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Human, Mostly
by Max Mandic
Stories, psychology, and the strange business of being human. Human, Mostly explores the questions underneath everyday life through psychology, ideas, and original stories.
Episodes
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You're Living Your Life For People Who Barely Think About You
Have you ever left a conversation wondering whether you said something strange, talked too much, or made a bad impression? Why do we care so deeply about what other people think of us, even when their opinions shouldn't matter? In this episode of Human, Mostly, I explore the psychology of social...
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Sometimes the things we avoid most are the things we want most
Why do we sometimes avoid the things we care about most? We know what we want to do. We know why it matters. And yet we keep putting it off. In this episode of Human, Mostly, I explore the psychology of procrastination, why avoidance can feel so rewarding, how fear of failure keeps us from...
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PSYCH | When Thinking Stops Helping
Why do we keep replaying moments we know we can't change? In this episode of PSYCH, we explore the psychology of overthinking, our need for control, and why the mind sometimes struggles to let go of what reality has already settled.
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PSYCH | Why Do I Care What Everyone Thinks?
Perhaps freedom isn't learning not to care what anybody thinks. Perhaps it's learning the differencebetween somebody else's real judgement and the version of their judgement your own mind invented.
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PSYCH | Why Don’t I Do What I Know I Should?
Procrastination often persists because avoiding a task gives us something valuable immediately, usually relief from an unpleasant feeling, while pushing the cost onto a future version of ourselves.
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A LIFE | Sam Newhouse: The Skill That Built an Empire
Sam Newhouse built one of the most powerful media empires in America, not by being the loudest man in the room, but by developing an unusually sharp understanding of how businesses worked. This episode looks at the skill that set him apart, the way he thought, the empire he built, and what his…
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FABLE | The Staircase to the Moon
A boy spends his entire life building a staircase to the moon. Someone spends hers holding the bottom.
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PSYCH | How Much of You Is Actually Under Your Control?
How much of who you are is actually under your control? In this episode, I explore Jung’s view of the ego, freedom, personality, unconscious influence, and the strange feeling that there may be more happening inside us than the conscious “I” realizes.
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Stories, psychology, and the strange business of being human. Human, Mostly explores the questions underneath everyday life through psychology, ideas, and original stories.
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Human, Mostly is created and hosted by Max Mandic.
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