Hidden Brain

12/06/2024

We’re honored to be a favorite podcast of so many Spotify listeners in 2024. If you don’t already, make sure to follow us there.

https://open.spotify.com/show/20Gf4IAauFrfj7RBkjcWxh

12/06/2024

We’re excited to share that we’re bringing Hidden Brain to the stage in in February 2025. Join Shankar in San Francisco or Seattle as he shares seven key psychological insights from the first decade of hosting Hidden Brain.

For tickets, go to https://hiddenbrain.org/tour/

Bonus: all attendees receive one year's complimentary membership to the meditation and sleep app, Calm.

Hope to see you there!

12/06/2024

This week on My Unsung Hero: Twelve-year-old Clara Temple honors the cafeteria worker who came to her rescue in first grade.

12/04/2024

“What I try to do is create evil. It's really studying evil from the inside out.”

This week, we bring you a look at the work of psychologist Philip Zimbardo, who died in October.

https://hiddenbrain.org/podcast/how-monsters-are-made/

12/02/2024

Looking for the perfect holiday present for the fellow Hidden Brain fan in your life? You can now gift an HB+ subscription to friends and family: https://www.patreon.com/hiddenbrain/gift

And don’t forget to check out our online shop for HB mugs, shirts, totes, and more: https://www.podswag.com/collections/hidden-brain

11/25/2024

After Robyn Fivush got married, she noticed something about her then-husband's family: they told the same story every year, without fail, at Thanksgiving.

“And it had to get told the same way, with the same punchlines, every year.”

In this week’s episode, how family stories shape who we are.

https://hiddenbrain.org/podcast/the-power-of-family-stories/

11/22/2024

Looking for the perfect holiday present for the fellow Hidden Brain fan in your life?

You can now gift an HB+ subscription to friends and family: https://www.patreon.com/hiddenbrain/gift

And don’t forget to check out our online shop for HB mugs, shirts, totes, and more: https://www.podswag.com/collections/hidden-brain

Bring the world of Hidden Brain to your friends and family.

11/22/2024

This week on My Unsung Hero: On the darkest day of her life, Clarice’s unsung heroes gave her a safe space to feel some joy.

11/21/2024

This week, we continue our Emotions 2.0. series with a favorite episode on anger. We talk with neuroscientist Doug Fields and philosopher Amia Srinivasan about the purpose of rage, and the role it plays in both our individual lives, and our societies.

Podcast Episode · Hidden Brain · 11/18/2024 · 47m

11/19/2024

Neuroscientist Douglas Fields was on a trip to Europe when a pickpocket stole his wallet. Doug, normally mild-mannered, became enraged — and his fury turned him into a stranger to himself.

This week we continue our Emotions 2.0 series and revisit a favorite episode about the secret logic of irrational anger.

11/18/2024

Looking for the perfect present for the fellow Hidden Brain fan in your life?

You can now gift an HB+ subscription to friends and family:

Bring the world of Hidden Brain to your friends and family.

11/15/2024

Looking for the perfect present for the fellow Hidden Brain fan in your life?

You can now gift an HB+ subscription to friends and family:

https://www.patreon.com/hiddenbrain/gift

11/15/2024

This week on My Unsung Hero: Emma Carlson Berne was at a restaurant, feeling overwhelmed with her three young children. Then a stranger came over to tell her just what she needed to hear.

11/14/2024

When we go through tough times, it’s human nature to wish we could get rid of our bad feelings. But there’s a risk to doing so.

“Avoidance starts to create even bigger problems than the emotion itself.”

This week, the benefits of sitting with uncomfortable emotions.

Podcast Episode · Hidden Brain · 11/11/2024 · 52m