Episode 83 - Trash Builders & The Housing Crisis
Millennials have a median net worth of $15K, but the median price for a house has skyrocketed to $375k. But you know what’s free? Trash.
Episode 82 - The Christmas Feud & Selflessness
Our mothers told us generosity wins in the end. But mom didn’t have an entire internet’s worth of statistics, economics, and science to prove it, did she?
Episode 81- Dick Fuld Charisma Part 2
What is Charisma? A charming smile? A warm handshake? Being tall? Maybe functional charisma is more practical. Maybe it’s something we can master and use tactically.
Episode 80 - Dick Fuld Charisma Part 1
What is Charisma? A charming smile? A warm handshake? Being tall? Maybe functional charisma is more practical. Maybe it’s something we can master and use tactically.
Episode 79 - Re-Engineered You Updates: Part 3
This week we bring you news on all your favorite past Re-Engineered episodes, including Granularity, Compassion Fatigue, and Love. You’re welcome!
Episode 78- Re-Engineered You Updates: Part 2
News from the field of emotional intelligence keeps coming, along with more science and history to add to our favorite classic episodes.
Episode 77 - Re-Engineered You Updates: Part 1
The best thing about self-awareness, science, and history? It keeps growing! On this episode we revisit show classics, and top them off with bonus brain-stretching facts and news!
Episode 76 - Dune, Stirling Lanier & Career Risks
The Great Job Resignation is upon us! If you’re planning to take career risks, now might be the time. When everyone’s hiring, and gaps in employment history are par for the course.
Episode 75 - Long Distance Relationships
Are long distance relationships a fool’s gamble? Are they for the desperate, or the unlucky in love? The statistics of how often they work and why, will shock you.
Episode 74 - Nazi Guards & Malice
Humans can be cruel for practical reasons. Power. Money. Pecking-order. But how do we justify malicious acts when there’s no tangible reward? What if it’s just malice for malice’s sake.
Episode 73 - Daniel Dancer & Frugality
If wealth is sexy, then why is it such a turn-off to date a penny-pincher? And how much money can coupon-cutting and leftovers really save in the end?
Episode 72 - James Arthur Ray & Gurus
Life Coach. Spiritual Advisor. Financial Planner. These are very different professions, but unscrupulous Gurus pretend to be all three. So...how do we become Gurus?
Episode 71 - Spirit Warriors & Self Help Gurus
How dangerous is it to follow a sage? Or a self-help guru? And did James Arthur Ray actually help his followers find inner power, right before he steamed them to death?
Episode 70 - TV Journalists & Progress in America
Riots are overtaking the streets, murderers are running unchecked, and gunshots are as common as fireworks...if you believe the evening news. So statistically, how bad is America, really?
Episode 69 - TV Journalists & Progress in America
Riots are overtaking the streets, murderers are running unchecked, and gunshots are as common as fireworks...if you believe the evening news. So statistically, how bad is America, really?
Episode 68 - Lyndon B Johnson & Arrogance
Both Monster and Indeed have career advice articles on how to separate Arrogance from Confidence. So today we ask, why not master both?
Episode 67 - Charlie Plumb & Stoicism
The cornerstone of stoicism is the reminder that we’re all mortal, and our time is limited. So how do we draw an optimistic lesson from ‘Memento Mori’?
Episode 66 - ‘Molly’ Sampson & Bravery
Why are we evolved to be brave, especially if being too brave could get you pruned from the evolutionary tree? And who was the gritty ‘Mulan’ of the Revolutionary War?
Episode 65 - Private Detectives & Little Details
Sherlock has his ‘Memory Palace’ and Mike Ross from Suits has his photographic memory. But what’s the real-life equivalent to these skills, and how do we get them?
Episode 64 - Crip Camp & Belonging
As humans we need each other...desperately. Yet we can’t help rank each other, measure each other, and compare each other. Today we’ll dig into that instinct.