Fear of Dolphins (with Kumail Nanjiani, Emily Gordon, and Jonah Ray)

You were born to be a badass, but are you getting the most out of your life? In You Are a Badass, author Jen Sincero helps you identify and change the self-sabotaging thoughts and behavior patterns that are stopping you from living up to your potential.

Creating a better life requires only one simple shift: Going from wanting to change your life to deciding to change your life. This book will explain why you are the way you are, how to change what you don’t like, and how to love yourself as you create a new, awesome life.

Radical Acceptance is a meditative practice wherein we acknowledge what we’re experiencing—positive or negative—and welcome it. It’s a powerful tool that allows us to be fully present in each passing moment. It helps us avoid getting stuck in our own heads.

Tara Brach, a practicing psychologist and devout Buddhist, discusses how we can use Radical Acceptance to live our lives more fully by always bringing our full attention to the present moment and accepting it for what it is. You'll learn how we get trapped in the stories we tell ourselves, and how Radical Acceptance can bring us out of the trance.

What is the meaning of life? This question has both plagued and motivated humans for centuries, and it’s probably crossed your mind once or twice. But how do we answer this question, and how can we ensure our lives have meaning? Man’s Search for Meaning recounts Viktor Frankl’s experiences in the concentration camps of WWII and the school of therapy he invented to help us confront this very question.

Successful victory during conflict requires more than just cunning and brawn. Whether you are involved in an individual conflict or are leading a group of people through a competition, the strategies required to prepare for and engage in battle are the same.

The Art of War by ancient Chinese warrior and philosopher Sun Tzu provides the essential elements that must be considered to develop strategic conflict resolution tactics. Sun Tzu’s principles guide you through the steps required to become a competent leader and fighter. They teach you how to determine victory, when to engage in combat, and when to use intelligence and intimidation to dissolve conflict without confrontation. With these teachings, you'll understand how to read conflict and opponents to determine the best course of action.

Thinking is the key to improvement in all areas of your life—but what if it’s your thinking that needs to be improved? In The 5 Elements of Effective Thinking, award-winning educators Edward B. Burger and Michael Starbird provide a guide for maximizing your thought process to achieve the greatest success possible in the classroom, the workplace, and your personal life.

In our guide, we’ll explore the five principles Burger and Starbird recommend for learning to think effectively, which they structure around five elements: earth, fire, air, water, and change. We’ll also examine how these principles relate to established theories of learning and educational psychology, and we’ll compare them to works from other authors on how to change your thinking and mindset to improve your life and achieve your goals.

Brilliant thinkers across all disciplines rely on mental models–recurring concepts and patterns that explain a wide array of situations. For example, physicists might use Newton’s law of inertia to predict that planets in motion will remain in motion, and biologists might rely on natural selection to explain the origin of the fight-or-flight response.

However, mental models aren’t only useful inside the ivory tower. Gabriel Weinberg and Lauren McCann argue that using mental models can drastically elevate our everyday reasoning and decision-making skills. In Super Thinking: The Big Book of Mental Models, they provide an array of mental models to improve our decision-making, in life and in business.

In this guide, we’ll first discuss Weinberg and McCann’s foundational mental models for general decision-making, then explore professional applications. We’ll consider strategies to implement these models and compare the authors’ discussion of mental models with other similar works.

Rising employment fraud in the US is costing job seekers $2 billion annually. To protect against scams, experts recommend thoroughly researching companies, insisting on in-person or video interviews, and not responding to requests for money.

Do you struggle to make friends? Have you ever wanted to learn how to read people? If so, Jack Schafer and Marvin Karlins’s The Like Switch can help. Schafer spent 22 years as a Special Agent in counter-intelligence, counter-terrorism, and behavioral analysis at the FBI. In The Like Switch, Schafer—with the help of Karlins, a management and organizational behavior expert—applies his experience earning the trust of witnesses, suspects, and spies to the art of making friends and fostering powerful connections.

In this guide, we’ll explore how to use nonverbal signals to identify potential friends and show others that you’re open to friendship. We’ll also outline techniques for attracting new friends and for maintaining strong relationships. Finally, we’ll look at the unique dynamics and challenges of online connections. In our commentary, we’ll discuss the research behind the book’s psychological principles and some alternative points of view on relationship building.

Psychologist Maria Konnikova claims that con artists have existed for as long as human communities have. Con artists are people with an uncanny ability to gain someone’s trust, swindle them, and disappear before the victim even grasps what’s happened—a ruse known as a confidence game, or “con.”

In The Confidence Game, Konnikova uses social psychology to reveal the inner workings of cons: What makes a good con artist, and what makes a person an easy target, or “mark”? Through her analysis of common human biases, Konnikova demonstrates that a con artist doesn’t just rely on their own wiles—they rely on our instinctive confidence in the stories we tell ourselves. Konnikova suggests that by understanding these manipulation tactics, we might learn to identify and extract ourselves from cons. In this guide, we’ll also include actionable advice for avoiding cons and explore how the manipulation tactics apply in more recent examples.

Embark on an eerie exploration of one of history's most notorious cult leaders with Ash Kelley and Alaina Urquhart in "Morbid," the podcast that exhumes the darkest chapters of true crime. In a continuation of their examination of Charles Manson's nefarious influence, Ash and Alaina untangle the threads of Manson's twisted aspirations and the infamous Tate and LaBianca murders. Listeners will follow the complex saga of Leslie Van Houten's parole struggles and the LAPD's failure to connect these brutal crimes sooner, all set against Manson's unachieved dreams of musical stardom.

As the narrative of fear unfolds, the hosts pivot to celebrate advocacy and resilience. They honor the victims and their families, with special attention to Doris Tate's groundbreaking work in victim’s rights, setting a stage for both remembrance and reform. The hosts convey their excitement for the podcast's evolution, teasing future episodes revolving around lesser-known cases and conspiracy threads. Meanwhile, they extend their gratitude towards the listener community and build anticipation for the launch of their Patreon page, promising exclusive content while inviting robust audience interaction through social media engagement. "Morbid" not only promises a gripping true crime journey but also a growing platform that values its audience's voice and participation.

Dive deep into the chilling narrative of the Golden State Killer with Alaina Urquhart and Ash Kelley in "Morbid," a podcast that weaves together the sinister tapestry of true crime stories. This episode dissects the haunting journey of investigation which ultimately unveiled Joseph James DeAngelo's mask of normalcy and placed him behind bars. Discover how the use of modern DNA technology and genealogical research revolutionized cold case methodology, leading to a monumental breakthrough in one of the most perplexing crime sprees in history.

"Morbid" not only delves into the gritty details of DeAngelo's heinous acts but also honors the resilience of survivors and the harrowing impact on their lives and communities. Upholding justice and narrative integrity, Urquhart and Kelley offer an insightful look into the psychological maze that encompassed the criminal mind of DeAngelo. The podcast pays tribute to key figures like the late investigator and author Michelle McNamara, whose relentless pursuit of the killer helped keep the case in the spotlight, inspiring listeners and the hosts alike to understand the profound ripple effects of crime and advocacy.

Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI is about the Osage Reign of Terror—the 1920s organized killings of members of the oil-rich Osage Indians. Powerful and bigoted whites systematically exploited and murdered the Osage people to expropriate their wealth, showing us the horrors that result when racism and greed align. The murders were also a major catalyst for the growth of the FBI, and the triumph of its rational and scientific vision of law enforcement—and a shift away from the era of frontier justice, corrupt and incompetent local sheriffs, and rogue “lawmen.”