178. Cereal, Salad Dressing, Cell Phones, and Choice
Reviewing the TED Talk “The Paradox of Choice” by Barry Schwartz
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177. Gender, Fluidity, Boys, and Dresses
A review of the New York Times article, “What’s So Bad About A Boy Who Wants To Wear A Dress?” by Ruth Padawer
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176. Self-Awareness, Fear, Anger, and Non-Violence
Reviewing the TED Talk “Fighting with Non-Violence” by Scilla Elworthy
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175. Programming, Aquariums, Machine Guns, and Preachers
Reviewing the movie “Machine Gun Preacher: and it’s back story.
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174. Mass Murder, Kittens, Flesh, and Love
Reviewing the events of the week: the shooting in Aurora, CO; episode 3 of Inside Your Mind by Derren Brown
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173. Presents, Dog Racing, Poker, and Belief
Events of the week and a review of Derren Brown’s illusions from the series “Inside Your Mind.”
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172. Numbing, Games, Death, and Life
Thinking more about Brene Brown’s talk and review a talk by Jane McGonigal.
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171. Vulnerability, Shame, Flesh and Spirit
Reviewing Brene Brown’s second TED talk on Listening to Shame
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170. Connection, Vulnerability, Flesh, and Spirit
Reviewing a TED Talk by Brene Brown called “The Power of Vulnerability”
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169. Marriages, Driving, Cancer, and Optimism
Reacting to Tali Sharot’s TED talk, “The Optimism Bias”
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