Your Brain on Money

11 episodes

Money makes us do things we wish we didn’t, but why is that? Behavioral economists and neuroscientists decode psychological dynamics resulting from 25 million years of human evolution — all so you can make smarter financial decisions.

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How to stop fighting over money

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6 min

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Dr. Brad Klontz

How to fix your money trauma

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7 min

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Dr. Brad Klontz

If money doesn’t buy happiness, you’re spending it wrong

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7 min

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with

Lindsay Bryan-Podvin

Change bad spending habits in 5 steps

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7 min

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with

Lindsay Bryan-Podvin

Which “money personality” are you?

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6 min

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Lindsay Bryan-Podvin

3 steps to cure your money anxiety

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7 min

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with

Kathleen Burns Kingsbury

What charity does to your brain

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5 min

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with

Big Think

How to trick your brain into saving money

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6 min

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Big Think

Want to save more money? Start playing video games.

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6 min

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Big Think

How Apple and Nike have branded your brain

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6 min

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Big Think

The science of ‘herd mentality’

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6 min

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Big Think

Brian Cox: The quantum roots of reality

“We don’t have enough knowledge to precisely calculate what is going to happen, and so we assign probabilities to it, which reflects our ignorance of the situation.”

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01:19:41 min

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Brian Cox

Most people freeze in a crisis. Here’s why — and how to stop it

“The fear of panic has killed more people than most disasters themselves.”

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19 min

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Amanda Ripley

A deflated basketball lies on rough, textured ground.

John Amaechi: The voice in your head is lying to you. Here’s how to shut it down

“The voice in your head is not you. You are listening to that voice. It’s a heckler, trying to make you feel bad.”

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11 min

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John Amaechi

A human hand appears to hold a glowing celestial object surrounded by small planets and stars, creating the illusion of a miniature universe in the palm.

Brian Cox: The incomprehensible scales that rule the Universe

“We are all in orbit around the center of the Milky Way galaxy. How big is this collection of stars? Somewhere between 200 and 400 billion suns in the Milky Way galaxy, about 100,000 light years across.”

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12 min

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Brian Cox

An older man sits on a chair in front of a white backdrop, surrounded by rows of hanging beef carcasses in a meat processing facility.

Peter Singer: Animal suffering is human responsibility

“It’s not about being perfect. It’s about reducing suffering where we can, and right now, we’re choosing not to.”

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01:55:01 min

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Peter Singer