ABOUT THIS PODCAST 🔗
Why do I feel stuck? How can I become more creative? What can I do to improve my relationships? If you’ve ever asked yourself these questions, you’re not alone. On Hidden Brain, we help you understand your own mind — and the minds of the people around you. (We're routinely rated the #1 science podcast in the United States.) Hosted by veteran science journalist Shankar Vedantam.
Hosts:
Update frequency:
weekly
Average audio length:
45 minutes
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English
United States
633 episodes
since Aug. 9, 2015
episodic
AUDIENCE OF THIS PODCAST 🔗
~60.43% of listeners are from United States.
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US
60.43%
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DE
10.17%
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IE
5.12%
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NL
3.71%
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CA
2.45%
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GB
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ZA
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AU
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DJ
0.97%
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IN
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JP
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SG
0.55%
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NZ
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CL
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XX
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FI
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UA
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CN
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DZ
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Others
2.20%
* Data source: directly measured on Listen Notes. real-time
LATEST EPISODE 🔗
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PREVIOUS EPISODES 🔗
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When historian Kate Bowler was diagnosed with Stage IV cancer, she became fascinated by the ways people try to impose order on events they can't control. She joins us to explore what it means to live fully when life offers no satisfying explanation for the tragedies we may face. Then, in the latest…
Think about the last time you had a discouraging thought. Maybe you told yourself, "This won't work. I'm not cut out for this." Did you take that thought as fact? Last week, we talked with psychologist Martin Seligman about why some people come to believe that their actions don’t matter. In the sec…
Why do some people act on the possibilities before them, while others come to believe that nothing they do will make a difference? Psychologist Martin Seligman describes his groundbreaking research on learned helplessness, and explains how the stories we tell ourselves about setbacks can shape what…
Do you ever struggle to communicate with your mom? Or feel like you and your spouse sometimes speak different languages? This week, we revisit a favorite conversation with linguist Deborah Tannen. She shows how our conversational styles can cause unintended conflicts, and what we can do to communic…
Have you ever had a flash of insight that hit you when you least expected it? How did it change your life? Psychologist Anthony Klotz studies the "jolts" that shake us out of our routines, and how these moments can help us make more intentional decisions about the people we want to become. Then, ps…
From childhood, we're taught that honesty is the best policy. Yet in everyday life, we hedge, soften our words, and leave things unsaid. This week, we talk with psychologist Steven Pinker about why indirect speech is such a fundamental part of human relationships.
How long can you stay focus…
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