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SYSK TRENDING - Understanding and Controlling Our Fear

Fear can save your life—or quietly ruin it.. Fear keeps you alert, helps you avoid danger, and in many situations can literally save your life. Without fear, humans probably wouldn’t survive very long. But fear also has another side. Sometimes the fear response kicks in when ther ... Show More

25m 3s

Jun 1

When What You Said Isn’t What They Heard & The Real Way People Get Ahead

Dog owners tend to live longer and be healthier than people without dogs. But why would owning a dog have such a powerful effect on your health? The answer turns out to be surprisingly fascinating—especially when it comes to what dogs may be doing for children. https://hi.umn.edu ... Show More

51m 37s

May 30

This Is Why You Dream & The Benefits of Solitude – SYSK Choice

Most people assume being rich would solve almost every problem in life. More freedom. Less stress. More happiness. But psychologists who work with wealthy families say money—especially when people grow up with a lot of it—can create a surprising set of emotional and psychological ... Show More

49m 23s

Feb 2021

Lie Detector | The Heart of a Liar | S43-E1

Humans are shockingly bad at telling whether or not someone is lying. That’s why, a century ago, psychologists and criminologists developed machines to detect lies for us, by measuring blood pressure, pulse, and breathing rate. Their lie detectors promised to revolutionize the ... Show More

40m 16s

Feb 2025

Urology Mythbusters: Truth vs. Myth with Dr. Brennan Lee and Dr. Irene Crescenze

We have two guests with us to debunk some urology mythbusters. Dr. Brennan Lee is a urology resident at the University of Oklahoma and Dr. Irene Crescenze is a urologist at Ohio State University. Want to know the truth behind these urologic mythbusters? Listen along and put your ... Show More

11m 23s

Nov 2023

Personality tests: the world's biggest scam?

Myers-Briggs Personality Tests costs 50 dollars a POP! Personality tests are a billion dollar industry, but is it a full scam? Myers-Briggs is under a lot of scrutiny lately. It is expensive and potentially pseudo-science, but do any other tests work? Today we talk about the p ... Show More

52m 9s

Oct 2025

Use Your Mind to Heal Your Body With the #1 Harvard Psychologist

What if everything you’ve been told about health, stress, and aging is wrong? Today, the legendary Dr. Ellen Langer – pioneering Harvard psychologist and global mindfulness legend, renowned for her 50+ years of groundbreaking research – joins Mel for the conversation of ... Show More

1h 18m

Oct 2021

Massage Therapy: Does It Do Anything?

Today we are talking about MASSAGE THERAPY. Is it helpful? Can it help you with physical pain? Can it help you to recover quicker after working out? All these reasons we might be doing it. Lets look at the science because BAM there's some controversy! https://link.ch ... Show More

54m 38s

Sep 2025

Tylenol and Autism, a Shark Threesome and a Typhoon

This week’s roundup breaks down the Food and Drug Administration’s decision to revise the safety label for acetaminophen (Tylenol) following the Trump administration’s misleading claims about a link between use of the drug during pregnancy and autism—which were made despite incon ... Show More

12m 15s

Feb 2025

The War on Science

U.S. science is in turmoil. Amid agency firings and confusion over federal funding, researchers are freaking out. Many can’t do their work, and they have no idea what the future holds. Plus, we’re hearing that all of this could jeopardize medical treatments for people in the U.S. ... Show More

34m 43s

Sep 2023

The Skeptics Guide #948 - Sep 9 2023

Interview with Anna Blakney; News Items: ChatGPT University Performance, Geothermal Energy, Failed Star, Doctor and NDEs; Who's That Noisy; Science or Fiction

1h 44m

Sep 2024

Alison Fragale, "Likeable Badass: The New Science of Successful Women" (Doubleday Books, 2024)

Behavioral scientist Alison Fragale offers powerful new insights and a practical playbook for women to advance in any workplace, full of tips, tricks, and strategies to help secure that elusive corner office. Over decades of research, speaking engagements, and mentorship, psychol ... Show More

44m 23s

Oct 2024

Weekly: The gruesome story of the Viking skeleton found in a well

Episode 273 The mystery of “Well Man”, an ancient cold case, has just been solved. A Norse saga tells that in 1197, in the midst of a Viking raid, warriors dumped a body in a well inside a castle. Over 800 years later, archeologists recovered a body from that very well – but didn ... Show More

22m 17s

Science You Believe That Isn't True & T...