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November 25, 2025 87 mins
Tony Five from the UK opens the show by covering the Swedish musician who taught an octopus to play piano, and then talks about his upcoming trip to New York and Toronto. Cognitive scientist ⁠⁠Mark Miller⁠⁠ explains the neuroscience of why social media makes us feel terrible about who we really are. Marketing professor Linnéa Chapman reveals how self-improvement gifts may spark backlash. Freelance reporter ⁠⁠Matthew Alston reports on how best – in the current job landscape – to deal with the office freeloader and feeling burned out but trapped in your job. Professor of technology and society Taha Yasseri shares results from his study showing how humans bring gender bias to their interactions with AI. Economics professor ⁠⁠Dr. Eric Kam weighs in on whether you should ask your adult child living at home to pay rent and a woman who cancelled her vacation, but whose friends refused to give her a refund. Medical psychology (in psychiatry) professor Dr. Matthew Lebowitz describes how people think kindness is in your DNA but selfishness isn't. Segments: (00:00) Introduction (01:11) Tony Five (10:00) Mark Miller pt. 1 (20:00) Mark Miller pt. 2 (30:00) Linnéa Chapman (39:50) Matthew Alston (49:50) Taha Yasseri (59:50) Dr. Eric Kam (1:09:50) Dr. Matthew Lebowitz (1:18:59) Sign-off Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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