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FULL EPISODE: The Math Says to Bluff - June 23, 2026

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Munchies, Stoned Rats and Help With Eating Disorders

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Could Shame Be an Evolution-Based Defense Mechanism?

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How Psilocybin Can Ease Depression, Dementia, Addiction and More

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Why Writing With AI May Demand More From Students

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Cracking Wordle With Math

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How Slime Mold Makes Decisions Without a Brain

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Kids Who Lie and Their Adult Outcomes

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FULL EPISODE: Mushrooms and Mental Health - June 22, 2026

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Supersonic Jets; Got a Pacemaker? Skip the AirPods.

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How Board Games Build Connection and Reduce Stress

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Kid's Afternoon Restlessness Predicts University Success

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Beauty Standards For Models: Everyone's Included (Sort Of)

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FULL EPISODE: What's Better Than a Commodore 64? - June 19, 2026

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The Strange Way Humans Walk; Why Mosquitos Bite Some More Than Others

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Do Police Body Cams Prevent Excessive Force?

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On Aging Gracefully

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Men's Careers Benefit From Parental Leave. Women's Do Not.

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Most Say They're Open-Minded. They're (Probably) Not.

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FULL EPISODE: Flickering Quasars, Monster Black Holes - June 17, 2026

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Cryptid Roundup: Freakish Frog, Three-Legged Terror and More!

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The Antisocial Workplace

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Taking a Vacation vs. Attending a Wedding: Messy Money Matters

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Free-Range vs. Pet Dogs; Data Center Near a Zoo

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The Fake AI Sci-Fi Thriller

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Can Meditation Make Your Brain Younger?

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FULL EPISODE: Monster Is Pooh-Poohed! - June 16, 2026

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Where Are All the Sex Bots?

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The Risks of Intimacy in a Moving Car

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Is the Brain Wired to See Ghosts?

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The Problem with Workplace Resilience Stories

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First Reverse-Aging Drug Injected into a Human

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Oy Vey or OK: Dilemmas for a Jewish Mother

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FULL EPISODE: An Enticing but Unfulfilled Robot Promise - June 15, 2026

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Is Artificial Intelligence More Human Than Humans?

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Scientists Confirm: Your Pet Is Your Child; Petting Zoos Are (Mostly) Okay

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People Cooperate More Than You Think

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Social Prescribing and Nature: A Cure for Loneliness

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Remote Work Takes a Toll on Mental Health

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Space Station Air Saga; AI False Arrest

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FULL EPISODE: The Great Robocar Heist - June 11, 2026

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Artemis III Astronauts; World's First AI‑Designed Vaccine

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What Old Conspiracy Movies Reveal About Today

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Norm Shock: When the Rules We Live By Fall Apart

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FULL EPISODE: Pigeon Liver, Quantum Compass - June 10, 2026

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Infrasounds: A Sudden Creepy Feeling

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Parental Indulgence Linked to Psychopathy and Narcissism

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A Vitiligo Primer

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Chatbots With Empathy Get Facts Wrong

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The Power of Puffery in Ads

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Fantasizing About Someone Else During Sex

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FULL EPISODE: Sounds You Feel, But Can't Hear - June 9, 2026

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Why People Listen to True Crime

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The Formula That Explains Your Dining Habits

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What Happens When Someone Gets Downvoted?

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Cutting Toxic Content From Your Social Feed

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When Parents Forbid Friendships

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AI Ads: Look Good, Perform Poorly

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FULL EPISODE: Surely You're Eating That, Mr. Feynman! - June 8, 2026

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Organ Donation Nightmare: Donor Transmits Rabies!

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Why is Economic Inequality the Status Quo?

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Cat Ownership and Schizophrenia; When Your Kitty Eats String

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The Real Cost of Fast-Delivered Packages

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FULL EPISODE: An Unbelievable Case of Rabies - June 4, 2026

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Amazing New Tiny Blue Octopus; Physicists Perfect Randomness

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Visibility of Disability in Advertising

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An AI with Sketchy Essay Notes

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Why People Hide Chronic Pain at Work

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How Sexually Active Are the Elderly?

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FULL EPISODE: Meteor Explodes, Homes Shake - June 3, 2026

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How Cynical Are Your Friends?

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When Aliens Attack

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The Tiny Facial Movements of Pain

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Billionaires in Jets: Apocalypse Early Warning System

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FULL EPISODE: How to Change Your Personality - June 2, 2026

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A Huge Heterosexual Dating Myth

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Turning a Job Loss Into an Opportunity

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iPad Rage and Kids

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FULL EPISODE: What Do Men and Women Want? - June 1, 2026

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Power-Up With Profanity

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A Conspiracy of Bureaucratic Incompetence

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The Probability of a Blue Moon

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Is Reality TV Basically Sports?

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Gen Z, Summer Jobs, and Gig Apps

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The Silent Divorce

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FULL EPISODE: Peak Performance, I Swear - May 29, 2026

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Doggy Daycare Leptospirosis Outbreak; Helping Jamaican Animals

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Adulthood, Friendship, and Loneliness

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Travel With Us to Intercourse, PA

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Data Centers Make Neighborhoods Hotter

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A Physicist's Look at the Prisoner's Dilemma

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FULL EPISODE: A Dangerous Run-In With Crabs - May 28, 2026

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The Female-Only Fish That Keeps On Cloning

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Icing Injuries Makes the Pain Linger Longer

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Handling Teenage Rites of Passage

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The Backrooms: The Mysterious Abandoned Spaces

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You're Wrong About Fasting: It Doesn't Melt Your Brain

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FULL EPISODE: Moon Base, Phase One, Go! - May 27, 2026

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Smart Beluga Whale Passes the Mirror Test

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People Overestimate AI's Confidence