Robert has a bone to pick with economic theory . . . In fact, he wants to pick its bones clean and start over with a much better theory for everyone! Join the duo as they discuss what economic theory gets wrong and how it might be put right . . .  Want more? Check out our latest books: Energise: The Secrets Of Motivation: https://shorturl.at/bbA7y React: Harness Your Animal Brain: https://shorturl.at/yiFQ9 Sign up to Robert’s Substack: https://robertwest100.substack.com/ Subscribe to the UBC

The American Civil War is often remembered through famous battles, Abraham Lincoln, and the struggle between the Union and Confederacy. But behind those familiar events was a much more complicated story involving slavery, political conflicts, economic interests, divided communities, military decisions, and ordinary people caught in an enormous national crisis.Tonight, we explore the lesser-known stories and overlooked details of the American Civil War — from the tensions that led to the conflict to

A research debate on the 2007 paper Growth, innovation, scaling, and the pace of life in cities, by Luís M. A. Bettencourt, José Lobo, Dirk Helbing, Christian Kühnert, and Geoffrey B. West.When a city doubles in population, wealth and invention grow by more than double. Biology does the opposite: a larger animal uses energy more efficiently and lives more slowly. The paper's growth equations say a superlinear city has to produce major innovations at a continually faster rate, or growth stalls

Betsy Emmons — https://journalism.unl.edu/person/betsy-emmons/ | Associate Professor of Advertising & Public Relations, University of Nebraska–Lincoln | Sports PR & Promotion | Accredited in Public Relations (APR)Betsy Emmons teaches sports media and public relations in the College of Journalism and Mass Communications at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln, after more than two decades teaching at Samford University in Birmingham, Alabama, and years in sports PR before that. The conversation

What’s Up With All This Fraud? What’s Real, What Isn’t, and Who Pays for It l Alexis Knight InvestigatesFraud is everywhere in the headlines right now, but what is actually true? Alexis looks at healthcare fraud, Social Security schemes, pandemic-relief fraud, election crimes, government losses, and the push for tougher penalties—then separates proven fraud from improper payments, political claims, and inflated numbers. Most importantly, what does all of this actually mean for taxpayers?Alexis

Andra Gillespie is the author of The New Black PoliticianCory Booker, Newark, and Post-Racial America. Dr. Gillespie recommends the works of Drs. Byron D'Andra Orey, LaFleur Stephens-Dougan and Christopher Stout. More analysis like this straight to your inbox by subscribing to Civic Lens: marvinking1.substack.com

Click here to read the transcriptToday, I welcome back pediatric neuropsychologist Dr. Robin Peterson to explore why our field continues to struggle with defining and diagnosing learning disorders. We examine the limitations of traditional diagnostic frameworks, such as the IQ-achievement discrepancy model and pattern of strengths and weaknesses (PSW) approaches, while discussing why a conceptual shift toward developmental learning disabilities may better serve children. Robin breaks down the

Do you have a question or comment? Want to suggest a topic for our panel or be a guest on the Nova Society? Send us a message! Sydney from Las Vegas, Nevada writes: I’m a student from UA studying Political Science. Last week, President Trump and Prime Minister Netanyahu addressed the UN General Assembly. Trump’s remarks, particularly his threat to “annihilate” Iran, were met with scattered laughter in the chamber, while Netanyahu faced a largely empty hall as many delegates walked out before...

CSI Litigation Consultant Sarah Burton, Ph.D. joins Steve Wood, Ph.D. to discuss early jury research. Sarah shares details about a case in which she conducted a focus group very early in the case, while discovery was still open, to understand what jurors thought about an important piece of evidence that the defense was expecting to base their case on. And it turned out that this evidence was not important to the jurors - they understood the evidence, however, they were not persuaded by it which led

Our curator Daniel Pink recently sat down with Angela Duckworth to chat about her new book, Situated: Find the People and Places That Bring Out Your Best. Although we just had Angela on the show, we couldn’t resist sharing this conversation too. It’s live. It’s loose. And it covers a lot of ground we didn’t get to last time — like what Michael Phelps's childhood ZIP code had to do with his 28 Olympic medals (8:15), why Angela's house is full of avocados and physical therapy equipment (26:55), how a

What is Russia? For two centuries, observers inside and outside the country have tried to answer that question, and most of them have looked west. The familiar story holds that Peter the Great pulled a backward Muscovy toward Europe and that Catherine the Great finished the job by declaring Russia a European state.In The Steppe and Its Empires: The Russian Empire and Its Eurasian Counterparts (Yale UP, 2026), Professor Michael Khodarkovsky looks south and east instead. He argues that Russia is best

What are spiders doing inside your home? You’ve probably spotted a few crawling around, especially in the fall. But contrary to what you might assume, many of those spiders didn’t just wander in from outdoors. And there’s a very specific reason you suddenly start seeing more of them this time of year — it has a lot to do with romance. https://www.burkemuseum.org/collections-and-research/biology/arachnology-and-entomology/spider-myths/myth-spiders-come-indoorsShould you say something — or just keep

Send us Fan Mail Can you belong to something bigger than yourself without losing the individual identity, values, and conscience that made you who you are? In this episode of Walk With Me, Identity and Internal Architecture Coach Dr. Giovanni DeJesus revisits an idea from one of his earliest walks: the tension between individual identity and group belonging. Seven months earlier, standing outside in twelve-degree weather, Gio explored what can happen when people surrender their conscien...

What does it really take to change a habit? Charles Duhigg, journalist and author of The Power of Habit, joins us to explore how our understanding of habits has evolved and why lasting change may start with changing how we see ourselves. From the “habit window” and keystone habits to habit chaining and identity shifts, we challenge long-held assumptions about willpower and explore how small changes in behavior and perspective can lead to lasting transformation.Topics [0:00] The Food Noise and

Dr. Sharon M. Ravitch is a Professor of Practice at the University of Pennsylvania's Graduate School of Education - and the person who chaired Preston's dissertation committee. In this conversation, originally released in January 2023, Sharon joins Preston to talk about communities of practice: historically, a craftsman's model (carpenters, ironworkers, silversmiths), and MCTI's model that describes instructor cadres — groups who build shared language and expertise around a particular kind of

On this day, 5 October 2001, workers at the Queen Elizabeth Central Hospital in Blantyre, Malawi, launched a sitdown strike for better pay. In particular, the workers were complaining about wages and additional allowances, which were considerably lower for health workers than they were for workers in the justice system.The strike shut down almost all of the 1500-bed facility, with only a few beds remaining open in the Orthopaedics and burns departments. The strike was primarily by nurses, but also

Why isn’t there a consistent message about alcohol and health? How do you know if you’re putting yourself at risk? Is it really “all things in moderation”? Courtney Conley, D.C holds a doctorate in chiropractic medicine & 2 bachelor’s degrees in kinesiology & human biology & is the founder of Gait Happens. Milicia McDowell, DPT holds a doctorate in physical therapy & has over 20 years of experience. Together, they are the authors of Walk: Rediscover the Most Natural Way...

Pictures from Erika Kirk, Lindsey Clancy and the FlyDubai incident all feature words such as “scam,” “abracadabra,” and “sketchers.” The hero Yaniv Hayoun was a “plumber” who helped stop Hammam al-Hammami, whose name means “bathhouse.” Yaniv has now be listed as a sexy man for stopping a hi-jacking in a cock-pit. He says “I RAN” to the cockpit, part of an exclusive interview with the Free Press that happens to word the article to say IRAN, the country blamed by President Trump based on reports from

The podcast is coming out a few days early just to give you a little more time to get tickets to one (or more) of some of our favorite conference events of the year. Not enough time to book a flight, sadly. But, if you're in the area, we strongly encourage you to check out one of the options we discuss in the episode. The only thing scary about this month is how to find time to attend all of the amazing conferences, talks, and events given by some of the best minds in behavior analysis! But whether

In this episode of Somewhere in the Skies, Ryan is joined by active UK police officer Inspector Roy Teague, author of Close Encounters of the Police Kind. Drawing on nearly 27 years in policing, Teague has interviewed more than 300 current and former officers about their encounters with UFOs and other unexplained phenomena. His new book collects 75 of the most compelling cases, many told publicly for the first time.Teague takes us inside extraordinary reports involving police helicopters