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No Stupid Questions · 2026-03-01 · 36 min · 6,855 words

63. How Contagious Is Behavior? With Laurie Santos of “The Happiness Lab.” (Replay)

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Angela, you don't know what a crossover is? Did you Google it? Well, I did have to Google it. The Simpsons did a crossover with 24. That's amazing.

I think I get it though. It's like the Doritos Taco Bell mashup thing. The most horrifying new one of these is Heinz just did this crazy new thing where they're doing all these weird mayo ketchups and stuff, but they did an Oreo mayo ketchup. That sounds terrible. But this will not be terrible because today we are doing a cognitive science mashup of the two best cognitive science podcasts out there.

Let's be real. Lori Santos from the Happiness Lab, along with Angela Duckworth from No Stupid Questions. And we are using this No Stupid Questions format that my usual partner, Stephen Dubner, and I like so much, which is that one of us asks a question of the other and then we just have a rambling conversation. I'm in for the rambling conversation. That's usually what we have together when we meet up, Angela.

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