COMING SOON
Genius. What does that word really mean? In this six-hour audio documentary David McRaney goes on a journey around the world to meet experts and, well, geniuses, to try and understand the history and the definition of that word: genius. Along the way, you will meet people who study intelligence, IQ, giftedness, savants, and spend time with people with very high IQs and amazing artistic talents, including “the smartest man in the world.”
THINGS WE KNOW WE DON’T
Things We Know We Don't will be a podcast about known unknowns in science – things scientists know that scientists don't know, but that the general public probably thinks scientists have fully explained by now. We will cover the everyday sort of mysteries scientists are pretty sure we can eventually solve, but we haven’t yet. You will learn about the mysteries all around you that you didn’t know were mysteries at all.
THE BODY OF AN IDIOT
All diet books could be reduced to two lines: Eat less. Exercise more. You already know that, so why is it so hard to do those two things? Imagine a diet book that tells you to pick whichever diet or exercise plan you want. They all work just fine once you have the mental tools to sick to them. The only thing that matters is permanently altering your behavioral routines so that you can stop failing.