Ologies with Alie Ward · 2026-09-05 · 45 min · 7,389 words

Party Psychology (WHY WE CELEBRATE) with Danielle Brick & Kelley Gullo-Wight

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Oh, this is a special bonus episode of Alleges. It's brought to you by Burbo. I've loved making these bonus episodes. And today we're talking about celebrations and rituals and the traditions that lead to these shared experiences. And this is whether it's making a toast or taking annual vacations or doing holiday traditions. Even these small repeated moments to look forward to, and how they have lasting psychological impacts way after the fact how it affects you the rest of the year. It's scientifically different and people study this and they let me talk to them. And I've experienced that a lot myself by booking a Vermo and having fun with the people I love. And Verbo makes it easy to bring your people together in one place to create those traditions. They work hard to get everything right before you arrive. And if something goes wrong.

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It scares you every time you walk the dog. Ellie Ward. And this is a bonus. It's a quick Fun one. And I mean not scientifically, because it's about hanging out with your friends and your fam. So we have two guests for this one. They are in fact buddies. They're colleagues who both got their PhDs from Duke University, and they are consumer psychologists. So they look at close relationships between people and how we make decisions. So All the time we're consuming everything from

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