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An FBI Agent's Guide To Body Language - Joe Navarro - #389 Oct 25, 2021

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Joe Navarro is a former FBI agent, author and a world expert on body language.

Becoming an exceptional communicator is a superpower. No matter your job or goals in life, the better you are at communicating, the better your outcomes will be. Joe led the FBI's non-verbal communication division and SWAT operations whilst catching and turning spies for 25 years, today we get to hear his best advice.

Expect to learn the biggest mistakes people make when setting up to talk to someone in a room, why self-awareness can save lives, how to control your emotions more effectively, how to de-escalate an intense confrontation, how to be better at small-talk and much more...

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Timestamps:

(00:00) Intro (04:14) Using Observation Before an Operation (09:44) How to Develop Self-Mastery (17:44) Creating Your Own Apprenticeship (25:31) The Fundamentals of Observation (34:30) Primacy of Emotions in Communication (50:15) How to De-escalate & Control Situations (1:10:36) Designing an Unexceptional Person (1:13:06) Where to Find Joe

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Moving Politics Past Identity - David Pakman - #388 Oct 23, 2021

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David Pakman is a political commentator and host of The David Pakman Show.

The Left and The Right really aren't talking very well at the moment. It feels like if people don't have the same political leaning, they see the world in an entirely different way, whether that's disagreements on identity, health, policy, priorities or babymaking.

Expect to learn David Pakman's explanation for why communication from Left to Right seems so strained, whether identity politics really takes up as much focus among the Left as it seems, whether Donald Trump is an own goal for Conservatives, the biggest problems with political commentators refusing to communicate and much more...

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(00:00) Intro (01:20) The Focus on Identity in Politics (14:32) The Left and Misrepresentation (25:28) Improving Communication Across the Aisle (29:46) David’s View of the Right (40:14) Big Pharma (46:08) The Left’s Biggest Challenges (56:53) Where to Find David

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Are Human Genetics An Unfair Lottery? - Paige Harden - #387 Oct 21, 2021

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Kathryn Paige Harden is a psychologist and behavioural geneticist, Professor of Psychology at the University of Texas and an author.

The goal of social equality is to give everyone a fair opportunity to achieve in life. But even if advantages and disadvantages in the environment are equalised, all of us are starting at different positions genetically because we get far more than just environment from our parents. Paige is trying to work out how DNA can be integrated into social equality.

Expect to learn why people are so uncomfortable talking about behavioural genetics, why your failures might be less of your fault than you think, why hitting puberty early makes girls bad at maths, whether genetic markers for working hard should be accounted for when evening out the playing field and much more...

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(00:00) Intro (02:47) Why Is Behavioural Genetics So Uncomfortable? (09:15) Defining Social Equality (15:22) How Genes Affect Education (22:13) Proposals for Progress (33:37) Surprising Genetic Correlations (44:40) Dealing with Unfair Equality (56:23) The Ethics of Altering Genetics for Equality (1:02:33) Is Communism Genetics-Friendly? (1:06:29) Where to Find Paige

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How To Stop Hating Your Love Life - Daniel Sloss - #386 Oct 18, 2021

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Daniel Sloss is a comedian, podcaster & now an author.

Everyone you hate is going to die. But so is everyone you love. And so are you. Before that happens, you need to live and breathe and make some friends and hopefully find a partner and start a family and have fun. Today we get to hear Daniel's best advice for how to avoid total failure at this.

Expect to learn why boomers would probably get rekt on Tinder, what Daniel's thoughts are on his Netflix Special Jigsaw now as a happily engaged man, how you should break up with someone, why Dave Chappelle's controversy should surprise nobody, whether leaving a relationship because you want to sleep around is a good reason and much more...

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(00:00) Intro (01:18) Dave Chappelle & Cancel Culture (13:02) How Daniel Became a Cause for Divorce (21:57) Is Being Single Better? (31:27) Reflecting on Jigsaw (42:57) How to Deal with Death (48:59) Daniel’s New America Tour (54:22) Lessons on Good Friendships (1:00:15) Repeating a Show 300 Times (1:07:40) Where to Find Daniel

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15 Mental Models To Understand Psychology - Gurwinder Bhogal - #385 Oct 16, 2021

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Gurwinder Bhogal is a programmer and a writer.

I got tagged in a monstrous thread of Gurwinder's on Twitter exploring human nature, cognitive biases, mental models, status games, crowd behaviour and social media. It's one of the best things I've read this year, so I just had to bring him on.

Expect to learn how saying ridiculous things can be a test of loyalty, why people can be too stupid to know that they're stupid, why million-to-one odds happen 8 times a day in New York City, why The Bullshit Principle is actually a thing, why everyone is seeing racism everywhere and much more...

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(00:00) Intro (02:23) Twitter’s Distortion of Reality (09:24) The Peter Principle & Golden Hammer (15:58) Why the World is Full of Unrefuted Bullshit (20:50) Are Societal Expectations Too High? (32:08) Competing for Status Over Truth (46:49) Explaining the Messiah Effect (52:34) Choosing Freedom Over Reason (1:14:27) Hitchens’s Razor (1:18:37) Becoming Blinded by Focus (1:22:52) Are Stupid People Self-aware? (1:27:57) Where to Find Gurwinder

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The Female Orgasm, CrossFit & Vasectomies - Zack Telander - #384 Oct 14, 2021

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Zack Telander is a weightlifter, coach & YouTuber.

ZT joins me to talk about the world's most pressing issues like whether men should be forced to get vasectomies at age 40, if Jon Jones can ever find redemption, why New Zealand's football team name is problematic, why the female orgasm is so elusive, how Zack got involved in internet beef with a big Texan man, whether CrossFit has rampant steroid use and much more...

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(00:00) Intro (00:41) Chris Rabb’s Vasectomy Bill (06:00) Can Jon Jones Redeem Himself? (21:26) New Zealand national football team (29:00) Mark Rippetoe’s Beef with Zack (36:24) Intricacies of Female Orgasms (51:03) Is CrossFit a Legitimate Sport? (1:07:41) Facebook whistleblower disclosures (1:15:50) Where to Find Zack

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12 Laws Of Power & Human Nature - Robert Greene - #383 Oct 11, 2021

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Robert Greene is an author and historian.

Many people want and need power in life, but almost none of us admit it. Robert's new book compiles 366 of his best lessons on power, seduction, human nature and mastery, and today we get to go through my favourites.

Expect to learn how remaining absent can increase respect, why you should suffer fools gladly, why focussing on actions not words is the best way to judge someone's character, how to avoid losing your sanity in a group and much more...

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Timestamps:

(00:00) Intro (06:06) Success Through Action & Purpose (14:01) Cultivate Negative Capability (18:17) Remake Yourself (28:35) Judge People on Behaviour (34:40) Use Absence to Increase Respect (39:45) Become an Object of Desire (43:47) Time Lost Can Never Be Regained (48:07) The Madness of Groups (52:46) Suffer Fools Gladly (58:11) Accept Your Insignificance (1:04:17) Where to Find Robert

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Why Is The Climate Debate Such A Mess? - Charles Eisenstein - #382 Oct 09, 2021

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Charles Eisenstein is a public speaker and author specialising in the ecology movement.

The climate debate is chaos. Activists and skeptics can't talk to each other and for every article suggesting one point of view there's another refuting it. People are either malicious world-killers or useful idiot dupes.

Expect to learn why the climate change debate is so difficult to navigate, why it's supposedly impossible to find an impartial climate scientist, Charles' suggestions for how to navigate this conversation while not losing your mind and much more...

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(00:00) Intro (02:31) Understanding the Climate Debate (10:44) ‘Human Racism’ in Activism (15:58) What Sceptics Are Getting Wrong (25:00) Dealing with Uncertainty (32:49) Profiting from the Climate Debate (41:06) How to Improve Climate Discourse (52:56) Where to Find Charles

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Military Strategies For Dealing With Risk - General Stanley McChrystal - #381 Oct 07, 2021

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Stanley McChrystal is a retired four-star general, the former commander of the US and International Security Assistance Forces in Afghanistan, a CEO and an author.

Risk is a constant throughout life. It's permanently shaping our individual and organisational behaviour but humans are inherently bad at judging and adapting to risk. After 34 years of dealing with mortal risk in the field of combat, Stanley has a good insight into a better approach.

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(00:00) Intro (01:29) Stan's Feelings on Afghanistan (06:13) Dealing with Risk (12:33) What the Military Taught Stan (20:29) Lessons from Coordinating Agencies (33:02) How to Increase Diversity (38:25) Communication in Military Hierarchies (47:51) Power of Adaptability (56:30) Strategies for Managing Risk (1:00:04) Where to Find General McChrystal

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Is Genghis Khan Harder Than Jocko Willink? - Dan Jones - #380 Oct 04, 2021

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Dan Jones is a historian, TV presenter and an author.

Dan took a break from walking about great British castles to write a book about the 1000 years of the Middle Ages. Knights and Templars and Monks and Mongols and Barbarians.

Expect to learn why Genghis Khan was harder than Jocko Willink, Dan's best ever finish in Peloton, why I won't be allowed to go as a wizard to his imaginary medieval fancy dress party, just how bad a pandemic in the Middle Ages was, why Rome got rekt by climate change and much more...

Timestamps:

(00:00) Intro (04:38) Dan’s Powers & Thrones Book (11:25) Why Rome Was Destroyed (19:26) Hard People Throughout Time (32:57) Medieval Archetypes (40:15) Pandemics in the Middle Ages (47:45) Innovation in Medieval Times (1:04:25) Making History More Accessible

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