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The CRAM Podcast ~ Extraordinary Ideas Unleashed — 125 episodes

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How to solve life’s everyday dilemmas!

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How to stop procrastinating!

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To conceive or not to conceive: the facts on fertility

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Is there life BEYOND Earth in the universe?

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

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

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EVERY woman goes through this misunderstood condition!

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Oh BROTHER! The surprising impact of siblings

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

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

11

Is Canada still a SAFE place?

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Why do families become estranged?

13

Would you ruin your shoes to save a drowning child?

14

Stealing Mona Lisa: the loss of art and our identity

15

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

16

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

17

This podcast may save your heart – and your life!

18

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

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

20

Why you should think like a Roman Emperor

21

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

22

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

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

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How does your brain REALLY work?

25

Do common treatments for back pain actually WORK?

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

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Boy Misunderstood: The Dark Psychology of Incels

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Is there always a WINNER and LOSER in negotiations?

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Can you TRUST polls?

30

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

31

What you don’t know – and WHY IT MATTERS

32

Migration: WHEN and WHY do people move?

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Juggernauts of the universe: the compelling case of black holes

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

35

Work Smarter: How To Get Peak Performance on the Job

36

Do You Want to Fall in Love? Do This!

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

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The deadly cost of pain and shame in men

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

40

True crime: Into the mind of a serial killer

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Is world democracy in crisis?

42

The low tech answer to living LONGER!

43

How ETHICAL are the brands you buy?

44

Sex and A.I. - the future of intimacy

45

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

46

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

47

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

48

Taylor vs. Beyonce: the HUGE impact of pop culture

49

Are you a rational person?

50

Sex, Murder, Power ~ The Badass Women of Antiquity

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Are we heading towards the END of civilisation?!

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

53

How to deal with a narcissist

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

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

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What are the most dangerous personality traits?

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

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Does psychotherapy REALLY work? What you should know

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People behaving badly - what's going on?!

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

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

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

63

How stress changes the brain and why it’s contagious

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Delusions: Why do people believe almost anything?

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

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What REALLY haunts us?

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Men Behaving Badly – the World’s WORST Tyrants

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What foods can INCREASE your risk of cancer?

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

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Why is serendipity important in life?

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WHO are WE? The characteristics of every living generation

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

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Lessons for Living… and Dying

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The Pain of It All: Conquering Chronic Pain

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Why do we say I DO?!

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The worst and best of human behaviour

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A.I. – friend or foe?

78

Can you be healthy no matter what your condition?

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

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

81

Are you a rational person?

82

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

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

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Happily NEVER after? Re-thinking romantic love

85

The mysteries of music explained

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

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

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

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

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The psychopaths among us – who are they?

91

Part II: The Truth about Lying

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

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

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The “surprising” role serendipity plays in your life

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

96

We're extending our summer break!

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Good habits for a good life

98

Mirror, mirror on the wall

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What is a life worth living?

100

Who am I… REALLY?

101

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

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Brave new world… of dating

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When nothing is perfect

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Romantic love - when one partner is not enough

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How the dead speak

106

What does an astrophysicist think about?

107

Lessons on War and Sex

108

A puzzling metaphor for life

109

What's the truth behind fake news?

110

The startling connection between movement – and learning

111

Hope for a sustainable future

112

Declarations of war

113

Learning in prison

114

Rethinking pain

115

What really creates good health?

116

Grieving towards a better world

117

How words can predict our behaviour and health

118

How to get a GOOD night's sleep!

119

How to be happy

120

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

121

Bee CSI ~ What’s killing our bees?

122

“Design think” your way out of a problem

123

Life in a post pandemic world

124

What really keeps couples together?

125

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