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Hidden Brain helps curious people understand the world — and themselves. Using science and storytelling, Hidden Brain's host Shankar Vedantam reveals the unconscious patterns that drive human behavior, the biases that shape our choices, and the triggers that direct the course of our relationships.
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Episode 1: Switchtracking
Creating God
Episode 2: Near Victories
You 2.0: When Did Marriage Become So Hard?
Episode 3: Stereotype Threat
Episode 5: Compassion
Episode 4: Students and Teachers
Episode 6: The Science of Fear
Welcome to the Hidden Brain Podcast
Just Sex
You, But Better
Episode 15: Loss and Renewal
One Head, Two Brains
The Lonely American Man
The Influence You Have
You 2.0: The Mind's Eye
What Twins Tell Us
You 2.0: Dream Jobs
Radically Normal
Brain Bonus: Magic Brain
Episode 12: Humor
You 2.0: Deep Work
Creatures Of Habit
Being Kind to Yourself
You Can't Hit Unsend
Hungry, Hungry Hippocampus
Episode 9: Aziz Ansari on Modern Love
Bullshit Jobs
Our Noisy Minds
Where Happiness Hides
Why Now?
Me, Myself, and IKEA
An Unfinished Lesson
Episode 7: Lonely Hearts
Why We Hold On To Things
The Sorting Hat
Why You're Smarter Than You Think
Zipcode Destiny
Episode 8: Back Up Plans
Baby Talk
You 2.0: Rebel With A Cause
Taking Control of Your Time
Counting Other People's Blessings
Rewinding & Rewriting
Episode 13: Terrorism
You 2.0: Decide Already!
A Founding Contradiction
A Conspiracy of Silence
Why Conversations Go Wrong
Kinder-Gardening
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