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The ultimate psychedelics explainer

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02:09:03 min

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Matthew W. Johnson

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How to have better sex

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11 min

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a green peace sign on a black background.

Fix hidden conflict — before it’s too late

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6 min

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two hands reaching for each other with the words your true age.

Discover your “true age” — and how to tweak it

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a hand is holding a ball with a model of the solar system.

Physics: The big questions of our existence in under an hour

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43 min

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Sabine Hossenfelder

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What is life?

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8 min

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a close up of a person with freckles on his face.

Why men and boys are struggling

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1:25:18 min

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a red question mark kite flying in the sky.

Ask smarter questions in 5 minutes

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5 min

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a person standing in the middle of a body of water.

The “afterlife” according to Einstein’s special relativity

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10 min

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Sabine Hossenfelder

5 skills for conversing like a level-headed human

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9 min

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a carrot hanging from a string with the word negotiate on it.

FBI hostage negotiator explains his #1 persuasion skill

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7 min

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Are conscious machines possible?

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8 min

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Michael Wooldridge

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5 “signal emotions” we suppress at work

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6 min

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Cassandra Worthy

a woman's head with a circuit board on it.

Nick Bostrom on the birth of superintelligence

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a silhouette of a person with a broken hair.

Want antifragile kids? Get out of their way

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10 min

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a pile of money with the words 7 ways to make more money.

7 steps to profit hypergrowth

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6 min

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The sexual desire masterclass, with Dr. Emily Nagoski

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9 min

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a collage of a woman's face with a colorful background.

The ultimate guide to rationality

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1:19:22 min

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a painting of a woman and a man with the words is it liberation?.

Has the sexual revolution backfired?

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7 min

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3 rules of persuasion for empathic leaders

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6 min

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How to think creatively on command

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01:34:51 min

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Play this card game to solve your team’s biggest problem

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4 min

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Our primordial drive for sex and love

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8 min

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Why you shouldn’t hire the smartest job candidate

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7 min

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Why psychopaths rise to power

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9 min

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How to smell a weak argument coming

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12 min

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How America lost its mind — and how to get rationality back

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4 min

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3 game theory tactics, explained

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7 min

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How to live after your soulmate has died

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7 min

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Michelle Thaller

Stoicism: How to turn your sadness into strength

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7 min

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Signs you’re burned out — and how to bounce back

If you don’t feel better after the weekend, the “burnout paradox” could explain why.

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7 min

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a birthday cake with the number 100 on it.

How to eat if you want to age slowly

Former Yale professor Dr. Morgan Levine shares 3 ways to change your diet to extend your life.

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5 min

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An evolutionary history of the human brain, in 7 minutes

Plato and Carl Sagan were wrong about the human brain, says a top neuroscientist.

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7 min

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Lisa Feldman Barrett

a hand holding a tiny group of mushrooms.

The ultimate psychedelics explainer

Johns Hopkins professor Dr. Matthew Johnson answers 24 huge questions about psychedelics.

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02:09:03 min

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Matthew W. Johnson

a woman with grey hair and a blue jacket.

Berkeley professor explains gender theory

Sex, gender, and the debate over identity explained by Berkeley professor Judith Butler.

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13 min

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