All Episodes

1326: Simone Stolzoff | How to Make the Most of Uncertainty

1325: Matriarchy | Skeptical Sunday

Introducing Wayfinder: Life-Changing Travel

1324: Has "Vanilla" Guy Always Been Kinky on the Sly? | Feedback Friday

1323: Todd Rose | The Collective Illusions Tearing America Apart

1322: Courtney Conley | The Step-by-Step Guide to Living Longer

1321: David Royce | Business Scaling Lessons from 1,000 Rejections (Bonus)

1320: The Moon | Skeptical Sunday

1319: Is Your Loving Wife Living a Closeted Life? | Feedback Friday

1318: Guillaume Dulude | Tribal Truths for Modern Minds

1317: Homelessness | Skeptical Sunday

1316: If His Ex Was a Rebound, Why's She Still Around? | Feedback Friday

1315: Nicolas Niarchos | The Dirty Supply Chain Behind "Clean" Energy

1314: Bees | Skeptical Sunday

1313: Ruined the 'Do, Ruined the 'I Do' Too | Feedback Friday

1312: Andrea Dunlop | How Social Media Fuels Medical Child Abuse

1311: Online Gambling | Skeptical Sunday

1310: Sick Mom Needs Me — But So Does My Family | Feedback Friday

1309: Paul Eastwick | Science Says You're More Attractive Than You Know

1308: Benn Jordan | The Surveillance State Stalking You Without Consent

1307: Water Filters | Skeptical Sunday

1306: Bipolar Confession Could End Soldier's Pension | Feedback Friday

1305: Johnathan Walton | How to Spot Scammers, Grifters, and Thieves

1304: Remote Viewing | Skeptical Sunday

1303: Self-Invited Guest Puts Friendship to the Test | Feedback Friday

1302: Mariana van Zeller | The Drug Cartels Running Small-Town America

1301: Electric Vehicles | Skeptical Sunday

1300: As a Cop You're No Stranger to Pal's DV Danger | Feedback Friday

1299: Laowhy86 | Decoding the Secret Slang of China's Censored Internet

1298: Bjorn Ekeberg | The Evidence-Backed Benefits of Red Light Therapy

1297: Iran | Out of the Loop

1296: Saving Bro's Soul from Alt-Right Rabbit Hole | Feedback Friday

1295: Nir Eyal | Why Your Beliefs Matter More Than Your Willpower

1294: Sister’s off Her Meds, Now She Faces the Feds | Feedback Friday

1293: Abigail Marsh | How Fear Separates Saints from Psychopaths Part 2

1292: Abigail Marsh | How Fear Separates Saints from Psychopaths Part 1

1291: Should Self-Harm Scars Be Shareable Memoirs? | Feedback Friday

1290: Danny Rensch | How Chess Freed Me from Life in a Cult Part Two

1289: Danny Rensch | How Chess Freed Me from Life in a Cult Part One

1288: Test Prep | Skeptical Sunday

1287: Conscience Frayed by Impossible Choice Made | Feedback Friday

1286: Derek Coburn | Rethinking Retirement to Live Well Now and Later

1285: Passport Bros | Skeptical Sunday

1284: Husband Hid His DUI — Is It Time to Say Goodbye? | Feedback Friday

1283: Eva LaRue & Kaya McKenna Callahan | 12 Years Hunted by a Stalker

1282: The Vagina | Skeptical Sunday

1281: Can Your Love Be Blind to Her Conspiracy Mind? | Feedback Friday

1280: Cory Doctorow | Why Everything Got Worse and What to Do About It

1279: The Gold Standard | Skeptical Sunday

1278: Afraid You Could Lose Her Off-Grid with Abuser | Feedback Friday

1277: Isabelle Boemeke | The Rad Future of Nuclear Electricity

1276: Coltan Scrivner | The Evolutionary Logic of Morbid Curiosity

1275: Incels | Skeptical Sunday

1274: Past Indiscretion Keeps Threatening Profession | Feedback Friday

1273: Richard Shotton & MichaelAaron Flicker | Marketing to Human Minds

1272: Left-Handedness | Skeptical Sunday

1271: Buzzing Teen Question Has Mom Second-Guessin' | Feedback Friday

1270: Jamie Mustard | Scientology's Secret World of Disposable Children

1269: Venezuela | Out of the Loop

1268: A Week After Hospice, Dad's Got a New Mrs. | Feedback Friday

1267: Rhonda Patrick | Protecting Your Brain and Body from Modern Life

1266: Cutting off Creep Whose Manipulation Runs Deep | Feedback Friday

1265: Joe Loya | Confessions of a Bank Robber Part Two

1264: Joe Loya | Confessions of a Bank Robber Part One

1263: Near Death Experiences | Skeptical Sunday

1262: A Weighty Matter of Mind Over Platter | Feedback Friday

1261: John Young | Decrypting the Quantum Quandaries of Q-Day

1260: Vaping | Skeptical Sunday

1259: Mad Mother's Lies Sever Tenuous Family Ties | Feedback Friday

1258: Ryan Holiday | Wisdom Takes Work

1257: Kratom | Skeptical Sunday

1256: Cheatin' Heart Yearns for Return to the Start | Feedback Friday

1255: Abbie Maroño | Mastering Persuasion with Social Engineering

1254: Justin Houman | Wiggling Out of the Male Fertility Crisis

1253: Organ Donation | Skeptical Sunday

1252: Her Delusions You Fled; Now She's in an ER Bed | Feedback Friday

1251: Jimmy Wales | Building Trust the Wikipedia Way

1250: Scott Galloway | Notes on Being a Man

1249: Rehab and Recovery | Skeptical Sunday

1248: Bitter Defamation Tests Small Town Reputation | Feedback Friday

1247: Eric Cole | Protecting Ourselves in an Age of Cyber Crisis

1246: Mike Feldstein | How Bad Air Hijacks Your Brain and Body

1245: Black Friday | Skeptical Sunday

1244: Connection Crisis Corners Calculating Courtesan | Feedback Friday

1243: Christopher Whitcomb | A Life Among Spies Part Two

1242: Christopher Whitcomb | A Life Among Spies Part One

1241: Ketamine | Skeptical Sunday

1240: Warned Not to Wed Wife, You Fear for Your Life | Feedback Friday

1239: Rizwan Virk | The Real Mysteries of the Simulation Hypothesis

1238: Ken Burns | What If the American Revolution Isn't Over?

1237: Light Pollution | Skeptical Sunday

1236: Bedroom Blame Game Sparks Consent Shame | Feedback Friday

1235: Oobah Butler | A Trickster Turns Deception Into Art and Insight

1234: Layne Norton | Debunking Diet Soda Panic and Seed Oil Hysteria

1233: OnlyFans | Skeptical Sunday

1232: Open Relationship Deal Makes You the 3rd Wheel | Feedback Friday

1231: Owen Hanson | From USC Golden Boy to International Drug Kingpin

1230: Oz Pearlman | Making Magical Human Connections Like a Mentalist

1229: Penis Enhancement | Skeptical Sunday

1228: You Cut and Run but Parents Treat Ex like a Son | Feedback Friday

1227: Kashmir Hill | Is AI Manipulating Your Mental Health?

BONUS: Do Kin's Red Flags Mean He's Filling Body Bags? | Feedback Friday

1226: James Kimmel, Jr. | No Even Scores in the Science of Revenge

1225: Penis Size | Skeptical Sunday

1224: Do Kin's Red Flags Mean He's Filling Body Bags? | Feedback Friday

1223: William H. Macy | What Shameless Taught Him About Being Shameless

1222: What Legal Steps Come Next to Stop Criminal Ex? | Feedback Friday

1221: Andrew Bustamante | A Spy's Guide to Our Dangerous World Part Two

1220: Andrew Bustamante | A Spy's Guide to Our Dangerous World Part One

1219: Redheads | Skeptical Sunday

1218: Grandson is Feral and Puts In-Laws In Peril | Feedback Friday

1217: Evan Osnos | The Haves and Have-Yachts of American Oligarchy

1216: Greg Lukianoff | Failing Arguments Against Free Speech

1215: Human Trafficking | Skeptical Sunday

1214: Boss' Flirtation Highlights Marital Frustration | Feedback Friday

1213: Orion Taraban | Understanding Relationship Economics Part Two

1212: Orion Taraban | Understanding Relationship Economics Part One

1211: Conspiracy Theories | Skeptical Sunday

1210: Can Justice Be Done When Broke and on the Run? | Feedback Friday

1209: Michael Israetel | The Future Belongs to the Medically Enhanced

1208: Antisemitism | Skeptical Sunday

1207: Hoping Her 1%er 'Old Man' Is a Flash in the Pan | Feedback Friday

1206: Taylor Lorenz | How Child Influencers Become Predator Magnets

1205: Minor Accusation Major Threat to Reputation | Feedback Friday

1204: Chris Dalby | The Criminal Infrastructure Beneath Modern Sports

1203: Veganism | Skeptical Sunday

1202: Grandma's Feast Ruined By Guest You Trust Least | Feedback Friday

1201: Benjamin Bikman | Insulin Resistance Is Killing Half of America

1200: Science vs. Religion | Skeptical Sunday

1199: Pursuit of Happiness Vexed by a Litigious Ex | Feedback Friday

1198: Caroline Fleck | Harnessing Validation to Deepen Human Connection

1197: CBD | Skeptical Sunday

1196: Does Sister's Past Give Her Abuse a Free Pass? | Feedback Friday

1195: Javier Leiva | Modern Romance Scam Tactics and Ways to Fight Back

1194: Endocrine Disruptors | Skeptical Sunday

1193: Will Marital Ambition Lose to Family Tradition? | Feedback Friday

1192: Eliot Higgins | The Digital Detectives Making Dictators Sweat

1191: Digital Nomads | Skeptical Sunday

1190: Kid's Out of the Fray, But Hates Your Fiancée | Feedback Friday

1189: Edward Fishman | Why the Dollar Is America's Most Potent Weapon

1188: Debt Collection | Skeptical Sunday

1187: Family Under Threat Thanks to Mom's Mafia Debt | Feedback Friday

1186: Michael Easter | Embrace Discomfort to Discover Your Best Self

1185: Coffee | Skeptical Sunday

1184: Is It Love on the Lam or a Calculated Scam? | Feedback Friday

1183: Astro Teller | How to Systematically Realize the Impossible

1182: Contractual Cuddles Leave Roommate Befuddled | Feedback Friday

1181: Jefferson Fisher | Turning Confrontation Into Connection

1180: Dean Spears | The Quiet Apocalypse of Global Depopulation

1179: Sister's Bad Beau Threatens Her Share of Dough | Feedback Friday

1178: Connor Beaton | How Society Engineered a Generation of Lonely Men

1177: Iran vs. Israel 2025 | Out of the Loop

1176: Earthing | Skeptical Sunday

1175: Text Fight Turns You Into a Villain Overnight | Feedback Friday

1174: Brad Meltzer | The Life-Changing Magic of Empathy and Kindness

1173: Atossa Araxia Abrahamian | How Wealth Hacks the World

1172: TRT & Steroids | Skeptical Sunday

1171: Your Birthday Surprise Was Battery and Lies | Feedback Friday

1170: Gareth Gore | This Vatican Cult Corrupts Courts and Sells Slaves

1169: TSA | Skeptical Sunday

1168: Cursed Family DNA Keeps Fatherhood Dreams Away | Feedback Friday

1167: Charlamagne Tha God | Get Honest or Die Lying

1166: Andy Morgan | How I Finally Got Shredded (And You Can Too)

1165: False Accusations Lead to Custody Frustrations | Feedback Friday

1164: Julian Fisher | How to Think Like a Spy

1163: Dr. Becky Kennedy | Parenting with Connection over Correction

1162: Calculating Courtesan Craves Close Connection | Feedback Friday

1161: Tegan Broadwater | How a White Cop Infiltrated the Crips Part Two

1160: Tegan Broadwater | How a White Cop Infiltrated the Crips Part One

1159: IQ Tests | Skeptical Sunday

1158: Can Coup Against Kin Save Family Fortune? | Feedback Friday

1157: Kelsey Grammer | Channeling Grief into Artistic Authenticity

1156: Andrew Callaghan | Documenting America's Shadow Self

1155: Love Could Be Dandy If He'd Quit the Nose Candy | Feedback Friday

1154: Sean Williams | The North Korea-China-Drug Cartel Connection

1153: Drew Carey | The Price Is Right, But These Stories Are Priceless

1152: Freakish Food Fixation Fractures Friendship | Feedback Friday

1151: Wendell Potter | Killing Health Care and Deceiving Americans

1150: Randy Blythe | Making Peace with the Wars Inside His Head

1149: Slavery | Skeptical Sunday

1148: Face Father's Fury or Fund Future Fortune? | Feedback Friday

1147: Daniel J. Levitin | The Science Behind Music as Medicine

1146: Ed Helms | Fame, Family, and Finding Joy in Failure

1145: Rwanda 2025 | Out of the Loop

1144: Can Family Ties Overcome Son's Deranged Lies? | Feedback Friday

1143: Laila Mickelwait | Exposing Pornhub's Dark Trafficking Empire

1142: Cannabis Redux | Skeptical Sunday

1141: Dark Pillar of Community Abuses with Immunity | Feedback Friday

1140: Mark Follman | How to Stop Mass Shootings in America

1139: Fad Diets | Skeptical Sunday

1138: Her Exposed Bi Affair? It's Over! She Swears! | Feedback Friday

1137: Jay Dobyns | Undercover with the Hells Angels Part Three

1136: Marriage on Skids If You Can't Agree on Kids? | Feedback Friday

1135: Sandra Matz | How Algorithms Read and Reveal the Real You

1134: Ukraine 2025 | Out of the Loop

1133: Should Mum Be the Word When Dad's a Cheating Turd? | Feedback Friday

1132: Scott Payne | Infiltrating America's Extremist Underworld

1131: Hangover Cures | Skeptical Sunday

1130: Giving Wife a Hand When Dreams Are Too Grand | Feedback Friday

1129: Russ Swain | The Good Mormon Who Made Bad Money

1128: Sextortion | Skeptical Sunday

1127: Chaotic Kin Has You Rethinking Children | Feedback Friday

1126: Richard Reeves | Rethinking the Purpose of Modern Masculinity

1125: Bananas | Skeptical Sunday

1124: Your Aunt's 105 — But Is She Dead or Alive? | Feedback Friday

1123: David Eagleman | Your Prehistoric Brain on Modern Problems

1122: Feng Shui | Skeptical Sunday

1121: Ethics Expire with Doctor's Desire | Feedback Friday

1120: Scott Payne | How the FBI Turned Me Into the Perfect Outlaw

1119: Home Schooling | Skeptical Sunday

1118: Son's Safety Vexed by Schizoaffective Ex | Feedback Friday

1117: Anne Applebaum | Inside The Fortune 500 of Modern Dictatorships

1116: Fake Foods | Skeptical Sunday

1115: Schizophrenic Spite Dims Golden Years' Light | Feedback Friday

1114: Dr. Alok Kanojia | Breaking the Cycle of Digital Dependence

1113: You Just Want to Hike, Not Revisit Third Reich | Feedback Friday

1112: Jay Dobyns | Undercover with the Hells Angels Part Two

1111: Jay Dobyns | Undercover with the Hells Angels Part One

1110: Can True Love Last In Shadow of Dad's Dark Past? | Feedback Friday

1109: Michael Israetel | Fitness Myths and Science-Based Solutions

1108: Sound Healing | Skeptical Sunday

1107: Ballet Date with a Geopolitical Incel Mate | Feedback Friday

1106: Amanda Ripley | The Secrets to Surviving an Unthinkable Disaster

1105: DNA | Skeptical Sunday

1104: Rich Abuser Admits Crime But Won't Spare a Dime | Feedback Friday

1103: Marcel Dirsus | How Tyrants Fall and Nations Survive

1102: College vs. Trades | Skeptical Sunday

1101: Church, Steeple, and the Trafficked People | Feedback Friday

1100: James Patterson | Building the Architecture of Addictive Fiction

1099: Syria | Out of the Loop

1098: Sanctioned Spank Sparks Sibling Split | Feedback Friday

1097: Husband's Networking Involves Topless Twerking | Feedback Friday

1096: Ali Abdaal | The Hidden Economics of Creative Success Part Two

1095: Ali Abdaal | The Hidden Economics of Creative Success Part One

1094: Vanity Products | Skeptical Sunday

1093: When the Hunter Becomes the Honeypot | Feedback Friday

1092: Gene Simmons | KISS and Make-Up

1091: Troubled Teen Industry | Skeptical Sunday

1090: More Workplace Fails and Bad Boss Tales | Feedback Friday

1089: Victor Vescovo | Into the Abyss: Reaching Earth's Deepest Places

1088: Counterfeit Foods | Skeptical Sunday

1087: Can Trust Be Recovered After Diary Discovered? | Feedback Friday

1086: Ryan Holiday | How to Fix Your Life with Stoicism

1085: Traditional Chinese Medicine | Skeptical Sunday

1084: Dad's Kindness Flows But Her Instability Grows | Feedback Friday

1083: Mike Rowe | Rethinking Success in an Uncertain World

1082: Food Packaging | Skeptical Sunday

1081: Stuck Co-Parenting Lad with an Imprisoned Dad | Feedback Friday

1080: Dr. Alok Kanojia | How to Raise a Healthy Gamer

1079: Noise Pollution | Skeptical Sunday

1078: House Repairs Laggin' While He's Off the Wagon | Feedback Friday

1077: Michael Arndt | The Oscar-Winning Science of Storytelling

1076: Wine Fraud | Skeptical Sunday

1075: Kids Being Curious or Something More Serious? | Feedback Friday

1074: Scott Galloway | Solving the Algebra of Wealth

1073: Fluoride | Skeptical Sunday

1072: Past Regrets Foster Clear and Present Threats | Feedback Friday

1071: Mike Feldstein | The Hidden Crisis of Indoor Air Pollution

1070: Squatters | Skeptical Sunday

1069: Can Doc's Fault Be Denied in Friend's Suicide? | Feedback Friday

1068: Yuval Noah Harari | Rewriting Human History in the Age of AI

1067: Higher Education | Skeptical Sunday

1066: Is Ex on the Level for Calling Him The Devil? | Feedback Friday

1065: Andrew Bustamante | The Psychology of Espionage Part Two

1064: Andrew Bustamante | The Psychology of Espionage Part One

1063: Working for Kin Might Just Do You In | Feedback Friday

1062: Ruth Whippman | Raising Boys in the Age of Impossible Masculinity

1061: Chase Jarvis | Embracing Risk for a More Fulfilling Life

1060: Dreams | Skeptical Sunday

1059: Putting Predator on Blast for His Abusive Past | Feedback Friday

1058: Nina Aouilk | Ending Forced Marriage and Honor Killings Part Two

1057: Nina Aouilk | Ending Forced Marriage and Honor Killings Part One

1056: Placebo & Nocebo Effects | Skeptical Sunday

1055: Is Nephew Forever Lost for Denying Holocaust? | Feedback Friday

1054: Renee DiResta | The Puppet Masters of Public Opinion

1053: Generic Drugs | Skeptical Sunday

1052: Wack Prenup Request Puts Engagement to the Test | Feedback Friday

1051: Tu Lam | From Refugee to Real American Hero

1050: Lisa Kaltenegger | In Search of Alien Life and Livable Worlds

1049: Friend Was a Creeper But You're Not His Keeper | Feedback Friday

1048: Shaun Attwood | From Raves to Riches to Ruin Part Two

1047: Shaun Attwood | From Raves to Riches to Ruin Part One

1046: Hydrotherapy | Skeptical Sunday

1045: Helping Pal Who Paid Cost for Offing His Boss | Feedback Friday

1044: Dan Harris | From Breaking News to Breaking Habits

1043: Andrew Gold | Unveiling the Psychology of Secrets

1042: Sex Trafficking | Skeptical Sunday

1041: Groped In Your Sleep, Betrayal Runs Deep | Feedback Friday

1040: Tareena Shakil | An ISIS Recruit's Journey and Escape Part Two

1039: Tareena Shakil | An ISIS Recruit's Journey and Escape Part One

1038: Gold | Skeptical Sunday

1037: Allure of Abuser Only Serves to Confuse Her | Feedback Friday

1036: James Sexton | A Divorce Lawyer's Guide to Lasting Love Part Two

1035: James Sexton | A Divorce Lawyer's Guide to Lasting Love Part One

1034: Fat-Free Foods | Skeptical Sunday

1033: Warn Her That Suitor Is a Bed Intruder? | Feedback Friday

1032: Sarah Hill | How Birth Control Rewires Women's Brains Part Two

1031: Sarah Hill | How Birth Control Rewires Women's Brains Part One

1030: Exorcism | Skeptical Sunday

1029: Mental Deterioration Tests Marital Dedication | Feedback Friday

1028: Jonna Mendez | The Moscow Rules (Redux)

1027: Jonna Mendez | A Woman’s Life in the CIA

1026: Hypnosis | Skeptical Sunday

1025: Left Aghast by the Pedo In Your Past | Feedback Friday

1024: Blake Eastman | Can Machines Read People Better Than Humans?

1023: Plastic Surgery | Skeptical Sunday

1022: Was Poly Podcaster Fling a Dangerous Thing? | Feedback Friday

1021: Konstantin Samoilov | Putin's Russia: An Insider's Perspective

1020: Sovereign Citizens | Skeptical Sunday

1019: Grandfather to Blame in Niece's Pregnancy Shame | Feedback Friday

1018: Phil Elwood | Manipulating Media for All the Worst Humans

1017: The End of the World | Skeptical Sunday

1016: Is Husband Faking Feelings or Freezing Fears? | Feedback Friday

1015: Jamie Metzl | AI Solutions for Hunger, Health, & Habitat Part Two

1014: Jamie Metzl | AI Solutions for Hunger, Health, & Habitat Part One

1013: Big Dairy | Skeptical Sunday

1012: Pal's Husband Eyes Your OnlyFans on the Sly | Feedback Friday

1011: Dr. Anthony Fauci | The Science and Politics of Public Health

1010: Participation Trophies | Skeptical Sunday

1009: Family Comes First, But She's Just the Worst | Feedback Friday

1008: Brian Klaas | Embracing Uncertainty in a World of Flukes

1007: Found Wisdom in Woo-Woo — Am I In a Cult Too? | Feedback Friday

1006: Dr. Ramani | Surviving and Recovering from Narcissistic Abuse

1005: David Fajgenbaum | Leveraging AI to Cure Rare Diseases

1004: Memory | Skeptical Sunday

1003: Husband's Bro's Obscene, But He Won't Intervene | Feedback Friday

1002: Charan Ranganath | The Mysteries of Memory and Why We Remember

1001: Haiti | Out of the Loop

1000: Facing Father Figure's Fatality and Faults | Feedback Friday

Todd McFarlane | Reinventing Spider-Man and Spawning an Empire

998: Workplace Fails and Bad Boss Tales | Feedback Friday

997: Christopher Ahn | A Marine in Kim Jong-un's Crosshairs Part Two

996: Christopher Ahn | A Marine in Kim Jong-un's Crosshairs Part One

995: Cheating Chap Caught in Child Support Trap | Feedback Friday

994: A.J. Jacobs | The Year of Living Constitutionally

993: Johann Hari | The Skinny on 'Magic Pill' Weight-Loss Drugs

992: Royals | Skeptical Sunday

991: Should You Coexist with a Manchild Narcissist? | Feedback Friday

990: Jonathan Haidt | How Gen Z Became the Anxious Generation

989: Bad Behavior Uncorrected Leaves Dad Unprotected | Feedback Friday

988: Robert Mazur | How Money Laundering Works Part Two

987: Robert Mazur | How Money Laundering Works Part One

986: Porn | Skeptical Sunday

985: Lives Are at Stake in Bail Reform's Wake | Feedback Friday

984: Susan Casey | Unraveling Mysteries in the Ocean's Darkest Depths

983: Bro's Obsessed with Goats: What's the Antidote? | Feedback Friday

982: Israel vs. Iran | Out of the Loop

981: Bobby Gunn | The 73-0 Undefeated Bare-Knuckle Boxer

980: Sister Was Wild — Should You Adopt Her Child? | Feedback Friday

979: Adam Gamal | My Top-Secret Fight Against Terrorism Part Two

978: Adam Gamal | My Top-Secret Fight Against Terrorism Part One

977: Do You Strive for a Love That Can't Survive? | Feedback Friday

976: Bruce Ladebu | Stories of Hope in the Fight Against Slavery

975: Cal Newport | Reclaiming Time and Focus with Slow Productivity

974: Emotional Support Animals | Skeptical Sunday

973: Kid's Not Possessed, She Just Needs a Safe Nest | Feedback Friday

972: Mustafa Suleyman | The Coming Wave of Artificial Intelligence

971: Laughter is Life's Lubricant | Feedback Friday

970: Annie Jacobsen | The Nuts and Bolts of Nuclear Annihilation

969: Scott Walker | Persuasion Tactics of a Hostage Negotiator

968: Bottled Water | Skeptical Sunday

967: Dad's Years of Abuse Have Come Home to Roost | Feedback Friday

966: Patrick Winn | Wa State: When a Drug Cartel Becomes a Country

965: Seeking Repentance for Unfair Life Sentence | Feedback Friday

964: Miles Johnson | The Secret World of International Crime

963: Charles Duhigg | Unlocking the Secret Language of Connection

962: Timeshares | Skeptical Sunday

961: Dark Prognosis of Friend's Postpartum Psychosis | Feedback Friday

960: Amir Levine | Finding and Keeping Love with Attachment Science

959: Freedom Hopes Dashed If They Find His Gun Stash | Feedback Friday

958: Alison Young | Lab Leaks, Pandemics, and a World at Risk

957: Arthur Brooks | The Art and Science of Getting Happier

956: Cannabis | Skeptical Sunday

955: Romance Twister: My Mister Once Dated My Sister | Feedback Friday

954: Dr. Ramani | Identifying and Healing from Narcissistic People

953: We Did the Math — Our Colleague's a Sociopath | Feedback Friday

952: Adam Grant | The Science of Tapping Into Your Hidden Potential

951: Anna Lembke | Finding Dopamine Balance in the Age of Indulgence

950: Emergency Medical Services | Skeptical Sunday

949: Justice in the Mix for Pervert-in-Law from 796 | Feedback Friday

948: Kashmir Hill | Is Privacy Dead in the Age of Facial Recognition?

947: Getting Back on Track After Cyberbully's Attack | Feedback Friday

946: Michael McQueen | Mastering the Art of Changing Minds

945: Estranged from Son for What His Sister's Done | Feedback Friday

944: Zach Weinersmith | Out-of-This-World Hurdles to Colonizing Mars

943: Still Loves His Bride But Seeks Sex on the Side | Feedback Friday

942: Ken Adams | The Confusing Dynamics of Covert Incest

941: Yearning for Abusive Ex Leaves You Perplexed | Feedback Friday

940: Byron Reese | Humanity's Mysterious Journey from Antiquity to AI

939: Teen Blackmailed in the Buff Has Suffered Enough | Feedback Friday

938: The Worst Part of Waking up Is Sis Is in a Cult | Feedback Friday

937: Oliver Stone | Nuclear Now

936: Family Can't Know About Sister's OnlyFans Show | Feedback Friday

935: Ben Macintyre | Escaping from a Nazi Fortress Prison

934: Houthis in Yemen | Out of the Loop

933: Are You Fine After Fire or a Trauma Denier? | Feedback Friday

932: Mike Kelland | A Planetary Approach to Fixing the Climate Crisis

931: Trust is Twisted by Thirsty Therapist Resisted | Feedback Friday

930: Morgan Housel | The Power of Preparation Over Prediction

929: David Eagleman | Exploring the Brain's Inner Cosmos

928: Whisper or Withhold Stepson's Paternity Untold? | Feedback Friday

927: Miko Peled | Journey of an Israeli in Palestine

926: Is Compassion Apt for Abusive Ex, Kneecapped? | Feedback Friday

925: Mosab Hassan Yousef | The Green Prince of Hamas Redux

924: Chris DeArmitt | Rethinking Plastic's Environmental Impact

923: She's Losing Sleep Over a Dangerous Creep | Feedback Friday

922: Mosab Hassan Yousef | Son of Hamas Founder Denounces Terror Group

921: Mitch Prinstein | The Perks and Perils of Popularity

920: Would It Defeat Her to Know Husband's a Cheater? | Feedback Friday

919: Chris Miller | Chip War: The Battle for Semiconductor Supremacy

918: Tom Hardin | Tipper X: The Man Behind Wall Street's Biggest Sting

917: Friendship Friction Due to Cocaine Addiction | Feedback Friday

916: Jim Latrache | How a Drug Dealer Became an Agent in North Korea

915: Mom's Crush on Star Has Gone Way Too Far | Feedback Friday

914: Ben Lamm | Resurrecting the Woolly Mammoth

913: Trust Betrayed by Wife Who Strayed (2,300 Times) | Feedback Friday

912: Matthew Dunn | Iranian Hit Squads in the UK and US

911: Esther Perel | Cheating, Argument, and Conflict

910: 90% of the Time, Parents Aren't Toxic Every Time | Feedback Friday

909: Israel and Hamas | Out of the Loop

908: Tobias Rose-Stockwell | Dismantling the Outrage Machine

907: Sis Lives to Excess, and Dad's Remembering Less | Feedback Friday

906: Shane Parrish | Decoding Decisions Through Clear Thinking

905: A New Civil War in Sudan | Out of the Loop

904: Ditching Bad Dad Would Make You So Glad | Feedback Friday

903: Dan Ariely | Why Rational People Believe Irrational Things

902: Michael Easter | Rewiring Your Scarcity Brain in a World of Excess

901: Lawns | Skeptical Sunday

900: Is Three a Crowd When Parents Swing Out Loud? | Feedback Friday

899: Jennifer Cohen | Live the Life You Want, Not the Life You Get

898: Forrest Galante | Seeking Unicorns and Resurrecting the Dodo

897: Is Friendship Defeated Because You Dry Cheated? | Feedback Friday

896: Captain Max Hardberger | The Man Who Steals Ships from Pirates

895: Robert Waldinger | Unlocking the Science of Happiness

894: Psychics and Tarot Cards | Skeptical Sunday

893: Make Ex's Hard Life Nice without Self-Sacrifice? | Feedback Friday

892: Tim Urban | What's Our Problem (And How Do We Solve It)?

891: Andrea Dunlop | Exposing Medical Child Abuse

890: Bioplastics | Skeptical Sunday

889: Win Against Addiction Uncovers Old Afflictions | Feedback Friday

888: Marc Andreessen | Exploring the Power, Peril, and Potential of AI

887: Andy Clark | How Our Minds Predict and Shape Reality

886: Flat Earthers | Skeptical Sunday

885: No Need to Be Chummy with a Grandad So Scummy | Feedback Friday

884: What We Can Learn from Envy | Deep Dive

883: Annie Ikpa | The Campaign to End Child Sacrifice

882: Homeopathy | Skeptical Sunday

881: Finding Your Angle in Covert Love Triangle | Feedback Friday

880: Ian Bremmer | Dealing with a World In Disarray

879: Kevin Dutton | Are You a Psychopath (And Is That So Terrible)?

878: Body Language | Skeptical Sunday

877: Blame's All Mine — Her Personality's Borderline | Feedback Friday

876: Kelly Richmond Pope | How Fraud Became a Trillion-Dollar Industry

875: Jonathan Kennedy | How Pathogens Have Shaped Our World

874: Ayurveda | Skeptical Sunday

873: Custody Fiction Leads to Co-Parenting Friction | Feedback Friday

872: Paul Hutchinson | Beyond the Politics of "Sound of Freedom"

871: Julian Walker | How Conspiracy Theories Make Society Sick

870: Personality Tests | Skeptical Sunday

869: Living in Strife Since Ending a Life | Feedback Friday

868: Remi Adeleke | The Ex-Royal/Ex-SEAL Who Fights Organ Harvesting

867: Rory Stewart | Walking Across Afghanistan and Iran

866: Astrology | Skeptical Sunday

865: Can Relationship Live on If China Takes Taiwan? | Feedback Friday

864: Caroline Rose | Captagon and the New Age of Narco-Diplomacy

863: Juan Zarate | Waging Financial War on Rogue Regimes

862: Targeted Ads | Skeptical Sunday

861: 35 and Chaste — Is It Too Late? | Feedback Friday

860: Mitchell Prothero | Cocaine, Murder, and Dirty Money in Europe

859: Bradley Schurman | Demographic Collapse in Russia, China, & the US

858: Fast Fashion | Skeptical Sunday

857: Forever on the Lam from a Blackmailing Scam? | Feedback Friday

856: Ian Urbina | Maritime Misdeeds on the Outlaw Ocean

855: Russia's Wagner Group and Why Coups Fail | Out of the Loop

854: Fireworks | Skeptical Sunday

853: Memories of Trauma or Therapy-Induced Drama? | Feedback Friday

852: Ryan Montgomery | The Hacker Who Hunts Child Predators Part Two

851: Ryan Montgomery | The Hacker Who Hunts Child Predators Part One

850: Self-Help Cults | Skeptical Sunday

849: Whose Story to Pick When the Charge Is Sick? | Feedback Friday

848: Yuval Noah Harari | Peering into the Future of Humanity

847: 5G | Skeptical Sunday

846: Dad's Being Played and the Family's Afraid | Feedback Friday

845: Robert Kerbeck | From Struggling Actor to Corporate Spy

844: Dropping the Bomb: His Sister's His Mom | Feedback Friday

843: Elie Honig | How the Rich Get Away with Crime

842: Sleazy Dude's Stealing Stepdaughter's Nudes | Feedback Friday

841: Adam Bornstein | The Real Skinny on the Weight Loss Industry

840: Stalked and Defamed by Unstable Ex-Flame | Feedback Friday

839: David Packouz | The Real-Life "War Dogs" Gun-Runner Part Two

838: David Packouz | The Real-Life "War Dogs" Gun-Runner Part One.

837: Who's at Fault When You're a Magnet for Assault? | Feedback Friday

836: Scott Lyons | Overcoming an Addiction to Drama

835: E-Commerce Scams | Skeptical Sunday

834: A Night So Wild, GF's Sister Carries Your Child | Feedback Friday

833: Nathan Paul Southern and Lindsey Kennedy | Sourcing Cyber-Slavery

832: The Wedding Industry | Skeptical Sunday

831: The Harrowing Hunt for a Housecat Houdini | Feedback Friday

830: Terry Crews | On Hollywood, Harassment, and Healing

829: Sportswashing | Skeptical Sunday

828: Time to Retire and Chase Closeted Desire? | Feedback Friday

827: Paul Rosolie | Perusing and Protecting the Pristine Amazon

826: A Shoplifter's Craving for Felonious Savings | Feedback Friday

825: Ozan Varol | How to Awaken Your Genius

824: Is an Age Gap Scandalous If the Relationship's Fabulous? | Feedback Friday

823: Daniella Mestyanek Young | How to Disengage from a Lifelong Cult

822: Is a Hefty Health Professional a Hippocratic Hypocrite? | Feedback Friday

821: John Nores | Reclaiming America's Wildlands from the Drug Cartels

820: Bradley Hope | The Secret Mission to Overthrow North Korea

819: Faith over Flings: A Closeted Conundrum | Feedback Friday

818: Matt Simon | How Microplastics Poison the Planet

817: Acupuncture | Skeptical Sunday

816: Kids' Pedophile Stepdad Is No Minor Threat | Feedback Friday

815: James Cantor | Exploring the Complexities of Sexual Orientation

814: Matt Frederick & Ben Bowlin | Stuff They Don't Want You to Know

813: The Oscars | Skeptical Sunday.

812: Your Ex is Your Boss: Is Your Career Lost? | Feedback Friday

811: Jan Broberg | The True Crime Story of a Young Girl Abducted

810: Nita Farahany | Thinking Freely in the Age of Neurotechnology

809: Crystal Healing | Skeptical Sunday

808: Felonious Fellow is Harshing Your Mellow | Feedback Friday

807: Siddharth Kara | How the Blood of the Congo Powers Our Lives

806: Neil Woods | Undercover in the UK's Most Vicious Drug Gangs

805: Diet Pills and Supplements | Skeptical Sunday

804: Beau's Bad Bets Bust Beloved's Bank | Feedback Friday

803: Martin Seligman | Flourishing in an Uncertain Future

802: Michael Santos | Conquering a 45-Year Prison Term

801: Circumcision | Skeptical Sunday

800: Can Therapy Wreck a Background Check? | Feedback Friday

799: Marina Nemat | Surviving Inside an Iranian Prison

798: Forrest Galante | A Wild Life of Rediscovery

797: Ouija Boards | Skeptical Sunday

796: Pervert-in-Law Scammer Belongs in the Slammer | Feedback Friday

795: Alastair Smith | The Dictator's Handbook Part Two

794: Alastair Smith | The Dictator's Handbook Part One

793: Death | Skeptical Sunday

792: Red Flags Making You Rethink Your Shrink | Feedback Friday

791: Mark Manson | Giving a F*ck About What Really Matters

790: Florence Williams | The Science of Heartbreak

789: Chocolate | Skeptical Sunday

788: His Love Is Bona Fide, Not a Mail-Order Bride | Feedback Friday

787: Mitch Lowe | Lessons in Disruption Part Two

786: Mitch Lowe | Lessons in Disruption Part One

785: Living with Aplomb in Spite of a Monstrous Mom | Feedback Friday

784: Ramy Romany | Unwrapping the Mysteries of Ancient Egypt

783: Apolo Ohno | Embracing Change and Finding Purpose

782: Death of Mother Could Trigger Ballistic Brother | Feedback Friday

781: Peter Zeihan | Mapping the Collapse of Globalization

780: Chris Fenton | China's Harrowing Hold Over Hollywood

779: Almonds | Skeptical Sunday

778: Custody Depends on Testimony Against Old Friend | Feedback Friday

777: Kevin Dutton | The Wisdom of Psychopaths Part Two

776: Kevin Dutton | The Wisdom of Psychopaths Part One

775: Bridezilla's Vanity Tests Bestie's Sanity | Feedback Friday

774: Jonah Berger | The Hidden Forces that Shape Behavior

773: David Lieberman | Deciphering What People Really Want

772: Energy Drinks | Skeptical Sunday

771: Sarah Edmondson & Nippy Ames | Surviving NXIVM Part Two

770: Sarah Edmondson & Nippy Ames | Surviving NXIVM Part One

769: Narcissist's Antics Make Parents Go Frantic | Feedback Friday

768: Chase Hughes | The Behavioral Table of Elements

767: Sohom Das | Decoding Alex Jones, Andrew Tate, and Anna Delvey

766: Banned Foods | Skeptical Sunday

765: Fella Fretting from Furtive Front Seat Fellatio | Feedback Friday

764: Nick Bilton | Hunting the Dark Web's Silk Road Kingpin

763: Laowhy86 | China Uprising | Out of the Loop

762: Where on Earth Is Sibling Abducted at Birth? | Feedback Friday

761: Bradley Steyn | Undercover with Mandela's Spies Part Two

760: Bradley Steyn | Undercover with Mandela's Spies Part One

759: Can Mom Cease As Family Man's Side Piece? | Feedback Friday

758: David Buss | The Evolution of Desire

757: Annie Duke | The Power of Knowing When to Quit

756: Seeking Reconciliation After Abusing a Relation | Feedback Friday

755: Dr. Sohom Das | Rehabilitating the Criminally Insane

754: Miki Mistrati | The Dark Side of the Chocolate Industry

753: A Clandestine Crossdresser's Conundrum | Feedback Friday

752: Angela Duckworth | How to Grow Your Grit

751: General Robert Spalding | China's Playbook for Global Domination

750: Can You Help Friend Shake His Psychotic Break? | Feedback Friday

749: Yasmine Mohammed | How the West Empowers Radical Islam Part Two

748: Yasmine Mohammed | How the West Empowers Radical Islam Part One

747: Would a Girlboss Wife Ruin Your Boyboss Life? | Feedback Friday

746: Yass Alizadeh | Iran Protests | Out of the Loop

745: Dave Farina | Debunking Junk Science Myths

744: Heinous Bro Needs the Old Heave-Ho | Feedback Friday

743: Dr. Ramani | How to Protect Yourself from a Narcissist Part Two

742: Dr. Ramani | How to Protect Yourself from a Narcissist Part One

741: Is Marriage Impaired by Emotional Affairs? | Feedback Friday

740: Ryan Holiday | Discipline is Destiny (Live from Los Angeles)

739: Matthew Campbell | Examining Global Shipping’s Grim Underbelly

738: "Perfect" Pastor is a Predatory Disaster | Feedback Friday

737: Winston Sterzel | Don't Lose Your Bacon in a Pig-Butchering Scam

736: Ian Bremmer | The Power of Crisis to Change the World

735: Reputation's Been Bruised Since Wrongly Accused | Feedback Friday

734: Scott Galloway | Course Correcting an America Adrift

733: Maya Shankar | Adapting to a Slight Change of Plans

732: Low-Key Beguiler is a Cheating Butt-Dialer | Feedback Friday

731: Why We Owe People Honesty | Deep Dive

730: Nury Turkel | A Witness to China's Uyghur Genocide

729: Sexsomnia Guilt-Free After PTSD? | Feedback Friday

728: Maria Konnikova | The Confidence Game

727: Neil deGrasse Tyson | Cosmic Perspectives on Civilization

726: Helping a Guy Whose Wife's an Escort on the Sly | Feedback Friday

725: Paul Holes | Solving America's Cold Cases

724: Bill Nye | The End is Nye

723: Should I Relive the Drama of Childhood Trauma? | Feedback Friday

722: Brian Brushwood | Scam Your Way into Anything

721: Jason Feifer | Build for Tomorrow

720: Should You Confess You Know He's Not Your Dad? | Feedback Friday

719: Reid Hoffman | Adaptability Is the New Stability

718: Barbara F. Walter | How Civil Wars Start (And How to Stop Them)

717: Coming Out as Polyamorous to My Family | Feedback Friday

716: Jo Marchant | Placebos and the Science of Mind over Body

715: Cindy Otis | Spotting Fake News Like a CIA Analyst

714: How "Real" Is a Dad Who Denies You Exist? | Feedback Friday

713: Marion Nestle | How Companies Skew the Science of What We Eat

712: Brad Klontz | Harnessing the Power of Financial Psychology

711: Prankster Precariously Pushing Partner's Patience | Feedback Friday

710: Sebastian Junger | How War and Crisis Create a Tribe

709: John Abramson | How Big Pharma Broke American Health Care

708: Familiarizing Family with Your Felonious Fella | Feedback Friday

707: Johann Hari | Why You Can't Pay Attention—And What to Do About It

706: Tessa West | How to Deal with Jerks at Work

705: Gabe’s Front-Row Seat to Florid Psychosis | Feedback Friday

704: Robert Greene | The Emotions Behind Success, Mastery, and Power

703: Benjamin Hardy | How to Be Your Future Self Now

702: Atheist Teen Stressed by Mom's Church Scene | Feedback Friday

701: Ioan Grillo | How America Arms Gangs and Cartels Part Two

700: Ioan Grillo | How America Arms Gangs and Cartels Part One

699: Can An Open Marriage Be Anxiety-Free? | Feedback Friday

698: Sam Harris | Rationally Confronting the Irrational

697: Peter Santenello | Inspecting Perspectives the Media Neglects

696: You Can't Part from His Cheatin' Heart | Feedback Friday

695: Malcolm Gladwell | Imperfect Puzzles and Mismatched Demeanors

694: Carole Hooven | How Testosterone Dominates and Divides Us

693: Lottery | Skeptical Sunday

692: Self-Defense Against Ex Led to Unjust Arrest | Feedback Friday

691: Shaquille O’Neal | Circling Back on Flat Earth Theory

690: Jane McGonigal | How to See the Future and Be Ready for Anything

689: Her Beau is Faux, But She Doesn't Know | Feedback Friday

688: A-Rod | Still Having a Ball After All

687: Amy Webb | Changing Lives with Synthetic Biology

686: An Abuser's Dead: Get Him Out of Your Head | Feedback Friday

685: Steve Rambam | The Real Life of a Private Investigator

684: Desmond Shum | Wealth, Power, Corruption, and Vengeance in China

683: Mad Lad Hates Dad and Treats Whole Family Bad | Feedback Friday

682: Hustle Culture | Deep Dive

681: Bill Browder | Surviving Vladimir Putin's Wrath

680: Recycling | Skeptical Sunday

679: Mom's Bigotry Makes Romantic Future Hard to See | Feedback Friday

678: Chris Voss | Hostage Negotiation Tactics for Everyday Life

677: Sam Cooper | How the West Was Infiltrated by Its Enemies

676: The Olympics | Skeptical Sunday

675: A Tenant, Psychotic, Makes Your Life Chaotic | Feedback Friday

674: Ken Croke | Undercover in an Outlaw Biker Gang Part Two

673: Ken Croke | Undercover in an Outlaw Biker Gang Part One

672: Toothpaste | Skeptical Sunday

671: Cheating Husband Caught in His Own Clap Trap | Feedback Friday

670: Vanessa Van Edwards | The Science of Succeeding with People

669: Dallas Taylor | The Psychology of Sound Design

668: Tipping | Skeptical Sunday

667: Friend's Sicko Spouse Keeps Infecting Our House | Feedback Friday

666: How to Ask for a Promotion | Deep Dive

665: Luis Navia | 25 Years Inside the Narco Cartels

664: Reiki Healing | Skeptical Sunday

663: Thinking of Another Dude: Is Marriage Screwed? | Feedback Friday

662: Daniel J. Levitin | How to Think Critically in the Post-Truth Era

661: Rachel Zoffness | Managing Pain In Your Body and Brain

660: Chemtrails | Skeptical Sunday

659: Her Spouse Raped You. Can Friendship Stay True? | Feedback Friday

658: Shanna Swan | The Reproduction Crisis and Humanity's Future

657: Josh Peck | Happy People Are Annoying

656: Your Stalker's Sister is Dating Your Brother | Feedback Friday

655: David Eagleman | How Our Brains Construct Reality

654: Chris Miller & Brandon Wheeler | News from Ukraine's Warfront

653: Ear Candling | Skeptical Sunday

652: Sad About Dad's Sexist Thoughts Re: Assault | Feedback Friday

651: Anja Shortland | How Kidnap Insurance Works

650: Brian Klaas | The Corruptible Influence of Power

649: Arranged Marriage Threatens Lesbian Couple | Feedback Friday

648: Susan Cain | Introverts Unite for a Quiet Revolution

647: Karim Hijazi | When Cyber War Goes Kinetic

646: Expiration Dates | Skeptical Sunday

645: Is a Bridesmaid Fight Worth a Disinvite? | Feedback Friday

644: Laowhy86 | How the Chinese Social Credit Score System Works Part Two

643: Laowhy86 | How the Chinese Social Credit Score System Works Part One

642: Living In Fear of the Fiend Who Lurks Near | Feedback Friday

641: How to Quit Your Job the Right Way | Deep Dive

640: Peter Zeihan | Why the World Should Care About Ukraine

639: Dealing with Your Darling's DID (Dissociative Identity Disorder) | Feedback Friday

638: Yuriy Matsarsky | Fighting for Ukraine

637: Bill von Hippel | Where the Social Leap Lands

636: Is It Wrong to Decline Guardianship of Family? | Feedback Friday

635: Joe Barone | Living in Dread Between the Mob and the Feds Part Two

634: Joe Barone | Living in Dread Between the Mob and the Feds Part One

633: Finding Work Fast with a Criminal Past | Feedback Friday

632: Jon Acuff | Give Yourself the Gift of Done

631: Amanda Catarzi | Overcoming Cult Life and Sex Trafficking

630: When the Law Puts You In a Catch-22 | Feedback Friday

629: Getting Your Foot In The Door | Deep Dive

628: Amanda Montell | Cultish: The Language of Fanaticism

627: Would I Be Insane to Report from Ukraine? | Feedback Friday

626: Adam Grant | Why Helping Others Drives Our Success

625: Dan Pink | The Power of Regret

624: Is She Moving Abroad for a Friend or a Fraud? | Feedback Friday

623: Ludacris | Fast & Philanthropic

622: Ishmael Beah | Memoirs of a Boy Soldier

621: Are You at Fault for Being Sexually Assaulted? | Feedback Friday

620: Richard Clarke | Warnings, Cassandras, and Catastrophes

619: Danny Gold | Breaking News from the Underworld

618: Prescription for Friction: Marry into Addiction | Feedback Friday

617: Daniel Levin | Finding a Missing Person in the Middle East

616: Martin Kove | Kicking It in the Cobra Kai Dojo

615: Need Wedding Free from Dad's Drunken Spree | Feedback Friday

614: Shawn Achor | Leveraging the Happiness Advantage

613: Ray Dalio | Why Nations Succeed and Fail

612: Cautioning Creepy Dad's Current Clan | Feedback Friday

611: Reid Hoffman | Surprising Entrepreneurial Truths

610: Bill Sullivan | Pleased to Meet Me

609: Evicting a Boarder with a Dangerous Disorder | Feedback Friday

608: Jocko Willink | The Winning Example of Extreme Ownership

607: Dwyane Wade | A Life Bigger Than Basketball

606: David Rubenstein | Patriotic Philanthropy and Leading Large

605: Aaron Levant | NTWRK Shopping with Culture's Creators

604: Put Your Best Foot Fetish Forward | Feedback Friday

603: Mike Rowe | Dirty Jobs and Peripatetic Moments

602: Tom Wright | Billion Dollar Whale

601: Should I Marry My Dying Girlfriend? | Feedback Friday

600: Metta World Peace | Mettaphorically Speaking

599: Spencer Roberts | The Dirty Truth About Corporate Greenwashing

598: Gently Sequestering a Questionable Counselor | Feedback Friday

597: Gary Vaynerchuk | Leadership, Social Media, and Self-Awareness

596: Andrew Gold | Exorcisms On the Edge

595: My Bi Guy: Am I Enough to Satisfy? | Feedback Friday

594: Joshua Fields Millburn | Love People, Use Things

593: Steven Pinker | Why Rationality Seems Scarce

592: Do the Math: Am I a Psychopath? | Feedback Friday

591: Chase Jarvis & Jordan Harbinger | Your Network Insurance Policy

590: Andy Norman | The Search for a Better Way to Think

589: Persevering Past Paranoid Parental Persecution | Feedback Friday

588: Sammy "The Bull" Gravano | Mafia Underboss Part Two

587: Sammy "The Bull" Gravano | Mafia Underboss Part One

586: Guarding Grandpa from a Grubby Grift | Feedback Friday

585: Timothy Snyder | Twentieth-Century Lessons on Tyranny

584: Anderson Cooper | The Rise and Fall of an American Dynasty

583: Mentor-Mentee Fantasy Can Only End In Misery | Feedback Friday

582: Robert Greene | The Daily Laws Part Two

581: Robert Greene | The Daily Laws Part One

580: Seeking Relief from Your Unending Grief | Feedback Friday

579: Yeonmi Park | A North Korean Girl’s Journey to Freedom Part Two

578: Yeonmi Park | A North Korean Girl's Journey to Freedom Part One

577: I Wish It Were Cheaper to Be My Sister’s Keeper | Feedback Friday

576: General Michael Hayden | American Intelligence in the Age of Terror

575: Benjamin Hardy | Minding the Gap and the Gain

574: Can There Be Merit in the Extramarital? | Feedback Friday

573: David Buss | When Men Behave Badly

572: Tamer Elnoury | Undercover with a Muslim FBI Agent

571: Pastor Past Makes You An Outcast | Feedback Friday

570: Marc Fennell | Cracking California's Nut Jobs

569: Rick Ross | How to Boss Up and Build an Empire

568: Sugar Daddy's Ambition is a Savory Transition | Feedback Friday

567: Kai-Fu Lee | Ten Visions for Our Future with AI

566: Brian Chesky | Lessons Airbnb Learned to Survive the Pandemic

565: My Manipulative Sister: How Can We Resist Her? | Feedback Friday

564: A.J. Jacobs | It’s All Relative

563: Bobby Hall (aka Logic) | This Bright Future

562: Old Ex-Con Mister Eloped with My Young Sister | Feedback Friday

561: Charles Duhigg | The Secrets of Being Smarter Faster Better

560: Dan Carlin | Apocalyptic Moments in Hardcore History

559: How to Say Yes to Post-Traumatic Success | Feedback Friday

558: Jack Schafer | Flipping the Like Switch Part Two.

557: Jack Schafer | Flipping the Like Switch Part One

556: How Can I Expunge the Family Sponge? | Feedback Friday

555: Jessica Tracy | Why Pride is the Deadly Sin of Success

554: Laurie Santos | Practical Lessons from The Happiness Lab

553: Is Friend's Fiancé Despotic or Simply Erotic? | Feedback Friday

552: Will Storr | Understanding Social Position and the Status Game

551: T-Pain | You Can't Auto-Tune Your Way to Happiness

550: Conscience Contorted by Dad’s Abuse Unreported | Feedback Friday

549: Mickey Royal | A Pimp's Secrets of Mind Manipulation Part Two

548: Mickey Royal | A Pimp's Secrets of Mind Manipulation Part One

547: Stopping a Swami from Swindling Our Mommy | Feedback Friday

546: Scott Adams | Persuasion in a World Where Facts Don't Matter

545: Rachel Nuwer | Inside the Dark World of Wildlife Trafficking

544: Psycho Scammer Landlord Alert | Feedback Friday

543: R. Douglas Fields | Understanding Why We Snap

542: Nicole Perlroth | Who's Winning the Cyberweapons Arms Race?

541: Spare the Pity Party; My Life is Just Restarting | Feedback Friday

540: Daryl Davis | A Black Man's Odyssey in the KKK Part Two

539: Daryl Davis | A Black Man's Odyssey in the KKK Part One

538: Already Dreading Your Abusive Brother's Wedding | Feedback Friday

537: Kevin Kelly | 12 Technological Forces That Will Shape Our Future

536: Julia Galef | Why Some People See Things Clearly and Others Don't

535: Should Siblings Unite to Confront Abusive Parents? | Feedback Friday

534: Greg McKeown | How to Make What Matters Effortless

533: Tristan Harris | Reclaiming Our Future with Humane Technology

532: A Veteran Fights to Be Free from Smack and PTSD | Feedback Friday

531: Bob Arno | Schooled by the Professor of Pickpocketry Part Two

530: Bob Arno | Schooled by the Professor of Pickpocketry Part One

529: Qualms about QAnon Mom and Her Starseed Schtick | Feedback Friday

528: Ulrich "The Mole" Larsen | Undercover in North Korea Part Two

527: Ulrich "The Mole" Larsen | Undercover in North Korea Part One

526: What to Do When Your Teen Attempts Suicide | Feedback Friday

525: Robert H. Frank | The Myth of Meritocracy

524: Nicholas Christakis | Pandemic Impacts and Contagious Behavior

523: Defusing the Drama Around Your Intoxicated Mama | Feedback Friday

522: Daniel Pink | To Sell Is Human

521: Neil deGrasse Tyson | Cosmic Queries for the Acutely Curious

520: Medical Meddling's Wack from Bipolar Hypochondriac | Feedback Friday

519: Dacher Keltner | The Power Paradox

518: Daniel Kahneman | When Noise Destroys Our Best of Choices

517: Trouble Runs Deep with the Neighborhood Creep | Feedback Friday

516: Mike Massimino | Unlocking Science Secrets with an Unlikely Spaceman

515: James Jani | Repelling the Law of Attraction Myth

514: Distancing from Junkie Sibling's Self-Jinxing | Feedback Friday

513: Charlamagne Tha God | The Opportunities of Black Privilege

512: Michio Kaku | The Quest for a Theory of Everything

511: Does a Reformed Abuser Deserve a Second Chance? | Feedback Friday

510: Rob Reid | Why the Future is a Good Kind of Scary

509: Sam Harris | Making Sense of the Present Tense

508: Shaking an Unsuitable Stalking Suitor | Feedback Friday

507: Robert Cialdini | A New Look at the Science of Influence

506: Tim Grover | The Unforgiving Race to Greatness

505: Special Needs Son Seduced by Psycho Siren | Feedback Friday

504: Lt. Col. Oliver North | Lessons from the Tragedies of War

503: Cal Newport | Reimagining Work in a World without Email

502: How Do I Tell Daughter Her Dad Is Dying? | Feedback Friday

501: Ed Calderon | Survival Secrets of a Drug War Veteran Part Two

500: Ed Calderon | Survival Secrets of a Drug War Veteran Part One

499: Preparing a Polyamorous Protection Plan | Feedback Friday

498: Rob Dyrdek | Manufacturing Amazing with the Dyrdek Machine

497: David Kilgour | The Heartless Art of Forced Organ Harvesting

496: Schizophrenic Mother a Duty Like No Other | Feedback Friday

495: Jon Acuff | The Surprising Solution to Overthinking

494: Rutger Bregman | Humankind: A Hopeful History

493: Should You Sue Uncle Sam for Allegation Sham? | Feedback Friday

492: Michael Shermer | Why We Believe Weird Things

491: Ray Dalio | The Changing World Order

490: Boo's Rightful Vexation Over Frightening Fixation | Feedback Friday

489: Frank Bourassa | The World’s Greatest Counterfeiter Part Two

488: Frank Bourassa | The World’s Greatest Counterfeiter Part One

487: Connect with Cult Father, or Don't Even Bother? | Feedback Friday

486: Nina Schick | Deepfakes and the Coming Infocalypse

485: Leah Remini | Surviving Hollywood and Scientology

484: Give Bridesmaid the Boot for Political Dispute? | Feedback Friday

483: Drew Binsky | Vicarious Trips and Travel Tips

482: Adam Grant | The Power of Knowing What You Don't Know

481: Custody Battle Rattles Disproven Dad | Feedback Friday

480: Roger Atwood | Stealing History

479: Lisa Feldman Barrett | Seven and a Half Lessons About the Brain

478: Will Suing Abusive Father Bring Mother Peace? | Feedback Friday

477: Peter Diamandis | Creating a Future Bold in Abundance

476: Dan David | Putting Muscle on the China Hustle

475: Is It Possible to Assuage Narcissistic Rage? | Feedback Friday

474: David Eagleman | The Inside Story of the Ever-Changing Brain

473: Scott Galloway | From Crisis to Opportunity Post Corona

472: When Your Employee Defrauds the Government | Feedback Friday

471: Steven Hassan | The #iGotOut Guide to Quitting QAnon

470: Bruce Sackman | A Glimpse Behind the Murder Curtain

469: Should a Cheater Get a Second Chance? | Feedback Friday

468: Jack Schafer | Getting People to Reveal the Truth Part Two

467: Jack Schafer | Getting People to Reveal the Truth Part One

466: How to Cope with a Dying, Narcissistic Parent | Feedback Friday

465: Thomas Erikson | How to Protect Yourself from Psychopaths

464: Ramit Sethi | I Will Teach You to Find Your Dream Job

463: Saying Sayonara to Sister's Swindling Sweetie | Feedback Friday

462: Linda Carroll | Unlocking Lasting Love Skills

461: Erik Vance | The Curious Science of the Suggestible You

460: Why Did Your Adopted Child Leave? | Feedback Friday

459: Steve Madden | How a Cobbler Disrupted an Industry

458: John Brennan | An Undaunted Fight Against America's Enemies

457: Help! I Married a Conspiracy Theorist! | Feedback Friday

456: Laura Nirider | Anatomy of a False Confession

455: Matthew McConaughey | Following Life's Greenlights to Success

454: Dodging Criminal Liability For Erotic Roleplaying | Feedback Friday

453: Javier Peña and Steve Murphy | Taking Down Pablo Escobar

Bonus: How to Stop Falling for Everyone You Date | Stereo Sunday

452: Fessing Up to Security Clearance Sex Lies | Feedback Friday

451: Jason Silva | Origins of a Performance Philosopher

450: Frank Maderal | The Dirty Money Behind Illicit Gold Smuggling

449: How to Cope with Your Partner's Manic Mind | Feedback Friday

448: Srdja Popovic | Blueprint for Revolution

447: Stephen Schwarzman | Lessons in the Pursuit of Excellence

446: How to Help Your Suicidal Partner | Feedback Friday

445: Seth Godin | Shipping Creative Work

444: Jordan & Gabe | Kidnap Me Twice, Shame on Me

443: Kidnap Me Once, Shame on You | Stereo Sunday

442: Sextortion Scam Security for Naive Nudes | Feedback Friday

441: Russell Brand | Finding Freedom from Our Addictions

440: David Michaels | Dark Money and the Science of Deception

439: Going to North Korea: Part Two | Stereo Sunday

438: How to Straighten Out Your Crooked Boss | Feedback Friday

437: Charles Koch & Brian Hooks | Bottom-Up Solutions for a Top-Down World

436: Stuart Ritchie | The Science Fictions Undermining Facts

435: Going to North Korea: Part One | Stereo Sunday

434: Helping My Coworker Escape from Abuse | Feedback Friday

433: Larry Lawton | From Jewel Thief to Honorary Cop Part Two

432: Larry Lawton | From Jewel Thief to Honorary Cop Part One

431: The Redefining Power of Resilience | Stereo Sunday

430: Setting Boundaries with a Bipolar Parent | Feedback Friday

429: Greg McKeown | The Disciplined Pursuit of Less

428: Jenny Radcliffe | Cat Burglar for Hire

427: Sister’s Neo-Nazi Boyfriend Raises Red Flags | Feedback Friday

426: Anthony S. Luciano Raimondi | The Mob Enforcer Part Two

425: Anthony S. Luciano Raimondi | The Mob Enforcer Part One

424: Bypassing Putrid Pop's Repulsive Proclivities | Feedback Friday

423: Celeste Headlee | How to Have Conversations That Matter

422: Billy McFarland | From Fyre Fest Fiasco to Federal Prison

421: Sorting Out My Secret Lesbian Love Life | Feedback Friday

420: Renee DiResta | Dismantling the Disinformation Machine

419: David Shimer | 100 Years of Covert Election Interference

418: How to Deal with Unsolicited Underage Nudes | Feedback Friday

417: Dan Ariely | The Hidden Logic That Shapes Our Motivations

416: John Perkins | New Confessions of an Economic Hit Man

415: Should I Dodge a Debt to the Mafia? | Feedback Friday

414: Jonah Berger | How to Change Anyone's Mind

413: Mark Edward | True Confessions of a Fake Psychic

412: Breaking Up with My Narcissistic Grandma | Feedback Friday

411: Oliver Stone | Writing, Directing, and Surviving the Movie Game

410: H.R. McMaster | The Fight to Defend the Free World

409: When Your Deranged Dad Calls the FBI on You | Feedback Friday

408: Chris Hadfield | An Astronaut's Guide to Life on Earth

407: Mosab Hassan Yousef | The Green Prince of Hamas

406: My Custody Battle with an Escort Ex | Feedback Friday

405: Harri Hursti | The Cyber War on America's Elections

404: Guy Raz | How I Built This

403: My Best Friend’s Cheating Ex | Feedback Friday

402: Cheryl Strayed | Creativity, Meltdowns, and Leaving It All Behind

401: Robert Wittman | The Undercover Hunt for Stolen Art

400: The Doggy Doo-Doo Debacle | Feedback Friday

399: Jennifer L. Eberhardt | The Science of Why We're Biased

398: Danny Trejo | Inmate #1

397: My Future vs. My Special Needs Sister | Feedback Friday

396: Dr. Anders Ericsson | Secrets from the New Science of Expertise

395: How to Avoid Scams | Deep Dive

394: Was I Unknowingly a Sugar Daddy? | Feedback Friday

393: Joaquin "Jack" Garcia | Undercover in the Mafia Part Two

392: Joaquin "Jack" Garcia | Undercover in the Mafia Part One

391: Help! My Ex Hacked My Entire Home! | Feedback Friday

390: Ray Dalio | Principles of an Investing Pioneer Part Two

389: Ray Dalio | Principles of an Investing Pioneer Part One

388: Should I Bail Out My In-Laws? | Feedback Friday

387: Tom Wainwright | How to Run a Drug Cartel

386: Amanda Knox | The Truth About True Crime

385: Can I Date a White-Collar Criminal? | Feedback Friday

384: Aimen Dean | Nine Lives of a Spy Inside Al-Qaeda Part Two

383: Aimen Dean | Nine Lives of a Spy Inside Al-Qaeda Part One

382: Should I Move In with My Father-in-Law? | Feedback Friday

381: Neal Brennan | Comedy's Triple Threat

380: Blake Mycoskie | Made for Entrepreneurship

379: How to Deal with a Cheating Dad | Feedback Friday

378: Steven Johnson | How We Make the Decisions That Matter the Most

377: Randolph Nesse | Good Reasons for Bad Feelings

376: How to Fire Someone You Care About | Feedback Friday

375: Bob Sutton | The A-hole Survival Guide

374: Kelly McGonigal | The Upside of Stress

373: How Do I Keep My Mother-in-Law Alive? | Feedback Friday

372: Bob Saget | How Comedy Continually Changes His Life

371: Maria Konnikova | Pulling Off the Biggest Bluff

370: My Life as a Secret Love Child | Feedback Friday

369: Tim Ballard | Putting a Stop to Child Sex Trafficking

368: Coffeezilla | How to Expose Fake Guru Scams

367: How to "Fix" Your Relationship without Nagging | Feedback Friday

366: Bill Nye | Radical Curiosity Saves the World

365: Benjamin Hardy | How to Break Free from Self-Limiting Beliefs

364: Can You Stop a Racist from Becoming a Doctor? | Feedback Friday

363: Mick West | How to Debunk Conspiracy Theories

362: Mark Cuban | Tales from the Shark Side

361: From Self-Help Cultist to Sex Offender | Feedback Friday

360: Garry Kasparov | Deep Thinking for Disordered Times

359: Justin Ramsdell | How to Detect and Disarm Pseudoscience

358: Is My Friend Blowing Her IVF Money on Gifts? | Feedback Friday

357: Robin Dreeke | Sizing People Up

356: How to Make the Most of Quarantine | Deep Dive

355: My Roommate Tried to Kill Me! | Feedback Friday

354: ZDoggMD | Debunking Plandemic COVID-19 Pseudoscience

353: Jordan Harbinger | A Darknet Diaries Origin Story

352: My Spouse Controls My Online Life! | Feedback Friday

351: General Martin Dempsey | No Time For Spectators

350: Dan Heath | Solving Problems from Upstream

349: How to Pick Your Battles Without Being a Doormat | Feedback Friday

348: Thomas Kostigen | Hacking Planet Earth

347: Brian Keating | Losing the Nobel Prize

346: Did Coronavirus Kill My Relationship? | Feedback Friday

345: Jim Kwik | How to Upgrade Your Brain's Limitless Potential

344: Jonna Mendez | The Moscow Rules

343: Is My Little Brother a Lost Cause? | Feedback Friday

342: David Epstein | Why Generalists Triumph in a Specialized World

341: Julie Gerberding | Answering Your COVID-19 Questions

340: What Jobs Will Exist in the New Economy? | Feedback Friday

339: Michele Rigby Assad | My Secret Life in the CIA

338: Ozan Varol | How to Think Like a Rocket Scientist

337: COVID Clearly Crushing Careers | Feedback Friday

336: Kevin Systrom | Life Lessons from an Instagram Founder Part Two

335: Kevin Systrom | Life Lessons from an Instagram Founder Part One

334: I Was Supposed to Die Five Years Ago | Feedback Friday