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The CRAM Podcast ~ Extraordinary Ideas Unleashed — 128 episodes

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How to GET and KEEP a job in the Age of A.I.

2

Why are GenZ’s unhappy (and how do we change that)?

3

Do you trust your neighbour? A stranger? The government?

4

How to solve life’s everyday dilemmas!

5

How to stop procrastinating!

6

To conceive or not to conceive: the facts on fertility

7

Is there life BEYOND Earth in the universe?

8

The BIG debate: Is being single BETTER than being a couple?

9

How can GLP-1s like Ozempic affect your mental health and relationships?

10

EVERY woman goes through this misunderstood condition!

11

Oh BROTHER! The surprising impact of siblings

12

Here’s an incredibly simple strategy for well-being!

13

“I think I’m losing my mind!” How gaslighting works

14

Is Canada still a SAFE place?

15

Why do families become estranged?

16

Would you ruin your shoes to save a drowning child?

17

Stealing Mona Lisa: the loss of art and our identity

18

Violent crime is on the rise. What should we be doing?

19

Rx: Get up and DANCE! It’s the best thing you can do for yourself

20

This podcast may save your heart – and your life!

21

What really is BETTER - working remotely or from the office?

22

Cheetos, chips and chocolate: Why do we hate to love junk food?

23

Why you should think like a Roman Emperor

24

From the Ashes: The true story of A-bomb survivor Setsuko Thurlow

25

What is the WORST danger to humankind? (It’s not what you think)

26

What is a FURRY? And why would you want to be one?

27

How does your brain REALLY work?

28

Do common treatments for back pain actually WORK?

29

The deadly cost of pain and shame in men~ Repeat Episode

30

Boy Misunderstood: The Dark Psychology of Incels

31

Is there always a WINNER and LOSER in negotiations?

32

Can you TRUST polls?

33

How did this company create THE BEST AD of all time?

34

What you don’t know – and WHY IT MATTERS

35

Migration: WHEN and WHY do people move?

36

Juggernauts of the universe: the compelling case of black holes

37

Did you know you have a “second brain?” It’s called your GUT!

38

Work Smarter: How To Get Peak Performance on the Job

39

Do You Want to Fall in Love? Do This!

40

What’s your REAL age? What your inner clock tells you about yourself

41

The deadly cost of pain and shame in men

42

Why are young men attracted to older women? It’s not what you think

43

True crime: Into the mind of a serial killer

44

Is world democracy in crisis?

45

The low tech answer to living LONGER!

46

How ETHICAL are the brands you buy?

47

Sex and A.I. - the future of intimacy

48

Have you lost your sense of WONDER? Why that’s a huge loss

49

Cats, dogs and other animals we love - what are they trying to tell us??

50

“I see dead people” ~ When the living see the dead

51

Taylor vs. Beyonce: the HUGE impact of pop culture

52

Are you a rational person?

53

Sex, Murder, Power ~ The Badass Women of Antiquity

54

Are we heading towards the END of civilisation?!

55

How often should you see your doctor for a check-up?

56

How to deal with a narcissist

57

Why a total solar eclipse is a MUST-SEE event!

58

What do our nightmares tell us? Exploring the dark side of sleep

59

What are the most dangerous personality traits?

60

Faster, higher, stronger: Improving how we move whether we’re disabled or Olympic athletes

61

Does psychotherapy REALLY work? What you should know

62

People behaving badly - what's going on?!

63

What do your dreams mean - and how do you control them?

64

Hope for the new year: A repeat of our interview with Dr. James Orbinski

65

Do you know what makes you happy? You could be wrong

66

How stress changes the brain and why it’s contagious

67

Delusions: Why do people believe almost anything?

68

Are we our memories? How we lose them and how we keep them.

69

What REALLY haunts us?

70

Men Behaving Badly – the World’s WORST Tyrants

71

What foods can INCREASE your risk of cancer?

72

The Anxious Generation: Why are today's children so anxious and what can we do?

73

Why is serendipity important in life?

74

WHO are WE? The characteristics of every living generation

75

Our TRIBAL instinct: the powerful force that shapes who we are

76

Lessons for Living… and Dying

77

The Pain of It All: Conquering Chronic Pain

78

Why do we say I DO?!

79

The worst and best of human behaviour

80

A.I. – friend or foe?

81

Can you be healthy no matter what your condition?

82

How BIG things get done (and small things too!)

83

I Didn’t Learn This in School: a shocking part of Canadian history

84

Are you a rational person?

85

The Meaning of Movies: Looking back half a century at film

86

Is beauty in the eye of the beholder? How we determine what is beautiful (and what is ugly)

87

Happily NEVER after? Re-thinking romantic love

88

The mysteries of music explained

89

What you don’t know about the things you do every day

90

Special CRAM Podcast! What happens when a biologist, cosmologist and political scientist walk into a room?

91

Our future with covid, virtual relationships, and the dark side of AI with sci-fi writer Rob Sawyer

92

Re-designing our world: Creating harmony between cities and nature

93

The psychopaths among us – who are they?

94

Part II: The Truth about Lying

95

The magic of everyday magicians – who were they and what did they practice?

96

How do you work with people you don’t like or trust?

97

The “surprising” role serendipity plays in your life

98

The truth about lying – what it is, how it starts and can you detect a liar?

99

We're extending our summer break!

100

Good habits for a good life

101

Mirror, mirror on the wall

102

What is a life worth living?

103

Who am I… REALLY?

104

Brave new world of dating – mid-life and beyond!

105

Brave new world… of dating

106

When nothing is perfect

107

Romantic love - when one partner is not enough

108

How the dead speak

109

What does an astrophysicist think about?

110

Lessons on War and Sex

111

A puzzling metaphor for life

112

What's the truth behind fake news?

113

The startling connection between movement – and learning

114

Hope for a sustainable future

115

Declarations of war

116

Learning in prison

117

Rethinking pain

118

What really creates good health?

119

Grieving towards a better world

120

How words can predict our behaviour and health

121

How to get a GOOD night's sleep!

122

How to be happy

123

CRAM PODCAST LAUNCH: What’s luck got to do with life?

124

Bee CSI ~ What’s killing our bees?

125

“Design think” your way out of a problem

126

Life in a post pandemic world

127

What really keeps couples together?

128

Why do we make the decisions we do in life (even the bad ones)?