Here We Are

Shane talks about New Years Resolutions and “Motivational Interviewing” with Health Education and Exercise Physiology Expert, Ph.D Keely Rees.

Charity of the Week - Essential Health Clinic  https://essentialclinic.org/

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Outro Music “Know Past Know Future” by The Multiple Cat http://themultiplecat.bandcamp.com/album/the-return-of

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Shane celebrates 200 episodes and then talks with Associate Professor of Marketing and Economics at the University of Seattle, Mathew Isaac.  They discuss the assumptions we make about lists: random order versus ranked order, and how emotional attachment can affect how we sell things.

 

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Outro music by Plunkett - https://plunkett.bandcamp.com

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Shane talks about the effect of television and digital media on childhood development, with Ph.D. Heather Kirkorian: Associate Professor of Human Development & Family Studies and Director of Cognitive Development at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Charity Of The Week - The Rape Crisis Center https://thercc.org/ Visit our sponsor: Quip Electric Toothbrush http://www.getquip.com/hereWeAre Outro Music - “Smoke Offering” by The Long Hunt - http://thelonghunt.bandcamp.com/album/all-paths-lead-to-here

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Shane and Pigott Family Professor of Marketing at the University of Washington's Foster School of Business, Mark Forehand, talk about association, bias, and Implicit Association Testing (IAT). Charity of The Week: Doctors Without Borders - https://www.doctorswithoutborders.org/ Outro music “Sound & Sorrow” by Hello Luna - http://www.helloluna.band/

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This week, Shane talks about History, DNA, and Science with Professor of History, Editor of the Journal Of Global History, and Author of “A Concise History of The World,” Merry Wiesner-Hanks. Charity Of The Week - Sojourner Family Peace Center https://familypeacecenter.org/ Outro Music “Sound & Sorrow” from Hello Luna http://helloluna.bandcamp.com/album/ghost-of-you

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Shane talks with Harvard Graduate and Evolutionary Biologist Robert Trivers about self-deception, sex ratio theory, and bacterial evolution. Do we deceive ourselves and others to propagate our genes? Check out Robert’s book “Wild Life: Adventures of an Evolutionary Biologist.” Please visit our sponsors  Quip Toothbrushes at http://www.getquip.com/hereweare Robinhood Investment- http://Hereweare.robinhood.com  Outro music by Sam Goodwill - http://samgoodwill.bandcamp.com/track/the-opposite-of-love

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Shane talks about habits, addiction, and changing behavior with Associate Professor of Psychology from WSU Vancouver, Renee Magnan Charity Of The Week: [https://www.charlestonanimalsociety.org/](https://www.charlestonanimalsociety.org/) Outro Music by [Action Camp](http://actioncamp.bandcamp.com/album/the-ep-collection)

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Shane gets super deep talking about religion, atheism, and how religion is impacted by politics with Professor of Political Science and Author of “[Secular Faith: How Religion Has Trumped Culture In American Politics](https://www.amazon.com/Secular-Faith-Religion-American-Politics/dp/022627506X)” Mark Alan Smith. They get into questions like: Is atheism a religion or just the absence of a particular religion? Was religion created to explain the purpose of life and our origin? Charity Of The Week - The Center For Inquiry [https://centerforinquiry.org/](https://centerforinquiry.org/) Outro music by [The Long Hunt](http://thelonghunt.bandcamp.com/album/all-paths-lead-to-here)

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This week Shane talks with Assistant Professor of Human Development at Washington State University Vancouver: Dr. Sara Waters. They talk about stress and how it can cause cellular changes, impact our immune system, and how the physiological effects of stress can be contagious and passed from mother to child. Check out more from Sara: [http://www.sarabwaters.com](http://www.sarabwaters.com) Charity Of The Week: [http://www.whitebison.org](http://www.whitebison.org) Outro music by [Rebreather](http://rebreather-ohio.bandcamp.com)

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Shane visits the Iowa State University’s Virtual Reality Applications Center to interview Associate Director Eliot Winer about the interdisciplinary research center focused on the intersection of humans and technology. Charity Of The Week: The American Cancer Society, [ASPCA](http://www.aspca.org) Visit our sponsor [http://www.getquip.com](http://www.getquip.com) Outro music by Harnessing The Sun

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