Health and Psychology
Human body and mind: medicine, mental health, neuroscience, ADHD, and everyday psychology.
#5692: When Bile Reflux and Bloating Collide After Gallbladder Surgery
Two separate problems hiding behind three diagnoses: bile reflux after gallbladder removal, and abdominophrenic dyssynergia — where bloating isn't ...
#5690: Kaizen and the Cult of Productivity
Two-thirds of people rank productivity above health, money, and happiness. What happens when the bar you're chasing never stops moving?
#5689: What Actually Makes People Stick With Things
The science of perseverance is stranger than the posters — and it's not about willpower.
#5688: Can We Normalize Breaking Into Song in Public?
Daniel wants to sing in the sandwich line. Here's what the science says about group singing, embarrassment, and why we don't.
#5687: The Speech Scientist Behind Teletubbies
Andrew Davenport studied speech sciences and performance art — then built Teletubbies on developmental theory, not gibberish.
#5682: Boredom, the DMN, and the Shower Thought
Boredom doesn't make you creative — but the idle mind does. What the research actually says about rest, busyness, and ideas.
#5680: The Teletubbies Were Engineered, Not Accidental
Every strange thing about Teletubbies was a deliberate design choice — built around how two-year-olds actually perceive the world.
#5677: When 80,000 Pilgrims Fill Your Neighborhood
Sukkot turns central Jerusalem into a pilgrimage site. What can locals borrow from New Yorkers who live beside Times Square?
#5675: Wiring a UK Plug: Copper, Tools, and the 1mm Rule
How much copper should show on a UK plug? Why one stray strand matters, and the flush cutter that beats electrician's scissors.
#5672: Flow or Hyperfocus? What Daniel's Busker Problem Reveals
A 15-month-old, a street busker, and the ADHD brain science that separates flow from hyperfocus — and why the switch costs so much.
#5670: Circadian Policy: Light, Schedules, and Public Health
What if a task force treated light and time as public infrastructure? The science of circadian alignment — and the policies that follow.
#5668: Why Depression Drains Your Energy
Light, melanopsin, and inflammation — the two very different mechanisms behind seasonal and non-seasonal depression fatigue.
#5667: Can Your Kid Inherit the Way You Sleep?
A dad noticed his toddler sleeps with one arm raised — just like him. Is that genes, imitation, or a story we tell ourselves?
#5641: Burnout: When Rest Stops Working
Burnout isn't in the DSM, but Sweden made it a diagnosis. What the research says about a fatigue that sleep can't fix.
#5618: When Quitting TV Isn't a Decision
Daniel never chose to give up TV — the move did it for him. What happens when habits break by accident instead of willpower?
#5616: What Your Window View Does to Your Brain
A 1984 Science study, cortisol in cord blood, and why trees beat sky and grass — the research on what your window view actually does to you.
#5600: Alien Abductions: 4 Million Claims, Zero Evidence
Nearly four million Americans say they've been abducted. Not one has produced a lab-verifiable artifact. What's going on?
#5598: When "You Look Great" Means "I'm Drowning
Masking isn't wellness — it's adaptation under pressure. Why the most put-together people are often the ones nobody thinks to check on.
#5597: Protein, ADHD, and the Breakfast You Skip
A protein breakfast has a clean dopamine story and costs a dollar. Fish oil outsells it anyway. Here's what the evidence actually says.
#5593: Faulty Extrapolation: When One Person Rewires How You See Everyone
A listener's question about a chronically hostile person reveals how one worldview can quietly become your own — and how to get your faith in peopl...