This Is Going Well, I Think With David Cooper

Psychology professor ⁠Gizem Erdem⁠ highlights ⁠the role of family background and attachment style in shaping whether people romantically cheat⁠. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Psychology professor ⁠Dr. Aiyana Willard⁠ reveals ⁠how mystical beliefs predict a meaningful life even without organized religion⁠. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Foreign correspondent ⁠Tony Five⁠ gets personal and speaks about a recent loss, the grief he's currently going through, and how it's been affecting him in unexpected ways. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Foreign correspondent Tony Five gets personal and speaks about a recent loss, the grief he's currently going through, and how it's been affecting him in unexpected ways. Psychotherapist Kat Kova walks us through how to support a partner experiencing a dip in sexual desire. Psychology researcher Wim De Neys explains how he found that both humans and AI both rate deliberate thinkers as smarter than intuitive ones. Psychology professor Dr. Aiyana Willard reveals how mystical beliefs predict a meaningful life even without organized religion. Milena Tsvetkova from The London School of Economics and Political Science describes how the visibility of wealth within a person's social circle changes their willingness to tax the rich. Psychology professor Gizem Erdem highlights the role of family background and attachment style in shaping whether people romantically cheat. Sleep neurologist Dr. Rachel Salas outlines what to do if you're struggling to stay awake in work meetings. Professional line-sitter Gigi Principe sha

Professor of information science, marketing, and psychology ⁠David Rand⁠ explains ⁠how AI chatbots can effectively sway voters in either direction⁠. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

For pop culture news, media personality ⁠Caitlin Green⁠ covers: Google's Year in Search for 2025⁠; Spotify Wrapped⁠; The Netflix series Sean Combs: The Reckoning and the Diddy and 50 Cent feud⁠; and who's the a-hole on Christmas⁠. Listen to Caitlin co-hosting The Jann Arden Podcast here⁠⁠⁠. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Professor ⁠Mike Tipton⁠ from the ⁠Extreme Environments Laboratory⁠ reveals that ⁠despite ice baths booming in popularity, they come with health risks⁠. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Marketing professor ⁠Daniel Mirny⁠ discusses ⁠why we remember the source of an opinion better than the source of a fact⁠. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

UK-based 'papal lexicology correspondent' ⁠Tony Five⁠ – no that's not a real thing – reports on ⁠the Pope's Wordle secret⁠ and his future trip to the Vatican's 2025 Jubilee. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Experimental psychology researcher ⁠Katya Kredl⁠ tells us to ⁠define our dating goals as a new study shows clarity matters for dating satisfaction⁠. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

UK-based 'papal lexicology correspondent' Tony Five – no that's not a real thing – reports on the Pope's Wordle secret and his future trip to the Vatican's 2025 Jubilee. Professor of information science, marketing, and psychology David Rand explains how AI chatbots can effectively sway voters in either direction. Professor Mike Tipton from the Extreme Environments Laboratory reveals that despite ice baths booming in popularity, they come with health risks. Experimental psychology researcher Katya Kredl tells us to define our dating goals as a new study shows clarity matters for dating satisfaction. Marketing professor Daniel Mirny discusses why we remember the source of an opinion better than the source of a fact. For pop culture news, media personality Caitlin Green covers: Google's Year in Search for 2025; Spotify Wrapped; The Netflix series Sean Combs: The Reckoning and the Diddy and 50 Cent feud; and who's the a-hole on Christmas. (⁠⁠Listen to Caitlin co-hosting The Jann Arden Podcast here⁠⁠.) Psychology

Psychology professor ⁠⁠Amy Muise⁠⁠ declares the unthinkable: that ⁠⁠scheduling sex leads to increased desire and frequency of the act⁠⁠. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Kinesiology researcher ⁠Delaney Thibodeau⁠ shares the details of ⁠her study where AI was asked to generate male and female body images, and it returned biased results⁠. Check out Delaney's Gold Medal Girls Podcast here⁠. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Child psychologist and faculty director at ⁠The Making Caring Common Project⁠ at Harvard ⁠Richard Weissbourd⁠ explains that ⁠children aren't born as 'good kids' or 'bad kids', but rather learn to be good⁠. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Psychology researcher ⁠Dr. Ian Anderson⁠ reveals how ⁠many people overestimate their social media addiction⁠. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

David is joined by ⁠Brian Stever⁠, ⁠Jeremie Saunders⁠, and ⁠Taylor MacGillivary⁠ – hosts of the ⁠podcast Sickboy⁠ – to discuss how to find humor in even the darkest stories. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Psychology professor ⁠Amy Muise⁠ declares the unthinkable: that ⁠scheduling sex leads to increased desire and frequency of the act⁠. Psychology researcher Dr. Ian Anderson reveals how many people overestimate their social media addiction. Child psychologist and faculty director at The Making Caring Common Project at Harvard Richard Weissbourd explains that children aren't born as 'good kids' or 'bad kids', but rather learn to be good. Kinesiology researcher Delaney Thibodeau shares the details of her study where AI was asked to generate male and female body images, and it returned biased results. (Check out Delaney's Gold Medal Girls Podcast here.) David is joined by Brian Stever, Jeremie Saunders, and Taylor MacGillivary – hosts of the podcast Sickboy – to discuss how to find humor in even the darkest stories. Wound repair researcher Dr. Jenna Cash describes how redheads face impaired wound healing, but that a new treatment might help. Health studies professor Treena Orchard⁠ defines what 'relationship anarc

On It's Time For Technology Time, tech analyst ⁠Carmi Levy⁠ covers: YouTubers are making AI slop for babies⁠; Social media users flee X, flock to TikTok and Reddit⁠; Amazon faces FAA probe after delivery drone snaps internet cable in Texas⁠; and GPU prices are coming to earth just as RAM costs shoot into the stratosphere⁠. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Researcher Dr. Keya Khandaker shares details of ⁠Plan International⁠'s report that ⁠sheds light on how girls are resisting traditional gender expectations⁠. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Dr. Kenneth Leonard⁠ from the ⁠The Clinical and Research Institute on Addictions⁠ explains ⁠how mismatched alcohol consumption might be a warning sign for relationship stability⁠. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices