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 people around you. (We're routinely rated the #1 science podcast in the United States.) Hosted by veteran science journalist Shankar Vedantam.
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Episodes (629)
Our Noisy Minds
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The Fake Bride
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Josh Gitelson: My Unsung Hero
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One Head, Two Brains
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Deb Pierce: My Unsung Hero
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Why Conversations Go Wrong
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Unsung Hero: A Cold Nevada Night
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Humor Us
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An Unfinished Lesson
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Useful Delusions
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Made of Honor
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The Story of Your Life
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The Story of Stories
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Radically Normal
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The Snowball Effect
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The Match
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Creating God
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Is It Better to Know?
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Love is Blind
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How They See Us
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The Easiest Person to Fool
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Afraid of the Wrong Things
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Our Brands, Our Selves
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The Secret Life of Secrets
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The Double Standard
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A Creature of Habit
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Waiting Games
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Minimizing Pain, Maximizing Joy
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Screaming into a Void
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A Conspiracy of Silence
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Where Gratitude Gets You
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When You Start to Miss Tony from Accounting
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Between Two Worlds
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From Pedestals to Guillotines
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Not at the Dinner Table
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Moral Combat
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Beyond Doomscrolling
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The Logic of Rage
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An Update from Shankar
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Laughter: The Best Medicine
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The Halo Effect
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Why Nobody Feels Rich
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The Fee-for-Service Monster
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You 2.0: Empathy Gym
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You 2.0: WOOP, WOOP!
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You 2.0: Loss And Renewal
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You 2.0: The Mind's Eye
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You 2.0: Our Pursuit of Happiness
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Edge Effect
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The Untold Story Of Lyndie B. Hawkins
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