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Arming the Donkeys — 135 episodes
The Switching Type
Inheritance: What's a Fair Share?
What Makes a Great Parent
Chimps and Choices
All in the Mind
Imaginary Memories
Can You Be Too Good?
The Search for Psychopaths
Early Gestures Predict Later Language
Electrifying Research
Playing by the Rules
The Evolution of Cooperation
Who's to Blame?
Handwashing and Healthcare
Microfinance Pays Big Dividends
"Sharing" Online and Offline
Can Money Buy Happiness?
We're Only Fooling Ourselves
Cultures of Corruption
License to Cheat
Gluttons for Self-Punishment
Why Willpower Doesn't Work
Teddy Bears and Truthfulness
Fighting Feelings of Guilt
How We Fool Ourselves
The Crooked Path to Wealth
Children and Cheating
Are Ethicists More Ethical?
When Good Scientists Go Bad
The Bribery Index
Untangling Knot Theory
Decisions, Decisions
Following Our Dreams
Troubled Waters
A Logical Look at MPG
Small Sizes Are a Big Deal
Losing Leads to Winning
"Brain Bias" Motivates Memory
Getting Real About Saving
Gambling on Primate Evolution
Reducing Health Care Options
Cheating is Par for the Course
Monkey See, Monkey Cheat
The Heroic Imagination
The Irrationality of Sports Betting
Compromised Physicians
Making Difficult Decisions
Too Many Transfusions
The Myth of the "Hot Hand"
Hot Weather, Hit Batters
How to Punish Cheaters
Slow to Anger, Fast to Forgive
Rudeness is Bad for Business
My Irrational Meal
Reward and Punishment
Dinner with the Drug Reps
The Perils of Procrastination
Our Creative Peak
A Better "Burning Man"
Experiments in Dating
How We Adapt
The IKEA Effect
A Talk with Malcolm Gladwell
Disaster: It's All Relative
Your *Real* Facebook Profile
The Invalidity of Interviews
The Hug Hormone
Monkeys' Consumer Choices
Why Do Guys Give?
Overcoming Overconfidence
How Money Grows
Soldiers and Stress
A New Use for Search Tools
Taking Comfort in Change
Changing Our Perception of Time
The Marshmallow Paradigm
I'll Have What She's Having
Health Insurance Inequality
Cheating: Par for the Course?
Coupons: Timing is Everything
Living by the Book
Pushing the Envelope
From Monkeys to Madoff
Zeroing in on Ratings
Fowl Behavior Observed
ABC's of HIV Prevention
Modifying Loss Aversion
Split-second Decisions
Those Calculating Cabdrivers!
A Solution to Music Piracy
The Researcher Made Me Do It
Lean Times, Plump Partners
Blame Brain for Food Choices
Why Bonuses Backfire
Revenge of the Consumer
Heroes Wanted
What's in a (Stock's) Name?
The Key to Happiness
Doctors and the Drug Industry
How Rejection Affects Selection
Why Don't We Save More?
Spend Less, Affirm More
Who Needs Men?
A Funny Thing Happened....
Sexual Economics
Economics of Small Decisions
The "Yes...Damn!" Effect
The Case for Higher Gas Taxes
Theories of Dreams
Confidence vs. Credibility
Surprising Effects of Brain Drain
What Makes a Drug Desirable?
Knot Theory
Too Many Medicare Decisions?
Peer Recognition or Money?
Ovulatory Cycle Affects Earnings
Trickle-down Luxury
Blackjack Lessons
The Losing Edge
Marketing Bottled Water
Can Cheaters Beat the Market?
Election Outrage!!!
Good Things in Small Packages
Irrational Investing
Wall Street Depression
Too Many Health Care Choices
Is Experience the Best Teacher?
Deadlines and Decisions
Risk-Taking: Hold or Fold?
What We Remember -- and Why
Are Apple Users More Creative?
Unconscious Decision-Making
Gambling Chimps Calculate Risk
How to Measure Fuel Efficiency
Why "Arming the Donkeys"?