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Squeezing the Orange

Squeezing the Orange

Professor Dan Cable and comedian Akin Omobitan unearth social science’s hidden gems by “funpacking” peer-reviewed articles and sharing their choice findings!

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37:15

The Early Career Setback

Squeezing the Orange ·

2019/10/22

What doesn't kill you makes you stronger? Dan and Akin go back and forth over a research paper that proves the old adage correct. It is possible, probable even, that by persevering through failure, you come out the other side harder, better, faster, stronger. - Research Paper: 'Early-career setback and future career impact' by Yang Wang, Benjamin F. Jones & Dashun Wang

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37:56

Facebook

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2019/10/08

WARNING! The following episode may cause you to delete your Facebook account. Dan and Akin bump heads with Facebook, the bad boy of social media, attending to research linking negative emotional states with time spent on the site. - Research Paper: 'Facebook’s emotional consequences: Why Facebook causes a decrease in mood and why people still use it.' by Christina Sagioglou and Tobias Greitemeyer

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36:48

Purpose: A Matter of Life and Death

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2019/10/01

Dan and Akin get existential, sinking their chops into a study that finds a direct correlation between your sense of purpose and how long you'll live. Fire up some incense for this one! - Research Paper: 'Purpose in Life as a Predictor of Mortality Across Adulthood' by Patrick L. Hill, Nicholas A. Turiano

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35:39

Don't Stop Believin'

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2019/09/24

Anxiety vs. Excitement. The brain has a lot more ability and potential than we give it credit for when we're stressed. Dan and Akin unravel research that finds you can improve performance by reappraising anxiety as excitement. - Research Paper: 'Get Excited: Reappraising Pre-Performance Anxiety as Excitement' by Alison Wood Brooks

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39:44

Men in Uniform

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2019/09/17

Ring the alarm! Dan and Akin don their intellectual overalls taking on a study that contributes a more nuanced understanding of gender, emotions and organisational culture. The organisational culture in this case being the male-dominated environments of fire departments. - Research Paper: 'Is Love All You Need? The Effects of Emotional Culture, Suppression, and Work–Family Conflict on Firefighter Risk-Taking and Health' by Olivia Amanda O’Neill and Nancy P. Rothbard

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35:41

Humble Leadership

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2019/09/10

Dan and Akin set their sights on the workplace. More explicitly, the people in leadership positions. Why is there so much talk about humble leadership and what does it even mean? - Research Paper: 'Modeling How to Grow: An Inductive Examination of Humble Leader Behaviors, Contingencies, and Outcomes' by Bradley P. Owens and David R. Hekman

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36:46

The Devil You Know

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2019/09/03

Hiders and revealers captivate Dan and Akin in this installation. They squeeze experiments exploring people’s decisions to share or withhold personal information, and the wisdom of such decisions. - Research Paper: 'Hiding Personal Information Reveals the Worst' by Leslie K. John, Kate Barasz and Michael I. Norton

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33:57

Kilimanjaro to Cardiff

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2019/08/13

A date for your diaries: Wednesday 4 September. After releasing five pilot episodes, Dan and Akin are back in the studio recording a new batch of orange-squeezing episodes. Here, the duo update listeners on the podcast and what they've been up to of late.

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32:51

Let Go

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2019/08/06

Losing your job is cited as one of the top ten traumatic life experiences. Dan and Akin navigate research findings that offer a practical method of healing from the trauma and get hired faster. - Research Paper: 'Expressive Writing and Coping with Job Loss' by Stefanie P. Spera, Eric D. Buhrfeind and James W. Pennebaker

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33:56

Minority Report

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2019/07/30

Small initiative, big impact. In this instalment, Dan and Akin discuss an intervention designed to help minority students improve their academic performance by reducing the psychological threat of negative stereotypes. - Research Paper: 'Reducing the Racial Achievement Gap: A Social-Psychological Intervention' by Geoffrey L. Cohen, Julio Garcia, Nancy Apfel and Allison Master

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32:03

Transparent Sandwiches

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2019/07/23

What difference does it make, if any, when you're able to see the chef preparing your food. And importantly, when the chef is able to see you. Dan and Akin dive into research which takes on these questions and bring some curious findings to the surface. - Research Paper: 'Creating Reciprocal Value Through Operational Transparency' by Ryan W. Buell, Tami Kim and Chia-Jung Tsay

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47:00

Man on the Moon

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2019/07/17

Ever gone the extra 238,855 miles for your job? That's the distance from Earth to the Moon. In this episode, Dan and Akin talk about the space race and how the moon landing was achieve by changing the meaning of work. - Research Paper: '‘‘I’m Not Mopping the Floors, I’m Putting a Man on the Moon’’: How NASA Leaders Enhanced the Meaningfulness of Work by Changing the Meaning of Work' by Andrew M. Carton

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35:20

Gratitude

Squeezing the Orange ·

2019/07/09

Expressing gratitude has scientifically proven benefits, both for expressor and recipient, and seems like an all-round good thing to do. So why aren’t we doing this more often? Turns out there’s some very good reasons, and those reasons can be overcome. - Research Paper: 'Undervaluing Gratitude: Expressers Misunderstand the Consequences of Showing Appreciation' by Amit Kumar and Nicholas Epley

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15:43

Introducing Dan and Akin

Squeezing the Orange ·

2019/07/04

Hello, listeners. Thanks for joining us. Here's a brand new, weekly podcast for you all. It features professor Dan Cable and comedian Akin Omobitan. In each episode, the two candidly discuss a published social science paper and squeeze out the best bits just for you. It's fun, raw and insightful. We hope you enjoy listening as much as these two enjoy talking with one another. You can find and follow them both on Twitter: @DanCable1 and @AkinOmobitan. Artwork by Victor Pãtrãşcan. Music by Nico

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