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Mini: Release the Hostage

13 mins; April 21, 2025

Journalism vs. the World

66 hours 7 mins; April 16, 2025

Mini: Stress Balls

15 mins; April 14, 2025

The Benefits of Massage

64 hours 22 mins; April 09, 2025

Mini: Author Book-Signings

16 mins; April 07, 2025

Unhoused pt. 2

57 mins; April 02, 2025

Mini: Fake News

14 mins; March 31, 2025

Unhoused pt. 1

65 hours 56 mins; March 26, 2025

Mini: Predictor of Future Behavior

16 mins; March 24, 2025

Daylight Saving Time

63 hours 49 mins; March 19, 2025

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14 mins; March 17, 2025

Nostalgia: Imposter Syndrome

69 hours 3 mins; March 12, 2025

Mini: Amuse-Bouche

13 mins; March 10, 2025

The Paradox of Tolerance

58 mins; March 05, 2025

Mini: Variables That Influence Behavior

14 mins; March 03, 2025

DEI

52 mins; February 26, 2025

Mini: Musings and Prognostications 3: Goodbye Farms

18 mins; February 24, 2025

Nostalgia: Do Babies Recognize Good & Evil?

84 hours 50 mins; February 19, 2025

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19 mins; February 17, 2025

True-ish Crime: Bloodstain Pattern Analysis

62 hours 14 mins; February 12, 2025

Mini: High Dive Into a Tiny Pool

17 mins; February 10, 2025

Adrenaline Junkies

59 mins; February 05, 2025

Mini: Why Are Wedding Veils a Thing?

18 mins; February 03, 2025

Bullying

66 hours 15 mins; January 29, 2025

Mini: Watching Zits Pop

12 mins; January 27, 2025

Why We Love Competition

62 hours 23 mins; January 22, 2025

Mini: Stop Looking at Me, Swan!

18 mins; January 20, 2025

Stendhal Syndrome

59 mins; January 15, 2025

Mini: How Science Names Things

17 mins; January 13, 2025

Welcome to the Big Ivy League

54 mins; January 08, 2025

Mini: Student to Teacher Ratio

20 mins; January 06, 2025

The Good Old Days

65 hours 55 mins; January 01, 2025

Mini: The Tongue Map

13 mins; December 30, 2024

Goodbye 2024

58 mins; December 25, 2024

Mini: Musings and Prognostications Continued (Immigration)

17 mins; December 23, 2024

What the Economy Is (and Isn't)

75 hours 41 mins; December 18, 2024

Mini: Musings and Prognostications Continued (Censorship)

11 mins; December 16, 2024

Vasectomies: Snip Snip, Hooray!

63 hours 54 mins; December 11, 2024

Mini: I'm Sorry, But...

14 mins; December 09, 2024

Musings and Prognostications

84 hours 42 mins; December 04, 2024

Mini: (Not) The Definition of Insanity

11 mins; December 02, 2024

The Kuleshov Effect

61 hours 28 mins; November 27, 2024

Mini: How Many Books Can You Read in Your Life?

15 mins; November 25, 2024

Bad Arguments

70 hours 15 mins; November 20, 2024

Mini: Revolving Doors

15 mins; November 18, 2024

Public Speaking

68 hours 0 mins; November 13, 2024

Mini: Sensory Friendly Vaccine Kits

15 mins; November 11, 2024

Why We Lead the Cheer

54 mins; November 06, 2024

Mini: PIC-NIC

13 mins; November 04, 2024

Ghosts

59 mins; October 30, 2024

Mini: Microphobia

12 mins; October 28, 2024

The Plausibility of Cryptids

64 hours 31 mins; October 23, 2024

Mini: Hippo... phobia

12 mins; October 21, 2024

Scared to Death

52 mins; October 16, 2024

Mini: Phobophobia

9 mins; October 14, 2024

Skinwalkers

52 mins; October 09, 2024

Mini: Coulrophobia

17 mins; October 07, 2024

Fear

55 mins; October 02, 2024

Mini: That's Just How My Brain Works

14 mins; September 30, 2024

Imitation Imitation

57 mins; September 25, 2024

Mini: Neoliberalism

15 mins; September 23, 2024

Why Did We Ever Have Royalty?

71 hours 11 mins; September 18, 2024

Mini: Porn

13 mins; September 16, 2024

Nostalgia: The Dunning-Kruger Effect

65 hours 17 mins; September 11, 2024

Mini: Duh

10 mins; September 09, 2024

Critical Thinking

69 hours 27 mins; September 04, 2024

Mini: Temporary Insanity

18 mins; September 02, 2024

The Electoral College pt. 2

66 hours 56 mins; August 28, 2024

Mini: How's My Driving?

18 mins; August 26, 2024

The Electoral College pt. 1

53 mins; August 21, 2024

Mini: Weird Blue Chart

18 mins; August 19, 2024

Empathy pt. 2

49 mins; August 14, 2024

Mini: Expressions That Died

13 mins; August 12, 2024

Empathy pt. 1

55 mins; August 07, 2024

Mini: Toilet Paper

18 mins; August 05, 2024

Universal Basic Income pt. 2

61 hours 23 mins; July 31, 2024

Mini: The Value of Human Life

13 mins; July 29, 2024

Universal Basic Income pt. 1

56 mins; July 24, 2024

Mini: Middle of the Road

8 mins; July 22, 2024

Your Lizard Brain

58 mins; July 17, 2024

Mini: PTO vs. Sick Leave

13 mins; July 15, 2024

Not So Sweet Revenge

70 hours 52 mins; July 10, 2024

Mini: Scientific Understanding

9 mins; July 08, 2024

Nostalgia: Grit With Steven Hayes

89 hours 55 mins; July 03, 2024

Mini: Mood Rings

17 mins; July 01, 2024

Thumbs and the Evolution of Culture

45 mins; June 26, 2024

Mini: Deductive vs. Inductive Reasoning

13 mins; June 24, 2024

Black Applied Behavior Analysts Conference

58 mins; June 19, 2024

Mini: Does Philosophy Matter for Expertise?

17 mins; June 17, 2024

The Seven Wonders

54 mins; June 12, 2024

Mini: Can Stress Turn Your Hair Gray?

10 mins; June 10, 2024

Nostalgia: Social Media Addiction pt. 2

84 hours 5 mins; June 07, 2024

Nostalgia: Social Media Addiction pt. 1

68 hours 33 mins; June 05, 2024

Mini: Books Bound in Human Skin

17 mins; June 03, 2024

How to Treat Addiction

78 hours 16 mins; May 29, 2024

Mini: Catnip

11 mins; May 27, 2024

Food Addiction

52 mins; May 22, 2024

Mini: Traffic Jams

21 mins; May 20, 2024

Gambling pt. 2

53 mins; May 15, 2024

Mini: Skin Idioms

13 mins; May 13, 2024

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