Human Potential Lab

By Scott Barry Kaufman

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SubparUsername
 May 27, 2026


 Apr 28, 2025

joel
 Apr 1, 2022
Fantastic podcast. Having listened to a number of the episodes I honestly have no idea what the first two reviews are on about. There are hardly any ads and there are no 'woke' episodes.

BH
 Jan 23, 2022
I appreciate the insights.


 Aug 15, 2021
Soooooooo many ads, every few minutes sometimes. unsubscribed

Free Thinker
 Aug 11, 2020
Too many woke episodes. I tried to listen because I wanted to learn about psychology, not politics.

Description

For eleven years and 478 episodes, Dr. Scott Barry Kaufman hosted The Psychology Podcast, one of the most listened-to psychology shows in the world, with more than 30 million downloads. Human Potential Lab is what that show has become.

The questions have moved. What is a mind? What makes something conscious? What happens to being human when the things we build start to look like minds themselves? Too much of the work is happening out of public view. In this new show, Dr. Scott Barry Kaufman sits down with the scientists, philosophers and technologists working at the frontier — the people whose work is actively deciding what we could become as a species.

Scott Barry Kaufman is a cognitive scientist and the founder of the Center for Human Potential. He holds a Ph.D. from Yale and an M.Phil. from Cambridge, has taught at Columbia, NYU and the University of Pennsylvania, and is the author or editor of twelve books, including Transcend, Ungifted, Wired to Create and Rise Above. New episodes every other week from October 28, 2026.


Episode Date
Welcome to Human Potential Lab
Oct 14, 2026
End of an Era — Reflections on 11 Years of The Psychology Podcast w/ Annie Murphy Paul
Dec 04, 2025
How Mindsets Shape Reality w/ Dr. Alia Crum
Nov 20, 2025
The Gentle Power of Sisu w/ Dr. Elisabet Lahti
Nov 06, 2025
From Coping to Capacity w/ RaQuel Hopkins
Oct 23, 2025
Why Brains Need Friends w/ Dr. Ben Rein
Oct 09, 2025
Busting Viral Mental Health Myths w/Joe Nucci
Sep 25, 2025
The Psychology of Athletic Excellence w/Dr. Alex Auerbach
Sep 11, 2025
Dealing with Feelings w/ Dr. Marc Brackett
Aug 28, 2025
Rethinking Time and the Myth of Urgency w/ Chris Guillebeau
Aug 14, 2025
Can You Really Change Your Personality? w/ Olga Khazan
Jul 31, 2025
Debunking the Genius Myth w/ Helen Lewis
Jul 17, 2025
Embracing Neurodiversity w/ Robin Ince
Jul 03, 2025
The Science of Inspiring Leadership w/ Dr. Adam Galinsky
Jun 19, 2025
Turning Ideas Into Action w/ Dr. Zorana Ivcevic Pringle
Jun 05, 2025
Designing Your Dream Life w/Sahil Bloom
May 22, 2025
Breaking the Stigma w/Mayim Bialik and Jonathan Cohen
May 08, 2025
Rise Above with Dr. Scott Barry Kaufman (Interviewed by Dr. Jonathan Haidt)
Apr 24, 2025
Radical Listening with Robert Biswas-Diener and Christian van Nieuwerburgh
Apr 10, 2025
Multiple Intelligences w/ Dr. Howard Gardner
Mar 27, 2025
Magic, Skepticism, and Success w/ Dr. Richard Wiseman
Mar 13, 2025
Does Telepathy Exist? w/ Dr. Diane Hennacy Powell
Feb 27, 2025
A Legacy of Social Psychology w/ Dr. Elliot Aronson & Dr. Joshua Aronson
Feb 13, 2025
How To Help Children Thrive in the Age of Uncertainty w/ Dr. Tovah Klein
Jan 30, 2025
Finding Balance In The Age of Indulgence w/ Dr. Anna Lembke
Jan 16, 2025
Best of 2024- Reclaim Yourself w/ Emma Seppala
Jan 03, 2025
Best of 2024- How to Feel Alive Again in a World That Wears Us Down w/ Corey Keyes
Jan 01, 2025
Overcome Your Trauma With Happiness w/ Karen Guggenheim
Dec 19, 2024
Does the Universe Have a Purpose? w/ Philip Goff
Dec 12, 2024
How To Lead Yourself w/ Stedman Graham
Dec 05, 2024
The Happiness Trap w/ Russ Harris
Nov 28, 2024
The Psychology of Attraction w/Mark Manson
Nov 21, 2024
Do Nice Guys Really Finish Last?
Nov 14, 2024
The Psychology of Outrage w/ Dr. Kurt Gray
Nov 07, 2024
How to Make It to the End With No Regrets w/Jodi Wellman
Oct 31, 2024
Is Toxic Productivity Ruining Your Life? w/Israa Nasir
Oct 24, 2024
How Tribalism Can Unite Us w/ Dr. Michael Morris
Oct 17, 2024
Personality, Creativity, and Well-being || The Human Potential Lab
Oct 10, 2024
The Man Behind The Mind Reader w/ Banachek
Oct 03, 2024
From Prison To Social Impact w/ Wallo 267
Sep 26, 2024
The Upside of OCD w/ Michael Alcee
Sep 19, 2024
How To Make Magic With Your Partner w/ The Cosmic Romantics
Sep 12, 2024
Hope For Cynics w/ Dr. Jamil Zaki
Sep 05, 2024
Transform Your Relationship with Food to Become Your Healthiest Self w/ Kim Shapira
Aug 29, 2024
Reimagining Boyhood & Masculinity w/ Ruth Whippman
Aug 22, 2024
The Science of Morbid Curiosity w/ Dr. Coltan Scrivner
Aug 15, 2024
The Psychology of Identity and Fostering Social Harmony w/ Dr. Jay Van Bavel
Aug 08, 2024
The Third Perspective w/ Africa Brooke
Aug 01, 2024
Finding Work That Leaves You Fulfilled w/ Dr. Tessa West
Jul 25, 2024
Vulnerable Minds and the Hope of Resilience w/ Marc Hauser
Jul 18, 2024
Why Social Health Is the Missing Key to Living Longer, Healthier, and Happier w/ Kasley Killam
Jul 11, 2024
The Anxious Generation w/ Jonathan Haidt
Jul 04, 2024
What Would the Buddha Do? w/ Cory Allen
Jun 27, 2024
Are All Comedians Narcissists? W/ Krystyna Hutchinson
Jun 20, 2024
On Being Human w/ Cory Muscara
Jun 13, 2024
The Neuroscience of Manifestation w/ Dr. James Doty
Jun 06, 2024
How To Spot a Narcissist and Heal From Them w/ Dr. Ramani Durvasula
May 30, 2024
Collective Narcissism is Everywhere w/ Agnieszka Golec
May 23, 2024
What Does it Mean to Be Gifted? w/ Ellen Winner
May 16, 2024
What It’s Like to Live Constitutionally w/ A.J. Jacobs
May 09, 2024
Reclaim Yourself w/ Emma Seppala
May 02, 2024
How to Feel Alive Again in a World That Wears Us Down w/ Corey Keyes
Apr 25, 2024
Helping Teens Thrive Emotionally and Socially w/ Lisa Damour
Apr 18, 2024
How To Be A Supercommunicator W/ Charles Duhigg
Apr 11, 2024
Stop Worrying about What People Think of You w/ Michael Gervais
Apr 04, 2024
Play Is Learning w/ Yumi Kendall
Mar 28, 2024
Learning to Love Midlife w/ Chip Conley
Mar 21, 2024
Mastering Clear Thinking w/ Shane Parrish
Mar 14, 2024
Think Bigger and Innovate w/ Sheena S. Iyengar
Mar 07, 2024
Failing Well w/ Amy Edmondson
Feb 29, 2024
How To Be The Love You Seek w/ Dr. Nicole LePera
Feb 22, 2024
Cancelling Cancel Culture w/ Greg Lukianoff & Rikki Schlott
Feb 15, 2024
No Bad Parts w/ Richard Schwartz
Feb 08, 2024
Climbing The Mountains of Life and Fulfilling Your Maximum Potential w/ Alison Levine
Feb 01, 2024
Right Brain, Creativity, and Meaning in Life w/ Iain McGilchrist
Jan 24, 2024
New Year, New Personality: Science-Backed Tips to Actually Change Yourself
Jan 18, 2024
A Message To Our Listeners
Jan 04, 2024
Best of Series: The Latest science of Growth Mindset With Carol Dweck
Dec 28, 2023
Best of Series: Inside Consciousness with Antonio DiMasio
Dec 21, 2023
Best of Series: On Human Nature and Human Progress With Noam Chomsky
Dec 14, 2023
Best of Series: Where Does Greatness Come From? With David Epstein
Dec 07, 2023
Best of Series: The New Science of Resilience With George Bonanno
Nov 30, 2023
Best of Series: The Power of Passion and Perseverance With Angela Duckworth
Nov 23, 2023
Best of Series: A Remarkable Life, Fast and Slow With Daniel Kahneman
Nov 16, 2023
Best of Series: Surprising Truths about the Human Brain with Lisa Feldman Barrett
Nov 09, 2023
The Secret to a Happy Life || Robert Waldinger
Nov 02, 2023
The New Science of Flow || Orin Davis
Oct 26, 2023
The Psychology of Secrets || Michael Slepian
Oct 23, 2023
The Power of Wonder || Monica Parker
Oct 19, 2023
Life Without Free Will || Robert Sapolsky
Oct 16, 2023
The Psychology of Humor || Bob Mankoff
Oct 12, 2023
Buddhism and the Impermanence of Life || Joseph Goldstein
Oct 09, 2023
Expand Your Self || Dan Siegel
Oct 05, 2023
Human Flourishing in Education || Nick Holton
Sep 28, 2023
The New Landscape of Leadership || Jeffrey Hull
Sep 21, 2023
Build the Life You Want || Arthur Brooks
Sep 14, 2023
Spotting Creative Potential || Troy Carter
Sep 07, 2023
Find the Potential in Change || Maya Shankar
Aug 31, 2023
Finding Spiritual Peace through Mindful CBT || Seth Gillihan
Aug 24, 2023
Find Freedom from Regret || Roberty Leahy
Aug 17, 2023
Cleaning Up Your Mental Mess || Caroline Leaf
Aug 10, 2023
Humanizing Bipolar || Gabe Howard
Aug 03, 2023
Meaningful Engagement with Life || Eric Zimmer
Jul 27, 2023
Find the Place in You that Isn’t Wounded || Niall Breslin
Jul 20, 2023
How Not to Get Scammed || Daniel Simons & Christopher Chabris
Jul 13, 2023
The Mindful Athlete || George Mumford
Jul 06, 2023
The Real Differences Between the Generations || Jean Twenge
Jun 29, 2023
Integral Theory, Awakening, and Society || Ken Wilber
Jun 22, 2023
The Journey of Leadership || Alisa Cohn
Jun 15, 2023
Meet Your Future Self || Hal Hershfield
Jun 08, 2023
Podcast Improv Jam || Dan Lerner
Jun 01, 2023
Why We Have Too Much Free Will || Ken Sheldon
May 25, 2023
How Minimalism Can Change Your Life || The Minimalists
May 18, 2023
Awakening from the Meaning Crisis || John Vaervaeke
May 11, 2023
The New Science of Awe || Dacher Keltner
May 04, 2023
What is Creativity? || The Human Potential Lab
Apr 27, 2023
Life in Five Senses || Gretchen Rubin
Apr 20, 2023
The Journey from Isolation to Openness and Freedom || Sharon Salzberg
Apr 13, 2023
The New Science of Consciousness || Anil Seth
Apr 06, 2023
How to Increase Your Sexual Pleasure || Kenneth Play and Madison Sloane Holland
Mar 30, 2023
Gender/Sex and the Body || Anne Fausto-Sterling
Mar 23, 2023
The Scientific Realities of Biological Sex || Debra Soh, Marco Del Giudice, & Buck Angel
Mar 16, 2023
The Science of Testosterone || Carole Hooven
Mar 09, 2023
Aaron Rabinowitz & Callie Wright || What We Get Wrong About Transgender People
Mar 02, 2023
Steven Kotler || Creativity, Skill-Mastery, and Aging
Feb 23, 2023
Eli Finkel || How the Best Marriages Work
Feb 16, 2023
Live From the Comedy Cellar: Comedy, Free Speech, and Why the Last 10 Years of American Life Have Been So Uniquely Stupid with Jonathan Haidt, Greg Lukianoff, and Rikki Schlott
Feb 09, 2023
What is Intelligence? || The Human Potential Lab
Feb 02, 2023
Connie Zweig || Embracing Your Shadow
Jan 26, 2023
Gabriella Kellerman || Future-Proofing the Workplace
Jan 19, 2023
Perry Zurn & Dani Bassett || How Curiosity Connects Us
Jan 12, 2023
David Epstein || Where Does Greatness Come From?
Jan 05, 2023
Roland Griffiths & David Yaden || The Scientific Psychedelics Revolution and Embracing Mortality: An Ode to Joy
Dec 29, 2022
Ali Smith, Andrés González, & Atman Smith || Let Your Light Shine
Dec 22, 2022
Neil Pasricha || How to Live an Awesome Life
Dec 15, 2022
From the Archives: Lisa Feldman Barrett || Surprising Truths about the Human Brain
Dec 08, 2022
David McRaney || How Minds Change
Dec 01, 2022
Neal Brennan || The Mind of Neal Brennan
Nov 24, 2022
Becky Kennedy || Good Parenting
Nov 17, 2022
Whitney Johnson || Smart Business Growth
Nov 10, 2022
Dan Tomasulo || Psychodrama & Learned Hopefulness
Nov 03, 2022
Sonja Lyubomirsky || The How of Happiness
Oct 27, 2022
Martha Beck || Living with Integrity
Oct 20, 2022
Laurie Santos || The Science of Happiness
Oct 13, 2022
From the Archives: Esther Perel || Love, Eros, and Infidelity
Oct 06, 2022
Jim Fadiman || Orchestrating Your Symphony of Selves
Sep 29, 2022
Gabor Maté || The Myth of Normal
Sep 22, 2022
Jordyn Feingold || Choose Growth
Sep 15, 2022
Tara Well || Mirror Meditation
Sep 08, 2022
Eric Barker || Plays Well With Others
Sep 01, 2022
Skye Cleary || Simone de Beauvoir and the Quest for Authentic Living
Aug 25, 2022
Colin Seale || Tangible Equity in Education
Aug 18, 2022
Josh Szeps || Thinking Freely
Aug 11, 2022
Hitendra Wadhwa || Inner Mastery, Outer Impact
Aug 04, 2022
Kristi Nelson || Wake Up Grateful
Jul 28, 2022
Mark Manson || Podcast Improv Jam
Jul 21, 2022
Michael Bungay Stanier || How to Begin
Jul 14, 2022
Steve Magness || Real Toughness
Jul 07, 2022
Alexi Robichaux || The Future of Coaching
Jun 30, 2022
Christine Robinson || Community Psychology
Jun 23, 2022
Jim Tucker || The Science of Reincarnation
Jun 16, 2022
Whitney Goodman || Toxic Positivity
Jun 09, 2022
Mollie West Duffy || Big Feelings
Jun 02, 2022
John Kaag || How William James Can Save Your Life
May 26, 2022
Frans de Waal || Gender Through the Eyes of a Primatologist
May 19, 2022
Todd Rose (Part II) || Collective Illusions
May 12, 2022
Todd Rose (Part I) || Rethinking Intelligence
May 05, 2022
Dan Pink || Normalize Regret
Apr 28, 2022
Lisa Miller || The Awakened Brain
Apr 21, 2022
Carl Hart || Drug Use for Grown-Ups
Apr 14, 2022
Susan Cain || The Beauty of Bittersweet
Apr 07, 2022
Tim Urban || Climbing the Thinking Ladder
Mar 31, 2022
Jane McGonigal || Playing Games with the Future
Mar 24, 2022
Antonio Damasio || Inside Consciousness
Mar 17, 2022
Charles Koch || Believe in People
Mar 10, 2022
Rhonda Magee || The Inner Work of Racial Justice
Mar 03, 2022
Daniel Schmachtenberger || Towards a Radical Cultural Enlightenment
Feb 24, 2022
Todd Kashdan || The Art of Insubordination
Feb 17, 2022
Eric Topol || Public Service Announcement: Separating Facts from Myths in the Pandemic
Feb 10, 2022
Arthur Brooks || Finding Success, Happiness, and Deep Purpose in the Second Half of Life
Feb 03, 2022
Andrew Yang || The Future of American Democracy
Jan 27, 2022
Ayelet Fishbach || How to Motivate Yourself
Jan 20, 2022
Oliver Burkeman || Time Management for Mortals
Jan 13, 2022
Ryan Holiday || How to Have Courage
Jan 06, 2022
Robert Greene || Strategy, Seduction, and the Sublime
Dec 30, 2021
Joy Lawson Davis and Deb Douglas || Empowering Underrepresented Gifted Students
Dec 23, 2021
Kelly Carlin || The Human Path Toward Wholeness
Dec 16, 2021
Amanda Knox || The Real Amanda Knox
Dec 09, 2021
David Sinclair || Why We Age and Why We Don’t Have To
Dec 02, 2021
Lisa Feldman Barrett || Surprising Truths about the Human Brain
Nov 25, 2021
Paul Bloom || The Pleasures of Suffering
Nov 18, 2021
Esther Perel || Love, Eros, and Infidelity
Nov 11, 2021
Richard Tedeschi || The Science of Post-Traumatic Growth
Nov 04, 2021
Aaron Beck || Humanizing Psychiatry
Nov 02, 2021
Isaac Prilleltensky || The Need to Matter
Oct 28, 2021
George Bonanno || The New Science of Resilience
Oct 21, 2021
Steven Pinker || Why Rationality Matters
Oct 14, 2021
Annie Murphy Paul || The Extended Mind
Oct 07, 2021
Kathryn Paige Harden || Genetic Inequality, IQ, and Education
Sep 30, 2021
Nick Gillespie || Libertarianism, Soft Parenting, and Cancel Culture
Sep 23, 2021
Richard Ryan || Self-Determination Theory & Human Motivation
Sep 16, 2021
Ron Friedman || Reverse Engineering Greatness
Sep 09, 2021
Brad Stulberg || Finding Groundedness
Sep 02, 2021
Irvin Yalom || Existential Psychotherapy
Aug 30, 2021
Heather McGhee || What Racism Costs Everyone and How We Can Prosper Together
Aug 26, 2021
Gary Heil || Choose Love, Not Fear in the Workplace
Aug 23, 2021
Jon Levy || The Art and Science of Cultivating Influence
Aug 19, 2021
Gleb Tsipursky || Cognitive Bias in Relationships
Aug 16, 2021
Michael Lewis || A Doctor Shares Life Lessons From His Experiences with Michael Jordan and Abraham Maslow
Aug 12, 2021
Colin DeYoung || Rethinking Mental Illness
Aug 09, 2021
Jordan Peterson || Chatting About Human Nature
Aug 05, 2021
Paul Wong || Existential Positive Psychology
Aug 02, 2021
Kristin Neff || Fierce Self-Compassion
Jul 29, 2021
Daniel Goleman || Mindfulness and Emotional Intelligence
Jul 26, 2021
Dean Simonton || The Science of Genius
Jul 22, 2021
Robert Sternberg || Adaptive Intelligence
Jul 19, 2021
Andrew Huberman || Optimize Your Brain
Jul 15, 2021
Lori Gottlieb and Guy Winch || Dear Therapists
Jul 08, 2021
David Buss || The Evolution of Sexual Conflict
Jul 05, 2021
Robert Cialdini || The New Psychology of Persuasion
Jul 01, 2021
Amy Chan || Breakup Bootcamp
Jun 28, 2021
Loch Kelly || Living an Awakened Life
Jun 24, 2021
Annaka Harris || On the Mysteries of Consciousness
Jun 21, 2021
Tal Ben-Shahar || The Science of Happiness
Jun 17, 2021
John McWhorter || Nasty Words
Jun 14, 2021
Judson Brewer || Unwinding Anxiety
Jun 10, 2021
Arthur Brooks || Love Your Enemies
Jun 07, 2021
Noreena Hertz || How to Restore Human Connection
Jun 03, 2021
Christian Jarrett || The Science of Personality Change
May 27, 2021
Tim Grover || The Victory Mentality
May 22, 2021
Bridget Phetasy || Why We Need More Humor
May 20, 2021
Katy Milkman || How to Change
May 13, 2021
Ed Catmull || The Soul of Pixar
May 06, 2021
Dave Asprey || Fast This Way
Apr 29, 2021
Julie Lythcott-Haims || How To Be An Adult
Apr 22, 2021
Daniel Kahneman || A Remarkable Life, Fast and Slow
Apr 15, 2021
Jesse Singal || Fad Psychology
Apr 08, 2021
Ayaan Hirsi Ali || Protecting Women's Rights
Apr 01, 2021
Michael Murphy || Human Potential
Mar 25, 2021
Nedra Tawwab || Set Boundaries, Find Peace
Mar 18, 2021
Andrew Yang || Humanizing Education
Mar 11, 2021
Sam Harris || Free Will (Part 2)
Mar 04, 2021
Sam Harris || Free Will (Part 1)
Feb 25, 2021
Simon Baron-Cohen || How Autism Drives Human Invention
Feb 18, 2021
Jennifer Aaker & Naomi Bagdonas || How Humor Can Save The World
Feb 11, 2021
Adam Grant || Think Again
Feb 04, 2021
Steven Kotler || The Art of Impossible
Jan 28, 2021
Noam Chomsky || On Human Nature and Human Progress
Jan 14, 2021
Rich Roll || A Psychological Case Study on Greatness
Dec 31, 2020
Douglas Conant || Authentic Leadership
Dec 24, 2020
Olga Khazan || The Perks of Being a Weirdo
Dec 17, 2020
Matt Ridley || How Innovation Works
Dec 10, 2020
Sian Beilock || How Not to Choke Under Pressure
Dec 03, 2020
Susan Baum || To Be Gifted & Learning Disabled
Nov 26, 2020
Shellye Archambeau || Unapolegetically Ambitious
Nov 19, 2020
Sharon Salzberg || Mindfulness To Heal Ourselves and the World
Nov 12, 2020
W. Keith Campbell || The New Science of Narcissism
Nov 05, 2020
Caroline Webb || How to Have a Good Day During a Global Pandemic
Oct 22, 2020
Ryan Holiday || Lives of the Stoics
Oct 08, 2020
Greg Lukianoff || Free Speech
Sep 24, 2020
Spencer Greenberg || Effective Altruism, Mental Health, & Habit Change
Sep 10, 2020
Erika Lust || Ethical Porn
Aug 27, 2020
Bret Weinstein || Uniting America
Aug 13, 2020
Chloé Valdary || Love & Race
Aug 05, 2020
Robert Sutton || Good Leaders vs. Bad Leaders
Jul 30, 2020
Chip Conley || Wisdom, Midlife, and Peak Experience
Jul 23, 2020
Michael Gervais || Creating a Living Masterpiece
Jul 16, 2020
Katie Herzog and Jesse Singal || Uncancellable
Jul 09, 2020
Ayishat Akanbi || Keeping it Real
Jul 02, 2020
Richard Haier || The Nature of Human Intelligence
Jun 25, 2020
Lilliana Mason || How Politics Became Our Identity
Jun 18, 2020
Geoffrey Miller || Signaling, Mating, and Morality
Jun 11, 2020
Martin Seligman || From Learned Helplessness to Learned Hopefulness
Jun 04, 2020
Wendy Wood || How to Make Positive Changes that Stick
May 21, 2020
Pete Carroll || Winning with Meaning and Purpose
May 07, 2020
Michele Gelfand || How Tight and Loose Cultures Wire Our World
Apr 30, 2020
Judith Orloff || Thriving as an Empath
Apr 23, 2020
David Yaden || The Science of Self-Transcendent Experiences
Apr 16, 2020
Scott Barry Kaufman || Transcend
Apr 09, 2020
Seth Gillihan || Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Made Simple
Apr 02, 2020
Roy Baumeister || Overcoming the Power of Bad
Mar 26, 2020
Max Lugavere || Heal Your Mind, Strengthen Your Body, and Become Extraordinary
Mar 19, 2020
Carol Dweck || The Latest Science of Growth Mindset
Mar 12, 2020
Coleman Hughes || The Humanity of Race
Mar 05, 2020
Nir Eyal || How to Be Indistractable
Feb 27, 2020
Lori Gottlieb || Maybe You Should Talk to Someone
Feb 13, 2020
Jonathan Mooney || Normal Sucks
Jan 30, 2020
Paul Bloom || The Joy of Suffering and the Downside of Empathy
Jan 16, 2020
Cory Muscara || Stop Missing Your Life
Jan 02, 2020
Marc Brackett || Become an Emotion Scientist
Dec 19, 2019
Julia Shaw || Humanizing Evil
Dec 05, 2019
Rex Jung || The Neuroscience (and Neuroplasticity) of Intelligence, Creativity, and Genius
Nov 21, 2019
Steven Hayes || Liberate Your Mind
Nov 07, 2019
[Rerun] Dr. Elaine Aron on The Highly Sensitive Person
Oct 31, 2019
[Rerun] Helen Fisher on Why We Love, Lust, and Live with Helen Fisher
Oct 24, 2019
[Rerun] "Spectacular Ability in a Sea of Disability”: The Psychology of Savantism with Darold Treffert
Oct 17, 2019
[Rerun] Todd Kashdan on Dancing with the Dark Side of Your Personality
Oct 10, 2019
[Rerun] Angela Duckworth on Grit: The Power of Passion and Perseverance
Oct 03, 2019
[Rerun] Jordan Peterson on Wonder, Creativity, and the Personality of Political Correctness
Sep 26, 2019
[Rerun] Tim Ferriss on Accelerated Learning, Peak Performance and Living the Good Life
Sep 19, 2019
[Rerun] Kristin Neff on The Healing Power of Self-Compassion
Sep 12, 2019
[Rerun] Robert Greene on The Laws of Human Nature
Sep 05, 2019
[Rerun] Brené Brown on Creativity, Courageous Vulnerability and Wholehearted Living
Aug 29, 2019
[Rerun] Susan Cain on The Quiet Revolution: Unlocking the Power of Introverts
Aug 22, 2019
David Vago || Mind the Mindfulness Hype
Aug 15, 2019
Christian Miller || How Good Are We, Really?
Aug 08, 2019
Brian Nosek || Implicit Bias and Open Science
Aug 01, 2019
Michael Pipich || Owning Bipolar
Jul 25, 2019
Gleb Tsipursky || A Science-Based Guide to Truth Seeking
Jul 18, 2019
Cara Santa Maria || Clinical Psychology and Social Justice
Jul 11, 2019
Gustav Kuhn || The Science of Magic
Jul 04, 2019
David Brooks || The Quest for a Moral Life
Jun 27, 2019
Stoya || Foucault, Heteronormativity, and Good Porn
Jun 06, 2019
David Sloan Wilson and Steven Hayes || Evolution and Contextual Behavioral Science
May 30, 2019
Tomas Chamorro-Premuzic || Why So Many Incompetent Men Become Leaders
May 23, 2019
Hope is Fucked || Mark Manson
May 16, 2019
Scott Peters || Rethinking Gifted Education
May 09, 2019
Gwen Gordon || Restoring the Playground
Apr 25, 2019
Ruth Richards || Everyday Creativity
Apr 18, 2019
Nicholas Christakis || The Evolutionary Origins of a Good Society
Apr 11, 2019
Molly Crockett || Moral Outrage in the Digital Age
Apr 04, 2019
Ryan Niemiec and Robert McGrath || Ignite Your Character Strengths
Mar 21, 2019
Colin Seale || Closing the Critical Thinking Gap
Mar 07, 2019
Wednesday Martin || The Flexibility of Female Sexuality
Feb 14, 2019
Todd Herman || The Alter Ego Effect
Feb 07, 2019
Oren Jay Sofer || A Mindful Approach to Nonviolent Communication
Jan 24, 2019
Richard Katz || Honoring the Wisdom of Indigenous Peoples
Jan 10, 2019
Kati Morton || How to Care for Your Mental Health
Dec 27, 2018
Jonah Sachs || Unsafe Thinking
Dec 20, 2018
Michael Inzlicht || The Replication Crisis
Dec 13, 2018
Drunk Science || Shannon Odell
Dec 06, 2018
Robert Greene || The Laws of Human Nature
Nov 29, 2018
A.J. Jacobs || A Gratitude Journey
Nov 22, 2018
Steve Stewart-Williams || How the Mind and Culture Evolve
Nov 15, 2018
Sean Carroll || the Origins of Life, Meaning, and the Universe
Nov 01, 2018
Dan Pink || Motivation, Selling, and Perfect Timing
Oct 25, 2018
James Clear || How to Build Good Habits and Break Bad Ones
Oct 18, 2018
Robert Plomin || How DNA Makes Us Who We Are
Oct 11, 2018
Justin Lehmiller || The Science of Sexual Fantasies
Oct 04, 2018
Michael Shermer and Philip Goff || Solving the Mysteries of Consciousness, Free Will, and God
Sep 20, 2018
Sara Algoe || Positive Relationships
Sep 13, 2018
Jonathan Haidt || The Coddling of the American Mind
Sep 06, 2018
Carl Zimmer || The New Science of Heredity
Aug 23, 2018
James Flynn || Nature, Nurture, and Human Autonomy
Aug 16, 2018
Michael Steger || Meaning, Purpose, and Significance
Aug 02, 2018
Bradley Campbell || The Rise of Victimhood Culture
Jul 26, 2018
Amy Alkon || How to Live with Guts and Confidence
Jul 12, 2018
Steven Pinker || Humanism, Enlightenment and Progress
Jul 05, 2018
Katherine MacLean || Open Wide and Say Awe
Jun 21, 2018
Ellen Hendriksen || How To Be Yourself
Jun 07, 2018
Amy Wrzesniewski || Finding Your Calling at Work
May 24, 2018
Alice Dreger || Fuzzy Categories
May 17, 2018
William Damon || The Path to Purpose
May 10, 2018
Kennon Sheldon || How to Be an Optimal Human
Apr 26, 2018
Patricia Stokes || Creativity from Constraints
Apr 19, 2018
Robert Leahy || The Jealousy Cure
Apr 12, 2018
Colin DeYoung || Cybernetics and the Science of Personality
Apr 05, 2018
Jordan Peterson || Wonder, Creativity, and the Personality of Political Correctness
Mar 29, 2018
Max Lugavere || Genius Foods
Mar 22, 2018
Mark Leary || The Self, Identity, and Removing the Mask
Mar 15, 2018
Kathryn Prescott || The Devastating Opioid Epidemic
Mar 08, 2018
Melissa Dahl || A Theory of Awkwardness
Feb 22, 2018
Jessica Tracy || Shades of Pride
Feb 15, 2018
Mithu Storoni || Stress Proof
Feb 08, 2018
Suzann Pileggi Pawelski || Using Positive Psychology to Build Love That Lasts
Jan 18, 2018
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Elliot Aronson || Not by Chance Alone
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Lewis Howes || The Mask of Masculinity
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Jordan Harbinger || The Art of Charm
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Brad Stulberg and Steve Magness || Peak Performance
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Mitch Prinstein || Popularity and the Power of Likability in a Status-Obsessed World
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Michael Shermer || Science and Skepticism
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Robert Wright || Why Buddhism is True
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Sharon Salzberg || Real Love
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Caroline Adams Miller || Getting Grit
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Dan Harris || Become 10% Happier + BONUS Meditation
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Steven Hayes || Get Out Of Your Mind and Live a Vital Life
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Alan Alda || The Art and Science of Relating and Communicating
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Eric Turkheimer || Intelligence, Genes, Race, and Poverty
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Vanessa Van Edwards || How to Captivate People
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James C. Kaufman || The Psychology of Creativity
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Gail Saltz || The Gifts of Disability
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Dan Bowling III || How to be a Happy Lawyer
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Roy Baumeister || Willpower, Violence, and Free Will
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Roy Baumeister || Identity, the Self, and the Meaning of Life
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Tim Urban || Wait But Why? Unravelling Life's Biggest Mysteries
Mar 22, 2017
Alain de Botton || Love, Sex, Religion and Happiness
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69: Boost Your Focus, Drive, and Micro-Resilience
Feb 15, 2017
68: The Mind: A Journey to the Heart of Being Human
Feb 03, 2017
67: Choose Yourself
Jan 24, 2017
66: We Might Be Living in a Simulated Reality
Jan 18, 2017
65: How Millennials are Changing the World
Jan 16, 2017
64: The Power of Meaning
Jan 10, 2017
63: Finding Mastery
Dec 20, 2016
62: Love, Power, Morality, and Awe
Dec 13, 2016
61: Creativity, Courageous Vulnerability and Wholehearted Living
Nov 23, 2016
60: Exercise, Mental Stamina, and High Performance
Nov 12, 2016
59: Unlocking the Pathway from Imagination to Implementation
Nov 03, 2016
58: How to Live a Good Life
Oct 26, 2016
57: Yes, And... The Psychology of Improv Comedy
Oct 20, 2016
56: The New Narcissism
Sep 28, 2016
55: The Subtle Art of Not Giving a Fuck
Sep 13, 2016
54: Minds and Morality
Sep 09, 2016
53: Getting Smarter, Faster & Better
Aug 30, 2016
52: Reducing Racial Inequalities in Gifted Education
Aug 15, 2016
51: Developing Peak Performance
Aug 06, 2016
50: Life Experimentation
Jul 31, 2016
49: Unraveling the Mysteries of Personality and Well-Being
Jul 11, 2016
48: The Ego is the Enemy
Jun 21, 2016
47: Deep Work
Jun 10, 2016
46: Helping Children Succeed in School and in Life
Jun 02, 2016
45: Reducing Anxiety Through Play
May 31, 2016
44: The Cognitive-Experiential Self-Theory of Personality
May 21, 2016
43: Intelligence, IQ Testing and Genetics
May 03, 2016
42: Human Mating Intelligence
Apr 28, 2016
41: Releasing Your Inner Bonobo
Apr 18, 2016
40: Extraordinary Workplaces
Mar 27, 2016
39: The New Principles of Business Management
Mar 21, 2016
38: Discussing the nature of childhood prodigies
Mar 07, 2016
37: Grit: The Power of Passion and Perseverance
Feb 24, 2016
36: Uncovering the Habits and Routines that Make People Live Better
Feb 14, 2016
35: The Healing Power of Self-Compassion
Jan 31, 2016
34: How Happiness Can Accelerate Your Success
Jan 25, 2016
33: The Highly Sensitive Person
Jan 18, 2016
32: How to Live a Good Life
Dec 21, 2015
31: Final Messages on Leadership and Life from a Dying Coach, with Performance Psychology Expert
Dec 06, 2015
30: Narcissism & Loving The People Who Love Themselves
Nov 28, 2015
29: Understanding and Supporting People with ADHD
Nov 09, 2015
28: Learning How to Learn
Oct 24, 2015
27: How Video Games Can Make Us SuperBetter
Oct 11, 2015
26: Celebrating Smart Girls in the 21st Century
Oct 04, 2015
25: Extending Human Life: From Science Fiction to Science Fact
Sep 27, 2015
24: "Spectacular Ability in a Sea of Disability”: The Psychology of Savantism
Sep 20, 2015
23: How Millennials are Changing the World for the Better
Aug 29, 2015
21: Understanding the science of introversion and extraversion
Jul 26, 2015
20: Hope, the Future and Flourishing
Jul 05, 2015
19: Why We Love, Lust, and Live
Jun 22, 2015
18: Straight Talk about IQ
Jun 08, 2015
17: Maximizing, satisficing and the paradox of choice
May 25, 2015
16: How to Be Understood and Reach Your Goals
May 11, 2015
15: Accelerated learning, peak performance and living the good life
Apr 27, 2015
14: Stoicism, Strategy and Creativity
Apr 18, 2015
13: Examining standardized testing
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12: Imaginary worlds and creativity
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11: How “little bets” spur big creative successes
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10: How to change your habits
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9: The science of raising happily productive kids
Feb 09, 2015
8: Modern rudeness in Stone Age minds
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7: "What is it like to be a psychopath?"
Jan 18, 2015
6: Dancing with the dark side of your personality
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5: Givers, takers, matchers and fakers
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4: Discussing the origins of extraordinary athletic performance
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3: Talking Mastery and Social Intelligence
Nov 16, 2014
2: Daydreaming and Mental Contrasting for Goal-Fulfillment
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