Awkward social dilemmas — specifically, those that can be listed under the letters A through L — dominate this week’s Improbable Research podcast. SUBSCRIBE on Play.it, iTunes, or Spotify to get a new episode every week, free. This week, Marc Abrahams —with dramatic readings by Robin Abrahams — tells about: Awkward Social Dilemmas — Etiquette, by Emily Post, 1922. [BONUS: Podcast listener C.J. Crittenden wrote […]
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Where do you sit, in Bulgaria? [Podcast 56]
The problem of whether to sit on the right — or whether to sit on the left, dominates this week’s Improbable Research podcast. SUBSCRIBE on Play.it, iTunes, or Spotify to get a new episode every week, free. This week, Marc Abrahams —with dramatic readings by Jean Berko Gleason — tells about: Cinema seating and hand clasping in Bulgaria — George B. Karev, (2000). ‘Cinema Seating in Right, Mixed and […]
Researchers named Fish who study fish [Podcast 55]
Fish, and scientists named Fish, dominate this week’s Improbable Research podcast. SUBSCRIBE on Play.it, iTunes, or Spotify to get a new episode every week, free. This week, Marc Abrahams —with dramatic readings by Daniel Rosenberg — tells about: Professor Frank Fish — A list of his publications. Structured Procrastination [this segment is sponsored by Freshbooks] — “Structured Procrastination,” by John Perry. This work was honored with […]
Effect of audience boredom on power-hungry-persons [Podcast 54]
Aggressive boredom and power-hungry people dominate this week’s Improbable Research podcast. SUBSCRIBE on Play.it, iTunes, or Spotify to get a new episode every week, free. This week, Marc Abrahams —with dramatic readings by Jean Berko Gleason — tells about: How the power-hungry respond to aggressive boredom — Fodor, Eugene M., and David P. Wick (2009). ‘Need for Power and Affective Response to Negative Audience Reaction […]