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Something You Should Know

Mike Carruthers | OmniCast Media
Psychology
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Artificial Intelligence
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Uncertainty
Thanksgiving
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Sometimes all it takes is one little fact or one little piece of wisdom to change your life forever. That's the purpose and the hope of "Something You Should Know." In each episode, host Mike Carruthers interviews top experts in their field to bring you fascinating information and advice to help you save time and money, advance in your career, become wealthy, improve your relationships and help yo... more

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Recent Guests

Terri Cole
Licensed therapist and relationship expert, author of Boundary Boss
Episode: The Science of Happier Spending & How to Set Healthy Boundaries - SYSK Choice
Jia Jiang
Entrepreneur, speaker, and best-selling author known for the 100 Days of Rejection Therapy and author of Easy Discipline
Author and Entrepreneur
Episode: How to Stop the Pain of Rejection & How Couples Can Fight Without Falling Apart
Kim Polinder
Relationship therapist and author of Why We Fight
Author and Therapist
Episode: How to Stop the Pain of Rejection & How Couples Can Fight Without Falling Apart
Michael Brooks
Science writer, author of 13 Things That Don't Make Sense
Episode: SYSK TRENDING - Mysteries That Science Can’t Explain
Carl Honoré
Author of In Praise of Slowness
Author
Episode: How Slowing Down Makes Life Better & Why Every Brain Needs Music
Larry Sherman
Professor of neuroscience at Oregon Health & Science University
Oregon Health & Science University
Episode: How Slowing Down Makes Life Better & Why Every Brain Needs Music
Peter Collett
Social psychologist and author of How To Tell What People Are Thinking, From the Bedroom to the Boardroom
University of Oxford (former)
Episode: How to Read People & The Most Extreme Things on Earth – SYSK Choice
Keelan Leyser
Digital illusionist and co-author of Unseen, Blind Spots and Why We Miss What Matters Most
Author/Speaker
Episode: Why You Don't See What's Right in Front of You & The Surprising Truth About Sidewalks
Michael Pollack
Professor of Law and Associate Dean for Faculty Development at Cardozo School of Law
Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law
Episode: Why You Don't See What's Right in Front of You & The Surprising Truth About Sidewalks

Host

Mike Carruthers
Host focused on extracting practical wisdom from experts to help listeners save time and money, improve relationships, and advance in life.

Reviews

4.6 out of 5 stars from 6.3k ratings
  • Thank you not to you to me

    I do not love to be because l to not like to learn more things l to not school then l was going to school.

    Apple Podcasts
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    not for meereeeer
    United States23 days ago
  • Easy to listen to

    I don’t usually write reviews, but I’m making an exception for this one. Mike is a great interviewer, and features a variety of very interesting topics.

    Apple Podcasts
    5
    VSCAT
    United Statesa month ago
  • Mike, Thank you again

    Mike, I just wanted to agree with what you said about how placebos work even if you know that they are placebos let me explain; a few years back I was having some trouble sleeping. So I took a Tic Tack that was white and looked like a pill (but I knew it was not). Sure enough I was able to go back to bed and sleep straight through til morning. I no longer have this issue. and I’m glad I was able to get rid of it without medication.

    Ali Schuback

    Apple Podcasts
    5
    Ali Schuback
    United Statesa month ago
  • Not great quality interviewees.

    Meh, most of the interviews are not great. Some are good. But pretty reliably mediocre in terms of content and quality for me personally.

    Apple Podcasts
    3
    username432
    United Statesa month ago
  • Love listening and learning

    We checked our ballpoint pens and I was disappointed that none of them had the hole in the cap, especially in light of the fact that a little boy collapsed and died on the playground of my girls school and it was learned that the cap on his pen obstructed his airway. It was so sad and I am angry that companies can’t even do this one small thing to save childrens’ lives, and probably some adults too who put pens in their mouths. Thanks for warning people.

    Elizabeth

    Apple Podcasts
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    ElizaCost
    United Statesa month ago

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How to Stop the Pain of Rejection & How Couples Can Fight Without Falling Apart
Q: Why did you decide to attempt rejection therapy for 100 days?
To turn the fear of rejection into a structured experiment that would build resilience and demonstrate that outcomes are not as dire as they seem, which in turn opens up more opportunities.
Why You Don't See What's Right in Front of You & The Surprising Truth About Sidewalks
Q: What can we do to see more of what's right in front of us?
Be aware of when you are fatigued, frightened, or furious; acknowledge that you cannot eliminate blind spots completely, but you can manage them and design environments—like diverse teams and mindful practices—that reduce their impact.
Why You Don't See What's Right in Front of You & The Surprising Truth About Sidewalks
Q: So, explain to me and everyone listening, what exactly a blind spot is in your way of thinking?
A blind spot is everything your brain edited out of the world because it is constantly filtering thousands of sensory inputs to focus on a small subset; you don't notice what your brain removes, and that can lead to missing obvious things in real time.
SYSK TRENDING-The Bright Side of Sadness
Q: So what do you make of all the cultural focus on happiness, and how sadness fits into the bigger picture?
He argues that emotions evolved to help us socially and biologically adapt; negative emotions like loneliness and pain drive social connection and learning, and sadness has adaptive functions in the right circumstances, not just as something to fix.
SYSK TRENDING-The Bright Side of Sadness
Q: So first, why don't you tell me what sadness is from how you look at it and you study it? What is it that we're feeling?
David explains that sadness consists of several states—melancholy, grief, and nostalgia—each serving different purposes. Melancholy involves reflective thinking and an accurate self-assessment, grief is a social response to loss, and nostalgia blends bittersweet feelings that are often positively valenced even though they reference loss.

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