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In this episode of The Brainy Business podcast, Melina Palmer welcomes Eric Ries, the renowned author of The Lean Startup and his latest book, Incorruptible. Together, they explore the complexities of building sustainable organizations that resist the corrosive forces of financia ...  Show more

In this episode of The Brainy Business podcast, Melina Palmer welcomes Goldie Chan, author of Personal Branding for Introverts, to explore the often misunderstood concept of personal branding. For many, the term evokes excitement, while others feel overwhelmed or skeptical, espec ...  Show more

Why do people share false information? In this episode, our presenters Ginny Smith and Jon Sutton explore the psychology of misinformation. They hear about the factors that make peo ...

Today we welcome David McRaney. He is a science journalist fascinated with brains, minds, and culture. In 2012, he created the podcast You Are Not So Smart based on his 2009 internationally bestselling book of the same name and its follow-up, You Are Now Less Dumb. David is also ...  Show more

Misleading news stories. Propaganda. Conspiracy theories. Misinformation has always been with us, but with the rise of social media it can spread farther and faster than ever. Sander van der Linden, PhD, of Cambridge University, talks about why we’re so vulnerable to misinformati ...  Show more

In The Mind and the Moon: My Brother’s Story, the Science of Our Brains, and the Search for Our Psyches (Ecco, 3033), Daniel Bergner examines these and other by describing three riveting case studies in the context of the history of psychiatry and psychopharmacology. Alongside th ...  Show more