When a decision is hard to make, our minds like to just leave things as they are.

You are not as in control of what you see as you might think.

Nobody can tell you what to do. Not even you.

Why those living in poverty vote for policies that favor those who are not.

Your brain will tell you you never make bad purchases. Your brain is wrong.

Special guest Kevin Smokler, author of "Brat Pack America: A Love Letter to 80's Teen Movies", joins Dave to talk about why we remember stuff (including movies) from the ages of 10-30 better than any other time.

It always takes longer to get things done than we think it will, even when we've done those exact same things before.

Does simply seeing something over and over make you like it more? Generally speaking, yes. Even if you have no idea what it is.

We react to low probability events as if they had a really high probability because our brains can't do math good.

We feel the pain of loss way more than the joy of gain, and that can impact how we buy and even how we teach.