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Two Guys on Your Head

KUT & KUTX Studios, Dr. Art Markman & Dr. Bob Duke

Dr. Art Markman and Dr. Bob Duke explain how our brain works.

science social sciences

All Episodes

Time: Perception and Memory

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2024/09/28

The Texas Science & Natural History Museum hosted a live taping of Two Guys on Your Head, with the whole Two Guys team, Art Markman, Bob Duke, and Rebecca McInroy, to discuss the Psychology of Time. It was a wonderful conversation, and for the next few episodes, we’re bringing you bits and pieces of various […] The post Time: Perception and Memory appeared first on KUT & KUTX Studios -- Podcasts.

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Time: Imagining Deep Time

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2024/09/20

The Texas Science & Natural History Museum hosted a live taping of Two Guys on Your Head, with the whole Two Guys team, Art Markman, Bob Duke, and Rebecca McInroy, to discuss the Psychology of Time. It was a wonderful conversation, and for the next few episodes, we’re bringing you bits and pieces of various […]The post Time: Imagining Deep Time appeared first on KUT & KUTX Studios -- Podcasts.

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Unpacking

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2024/09/13

Moving is never easy, but at least you have deadlines for when you need to be out of one place and into another. When it comes to unpacking, it’s a different story. As Dr. Art Markman and Dr. Bob Duke explore in this episode of Two Guys on Your Head, getting settled in takes time, but the psychological payoff can […] The post Unpacking appeared first on KUT & KUTX Studios -- Podcasts.

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New Beginnings

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2024/09/06

For many, fall marks the beginning of a new school year, which can mean a time to reinvent yourself. In this episode of Two Guys on Your Head, Dr. Art Markman and Dr. Bob Duke discuss the importance of mindset, social groups, and expectations when starting fresh. The post New Beginnings appeared first on KUT & KUTX Studios -- Podcasts.

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Embodied Emotions

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2024/08/30

Emotions are sometimes good to listen to when you’re trying to make a decision, but sometimes they’re not so good. However, as Dr. Art Markman and Dr. Bob Duke explore in this episode of Two Guys on Your Head, the more you know about how your brain works and what certain feelings may indicate, the more tools you have […]The post Embodied Emotions appeared first on KUT & KUTX Studios -- Podcasts.

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Quotations

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2024/08/23

We often read engaging or witty quotes and consider their content or meaning, but as Dr. Art Markman and Dr. Bob Duke explore in this episode of Two Guys on Your Head, quotes serve many functions in how and what we communicate and remember.The post Quotations appeared first on KUT & KUTX Studios -- Podcasts.

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Psychological Landmarks

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2024/08/16

It’s August, which means it’s the anniversary of the first airing of Two Guys on Your Head on KUT Austin. And even though we don’t need an excuse to party, it seems strange to celebrate the 11-year mark. Why is that? In this episode of Two Guys on Your Head, Dr. Art Markman and Dr. Bob Duke explore the significance […] The post Psychological Landmarks appeared first on KUT & KUTX Studios -- Podcasts.

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Second Chances

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2024/08/09

Oftentimes, we praise perfect execution over Samuel Beckett’s mantra,“Try again. Fail again. Fail better.” Even so, the idea of practicing a skill, learning a task, or iterating on an idea is easier for us to accept than allowing people who wrong us in some way a second chance. In this episode of Two Guys on Your […]The post Second Chances appeared first on KUT & KUTX Studios -- Podcasts.

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Teaching Expertise

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2024/08/02

Becoming an expert in any area takes a lot of time, work, and navigation; teaching our expertise to someone else takes a different and unique set of skills. In this episode of Two Guys on Your Head, Dr. Art Markman and Dr. Bob Duke discuss how to teach expertise.The post Teaching Expertise appeared first on KUT & KUTX Studios -- Podcasts.

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Culture and Knowledge

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2024/07/26

Every generation has a different starting point when it comes to knowledge, and it can be a challenge to decipher what we can take for granted regarding how we know what we know and what we need to learn for ourselves. In this episode of Two Guys on Your Head, Dr. Art Markman and Dr. Bob Duke discuss the […] The post Culture and Knowledge appeared first on KUT & KUTX Studios -- Podcasts.

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Teaching Balanced Pragmatism

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2024/07/19

With so many opportunities for compromise, not only in our political sphere but also in our daily lives, we might wonder why teaching strategies for this aren’t more common. In this episode of Two Guys on Your Head, Dr. Art Markman and Dr. Bob Duke discuss why it’s so important to teach balanced pragmatism as a skill and as a […]The post Teaching Balanced Pragmatism appeared first on KUT & KUTX Studios -- Podcasts.

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