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Why’s It So Hard to Get People to Change Their Behavior?

Clip: 11/17/2020 | 17m 55sVideo has Closed Captions

Dan Ariely joins the program.

Why would a crisis make us act oddly, even against our own interests? Dan Ariely is an expert in irrationality, and for him it is personal. An accident left him with terrible burns on much of his body. During his recovery, he began to observe human quirks. As he explains to Hari Sreenivasan, the experience kick-started a lifelong quest to unravel behavioral mysteries.

11/17/2020

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Two Chess Grandmasters Weigh in on "The Queen's Gambit"

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Clip: 11/17/2020 | 2m 53s | Garry Kasparov and Judit Polgar join the program. (2m 53s)

Valerie Jarrett on President Obama's New Memoir

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Clip: 11/17/2020 | 2m 59s | Valerie Jarrett joins the program. (2m 59s)

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