The show opens with astrobiologist Dr. Sarah Rugheimer explaining why comet 3I/ATLAS was catalogued for interstellar defense – and no, it's not aliens. (Check out Sarah's Audible Original Searching for Extraterrestrial Life here.) In advance of Halloween, social psychologist Frank McAndrew tells David why people pay good money to have the living daylight scared out of them. Psychology professor Dr. Simon Howard reveals that white people dance worse under stereotype threat. For Noah vs. The Unknown, tv host Noah Cappe tells the strange tale of the Ariel School UFO incident. Foreign correspondent Tony Five and David are joined by modern European history professor Dr. Laura O'Brien to share the turbulent history of the royal jewels stolen during the Louvre heist. Tony ponders when exactly it is time to call time on a friendship. Strategy and organizational theory professor Leda Stawnychko discusses why we fear conflict (and what to do about it). Cognitive psychology researcher Emily Ives decribes how people with dark personality traits can use touch to manipulate their partners. Segments: (00:00) Introduction (01:11) Dr. Sarah Rugheimer (10:00) Frank McAndrew (20:00) Dr. Simon Howard (30:00) Noah Cappe (39:50) Laura O'Brien & Tony Five (49:50) Tony Five (59:50) Prof. Leda Stawnychko (1:09:50) Emily Ives (1:19:07) Sign-off Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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