Too often, in our estimation, people make recommendations to us with the intent to improve our life but the effect on us is the opposite of that. Rather than completely engaging us, some recommendations or pieces of advice actually overpower any enthusiasm we might for following up. This is especially true when the recommendation is too big to get our heads around.
Casual comments like, “Oh, you should read that book,” or, “You should go to Malaysia,” or, “You should check out that podcast series,” are often too much for us to process. They’re all well-intended, and could be terrific recommendations, but thinking about starting a massive new book in an already jam-packed life can be the opposite of engaging: sometimes, it’s demotivating.  
 So in this Grooving Session, we use a behavioral science hack to START SMALL and we’re recommending our favorite podcast episodes (produced by other podcasters!) to our listeners. We think you’ll like these specific podcast episodes by some of our favorite hosts on some of our favorite topics. And because they’re itty-bitty single episodes, we hope you can start small and check some of them out in the links below.
Coming soon! We are launching a new podcast (a new channel in the podcaster’s vernacular) and it’s called Weekly Grooves. Weekly Grooves will be a weekly review of topical issues in the media during the week done through a behavioral science commentary. This will launch in late January 2020, and we hope you’ll check it out.
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As always, thanks for listening and we hope you enjoy lots of great episodes from other podcasters!
 
Happiness Lab: Laurie Santos, PhD. Make ‘Em Laugh.
https://www.happinesslab.fm/season-1-episodes/make-em-laugh
Canned laugh tracks positively affect our experience even when we KNOW they’re canned!
Great production and a cool person.
 
Choiceology: Katy Milkman, PhD. Take the Deal.
https://www.schwab.com/resource-center/insights/content/choiceology-season-4-episode-4
Danny Kahneman, Colin Camerer, and Luis Green tell the tales of our flawed decision making – even when the consequences are big!
Terrific interviewer. Great production.
 
Big Brains: Paul Rand. Why Talking to Strangers Will Make You Happier.
https://news.uchicago.edu/podcasts/big-brains/why-talking-strangers-will-make-you-happier-nicholas-epley
Nick Epley, PhD discussed the importance of talking to strangers and how it will make YOU happier.
 
Intelligence Squared U.S. Debates: John Donvan. Is Social Media Good for Democracy?
https://www.intelligencesquaredus.org/debates/social-media-good-democracy-0
Fascinating discussion about the pro’s and con’s of social media.
 
The David Gilmour Podcast: David Gilmour. The Fender Stratocaster #0001.
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/episode-3-the-fender-stratocaster-0001/id1463321559?i=1000441421346
Yes. It really does exist and David Gilmour owns it and cherishes it.
 
You Are Not So Smart: David McRaney.
Pluralistic Ignorance: The psychology behind why people don’t speak out against, and even defend, norms they secretly despise.
https://soundcloud.com/youarenotsosmart/157-pluralistic-ignorance
A terrific episode exploring how social norms are perpetuated even when the majority don’t agree with them.
 
Song Exploder: Hrishikesh Hirway. Sheryl Crow: Redemption Day.
http://songexploder.net/sheryl-crow/songexploder161-sherylcrow
How songwriters come to write and record songs is amazing to me and this is a very articulate songwriter.
 
O Behave: Ogilvy Consulting. Dollars and Sense.
https://podtail.com/en/podcast/o-behave/episode-16-dollars-and-sense-with-jeff-kreisler-an/
Jeff Kreisler (one of our favorites) and Rory Sutherland dig into Jeff’s work in behavioral finance.
 
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