FULL EPISODE: Grandma's Busier Than You Think - March 3, 2026
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What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
Unfiltered discussions.
Why do some bosses become bullies?
Unexpected guests. No topic is off-limits. From sex and relationships to the human condition. Personal anxieties and so much more. The only talk show of its kind in the world. World This Is. Hello, welcome, happy Tuesday. It's the last show. On this program, you'll learn a lot of things.
How can AI impact mental health therapy?
You might be stupider for it, but you'll learn things. And here are some of the topics we'll cover. There is a lot of talk of people using AI chatbots for mental health use. Well, new clinical research is in and it turns out talking to them may worsen symptoms for some psychiatric patients. So are these digital companions helping or do they make things worse for people experiencing delusions? And we won't just be speculating all this based on clinical trial data. That conversation in 10 minutes time. Then after that... Most people think romance retires at age 65. They're wrong.
Does romance and intimacy persist as we age?
Halfway through the hour, we're talking about dating desire and why seniors are swiping right on the apps, not just for companionship, but for intimacy too. Your granny has got game. Okay, let's start the show. Want to be part of the last show with David Cooper? Call us and join the conversation. 1-888-505-6644. Is your boss a total jerk or are they just running around on a secret belief that the world is a ruthless cage match where empathy is a weakness? Today, we're going to talk about why your boss is a bully. I'm here with someone who has researched just this. He's an organizational behavior researcher at Columbia Business School, and his name is Dean Baldianski. Dean, welcome to the show. Thank you.
Thank you, David, for having me. It's a pleasure to be here. What made you curious about researching what is on at least someone's mind at some point in their life, like jerk bosses, bully bosses? Why look into this from like an academic angle? Yeah, I mean, bosses can be jerks, you know, and I really just, there's all this work that tries to understand why bosses behave in a threatening sort of aggressive way towards their employees. And the answers aren't that clear. So what me and my collaborator did, we thought that there's probably some kind of miscalibration where bosses just kind of misunderstand or don't know the impact of their behavior.
What is looksmaxxing and why is it trending?
And especially the impact on relationships with our employees. And that's kind of how we started this project. And it turns out that in the background, like you suggested, there's this worldview that is informing these predictions. So some people just believe that they live in this competitive jungle. It's just like all or nothing, dog-eat-dog world. And in that world that they conjure up in their head, uh dominant or threatening behavior is just not as harmful um and that drives their behavior at work i wonder if there's a takeaway from your research and i do want to dig into the research but let's go down this tangent i wonder if there's a takeaway like when you're interviewing at a company when you're meeting your future boss you should try to suss out what their world view is and if they view the world as kind of like a dog eat dog world maybe don't take that job
Yeah, that's a takeaway maybe for an employee. You could probably get at that implicitly if you're careful. But I think the takeaway for managers or for organizations, there's like the sort of optimistic take from all this is that people...
How does AI influence food choices at restaurants?
are sometimes jerks without realizing what they're doing. Like, they're not intending to do any kind of harm, but because they're stuck in this pretty competitive and ruthless world, they end up inflicting the harm. I guess the pessimistic takeaway from this is that this... and sometimes perpetuates this vicious cycle where they have this worldview. This leads them to some kind of threatening dominant behavior. They get the response that they thought they would get. It's usually a negative one. And that reinforces their worldview. And that kind of leads them down the same path of competitive behavior. So...
What role does physical attractiveness play in social effectiveness?
So that's a dominant boss. That's a boss who is a bully.
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Chapters
8 chapters
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What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
0:00–0:03
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Why do some bosses become bullies?
0:03–0:29
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How can AI impact mental health therapy?
0:29–1:05
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Does romance and intimacy persist as we age?
1:05–2:40
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What is looksmaxxing and why is it trending?
2:40–3:54
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How does AI influence food choices at restaurants?
3:54–4:36
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What role does physical attractiveness play in social effectiveness?
4:36–5:30
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Do people prefer generous partners over wealthy ones?
5:30–1:20:07
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