Due to some unforeseen circumstances, we needed to release another nostalgia episode this week. This was our second most popular episode ever. Dr. Steven Hayes ("Get Out of Your Mind and Into Your Life") joins us to discuss the concept of "grit" as well as share several personal anecdotes. Enjoy this rerun of a popular classic. 

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Mood rings change color to inform the external world about our emotional states. How does this magical jewelry make our most private, inner experiences overtly observable? Most people know this is temperature-based reaction... and it is. But, we'll explain how and what it means, if anything. 

Links: 

1. https://thebannercsi.com/2020/03/22/the-science-and-history-behind-mood-rings/
2. https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/was-the-mood-ring-a-gateway-drug-to-an-era-of-self-obsession
3. https://wholesalejewelrywebsite.com/products/mood-ring-color-chart-cfr7043
4. https://people.howstuffworks.com/mood-rings.htm

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Do pandas have thumbs? Kind of. We should periodically take the time to acknowledge and admire the significan role our biological morphology affects our psychology as a species. Aside from language, humans have a simple adaptation that wsa likely crucial to how we have evolved as a species.  This is our episode all about thumbs! 

Recommendations

• Abraham: No Hard Feelings (https://www.sonypictures.com/movies/nohardfeelings)
• Shane: The Cipher by Kathe Koja (https://www.centipedepress.com/horror/cipher.html)

Links: 

1. https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/how-dexterous-thumbs-may-have-helped-shape-evolution-two-million-years-ago-180976870/
2. https://www.npr.org/2010/07/26/128676181/a-handy-bunch-tools-thumbs-helped-us-thrive
3. https://www.postregister.com/outdoors/humans-opposable-thumbs-grant-us-huge-advantages/article_87f0ce8c-c739-11ed-a365-4fadeb3996f9.html
4. https://www.wral.com/story/thumbs-gave-human-ancestors-a-formidable-advantage/19497111/
5. https://www.amnh.org/exhibitions/permanent/human-origins/understanding-our-past/living-primates/the-grasping-hand
6. https://www.ruf.rice.edu/~kemmer/Evol/opposablethumb.html
7. https://magazine.scienceconnected.org/2015/01/oldest-primates-lived-trees/#:~:text=%E2%80%9CEarly%20primates%20were%20using%20this,ground%20couldn't%20reach.%E2%80%9D&text=The%20ability%20to%20live%20in,access%20to%20valuable%20food%20sources.
8. Almécija, S., Smaers, J. & Jungers, W. The evolution of human and ape hand proportions. Nat Commun 6, 7717 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms8717
9. Flatt A. E. (2002). Our thumbs. Proceedings (Baylor University. Medical Center), 15(4), 380–387. https://doi.org/10.1080/08998280.2002.11927870
10. https://www.cnn.com/2021/01/28/world/opposable-thumb-human-evolution-study-scn/index.html
11. https://www.thestar.com/life/2012/05/07/body_parts_pinky_finger.html
12. MacDermid, J. C., Lee, A., Richards, R. S., & Roth, J. H. (2004). Individual finger strength: are the ulnar digits "powerful"?. Journal of hand therapy : official journal of the American Society of Hand Therapists, 17(3), 364–367. https://doi.org/10.1197/j.jht.2004.04.006
13. https://www.lexisnexis.com/documents/pdf/20090727114916_large.pdf

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Many people have taken a strong stance for a particular approach to reasoning: either inductive or deductive. However, we are going to try to argue that these approaches are not fundamentally different and any attempt to distinguish them is arbitrary. Did we succeed? You decide :) 

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What does it take to put on a conference? We invite speical guests Jackie and Tyanna to talk about how and why they are a part of the team that organizes the Black Applied Behavior Analysts Conference (BABA). Special sale today for listeners who are interested in attending online or in-person. Learn more at https://babainfo.org/ or https://babainfo.org/conference/



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Our least scripted, most free-form discussion ever! Abraham doesn't even tell Shane the topic until after hitting record. This is the most raw, actual conversation ever recorded as an episode for this show. We discuss whether and to what extent and understanding the underlying philosophy of something is important for being a professional or expert in that thing. What do you think?

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Do you know all seven of the wonders? Do you know how they were chosen? As a species, we seem to be fascinated with lists and ranking things. So, let's talk about this particular list (or lists) and learn something new. If I live to see the seven wonders... As Fleetwood Mac would say. 

Recommendations

• Abraham: 7 Wonders: Architects (https://www.rprod.com/en/games/7-wonders;https://www.rprod.com/en/games/7-wonders-architects) 
• Shane: John Mulaney Presents: Everybody’s In LA (https://www.netflix.com/title/81742123)

Holidays for June 12th 2024

• Crowded Nest Awareness Day
• Ghost in the Machine Day
• International Cachaca Day
• International Falafel Day
• Little League Girls Baseball Day
• Loving Day
• National Automotive Service Professionals Day
• National Peanut Butter Cookie Day
• Red Rose Day
• Superman Day
• World Day Against Child Labor
• Community Health Improvement Week
• National Clay Week
• National Email Week
• National Little League Baseball Week
• National Pet Wedding Week
• Shampoo Week
• ALS Awareness Month
• National Candy Month
• International Surf Music Month
• Pride Month

Links and References: 

1. https://archive.aramcoworld.com/issue/198003/the.seven.wonders.htm#:~:text=The%20first%20known%20list%20of,he%20also%20lists%20the%20other
2. https://www.theguardian.com/travel/2007/jun/03/escape.channeltunnel
3. https://www.britannica.com/list/new-seven-wonders-of-the-world
4. https://world.new7wonders.com/
5. https://www.albany.edu/~mwolfe/ist538/unit4/Chapter_07_examples/07-07.html
6. https://www.cntraveller.in/story/who-really-picked-the-7-wonders-of-the-world/
7. https://sevennaturalwonders.org/
8. https://matadornetwork.com/trips/seven-wonders-world-totally-stupid/

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The idea that stress turns our hair gray has been the punchline of many jokes. Do those of us with anxiety gray sooner? We do a quick dive into the science of graying hair and to what extent stress may be related to the accelerated pace of graying. 

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Links and References: 

1. https://newsinhealth.nih.gov/2020/04/how-stress-causes-gray-hair#:~:text=A%20new%20study%20shows%20that,pigment%2Dproducing%20cells%20called%20melanocytes.
2. https://www.washingtonpost.com/wellness/2022/12/19/gray-hair-causes-stress-genetics/
3. Zhang B, Ma S, Rachmin I, He M, Baral P, Choi S, Gonçalves WA, Shwartz Y, Fast EM, Su Y, Zon LI, Regev A, Buenrostro JD, Cunha TM, Chiu IM, Fisher DE, Hsu YC. Hyperactivation of sympathetic nerves drives depletion of melanocyte stem cells. Nature. 2020 Jan;577(7792):676-681. doi: 10.1038/s41586-020-1935-3. Epub 2020 Jan 22. PMID: 31969699; PMCID: PMC7184936.
4. https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2021/06/210622154339.htm
5. https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/health-wellness/2023/04/14/does-stress-cause-grey-hair-yes-but-may-reversible/11634233002/
6. Ayelet M Rosenberg, Shannon Rausser, Junting Ren, Eugene V Mosharov, Gabriel Sturm, R Todd Ogden, Purvi Patel, Rajesh Kumar Soni, Clay Lacefield, Desmond J Tobin, Ralf Paus, Martin Picard. Quantitative mapping of human hair greying and reversal in relation to life stress. eLife, 2021; 10 DOI: 10.7554/eLife.67437
7. https://psychcentral.com/stress/does-stress-cause-grey-hair#stress-and-gray-hair

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Oh rare Friday release! This is our follow up to our nostalgia episode on Social Media addiction. Enjoy!
This concludes our mult-month coverage of the topic of addiction for now. Next week, we'll be back totaly new non-addiction-related conten.

Recommendations

• Abraham: Gattaca (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0119177/)
• Shane: My daughter graduated high school!

Holidays for Part 2

• Daniel Boone Day
• Hug an Atheist Day
• June Bug Day
• National Chocolate Ice Cream Day
• National Donut Day
• Trial Technology Day
• VCR Day

Links and References: 

1. https://sciencebasedmedicine.org/internet-use-and-mental-well-being/
2. https://psychnews.psychiatryonline.org/doi/10.1176/appi.pn.2024.04.4.5
3. https://time.com/6333257/social-media-addiction-study/

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Recorded in the early days of the pandemic, we are resurrecting this little gem to put a cap on our series of addiction-themed episodes. Amazing how much and how little has changed since then. The 2nd part will come out later this week and will have additional content to update the conversation on Social Media addiction. 

Recommendations

• Scott: Mystic Vale (https://www.alderac.com/mystic-vale/)
• Shane: Jake Johnson (Actor)

Holidays for June 5th 2024:

• Festival of Popular Delusions Day
• Global Running Day
• Hot Air Balloon Day
• National Gingerbread Day
• National Moonshine Day
• National Veggie Burger Day
• World Day Against Speciesism 
• World Environment Day
• America the Beautiful Week
• Bedbug Awareness Week
• Black Single Parents Week
• End Mountain Top Removal Week
• National Garden Week
• National Headache Awareness Week
• Stepparents Week
• Teacher Thank You Week

Links and References:

• https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/mar/19/social-media-facebook-addiction-not-natural-normal-disease

• https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/321240#Can-being-agreeable-save-you?

• https://www.nbcnews.com/think/opinion/social-media-addiction-binge-eating-here-s-how-find-right-ncna1144586

• https://www.dukechronicle.com/article/2019/11/duke-university-social-media-addiction-are-we-all-social-media-addicts

• https://www.forbes.com/sites/forbestechcouncil/2018/11/21/is-social-media-addiction-worse-than-cigarettes/#292777e25d64

• https://www.addictioncenter.com/drugs/social-media-addiction/

• https://paradigmmalibu.com/teen-social-media-addiction-treatment/

• https://www.computerworld.com/article/3014439/social-media-addiction-is-a-bigger-problem-than-you-think.html?page=5

• https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/in-excess/201805/addicted-social-media

• https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3194102/pdf/ijerph-08-03528.pdf

• https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0306460319306525

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