This hour, we’ll talk about why some people find it difficult to discard possessions – and about how they can be helped – with Smith College psychology professor Randy Frost.
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Taking A Page From True Creatives
This hour, we’ll peek into the minds of Pablo Picasso, Thomas Edison, John Lennon and others with psychologist Scott Barry Kaufman.
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The Path to Self-Control
We’ll talk about taming our impulses with Florida State University psychology professor Roy F. Baumeister, who writes about the topic for Scientific American.
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Gauging Group Dynamics
Team projects are the bane of some people’s school or work lives. We’ll chat with the author of Wiser: Getting Beyond Groupthink to Make Groups Smarter on how to do just that.
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Why We're Nice
We’ll talk about the science of being kind with the author of Does Altruism Exist?: Culture, Genes, and the Welfare of Others.
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The Psychology Of Disease
This hour, we’ll talk about how we champion some diseases and turn our noses up at others with Dr. Angelica Tratter and Dr. Robert Kugelmann of the University of Dallas.
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Second Guessing Optimism
This hour, we’ll talk about how focusing on the obstacles that stand in our way can help us to overcome them with NYU psychology professor Gabriele Oettingen, author of Rethinking Positive Thinking: Inside the New Science of Motivation.
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The Pot Debate
We’ll talk this hour about how marijuana affects individuals and society with University of Texas at Dallas researchers Dr. Francesca Filbey and Dr. Robert Morris.
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New Thinking On Delusions
We’ll find out this hour about how the social world contributes to delusion with Dr. Joel Gold, clinical associate professor of psychiatry at New York University School of Medicine.
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The Malleable Mind
We’ll talk this hour with Dr. Thalma Lobel, an expert on human behavior. Her new book is Sensation: The New Science of Physical Intelligence.
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A Peek Inside The Mind
We’ll talk this hour with psychoanalyst Stephen Grosz about what he’s learned from 25 years of listening to patients.
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