Yesterday

Composing chaos

Terry Riley's "In C" is one of the most influential pieces of music of the last century...but you'll never hear it the same way twice. Guest: Evan Ziporyn, composer, clarinetist, and producer of "In C" For show transcripts, go to ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠vox.com/unxtranscripts⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Fo ... Show More

27m 56s

Oct 6

Does Tylenol cause autism?

Donald Trump and RFK Jr. seem convinced that it does. But our friends at Science Vs say the data is far more complicated. Guest: Meryl Horn, senior producer at Science Vs For show transcripts, go to ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠vox.com/unxtranscripts⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ For more, go to ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ... Show More

26m 56s

Oct 1

Real-life zombies

Zombies might seem like the stuff of horror movies, but there are lots of examples of parasites taking over bugs’ bodies and bending them to their will. Guest: Mindy Weisberger, author of Rise of the Zombie Bugs: The Surprising Science of Parasitic Mind-Control For show transcrip ... Show More

26m 56s

Mar 2025

How to change your personality

If you could change anything about your personality, anything at all, what would it be?And why would you want to change it?Writer Olga Khazan spent a year trying to answer those questions, and documented the experience in her new book Me, But Better: The Science and Promise of Pe ... Show More

43m 11s

Jul 31

Can You Really Change Your Personality? w/ Olga Khazan

This week Scott speaks with journalist and Atlantic staff writer Olga Khazan about her latest book, Me, But Better: The Science and Promise of Personality Change. Olga shares her personal journey experimenting with ways to reshape her own personality—armed with insights from the ... Show More

48m 29s

Apr 2025

How to Awaken Your Genius & Is Personality Change Possible? - SYSK Choice

There is probably something you are worrying about right now. After all, that’s what we do – we worry. This episode begins with some optimistic news about whatever you are worrying about https://www.huffpost.com/entry/85-of-what-we-worry-about_b_8028368 Advice on success isn’t ha ... Show More

52m 30s

Dec 2024

How You CAN Change Other People & Some Interesting Science Explained

Listening to music with air pods or headphones can damage your hearing. To prevent this, you need to understand the common causes of hearing loss. This episode begins with an explanation so you can avoid the problem while still enjoying your favorite music. https://www.mayoclinic ... Show More

49m 34s

Mar 2025

282. Can we change our personality?

It feels like the personality we have is the one we're stuck with, regardless of how much we wish we were different...but is that really the case? In today's episode we are joined by writer and author Olga Khazan who ran a year long experiment to see how much she could change her ... Show More

38m 35s

Aug 21

Actual Astronomy - Listener Emails

Hosted by Chris Beckett & Shane Ludtke, two amateur astronomers in Saskatchewan. actualastronomy@gmail.com The Actual Astronomy Podcast presents Listener Emails. In this episode we talk & read several listener emails including Observing Saturn, Equipment reports, telescope making ... Show More

45m 51s

Dec 2024

How To Be More Interesting

The surprising techniques to be more yourself - that also make you more interesting. There are endless self-help books and blogs about how to increase your charisma. In the same way you can increase your sales skills by following a checklist but there is something fake about it. ... Show More

22m 2s

Sep 2024

Why I Have Decided to Vote for Kamala Harris (The Saad Truth with Dr. Saad_709)

This clip was posted on September 8, 2024 on my YouTube channel as THE SAAD TRUTH_1721: https://youtu.be/9I1vyAYN7NU You might want to watch the clip in order to appreciate the glorious wig and hashtags. _______________________________________ If you appreciate my work and would ... Show More

6m 51s

Aug 25

Me, But Better: Olga Khazan On The Science of Personality Change, Challenging Fixed Mindsets, & The Big Five Traits That Shape Your Life

Olga Khazan is a staff writer for The Atlantic and author of "Me, But Better." This conversation explores personality mutability and Olga's experiment to transform from anxious introvert to someone freed from her own patterns. We discuss the Big Five traits, her Miami breakdown t ... Show More

2h 12m

Aug 2024

What does it really mean to be trauma informed as a social worker, with Dr Jessica Taylor

In this episode I'm in conversation with Dr Jessica Taylor. We talk about: -Jess's newest book and memoir, Underclass -Trauma informed, anti pathologist approaches -Home education and misogyny -Music, society, culture and change Links: www.drjessicataylor.com https: ... Show More

1h 16m