · 49m
Alan Alda Wants Us To Have Better Conversations 2018-01-23 · 39m
Give Me Your Tired... 2018-01-16 · 20m
Radio Replay: I, Robot 2018-01-12 · 49m
E Pluribus Unum? 2018-01-09 · 36m
Buying Attention 2018-01-02 · 37m
Radio Replay: Fresh Starts 2017-12-30 · 49m
I'm Right, You're Wrong 2017-12-26 · 23m
Radio Replay: Don't Panic! 2017-12-22 · 50m
Never Go To Vegas 2017-12-19 · 48m
Kinder-Gardening 2017-12-12 · 28m
Radio Replay: Loving the Lie 2017-12-08 · 49m
The Sorting Hat 2017-12-05 · 49m
Radio Replay: Life, Interrupted 2017-12-01 · 49m
Money Talks 2017-11-28 · 24m
An American Secret 2017-11-21 · 21m
Radio Replay: Crime As A Disease 2017-11-17 · 48m
Eyes Wide Open: Part 2 2017-11-14 · 35m
Eyes Wide Open: Part 1 2017-11-07 · 23m
Radio Replay: Prisons of Our Own Making 2017-11-03 · 49m
Check Yourself 2017-10-31 · 49m
Radio Replay: What's In It For Me? 2017-10-27 · 50m
Misbehaving with Richard Thaler 2017-10-24 · 24m
The Good Old Days 2017-10-17 · 26m
The Edge of Gender 2017-10-10 · 50m
Be The Change 2017-10-03 · 49m
Just Sex 2017-09-26 · 23m
The Ostrich Effect 2017-09-19 · 25m
Regrets, I Have A Few... 2017-09-12 · 29m
Hiding Behind Free Speech 2017-09-05 · 28m
You 2.0: Getting Unstuck 2017-08-29 · 28m
You 2.0: Decide Already! 2017-08-22 · 23m
You 2.0: WOOP, There It Is 2017-08-15 · 19m
You 2.0: Embrace the Chaos 2017-08-08 · 27m
You 2.0: Dream Jobs 2017-08-01 · 21m
You 2.0: Deep Work 2017-07-25 · 32m
Summer Melt 2017-07-18 · 24m
Could You Kill A Robot? 2017-07-11 · 33m
Losing Face 2017-07-04 · 23m
Guessing Games 2017-06-27 · 27m
"Is he Muslim?" 2017-06-20 · 26m
Rap on Trial 2017-06-13 · 53m
In The Air We Breathe 2017-06-06 · 37m
Broken Windows 2017-05-30 · 29m
Me, Myself, and IKEA 2017-05-23 · 23m
Ep. 71: The Fox and the Hedgehog 2017-05-16 · 36m
Encore of Ep. 45: What Are The Odds? 2017-05-09 · 28m
Ep. 70: Who We Are At 2 A.M. 2017-05-02 · 27m
Episode 69: Money Talks 2017-04-25 · 23m
Ep. 68: Schadenfacebook 2017-04-18 · 25m
Encore of Ep. 35: Creature Comforts 2017-04-11 · 28m
Ep. 67: The Hole 2017-04-04 · 24m
Ep. 66: Liar, Liar 2017-03-28 · 27m
Episode 65: Tunnel Vision 2017-03-21 · 34m
Ep. 64: I'm Right, You're Wrong 2017-03-14 · 22m
Encore of Ep. 24: Tribes and Traitors 2017-03-07 · 28m
Ep. 63: "I'm Not A Terrorist..." 2017-02-28 · 22m
Episode 62: On The Knife's Edge 2017-02-21 · 26m
Episode 61: Just Sex 2017-02-14 · 23m
Encore of Episode 20: Remembering Anarcha 2017-02-07 · 23m
Episode 60: Fortress America 2017-01-31 · 21m
Episode 59: The Deep Story 2017-01-24 · 21m
Episode 58: Pedestals and Guillotines 2017-01-17 · 21m
Episode 57: Slanguage 2017-01-10 · 24m
Episode 56: Getting Unstuck 2017-01-03 · 27m
Encore of Episode 15: Loss and Renewal 2016-12-27 · 25m
Encore of Episode 32: The Scientific Process 2016-12-20 · 29m
Episode 55: Snooki and the Handbag 2016-12-13 · 25m
Episode 54: Panic in the Streets 2016-12-06 · 24m
Episode 53: Embrace the Chaos 2016-11-29 · 26m
Episode 52: Losing Face 2016-11-22 · 23m
Episode 51: What Happened? 2016-11-15 · 27m
Encore of Episode 27: Losing Alaska 2016-11-08 · 24m
Episode 50: Broken Windows 2016-11-01 · 28m
Episode 49: Filthy Rich 2016-10-25 · 21m
Episode 48: Men: 44, Women: 0 2016-10-18 · 20m
Episode 47: Give Me Your Tired... 2016-10-11 · 20m
Episode 46: Blessings in Disguise? 2016-10-04 · 21m
Episode 45: What Are The Odds? 2016-09-27 · 28m
Trailer: Hidden Brain 2.0 2016-09-22 · 2m
Update: #AirbnbWhileBlack 2016-09-20 · 23m
Episode 44: Our Politics, Our Parenting 2016-09-13 · 22m
Episode 43: The Perils of Power 2016-09-06 · 26m
Encore of Episode 21: Stroke of Genius 2016-08-30 · 24m
Episode 42: Decide Already! 2016-08-23 · 22m
Encore of Episode 11: Forgery 2016-08-16 · 23m
Episode 41: Defeated 2016-08-09 · 21m
Episode 40: Silver and Gold 2016-08-02 · 22m
Encore of Episode 7: Lonely Hearts 2016-07-26 · 33m
Episode 39: Vacations 2016-07-19 · 17m
Episode 38: Me, Me, Me 2016-07-12 · 22m
Episode 37: Smoke & Mirrors 2016-07-05 · 23m
Episode 36: Science of Deception 2016-06-28 · 19m
Episode 35: Creature Comforts 2016-06-21 · 27m
Encore of Episode 13: Terrorism 2016-06-14 · 25m
Episode 34: Google at Work 2016-06-07 · 27m
Episode 33: Food for Thought 2016-05-31 · 19m
Episode 32: The Scientific Process 2016-05-24 · 28m
Episode 31: Your Brain on Uber 2016-05-17 · 30m
Episode 30: WOOP, There It Is 2016-05-10 · 18m
Episode 29: Traffic 2016-05-03 · 16m
Episode 28: #AirbnbWhileBlack 2016-04-26 · 22m
Episode 27: Losing Alaska 2016-04-19 · 23m
Encore of Episode 16: Misbehaving 2016-04-12 · 24m
Episode 26: Grit 2016-04-05 · 28m
Episode 25: Dream Jobs 2016-03-29 · 20m
Episode 24: Tribes and Traitors 2016-03-22 · 28m
Episode 23: Boredom 2016-03-15 · 20m
Encore of Episode 9: Aziz Ansari on Modern Love 2016-03-08 · 26m
Episode 22: Originals 2016-03-01 · 20m
Episode 21: Stroke of Genius 2016-02-23 · 25m
Episode 20: Remembering Anarcha 2016-02-16 · 25m
Episode 19: Dating and Mating 2016-02-09 · 22m
Encore of Episode 2: Near Victories 2016-02-02 · 22m
Episode 18: The Paradox of Forgiveness 2016-01-26 · 19m
Episode 17: Resolutions 2016-01-19 · 21m
Episode 16: Misbehaving 2016-01-12 · 23m
Encore of Episode 3: Stereotype Threat 2016-01-05 · 22m
Episode 15: Loss and Renewal 2015-12-29 · 25m
Episode 14: Christmas 2015-12-22 · 21m
Episode 13: Terrorism 2015-12-15 · 26m
Episode 12: Humor 2015-12-08 · 20m
Episode 11: Forgery 2015-12-01 · 23m
Episode 10: Thanksgiving 2015-11-24 · 19m
Episode 9: Aziz Ansari on Modern Love 2015-11-17 · 26m
Episode 8: Back Up Plans 2015-11-10 · 24m
Episode 7: Lonely Hearts 2015-11-03 · 33m
Episode 6: The Science of Fear 2015-10-27 · 20m
Episode 5: Compassion 2015-10-20 · 18m
Episode 4: Students and Teachers 2015-10-13 · 18m
Episode 3: Stereotype Threat 2015-10-06 · 22m
Brain Bonus: Magic Brain 2015-10-02 · 5m
Episode 2: Near Victories 2015-09-29 · 22m
Episode 1: Switchtracking 2015-09-22 · 28m
Hidden Brain: A Sneak Peek 2015-09-04 · 6m
Welcome to the Hidden Brain Podcast 2015-08-09 · 1m
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