15. You Say Repugnant, I Say … Let's Do ...

Soccer leagues around the world use a promotion-and-relegation system to reward the best teams and punish the worst. We ask whether American sports fans would enjoy a similar system. (Part two of a two-part series.) SOURCES:Domonique Foxworth, sports analyst and former N.F.L. pla ... Show More

The N.F.L. is a powerful cartel with imperial desires. College football is about to undergo a financial reckoning. So maybe they should team up? (Part one of a two-part series.) SOURCES:DeMaurice Smith, former executive director of the National Football League Players Association ... Show More

In this episode we first published in 2021, the political scientist Yuen Yuen Ang argues that different forms of government create different styles of corruption — and that the U.S. and China have more in common than we’d like to admit. SOURCES:Yuen Yuen Ang, professor of politic ... Show More

Also: what is the most significant choice you will ever make? 

What’s the worst that could happen? And why is it that’s generally the first thing we think about; the worst possible scenario! Listen in as we learn how to stop thinking the worst, or in technical terms, catastrophizing. 

Also: what’s the best way to handle rejection? 

Also: are the most memorable stories less likely to be true? 

Also: is it better to be a thinker, a doer, or a charmer? 

In this episode we talk about how choices are made. Why are we less satisfied when we have more options? What is choice overload? How do overcome it? Could this relate to creativity?