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Hidden Brain

Shankar Vedantam uses science and storytelling to reveal the unconscious patterns that drive human behavior, shape our choices and direct our relationships.

The Secret to Gift-Giving

09 December 2024
00:46:27

How Monsters are Made

02 December 2024
00:46:43

The Power of Family Stories

25 November 2024
00:56:44

The Logic of Rage

18 November 2024
00:47:22

How to Win People Over

14 October 2024
00:53:40

What's Hidden in Your Words

07 October 2024
00:54:07

Sitting With Uncertainty

30 September 2024
00:50:50

Rewrite Your Money Story

23 September 2024
00:50:42

You 2.0: Fighting Despair

16 September 2024
00:49:08

You 2.0: How To Say No

02 September 2024
00:50:08

You're Not the Boss of Me!

12 August 2024
00:53:44

The Cure for Self-Importance

05 August 2024
00:51:51

Where Truth Lies

29 July 2024
00:51:16

How To Be Alone

22 July 2024
00:50:33

Changing Our Mental Maps

15 July 2024
00:53:44

Out of the Rabbit Hole

08 July 2024
00:47:57

Our God-Shaped Brains

17 June 2024
00:50:18

Why You Feel Empty

10 June 2024
00:49:40

Innovation 2.0: Do Less

27 May 2024
00:46:11

Parents: Keep Out!

22 April 2024
00:53:40

What Is Normal?

08 April 2024
00:50:54

Are You Listening?

25 March 2024
00:49:41

The Ventilator

18 March 2024
00:49:34

Escaping the Matrix

11 March 2024
00:49:59

Fear Less

04 March 2024
00:51:51

US 2.0: Lincoln's Dilemma

26 February 2024
00:52:13

US 2.0: Not at the Dinner Table

19 February 2024
00:49:29

US 2.0: Win Hearts, Then Minds

05 February 2024
00:48:32

US 2.0: What We Have In Common

29 January 2024
00:50:35

Are Your Memories Real?

22 January 2024
00:49:50

Finding Focus

15 January 2024
00:48:29

Where Do Feelings Come From?

08 January 2024
00:50:17

What Would Socrates Do?

25 December 2023
00:50:27

How to Believe in Yourself

18 December 2023
00:49:43

The Ugly Side of Beauty

11 December 2023
00:50:54

The Mystery of Beauty

04 December 2023
00:49:04

Healing 2.0: Disrupting Death

20 November 2023
00:52:58

Healing 2.0: Life After Loss

13 November 2023
00:49:18

The Enemies of Gratitude

23 October 2023
00:49:32

Follow the Anomalies

16 October 2023
00:48:51

How to Spot a Scam

09 October 2023
00:51:42

Escaping Perfectionism

02 October 2023
00:52:50

The Secret to Great Teams

25 September 2023
00:50:02

Outsmarting Yourself

18 September 2023
00:46:18

How We Live With Contradictions

11 September 2023
00:53:53

Being Kind to Yourself

04 September 2023
00:51:18

You 2.0: Slow Down!

21 August 2023
00:50:29

You 2.0: Your Future Is Now

14 August 2023
00:51:25

The Truth About Honesty

31 July 2023
00:55:02

The Path to Enough

17 July 2023
00:50:28

The Paradox of Pleasure

10 July 2023
00:49:47

How Others See You

03 July 2023
00:50:57

Between Two Worlds

12 June 2023
00:46:52

Seeking Serenity: Part 2

08 June 2023
00:49:59

Seeking Serenity: Part 1

05 June 2023
00:49:09

Remember More, Forget Less

17 April 2023
00:49:51

Crying Wolf

10 April 2023
00:50:23

The Snowball Effect

06 April 2023
00:48:58

Less is More

03 April 2023
00:48:06

How To Make Amends

27 March 2023
00:51:49

Made of Honor

20 March 2023
00:47:30

Happiness 2.0: The Reset Button

27 February 2023
00:55:27

When You Need It To Be True

30 January 2023
00:49:07

Persuasion: Part 2

23 January 2023
00:50:21

Persuasion: Part 1

16 January 2023
00:48:30

Who's In Your Inner Circle?

09 January 2023
00:53:29

Who Do You Want To Be?

02 January 2023
00:51:58

You, But Better

26 December 2022
00:49:25

How to Complain Productively

19 December 2022
00:52:03

The Secret to Gift Giving

05 December 2022
00:48:54

A Better Way to Worry

24 October 2022
00:52:33

Did I Really Do That?

10 October 2022
00:52:04

Watch Your Mouth

03 October 2022
00:49:45

Taking Control of Your Time

26 September 2022
00:48:58

How to Really Know Another Person

19 September 2022
00:55:05

Decoding Emotions

12 September 2022
00:52:22

Making the World a Safer Place

05 September 2022
00:49:04

You 2.0: The Mind's Eye

15 August 2022
00:49:54

What We Gain from Pain

04 July 2022
00:50:21

A Founding Contradiction

27 June 2022
00:49:32

The Premonition

20 June 2022
00:49:10

Do Less

06 June 2022
00:53:12

The Logic of Rage

25 April 2022
00:49:22

A Conspiracy of Silence

14 April 2022
00:56:07

How Rude!

11 April 2022
00:49:58

Healing Your Heart

04 April 2022
00:49:35

How to Change the World

21 March 2022
00:49:46

You Can't Hit Unsend

17 March 2022
00:49:46

Changing Behavior, Not Beliefs

10 January 2022
00:48:54

Choose Carefully

03 January 2022
00:48:41

Creatures of Habit

27 December 2021
00:48:54

Bringing Up Baby

20 December 2021
00:50:25

The Psychology of Self-Doubt

13 December 2021
00:49:09

Both Things Can Be True

06 December 2021
00:47:58

Work 2.0: The One-Room Commute

29 November 2021
00:48:42

Work 2.0: Rebel with a Cause

22 November 2021
00:48:45

Work 2.0: Life, Interrupted

15 November 2021
00:50:16

Work 2.0: Game On!

08 November 2021
00:53:17

We Broke the Planet. Now What?

25 October 2021
00:48:34

The Halo Effect

18 October 2021
00:53:10

Being Kind to Yourself

11 October 2021
00:51:52

When You Need It To Be True

04 October 2021
00:54:17

Passion Isn't Enough

27 September 2021
00:47:53

Introducing My Unsung Hero

24 September 2021
00:02:49

Group Think

20 September 2021
00:50:02

Just Sex

13 September 2021
00:23:58

Where Happiness Hides

06 September 2021
00:49:56

Losing Alaska

26 July 2021
00:24:23

Stage Fright

19 July 2021
00:52:15

Playing the Gender Card

12 July 2021
00:49:47

You, But Better

05 July 2021
00:50:23

The Influence You Have

28 June 2021
00:50:33

What Twins Tell Us

24 June 2021
00:28:22

The Power of Apologies

21 June 2021
00:49:38

The Power of Mercy

14 June 2021
00:48:55

What are the Odds?

11 June 2021
00:29:26

This is Your Brain on Ads

07 June 2021
00:48:46

Why We Hold on to Things

31 May 2021
00:45:45

Loss and Renewal

24 May 2021
00:26:06

Tribes and Traitors

21 May 2021
00:31:06

Our Noisy Minds

17 May 2021
00:48:39

The Fake Bride

10 May 2021
00:53:35

One Head, Two Brains

03 May 2021
00:49:30

Deb Pierce: My Unsung Hero

30 April 2021
00:04:33

Why Conversations Go Wrong

26 April 2021
00:52:06

Humor Us

19 April 2021
00:52:03

An Unfinished Lesson

12 April 2021
00:49:26

Useful Delusions

05 April 2021
00:49:36

Made of Honor

29 March 2021
00:48:45

The Story of Your Life

22 March 2021
00:51:14

The Story of Stories

15 March 2021
00:51:15

Radically Normal

09 March 2021
00:50:05

The Snowball Effect

01 March 2021
00:54:35

The Match

26 February 2021
00:19:34

Creating God

22 February 2021
00:51:56

Is It Better to Know?

16 February 2021
00:52:28

Love is Blind

13 February 2021
00:06:15

How They See Us

08 February 2021
00:50:26

The Easiest Person to Fool

01 February 2021
00:53:51

Afraid of the Wrong Things

25 January 2021
00:50:14

Our Brands, Our Selves

18 January 2021
00:34:18

The Secret Life of Secrets

11 January 2021
00:47:59

The Double Standard

04 January 2021
00:48:08

A Creature of Habit

28 December 2020
00:49:47

Waiting Games

22 December 2020
00:51:12

Minimizing Pain, Maximizing Joy

14 December 2020
00:52:24

Screaming into a Void

07 December 2020
00:40:29

A Conspiracy of Silence

30 November 2020
00:59:02

Where Gratitude Gets You

23 November 2020
00:51:45

Between Two Worlds

09 November 2020
00:46:42

From Pedestals to Guillotines

02 November 2020
00:22:13

Not at the Dinner Table

26 October 2020
00:50:06

Moral Combat

19 October 2020
00:51:44

Beyond Doomscrolling

12 October 2020
00:52:14

The Logic of Rage

05 October 2020
00:50:13

An Update from Shankar

02 October 2020
00:04:11

Laughter: The Best Medicine

28 September 2020
00:46:19

The Halo Effect

21 September 2020
00:53:05

Why Nobody Feels Rich

14 September 2020
00:31:51

The Fee-for-Service Monster

07 September 2020
00:50:23

You 2.0: Empathy Gym

31 August 2020
00:51:25

You 2.0: WOOP, WOOP!

24 August 2020
00:18:55

You 2.0: Loss And Renewal

17 August 2020
00:24:15

You 2.0: The Mind's Eye

10 August 2020
00:45:29

Edge Effect

27 July 2020
00:36:15

Romeo & Juliet In Rwanda

13 July 2020
00:48:54

The Founding Contradiction

29 June 2020
00:45:33

Buy, Borrow, Steal

22 June 2020
00:48:34

A Rap on Trial

15 June 2020
00:54:26

The Air We Breathe

12 June 2020
00:36:26

Playing Favorites

08 June 2020
00:52:37

Justifying The Means

01 June 2020
00:53:30

The Time Machine

30 May 2020
00:05:28

The People Like Us

25 May 2020
00:35:03

Our Better Angels

18 May 2020
00:39:50

The Dramatic Cure

11 May 2020
00:50:22

The Choices Before Us

04 May 2020
00:48:41

Starving The Watchdogs

27 April 2020
00:29:53

A Social Prescription

20 April 2020
00:48:43

Sex Machines

13 April 2020
00:27:07

Playing Tight And Loose

06 April 2020
00:49:39

An Unfinished Lesson

23 March 2020
00:48:08

Panic In The Street

16 March 2020
00:24:42

The Influence You Have

24 February 2020
00:49:02

Liar, Liar, Liar

17 February 2020
00:28:23

Passion Isn't Enough

10 February 2020
00:50:54

When Things Click

04 February 2020
00:49:29

Secret Friends

27 January 2020
00:50:06

Warnings, Warnings Everywhere

20 January 2020
00:33:25

Emotional Currency

13 January 2020
00:35:28

On The Knife's Edge

06 January 2020
00:26:49

Creatures Of Habit

30 December 2019
00:49:40

Why We Love Surprises

23 December 2019
00:28:24

Did That Really Happen?

17 December 2019
00:48:02

Zipcode Destiny

09 December 2019
00:49:59

In The Heat Of The Moment

03 December 2019
00:53:57

The Ventilator

19 November 2019
00:52:14

Hungry, Hungry Hippocampus

11 November 2019
00:26:15

The Talk Market

04 November 2019
00:34:54

BS Jobs

28 October 2019
00:42:54

The Monkey Marketplace

21 October 2019
00:45:59

The Lonely American Man

14 October 2019
00:46:10

Screaming Into The Void

07 October 2019
00:39:54

Baby Talk

30 September 2019
00:29:16

We're All Gonna Live Forever!

23 September 2019
00:37:27

We're All Gonna Die!

16 September 2019
00:30:43

You Can't Hit Unsend

10 September 2019
00:51:06

You 2.0: Decide Already!

02 September 2019
00:23:28

You 2.0: Deep Work

27 August 2019
00:32:17

You 2.0: Rebel With A Cause

19 August 2019
00:45:09

You 2.0: Our Better Nature

12 August 2019
00:25:00

You 2.0: Tunnel Vision

05 August 2019
00:35:08

You 2.0: The Empathy Gym

29 July 2019
00:53:11

Facts Aren't Enough

22 July 2019
00:48:58

Finding Your Voice

15 July 2019
00:33:15

The Fox And The Hedgehog

08 July 2019
00:36:22

I Buy, Therefore I Am

01 July 2019
00:32:25

The Lazarus Drug

24 June 2019
00:46:58

Our Animal Instincts

17 June 2019
00:48:52

Me, Myself, and IKEA

10 June 2019
00:23:24

People Like Us

03 June 2019
00:33:37

More Divided Than Ever?

27 May 2019
00:50:21

Losing Face

20 May 2019
00:22:34

What's Not On The Test

13 May 2019
00:48:47

Creating God

06 May 2019
00:51:14

A Dramatic Cure

29 April 2019
00:49:26

Why No One Feels Rich

22 April 2019
00:32:06

The Sorting Hat

15 April 2019
00:48:26

Radically Normal

08 April 2019
00:51:24

Don't Panic!

01 April 2019
00:49:31

What Twins Tell Us

25 March 2019
00:29:10

Never Go To Vegas

18 March 2019
00:48:13

Unreal Sex

11 March 2019
00:27:06

For Sale, By Owner

04 March 2019
00:31:20

Better Than Cash

25 February 2019
00:26:55

Emma, Carrie, Vivian

18 February 2019
00:39:54

Close Enough

11 February 2019
00:48:36

One Head, Two Brains

04 February 2019
00:48:55

Rewinding & Rewriting

28 January 2019
00:29:27

The Vegetable Lamb

21 January 2019
00:35:55

The Best Medicine

14 January 2019
00:46:09

The Cowboy Philosopher

07 January 2019
00:48:50

Loss and Renewal

31 December 2018
00:24:53

Compassion

24 December 2018
00:16:24

Radio Replay: Yum and Yuck

21 December 2018
00:48:52

Starving the Watchdog

10 December 2018
00:28:47

Spoiler Alert!

03 December 2018
00:28:24

A Founding Contradiction

26 November 2018
00:48:53

Radio Replay: Bringing Up Baby

23 November 2018
00:48:54

The Edge of Gender

19 November 2018
00:50:13

Zipcode Destiny

12 November 2018
00:49:56

Sounds Like a Winner

05 November 2018
00:24:16

The Lazarus Drug

29 October 2018
00:46:52

Be The Change

22 October 2018
00:49:36

Voting With Your Middle Finger

15 October 2018
00:46:50

Red Brain, Blue Brain

08 October 2018
00:24:41

"Man Up"

01 October 2018
00:40:12

Why Now?

24 September 2018
00:49:13

Radio Replay: Eyes Wide Open

21 September 2018
00:48:50

The Cassandra Curse

17 September 2018
00:33:26

Our Better Nature

11 September 2018
00:25:00

Bullshit Jobs

04 September 2018
00:42:54

You 2.0: Check Yourself

28 August 2018
00:49:43

You 2.0: Originals

21 August 2018
00:20:32

You 2.0: The Ostrich Effect

07 August 2018
00:25:27

You 2.0: Dream Jobs

31 July 2018
00:20:49

Creating God

17 July 2018
00:51:14

Snooki and the Handbag

10 July 2018
00:23:42

The Edge Effect

03 July 2018
00:36:15

Fake News: An Origin Story

26 June 2018
00:25:40

Radio Replay: Looking Back

22 June 2018
00:49:16

Summer Melt

19 June 2018
00:24:30

Hungry, Hungry Hippocampus

12 June 2018
00:26:15

When Everything Clicks

05 June 2018
00:49:29

Kinder-Gardening

29 May 2018
00:27:33

Rewinding & Rewriting

22 May 2018
00:28:44

Baby Talk

15 May 2018
00:29:16

Rap on Trial

08 May 2018
00:54:12

The Fox and the Hedgehog

01 May 2018
00:36:22

Emma, Carrie, Vivian

24 April 2018
00:39:54

Romeo and Juliet in Kigali

17 April 2018
00:48:58

Liar, Liar

10 April 2018
00:28:39

Tunnel Vision

03 April 2018
00:34:29

Crickets and Cannibals

27 March 2018
00:31:48

The Lonely American Man

20 March 2018
00:46:10

Men: 45, Women: 0

06 March 2018
00:20:38

Filthy Rich

20 February 2018
00:20:38

Why Now?

06 February 2018
00:49:13

Lost in Translation

30 January 2018
00:33:40

Radio Replay: The Power Hour

26 January 2018
00:49:26

Give Me Your Tired...

16 January 2018
00:20:06

Radio Replay: I, Robot

12 January 2018
00:48:56

E Pluribus Unum?

09 January 2018
00:35:44

Buying Attention

02 January 2018
00:36:37

Radio Replay: Fresh Starts

30 December 2017
00:48:49

I'm Right, You're Wrong

26 December 2017
00:22:32

Radio Replay: Don't Panic!

22 December 2017
00:49:31

Never Go To Vegas

19 December 2017
00:48:13

Kinder-Gardening

12 December 2017
00:27:33

Radio Replay: Loving the Lie

08 December 2017
00:48:53

The Sorting Hat

05 December 2017
00:48:37

Radio Replay: Life, Interrupted

01 December 2017
00:48:48

Money Talks

28 November 2017
00:24:19

An American Secret

21 November 2017
00:21:29

Radio Replay: Crime As A Disease

17 November 2017
00:48:04

Eyes Wide Open: Part 2

14 November 2017
00:34:34

Eyes Wide Open: Part 1

07 November 2017
00:23:08

Check Yourself

31 October 2017
00:49:26

The Good Old Days

17 October 2017
00:26:12

The Edge of Gender

10 October 2017
00:49:50

Be The Change

03 October 2017
00:49:25

Just Sex

26 September 2017
00:22:42

The Ostrich Effect

19 September 2017
00:25:05

Regrets, I Have A Few...

12 September 2017
00:28:59

Hiding Behind Free Speech

05 September 2017
00:27:45

You 2.0: Getting Unstuck

29 August 2017
00:27:35

You 2.0: Decide Already!

22 August 2017
00:23:28

You 2.0: WOOP, There It Is

15 August 2017
00:19:01

You 2.0: Embrace the Chaos

08 August 2017
00:26:40

You 2.0: Dream Jobs

01 August 2017
00:20:49

You 2.0: Deep Work

25 July 2017
00:32:17

Summer Melt

18 July 2017
00:24:22

Could You Kill A Robot?

11 July 2017
00:32:32

Losing Face

04 July 2017
00:22:34

Guessing Games

27 June 2017
00:27:00

"Is he Muslim?"

20 June 2017
00:25:53

Rap on Trial

13 June 2017
00:52:53

In The Air We Breathe

06 June 2017
00:36:37

Broken Windows

30 May 2017
00:28:37

Me, Myself, and IKEA

23 May 2017
00:23:24

Episode 69: Money Talks

25 April 2017
00:23:21

Ep. 68: Schadenfacebook

18 April 2017
00:25:12

Ep. 67: The Hole

04 April 2017
00:23:37

Ep. 66: Liar, Liar

28 March 2017
00:27:28

Episode 65: Tunnel Vision

21 March 2017
00:34:21

Ep. 63: "I'm Not A Terrorist..."

28 February 2017
00:22:29

Episode 62: On The Knife's Edge

21 February 2017
00:26:20

Episode 61: Just Sex

14 February 2017
00:22:42

Episode 60: Fortress America

31 January 2017
00:21:17

Episode 59: The Deep Story

24 January 2017
00:21:03

Episode 57: Slanguage

10 January 2017
00:24:18

Episode 56: Getting Unstuck

03 January 2017
00:27:01

Episode 54: Panic in the Streets

06 December 2016
00:23:54

Episode 53: Embrace the Chaos

29 November 2016
00:26:08

Episode 52: Losing Face

22 November 2016
00:22:34

Episode 51: What Happened?

15 November 2016
00:26:43

Episode 50: Broken Windows

01 November 2016
00:28:12

Episode 49: Filthy Rich

25 October 2016
00:20:45

Episode 48: Men: 44, Women: 0

18 October 2016
00:19:53

Episode 45: What Are The Odds?

27 September 2016
00:27:37

Trailer: Hidden Brain 2.0

22 September 2016
00:02:17

Update: #AirbnbWhileBlack

20 September 2016
00:23:14

Episode 43: The Perils of Power

06 September 2016
00:26:20

Episode 42: Decide Already!

23 August 2016
00:22:11

Encore of Episode 11: Forgery

16 August 2016
00:23:23

Episode 41: Defeated

09 August 2016
00:20:46

Episode 40: Silver and Gold

02 August 2016
00:22:23

Episode 39: Vacations

19 July 2016
00:16:43

Episode 38: Me, Me, Me

12 July 2016
00:22:23

Episode 34: Google at Work

07 June 2016
00:26:35

Episode 29: Traffic

03 May 2016
00:15:45

Episode 27: Losing Alaska

19 April 2016
00:23:02

Episode 26: Grit

05 April 2016
00:27:49

Episode 25: Dream Jobs

29 March 2016
00:20:18

Episode 23: Boredom

15 March 2016
00:19:39

Episode 22: Originals

01 March 2016
00:19:42

Episode 21: Stroke of Genius

23 February 2016
00:24:43

Episode 20: Remembering Anarcha

16 February 2016
00:24:39

Episode 19: Dating and Mating

09 February 2016
00:21:37

Episode 17: Resolutions

19 January 2016
00:21:18

Episode 16: Misbehaving

12 January 2016
00:22:37

Episode 15: Loss and Renewal

29 December 2015
00:24:45

Episode 14: Christmas

22 December 2015
00:21:01

Episode 13: Terrorism

15 December 2015
00:25:58

Episode 12: Humor

08 December 2015
00:19:33

Episode 11: Forgery

01 December 2015
00:23:23

Episode 10: Thanksgiving

24 November 2015
00:18:45

Episode 8: Back Up Plans

10 November 2015
00:24:23

Episode 7: Lonely Hearts

03 November 2015
00:33:06

Episode 6: The Science of Fear

27 October 2015
00:20:27

Episode 5: Compassion

20 October 2015
00:18:14

Episode 3: Stereotype Threat

06 October 2015
00:21:56

Brain Bonus: Magic Brain

02 October 2015
00:04:46

Episode 2: Near Victories

29 September 2015
00:22:05

Episode 1: Switchtracking

22 September 2015
00:27:51

Hidden Brain: A Sneak Peek

04 September 2015
00:05:33