We Think We Know

Maple founder Connor reveals how dating app algorithms secretly rank and league your profile, why Hinge, Tinder, and Bumble are built on the same psychology as slot machines, and why the system is structurally designed to keep you swiping instead of getting you matched quietly keeping millions of people single. Connor is the founder of Maple, a dating and social platform, and has spent years resea...

In this episode, I sit down with the lovely Kenz Lawren, model and creator with over 1.5 million TikTok followers, to uncover the reality of the modelling industry and what it's really like to work as a model. We discuss the reality of Fashion Week, how much models actually get paid, agency life, the pressure to stay skinny, eating disorders, sexual harassment in the industry, rejection, and how s...

Neuroscientist and neuro-futurologist Professor Joel Pearson reveals what AI is really doing to our brains, our relationships, and our grip on reality — from cognitive atrophy and the loneliness trap to the rise of AI companions and what he calls the uncertainty pandemic. Professor Joel Pearson is a neuroscientist and neuro-futurologist based at UNSW, where he leads the Future Minds Lab. He explai...

Korean skincare has reshaped global beauty culture but most people still don't understand why it works. In this episode, we sit down with Dr. Sean, a K-Beauty expert and educator, to explore the real philosophy behind Korean skincare: the cultural mindset, the ingredients that actually deliver results, the routines worth following, the products worth knowing, and the myths the beauty industry has...

Most of us walk around with opinions we've never really tested. We think we know how the world works until someone who really knows tells us otherwise. This is We Think We Know, a podcast where I sit down with leading experts to challenge the assumptions we've never thought to question. Every episode, one conversation, one idea turned upside down. In this intro, I talk about who I am, why I starte...