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James Kimmel Jr. is a professor at Yale, a psychiatrist, and an author.

Why are we drawn to revenge? From playground grudges to epic betrayals, the urge to strike back is universal. But is it a survival mechanism, or an ancient drive that no longer fits the modern age?

Expect to learn why the feeling of revenge exists and how it is adaptive, what the biggest triggers of the desire for revenge is, why revenge and revenge fantasies make us feel good, the difference between revenge seeking and self defence or boundary setting, if some people happen to be more vengeful than others, if you should be lauding to forgive rathe than seek revenge, the steps to move through forgiveness, and much more…

Timestamps:

(0:00) Choosing to Not Choose Revenge

(7:57) Why Do We Feel Desire for Revenge?

(11:39) What are the Biggest Drivers of Revenge?

(15:06) How Do We Recover from Revenge Seeking?

(21:40) Is There a Connection Between Addictive Behaviour and Revenge?

(24:47) The Difference Between Revenge-Seeking and Self-Defence

(33:17) The Muddling of Justice and Revenge

(43:46) Revenge Isn’t Evil, It’s Retribution

(50:35) What Outcomes Drive Revenge?

(56:48) The Legal System is a Professional Revenge Business

(58:36) The Cycle of Revenge on Social Media

(01:06:50) What is Social Justice?

(01:09:10) Are Certain Groups More Susceptible to Revenge?

(01:14:55) Warning Signs for Revenge Desire

(01:19:12) Strategies to Stop Revenge Desire

(01:21:13) What Does Modern Revenge and Forgiveness Culture Look Like?

(01:34:43) Find Out More About James

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Dr Rahul Jandial is a brain surgeon, neuroscientist, and an author.

Why do we dream? For centuries, people have debated their meaning. Are they hidden messages, random brain activity, or something else entirely? Today, modern neuroscience is uncovering how the brain creates, processes, and remembers dreams, and what they may reveal about the inner workings of the mind.

Expect to learn why we dream and the evolutionary importance of dreaming, what predicts a good or bad dream, and if there are any types of universal dreams we al have, what fuels erotic dreams and what effects does porn have on our dreaming abilities and content, if there is any practical science behind lucid dreaming, the biggest myths about the brain and the best diets and exercises to keep your brain healthy, what role lifestyle really plays in cognitive decline and how much is genetic, and much more…

Timestamps:

(0:00) The Importance of Comfort in Your Working Environment

(5:09) Things You Believe are True But Can’t Prove

(10:13) Did Freud Get Anything Right About Dreams?

(13:41) Why Do We Dream?

(20:50) Why are We Conscious of Our Dreams?

(28:22) Why Do We Have Nightmares?

(35:51) Should We Remember Our Dreams?

(39:21) Do Our Dreams Correlate to Our Overall Health?

(41:20) How Real is Dream Interpretation?

(44:54) What Do We Know About Erotic Dreams?

(57:54) How Does Porn Effect Our Dreams?

(01:01:40) Where Does Inspiration for Dream Material Come From?

(01:05:47) How Can We Activate Our Imagination?

(01:09:07) Transcranial Electric Treatments

(01:14:39) The Benefits of Awake Brain Surgery

(01:20:29) How Dreams Differ in Brain Injuries

(01:22:42) Can Thoughts in Dreams Be More Real Than Waking Thoughts?

(01:26:12) Brain Myth-Busting

(01:30:53) Is the Neuroscience Industry Overselling Tech?

(01:34:07) The Contributing Elements of Cognitive Decline

(01:45:22) The Impact of Stress on Brain Aging

(01:57:29) Mind-Blowing Scientific Scenarios

(02:00:51) Lessons Learnt from Terminal Patients

(02:04:36) Find Out More About Rahul

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Lisa Feldman Barrett is a professor at Northeastern University, psychologist, and a neuroscientist.

Why do we feel emotions? From happiness and joy to anger, anxiety, and sorrow, emotions shape how we experience life. But what purpose do they serve, and how can we learn to manage them more effectively?

Expect to learn the unique way each of us experience emotions and if the emotions like anxiety, anger and joy feel the same as everyone else’s, why we have emotions at all and what their functions are, how much of our life is actually experienced versus anticipated, how often people are mistaking dehydration, low blood sugar, or lack of sleep for ’being in a bad mood, what actually happens in an anxious brain, how to rebuild your psychological function after a period of chronic stress, and much more…

Timestamps:

(0:00) Are Our Emotional Experiences Unique?

(5:19) What is the Role of Meaning in Emotion?

(10:46) Lisa’s Views on Objective Perception

(19:26) Our Emotional Experiences Shouldn’t Control Our Agency

(23:16) The Relationship Between Our Internal Conversation and Our Emotions

(30:21) Should We Be Looking Back or Investing in the Future ?

(39:13) Can Memories Be Lost?

(49:21) What Drives Anxiety?

(01:05:56) What is the Impact of Toxic Relationships on Our Health?

(01:10:54) What Does Chronic Stress Look Like?

(01:16:17) How to Rebuild After a Period of Stress

(01:20:39) What Can't We Control About Our Emotional State?

(01:25:23) We are the Architects of Our Experiences

(01:28:11) Find Out More About Lisa

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Esther Perel is a psychotherapist, podcaster, and New York Times bestselling author.

Why do modern relationships feel so difficult? Even the happiest couples on the outside often hide unspoken rules and silent expectations that slowly erode intimacy. Resentment grows, trust fractures, and love feels harder to sustain. So how can men and women build partnerships that endure in today’s ever-changing world?

Expect to learn what the “Mankeeping” trend is that is going on with women right now, how women can support emotional openness in men without mothering or emasculating them, why there is an adversarial and tribal dynamic between men and women in the modern world, why women get bored with monogamy more quickly than men, if companies should rethink their approach to workplace romance and much more…

Timestamps:

(0:00) Red Flags Don’t Look Like Red Flags Through Rose Coloured Glasses

(6:57) Why We Should Avoid Polarising Attachment Discourse

(12:12) The Difficulties Behind Male Friendships

(20:23) What is Driving Male Loneliness?

(37:53) What is Pushing Men and Women Apart?

(44:39) The Growing Separation of Societal Groups

(50:47) Why Do We Cheat?

(55:28) What are the Early Signs of Deadness?

(01:01:32) Do Women Get Bored of Monogamy More Quickly Than Men?

(01:09:37) How Do Men and Women Relate in the Workplace?

(01:21:12) Find Out More About Esther

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Dr. David Spiegel is a psychiatrist, Stanford professor, and leading authority on hypnosis and stress-related health.

What exactly is hypnosis? Most of us picture it as a magician’s trick, when someone dangles a watch, your eyes get heavy, and suddenly you’re suggestible. But that barely scratches the surface. The real question is, what’s the true purpose of hypnosis? And what if we aren’t just hypnotized during those sessions, but in some sense all the time, walking through life under subtle trances we don’t even notice?

Expect to learn what Dr. Speigel thinks most people misunderstand about what hypnosis is or how it works, what’s actually happening in the brain when we enter a hypnotic state, if anyone can be hypnotized or is there a specific “profile” of someone more likely to respond, the neurobiological difference between someone pretending to be hypnotized vs. someone actually in a trance state, how effective hypnosis is for improving sleep, the role hypnosis could play in reducing our reliance on pharmaceuticals, and much more…

Timestamps:

(0:00) The Biggest Misunderstandings About Hypnosis

(6:00) Why Can We Be Hypnotised?

(22:44) What is Hypnosis?

(25:24) Why are Some People Hypnotisable and Others Not?

(34:04) Predicting Hypnotisability Through Genes

(38:54) Can You Train Hypnotisability?

(41:28) Is In-Person Hypnosis More Effective?

(54:21) Training Your Brain to Tolerate Pain

(01:04:51) How to Use Self-Hypnosis to Maximum Effect

(01:07:08) What Areas Could Hypnosis Be Combined With?

(01:11:57) The Positive Effects of Breath Work

(01:15:15) David’s Stand Out Hypnosis Cases

(01:24:31) Overcoming Resistance with Hypnosis

(01:30:29) Why Has Hypnosis Been Sidelined in Modern Medicine?

(01:32:42) Find Out More About David

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Coltan Scrivner is a behavioral scientist, an expert on morbid curiosity in horror and true‑crime media, and an author.

Why are humans so curious about death? From car accidents to scary stories, roller coasters, and horror movies, some people are fascinated while others are repulsed. What draws us toward the very things we should naturally want to avoid?

Expect to learn why humans are drawn to dark or morbid content and the evolutionary logic behind watching something that disturbs us, why there is a gender gap of who is more interested in morbid curiosity, why some people find serial killers fascinating while others are repulsed, the biggest differences between terror and horror & the connection between disgust and fascination, what horror can teach us about emotional self-regulation, and much more…

Timestamps:

(0:00) Why are We Drawn to Dark Content?

(7:20) The 4 Domains of Morbid Curiosity

(15:25) Morbid Curiosity in Evolution

(22:51) Individual Difference in Morbid Curiosity

(34:05) What is So Attractive About Serial Killers?

(37:46) Why are Certain Groups Attracted to Certain Types of Morbid Content?

(47:17) The Perfect Ingredients for a Horror Movie

(57:14) Why is There Increasing Desensitisation to Morbid Content?

(01:02:59) Find Out More About Colton

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Gay Hendricks is a psychologist, teacher, and an author renowned for his work on relationship transformation.

Conscious loving is about more than just romance, it’s about clarity, commitment, and growth. With endless advice on the internet on how to optimize your love life, what if the real answer is aligning your expectations and evolving together?

Expect to learn what conscious loving is and the difference from unconscious loving, why its important to feel your feeling and tell the truth in a relationship, what good commitment looks like, how to be more proactively benevolent in their relationship and stop “keeping score” in a culture that constantly teaches people to expect the even 50/50 split every level, what co-commitment is and the steps to building a co-commitment relationship, and much more…

Timestamps:

(0:00) The Key to Conscious Loving

(12:54) 10 Seconds of Sweaty Conversation

(16:02) Why You Should Be Truthful in a Relationship

(21:54) What are the Main Practical Obstacles in a Relationship?

(26:43) Creating a Safe Environment to Receive Truth

(37:41) Navigating Your Sense of Self in Conscious Relationships

(46:40) What is Co-Commitment?

(58:47) Breaking the Victimhood Pattern

(01:06:25) Men and Women Bring Different Things to the Table

(01:15:45) You are the Common Denominator in Your Life

(01:27:02) Find Out More About Gay

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Jesse Michels is a YouTuber and show host, exploring subjects like UFOs, consciousness, and reality.

For nearly a century, UFOs have captured our imagination as one of humanity’s greatest mysteries. Are they secret technology, alien visitors, or something else entirely? Who is behind them, what has been concealed, and what has been revealed about them? After decades of unanswered questions, are we any closer to uncovering the truth about these unknown objects in the sky?

Expect to learn why learning about UFOs is maladaptive to some people, how we know if UFOs are real or just a psy-op, if there are underground hidden bases with aliens scattered across the US, the connection with UFO sightings and nuclear sites, if UFOs might be just man made crafts or if there are other unknown technologies at play, if there is any evidence for antigravity currently and where it might come from, and much more…

Timestamps:

(0:00) Why is an Interest in UFOs Maladaptive?

(1:36) What Does a Modern UFO Investigator Look Like?

(12:03) Why is There So Little Evidence of UFOs?

(20:24) How Do We Know UFOs Aren’t a PSYOP?

(27:47) Are UFOs a Global Phenomenon?

(29:28) The Threat of Nuclear Sites

(35:57) Why are Non-Human Intelligences on Earth?

(38:56) Nuclear Site Interference by UFOs

(46:56) Are the Department of Energy Involved?

(55:58) How Far Can Civilians Go With UFO Research?

(01:00:19) What Physics are Behind UFOs?

(01:10:36) Where are We Currently in Physics?

(01:16:25) Why Was Townsend Brown’s Experiment Never Replicated?

(01:23:01) Why are Renegade Scientists So Highly Criticised?

(01:37:02) Where Elon Musk is Going Wrong with Space Exploration

(01:43:15) Are We Heading Towards an AI Takeover?

(01:48:40) Assessing the Probabilities of Non-Human Intelligence

(01:53:23) Consciousness in Quantum Physics

(02:09:37) Find Out More About Jesse

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MacKenzie Price is an entrepreneur, podcaster, and co-founder of Alpha Schools.

Just how broken is education? For fifty years, lofty promises in education have yielded dismal results. Now, with AI, infinite knowledge at our fingertips, and personalized one-on-one learning, how radically different could the school of the future look?

Expect to learn what is fundamentally broken about the current education and school system, what kills motivation to excel in school for kids the most, if the issue with addiction to screen time and technology is to blame for lack of performance, how AI will revolutionize the education sector and which schools are already ahead of the curve, How Alpha school convinces skeptical parents that this radically different system will benefit their child, and much more…

Timestamps:

(0:00) Why is the School Model Broken?

(8:54) Why Has the Education System Resisted Innovation?

(11:23) Why We Need to Reinvent Our Education System

(18:58) How We Can Reimagine the School Day

(25:54) A Day in the Life at Alpha Schools

(35:08) Using AI in Education

(38:43) The Effectiveness of Using Technology in School

(43:29) How Learning is Measured at Alpha Schools

(51:20) Criticisms of Alpha Schools

(01:02:05) Where Will the Education System Be in 5 Years?

(01:06:28) Find Out More About Mackenzie

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David Pinsof is a research scientist at UCLA, co-creator of Cards Against Humanity, and an author.

Everything is bullshit. Your opinions, your arguments, even your thoughts. Most of it’s manufactured, borrowed, or absorbed without question. So if all that’s fake, what’s real? And if we can’t trust our own minds, or anyone else’s, what can we trust?

Expect to learn how we can use incentives more efficiently and how to look at incentives more accurately, if other-thinking and worrying is complete bullshit, why we have opinions, and if our preferences are just even more bullshit, why arguing is bullshit, why most arguments are actually pseudo arguments, why so much advice mostly bullshit and why we take it and why we give it, and much more…
Timestamps:

(0:00) Is Happiness Bulls**t?

(7:48) Incentives are Key to Human Behaviour

(12:33) Why Do We Have Opinions?

(19:36) Exposing the Status Game

(35:08) Are Opinions a Way to Test Loyalty?

(40:50) How Does Arguing Relate to Opinions?

(46:44) What’s the Difference Between an Argument and a Pseudo-Argument?

(52:43) What is a Deepity?

(01:01:14) The Differences Between Vague Bulls**t and Deep Bulls**t

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