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A talk with an Army Psychological Operations soldier about what military psy-op work really involves—and how different the reality is from many people's ideas about the nature of that work. We discuss his psy-op work in Afghanistan, why credibility and truth are usually much more ...  Show more

Can machines spot a lie better than we can? I talk with psychology researcher Bennett Kleinberg, whose work brings together psychology, machine learning, natural-language processing, and deception detection. We explore why humans are bad at identifying lies, which verbal clues ma ...  Show more

On this episode, we explore the question, “what makes an extraordinary life?” And consider the possibility that the mental health epidemic humanity is experiencing could be related to the existential feeling that comes from asking this question. As we approach a new year, let’s r ...  Show more

How to live a meaningful life? An existential perspective The questions, realities, limitations, and paradoxes of existence—endings, choice, freedom, meaning—are all themes of existential psychology.  In this episode, in conversation with Christina Khoury - Psychotherapist, Docto ...  Show more

On today's episode, I dive into the world of existentialism and why this reflects the anxiety, stress, and confusion you are currently combating. We inhabit a small walled off structure of known territory, surrounded by an ocean of complexity. When too much of this complexity ...

Do you find yourself lying awake at night, terrified of death, paralyzed by the concept of forever, and gripped by the fear of losing the people you love? Many of us do everything in our power to distract ourselves from life’s big existential realities and questions. But what ...