The Temptation of Now: With Guests Richard Th...

Ranked lists are everywhere—top hospitals, best colleges, must-visit cities. A single number can influence what we notice, what we value, and the decisions we make. Yet behind these rankings are hidden assumptions, and they don't always reflect what matters most to you. In this e ...  Show more

Have you ever bought a pair of shoes that never really fit, but you kept wearing them in hopes you’d break them in? All because you didn’t want to feel your money had gone to waste—even as you felt blisters forming? In this episode of Choiceology with Katy Milkman, we explore how ...  Show more

#510: Maybe you’re trying to convince: – Your spouse | to embrace the FIRE movement. – Your teenage kids | to invest some of their summer job money in stocks. – Your neighbor | to sell you their house in a private, off-market deal. – Your boss | to give you more vacation time. – ...  Show more

Eric chats with Robert Sapolsky, Stanford Professor of Biology, Neurology, and Neurosurgery. Robert is a world-renowned academic and author of highly successful books such as A Primate’s Memoir, Why Zebras Don’t Get Ulcers, and Behave: The Biology of Humans at Our Best and Wor ...

In this intimate episode, Caroline Stanbury and her husband, Sergio Carrallo, 19 years her junior, dive deep into the age-old topic of temptation. Together, they explore what temptation means, how it arises, and whether it truly signifies dissatisfaction in a relationship. They s ...  Show more

Does science have anything to say about our freedom of choice?

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A famed experimen ...