Guest Laura Turner joins Persuasion to discuss the challenge of hopeful thinking in this world of uncertainty.
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Persuasion 229 | What We Make of It All, with Karen Swallow Prior
We have a guest for our Frankenstein finale!
Thinking Together Afterthoughts
Being aware of the human desire to belong and to be correct helps us see how alike we really are.
Persuasion 160 | Thinking Together
Erin and Hannah continue their Ready, Set, Think! series discussing aspects of individual and collective thinking.
Thinking Creatively Afterthoughts
Whatever will be will be. And whatever is is. But what if it shouldn’t be?
Persuasion 159 | Thinking Creatively
Erin and Hannah continue their Ready, Set, Think! series exploring how the status quo dictates our thinking.
Good Thinking Afterthoughts
Do you see the glass as half empty or half full? And how does this affect the conclusions you reach?
Persuasion 158 | Good Thinking
Erin and Hannah continue their Ready, Set, Think! series with a conversation about the blocks that form the foundation of our thinking for good or for ill.
Thinking Twice Afterthoughts
We all want people—and life—to be tamed and to make sense, so we sort and label things based on whatever information we have available.
Persuasion 157 | Thinking Twice, with Jen Pollock Michel
Show Summary For all the thinking we do, we usually don’t think twice about the preconceived notions we use to keep life simple. We like to place ideas into categories and give everyone a label according to their personality type or their social leanings. It’s a sort of shorthand, relieving us of the effort it…
Persuasion 156 | Thinking It Through
We’re kicking off a new series titled Ready, Set, Think! Each episode will explore how we arrive at our beloved stances and opinions and ways we can grow in processing information.
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