Water vs. Tech: How Moisture Ruins Your Devices & Why We Need Stress
28 Apr 2025
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Kibosh, chicanery, affluent and Seuss (as in Dr. Seuss) are words a lot of people mispronounce. This...
When to Quit and Walk Away & Why We Are Drawn to the Water - SYSK Choice
26 Apr 2025
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What is beginner’s luck? After all, it has a name so it must happen often enough to be a thing. B...
Your Brain on Screens: Myths and Facts & How Your Body Keeps You Alive
24 Apr 2025
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You are familiar with the advice that you shouldn’t go grocery shopping when you are hungry becaus...
How We Play: They Story of Fun and Games & The Cost of Not Sleeping Well
21 Apr 2025
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Since you were a child you have heard that it is important to wash your hands. But even if you do, y...
How to Awaken Your Genius & Is Personality Change Possible? - SYSK Choice
19 Apr 2025
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There is probably something you are worrying about right now. After all, that’s what we do – we ...
Always in a Hurry: The Illusion of Urgency & What You Never Knew About Your Neck
17 Apr 2025
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Would you like to be more persuasive? Listen as I reveal what one expert says is the key to winning ...
When to Take a Risk or Play it Safe & Why You Need More Muscle
14 Apr 2025
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Why do airplanes have ashtrays if smoking is prohibited? Could someone open the airplane door in mid...
Proven Ways to Boost Confidence & How to Overcome Procrastination - SYSK Choice
12 Apr 2025
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Strange but true - people with difficult names to pronounce are discriminated against. It is often n...
Proven Techniques for A Great Day Everyday & The Mysteries of Dog Behavior
10 Apr 2025
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It sounds weird but there is strong evidence that wearing certain clothes can change your thoughts a...
Seen, Heard, Valued: The Magic of Validation & Pronouns Are Weird! Here’s Why
07 Apr 2025
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Do you know your blood type? Do you know why we have different blood types? This episode begins wit...
Why Human Touch is So Important & Space Facts That Will Shock You - SYSK Choice
05 Apr 2025
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Who doesn’t love the smell of freshly cut grass? While there may be some people who don’t like t...
What Your Doctor Doesn’t Tell You & How to Unlock Your True Voice
03 Apr 2025
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Online retailers make it pretty easy to return items you purchase if you are not satisfied. But what...
The Secrets to Being a Successful Adult & Building Your Own Mental Fitness
31 Mar 2025
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You know that feeling you get when you eat comfort food? There is something magical about it. This e...
The Backstories of Your Favorite Music & Money Mastery in a Changing World - SYSK Choice
29 Mar 2025
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The clothes you wear project an image to others. But those same clothes you wear influence you as we...
Why Accidents Happen & Where to Find Courage When You Need It
27 Mar 2025
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Wisdom comes with age. That’s a common belief – but is it necessarily true? Can you acquire wisd...
The Amazing Things Your Heart Does & The Power You Have to Change Lives
24 Mar 2025
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I am sure you know people who love to offer unsolicited advice. And if you think back to the last t...
The Surprising Power of Silence & How to Overcome Your Cravings - SYSK Choice
22 Mar 2025
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When you feel that urge to go to the bathroom – it just might be a good time to make an important ...
The Science of Changing Your Personality & What Really Happens to Your Trash
20 Mar 2025
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Some people just seem to have more luck. Things seem to go their way. When you look closer, those lu...
A Paradox That Makes You Miserable & How We Amplify Our Own Stress
17 Mar 2025
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At some point, most men have likely been told they eat too fast – that they should slow down and e...
Science You Believe That Isn't True & The Story of The Lie Detector - SYSK Choice
15 Mar 2025
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This may be hard to imagine but trees can fight crime. Not all types of crime but they the fight som...
Why Your Memory is Perfectly Imperfect & How to Love Better
13 Mar 2025
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Everyone knows that $19.99 is really $20. And we know that gas sold at $3.49 and 9/10 per gallon is ...
The Startling Impact of Peer Pressure & Why Shyness Can Be a Plus
10 Mar 2025
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Who hasn’t had to wait at a doctor’s office well past the appointment time. It sucks. What is a ...
What Your Senses Can’t Perceive & What Happens When You Are Too Productive - SYSK Choice
08 Mar 2025
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What if I told you that being left-handed or right-handed has a powerful influence on decisions you ...
Cool Things You Can Do With AI & Surprising Insight in Chance, Probability & Risk
06 Mar 2025
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There is a word you probably use that means something entirely different than what you think. In fac...
Digital Communication Done Right & Buy What You Love Without Going Broke
03 Mar 2025
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Beer should be served ice cold. Bottled beer is better than canned beer. These are just 2 incorrect ...
How Your Mind Changes Over Time & The Upside of Uncertainty - SYSK Choice
01 Mar 2025
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The letters Rx are somehow related to drug stores. But why? What do those letters actually mean? Yo...
Why We’re Wired to Imitate Others & How to Have a Great Conversation
27 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
You probably think raw vegetables are healthier than cooked vegetables. Sometimes they are. But some...
Alone Together: The Decline of Social Interaction & Is the Future in Nuclear?
24 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
Did you know that Philadelphia Cream Cheese doesn’t come from Philadelphia? Or that marshmallows w...
Why We Forget & The Amazing Story of Your Body’s Atoms - SYSK Choice
22 Feb 2025
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People talk about “the power of touch” – but what does this power do? When you hug or shake ha...
Where To Find Answers to Your Toughest Problems & How Weather Works
20 Feb 2025
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How dangerous can a pair of shoes be? Really dangerous, particularly if they have big heels. We begi...
The Mysteries of Your Subconscious Mind & Is An Electric Car in Your Future?
17 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
When people see someone in public having a heart attack or stroke or other medical emergency, they o...
How Flavor Has Guided Human History & The Threat of Pseudoscience - SYSK Choice
15 Feb 2025
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Modern kitchen freezers are actually cruel to ice cream and other frozen foods. This episode begins ...
Why We Love Fast Food & What Will Make You Successful
13 Feb 2025
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Why is white the most popular car color? While people like whatever color they like, car color can i...
How to Create Real Wealth & The Ways Technology Ruins Relationships
10 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
Why do you feel cold sometimes? The obvious answer is that you feel cold when you ARE cold. But coul...
How to Master Small Talk & Why We Do Things Without Knowing Why- SYSK Choice
08 Feb 2025
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Is there a reason we have eyebrows? Pretty much every part of the human body has a reason for being ...
Lessons on Health from the Animal Kingdom & How to Manage Your Emotions
06 Feb 2025
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How many times have you wanted to ask for a raise but didn’t bother because you knew the answer wo...
Why You Are More Courageous Than You Think & The Magic of Tidying Up
03 Feb 2025
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Seems like no matter how hard you try you never pick the fastest checkout line in the supermarket. W...
Why Thinking Is Not All In Your Head & Secrets From the Longest Study of Happiness - SYSK Choice
01 Feb 2025
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We humans love novelty. We seek it out. While that can be good, it can also get us in trouble. This...
The Essential Qualities of Inspiring People & The Rules of How Life Works
30 Jan 2025
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After television, a big part of the ad budget for fast-food restaurants’ is spent on outdoor adver...
How to Optimize Your Brain Chemistry & What Would You Do With More Money?
27 Jan 2025
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Traffic accidents are an inevitable part of life. However, there are a few simple things you can do ...
Eleven Inventions That Changed the World & The Right Way to Make Love and Money Decisions - SYSK Choice
25 Jan 2025
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The origins of the names for popular food products often make interesting stories. For instance, why...
Why We Like Cute Things & How to Have a Great Conversation
23 Jan 2025
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When you use sarcasm in an email or text message, you are skating on thin ice. This episode begins ...
How the Human Body Works & Stories Your Doctor Won’t Tell You
20 Jan 2025
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Do you know your IQ? Can you raise the number up or – are stuck with whatever that number is? This...
Why We Are Obsessed With Butts & The Best and Worst Way to Apologize - SYSK Choice
18 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
Ever notice when you are nervous or stressed, the pitch of your voice goes up? Yet a lower pitch wou...
How You Are Being Psychologically Targeted & The Extraordinary Power of Curiosity
16 Jan 2025
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How many calories do you burn up just eating and digesting the food you eat? It’s an interesting q...
Why Couples Hate to Talk About Money & How Scents and Smells Affect You
13 Jan 2025
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In the online shopping world, there is something called “cart abandonment discounts.” Listen as...
Why You Should Take Fun Seriously & Electricity’s Amazing Story - SYSK Choice
11 Jan 2025
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Sometimes your willpower seems pretty good but other times - especially right when you need it – i...
How and Why Optimism Works & Why a Little Defiance is a Good Thing
08 Jan 2025
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Why are dalmatians often associated with firefighters and fire trucks? Is it just a mascot thing or ...
How Your Body Affects Your Happiness & Good News for Self-Critics and Perfectionists
06 Jan 2025
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At airports all over the world, luggage gets lost – sometimes forever. So, what happens to it? It ...
The Science Behind Why We Buy & How to Make Bold Choices - SYSK Choice
04 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
In a public bathroom, which is better – drying your hands with a paper towel or using an air blowe...
How to Change What’s Not Working & Why Time Seems to Speed Up and Slow Down
02 Jan 2025
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One fear many air travelers have is catching a cold or some other bug when they fly on an airplane. ...
The New Science of Effective Weight & What Makes an Idea Scalable
30 Dec 2024
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We’ve all heard the advice that when you buy new clothes you should wash them first before you wea...
Why Rituals Exist Everywhere & The Exercise Paradox - SYSK Choice
28 Dec 2024
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We know that smiling is a universal human expression of happiness. Everyone smiles - in fact, even b...
Scams You Might Easily Fall For & Mastering The Art of Deal-Making
26 Dec 2024
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You might think that a good way to get closer to someone is to do them a favor. Yes, that might work...
A Fascinating Tour of Our Solar System & The Amazing Story of the Sandwich
23 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
What would happen if you were walking by the Empire State Building right at the time someone dropped...
Fascinating Stories of Christmas Customs & The Art of Talking with Children - SYSK Choice
21 Dec 2024
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Restaurants are crawling with germs. It’s not all the restaurant’s fault – where there are peo...
How You CAN Change Other People & Some Interesting Science Explained
19 Dec 2024
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Listening to music with air pods or headphones can damage your hearing. To prevent this, you need to...
The Surprising Toll of Life’s Daily Hassles & What Exactly is American Cuisine?
16 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
How often do you clean your cellphone? Chances are you don’t do it often unless the screen starts ...
How to Get the Best Sleep of Your Life & How to be Gracefully Assertive - SYSK Choice
14 Dec 2024
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For years, mattresses and pillows carried a warning tag that said “Warning: Do Not Remove This Tag...
True Stories Behind the Greatest Christmas Songs & The Downside of Renewable Energy
12 Dec 2024
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How good are you at predicting how things will turn out in your life? How often have you said, “If...
Seth Godin on Creating Your Best Strategy & How Beer Changed the World
09 Dec 2024
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Why is the most popular pencil the # 2 pencil? What’s wrong with #1? And why are most pencils yell...
Scientific Benefits of Practicing Any Religion & What It’s Like to Live in Space - SYSK Choice
07 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
What if you could get more done in less time? That would sure come in handy around the holidays – ...
The Origins of Christmas Traditions & A Simple Way to Achieve Important Goals
05 Dec 2024
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You know what stops a lot of people from asking their boss for a raise? It’s worrying about what t...
The New Science of Sleeping, Breathing and Drinking & Where Did Dinosaurs Go?
02 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
Have you ever heard of the word – shadenfreude. It’s when you are amused by or laugh at someone ...
The Transformative Power of Play & How Habits Stick - SYSK Choice
30 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
Most brands and businesses have a logo. Designing and creating logos is both art and science it seem...
Proven Ways to Extend Your Life & Here’s The Cure for Loneliness
28 Nov 2024
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People need physical touch and too many of us are not getting enough of it. The result is something ...
The Unexpected Value of Regret & The Evolution of Creative Thought
25 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
Most refrigerators come with a light inside. It goes on when you open the door. It’s very helpful....
The Skincare Hoax & How Measurement Shaped Our World - SYSK Choice
23 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
We live in a culture that has a definite bias towards neatness. But it makes you wonder – is being...
The Real and False Promises of AI & What They Really Ate at the First Thanksgiving
21 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
How many photographs have been taken worldwide in the history of photography? And how many just this...
Stunningly Simple Secrets for Success & What Really Goes On at the CIA
18 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
Maybe you’ve noticed that simply having friends has gotten expensive. Meeting for lunch, drinks af...
The Car’s History and Future & Inside Your Unconscious Mind – SYSK Choice
16 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
“Sit up straight!” You’ve probably heard it since you were very young, and it turns out to be ...
The Objective Science of Marijuana & Understanding the Certainty Trap
14 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
Women apologize more than men. Why is that? This episode looks at the likely reason and it may surpr...
What the Internet Has Made Obsolete & Cool Health Care Hacks
11 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
When you are on the phone in a noisy environment, you probably cover your other ear to hear the phon...
How to Happily Overcome Clutter & Why Pop Culture is so Valuable - SYSK Choice
09 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
When you shop for big ticket items like a house or car, it matters what day you choose to go – and...
A Serious Look at UFOs & The Power of Grace in Today’s World
07 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
How do you decide when to throw food out? If you go by the date printed on the package, you could be...
How Notebooks Changed Your Life & Are Video Screens Really So Bad?
04 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
When you know someone’s musical tastes, it can affect what you think of that person. It can even i...
A Smart Guide to Friendships & English Tips From A Master Grammarian - SYSK Choice
02 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
I can’t imagine anyone who wants to receive MORE emails. Most of us would prefer to get far fewer....
How Pleasure Makes People Miserable & How Weight Loss Really Works
31 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Everyone understands that getting enough sleep is important. But how important? This episode begins ...
How Regular People Become Millionaires & How The Power of Suggestion Works
28 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Is handwriting analysis a real thing? Can an “expert” really tell if handwriting is forged or re...
The Keys to a Long Term Relationship & How Our Minds Are Quirky - SYSK Choice
26 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
From a very early age you were likely told not to lie. Lying is bad. And it seems that one of the t...
The Psychology of Crowds & Where Did Life Come From?
24 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Most of us have heard that the speed at which you drive can impact your gas mileage but by how much?...
Are You Treating Your Clothes All Wrong? & The Power of Being Quiet
21 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
You have seen a dollar bill hundreds of times, but have you ever really studied it? It’s fascinati...
How to Master the Skill of Quitting & Deconstructing Conspiracy Theories - SYSK Choice
19 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Do you suffer from any of these symptoms: Tiredness, stomach issues, dizziness, headaches, joint pro...
What You Never Knew About Your Childhood & Go Inside the U.S. Capitol
17 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Something interesting seems to happen when couples are together for a long time. Without even trying...
What Makes You Uniquely Human & How Words Affect Your Thoughts
14 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Major storms all get names: Milton, Katrina, Ian, Sandy etc. Why do we name storms? Do the names of ...
Understanding Our Phobias & How Your Dog Thinks – SYSK Choice
12 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
We all tend to want to impress others with our accomplishments or skills or whatever else that makes...
What Makes You an Introvert or Extrovert? & Why Things Smell
10 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
When you are focused on a task, interruptions can be annoying and maddening. Yet, there may be a po...
How to Know What Someone is Thinking & The Amazing Success Story of LEGO
07 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Watch a couple hold hands as they stroll own the road. It often seems cute and quaint. But it is mor...
Setting Effective Boundaries & How to Make Important Decisions Confidently - SYSK Choice
05 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
When someone first sees you, what impression do they get? What image do you project? It’s importan...
How to Sync with Your Circadian Rhythms & A Fascinating History of Cars
03 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
“You should drink at least 8 glasses of water per day!” Well, wait a second. That advice is abou...
Why We Still Don’t Have Flying Cars & Your Amazing Teeth
30 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Groceries are expensive. So, if you would like a simple yet effective technique to cut your grocery ...
How to Get it All Done and Be Happy & Why Most Food Advice is Wrong - SYSK Choice
28 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
iPhone users have likely noticed that some texts show up in blue and some show up in green. What’s...
Why Pets Act in Weird Ways & When Your Brain Does Its Best Work
26 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
How is your posture right now? If your shoulders are slouched, you are sending a message to others t...
When Doctors Get It Wrong & The Science of Kindness
23 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Ever fake a smile? We all do. What harm can it do? Well, it could do you some harm if you are the on...
The Solution to Overthinking & Why You’re Smarter Than AI - SYSK Choice
21 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
What if you could reduce your risk of heart disease by 30% without a lot of effort? After all, it is...
Remarkable Ways Horses Changed Your Life & The Real Benefits of Being Lazy
19 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
We have become much more of a cashless society in the last few years. That turns out to be a good th...
The Fascinating Gases that Surround You & Is Everyone Addicted to Something?
16 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Some very popular drinks turn out to be really bad for your teeth. This episode begins with that lis...
What Your Favorite Music Says About You & How to Ditch Negative Self-Talk - SYSK Choice
14 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
My mother was a teacher, and I remember her saying that when you take a test and you don’t know th...
The Untold Dangers of Prescription Drugs & Fresh Look at Dealing with Anger
12 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
At work, do you go out to lunch or eat at your desk? It makes a difference in the quality of your wo...
Why Status is Critical to Your Success & Why Is There So Much Anxiety?
09 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In the average lifespan, there are 2 separate years (and they are decades apart) where people report...