#030 Possessions vs. happiness
Can possessions make us happy?
In this reflective episode of St-John on Air, we explore the fascinating relationship between material possessions, happiness, and lasting well-being.
Drawing on the work of psychologists and researchers including Daniel Kahneman, Kent Berridge, Philip Brickman, Th ...
The Dopamine Trap: Uber Burned $1,200 On AI In A Two Hour Demo
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Uber's chief technology officer burned 1,200 dollars in AI costs during a two hour internal demo. Not a product launch. A demo. And when his own company looked at the receipts, their president admitted in public that all that AI usage did not seem to ...
Want It. Hate It. Do It Anyway.
In this solo episode, Kari Schneider breaks down a powerful mindset shift that can transform your follow-through, leadership, and self-mastery: the critical difference between wanting something and liking the process of getting there.
Drawing on neuroscience research from Kent Berridge and Terr ...
Wanting vs Liking: Why Addiction Isn't About Pleasure | Dr. Kent Berridge
Dr. Kent Berridge spent 40 years at the University of Michigan asking why people keep chasing things that stopped making them happy. He's the neuroscientist who discovered that dopamine isn't pleasure, it's wanting, and his research changed how addiction science understands craving.
Richard sits ...
Ozempic Is Rewiring Employee Motivation. Most Culture Systems Weren’t Built for That.
NBC News and The Washington Post reported on a cluster of side effects from GLP-1 drugs being called “Ozempic personality” — a reduction in drive and motivation to seek activities users once enjoyed. One in eight American adults is currently on a GLP-1 drug, according to a November 2025 KFF Heal ...
How Do I Figure Out What I Actually Want?
You can't answer "what do I actually want?" by looking inward harder, because most desire isn't hidden — it's borrowed. In this episode, Brett Ingram makes the case that a lot of what feels like your deepest wanting was actually absorbed from the people around you, and that the brain's craving f ...
Why You Can't Stop Once You Start: The Science and Nutrition of the Loss of Control Moment
You were only going to have a little. A few chips. One square of chocolate. Just a taste of the thing that had been calling you from the kitchen. And you meant it. You weren't lying to yourself.
And then something happened. The decision-making stopped. Something else took over. And you kept goin ...
52. Kent Berridge: The Neuroscience of Wanting Too Much
In this episode I talk with Dr. Kent Berridge, who is the James Olds Distinguished University Professor of Psychology and Neuroscience at the University of Michigan. His research examines the brain mechanisms of pleasure, desire, motivation, emotion, reward, and addiction, and shows us why dopam ...
You've Got Dopamine Backwards (and I Can Prove It On Piano)
What do a false ending to the Star Spangled Banner, a food delivery website where nothing ever arrives, and a monkey waiting for a squirt of juice have in common? In this episode I sit down at the piano to demonstrate the deceptive cadence, the musical trick of setting up the "home" chord and th ...
How to Recover from the Lowest Point in Your Life
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What does it mean when you say "I don't know who I am anymore"?
It means you lost the things that were telling you who you were. A job, a marriage, a home, a parent, a version of your life you expected to keep. Your sense of self was resting on those, so when enough of ...
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