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semiweekly
Average audio length:
12 minutes
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Video podcast
English
United States
31 episodes
since Sept. 26, 2025
episodic

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Watch the full Change episode on the Solved podcast: https://mrk.mn/changeWhy do we not do the things we know we should do? The Greeks called it akrasia and treated it as a serious philosophical problem, and in this clip Drew and I get into why willpower is the wrong tool for fixing it. The short v…

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Watch the full Confidence episode on the Solved podcast: https://mrk.mn/confidenceEven Neil Armstrong felt like a fraud. Mark and Drew explore imposter syndrome as the mirror image of the Dunning-Kruger effect, why the highest performers chronically underestimate themselves, and how the spotlight e…
Watch the full Change episode on the Solved podcast: https://mrk.mn/changeMost "personal growth" is perfectly designed to feel like progress while producing none of it. In this clip, Drew opens up in real time about being avoidant in relationships, and how he changed the behavior, catching himself,…
Watch the full Confidence episode on the Solved podcast: https://mrk.mn/confidenceWhat happens when confidence loses all connection to reality? Mark and Drew tell the story of Florence Foster Jenkins, the worst singer in history who still sold out Carnegie Hall, and the bank robber who wore lemon j…
Watch the full Commitment episode on the Solved podcast: https://mrk.mn/tc7phn0t. The people who make it aren't the most talented or the most confident. They're the ones who can't imagine doing anything else. I went to music school with a dropout rate near ninety percent, and the ones who made it w…
Watch the full Commitment episode on the Solved podcast: https://mrk.mn/tc7phn0t. People don't regret the decisions they made. They regret the ones they never got around to making. I've made plenty of bad calls, lost money, embarrassed myself, and the only things I truly regret are the times I hurt…
Watch the full Change episode on the Solved podcast: https://mrk.mn/changeYou've heard about the marshmallow test: the kids who waited for a second marshmallow grew up to ace the SATs and out-earn everyone, so willpower is destiny. There's one problem. The researcher who ran it, Walter Mischel, did…
Watch the full Commitment episode on the Solved podcast: https://mrk.mn/tc7phn0t. Here's the uncomfortable truth about happiness: the decisions you can't undo are the ones that make you happiest. Harvard's Dan Gilbert calls it the psychological immune system, and it kicks in hardest when a door is …
Watch the full Commitment episode on the Solved podcast: https://mrk.mn/tc7phn0t. Your brain was built for a world of scarcity, and it has no idea what to do with dating apps, endless scrolling, and infinite choice. Drew walks through the study where men rated their own relationships lower after se…
Watch the full Confidence episode on the Solved podcast: https://mrk.mn/confidencePerformance builds confidence far more than confidence builds performance. Mark shares the four sources of self-efficacy, the power of starting with the smallest possible action, and stories from his years as a dating…
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