The Last Show with David Cooper

Professor of counseling psychology ⁠Joel Wong⁠ reveals ⁠what gardening can teach us about our intrusive memories⁠. Protect your privacy. ⁠Sign up for Incogni at https://incogni.com/cooper and get 60% off your first year⁠. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Economics professor ⁠Eric Kam⁠ outlines ⁠a new threat to our personal finances: how rising interest rates in Japan could push up borrowing costs and shake investments here at home⁠. Eric weighs in on ridiculous money dilemmas involving ⁠a family expecting one member to let them use their Airbnb for free⁠ and ⁠a roommate profiting off a rent-sharing situation⁠. Protect your privacy. ⁠Sign up for In...

Professor of counseling psychology Joel Wong reveals what gardening can teach us about our intrusive memories. Economics professor Eric Kam outlines a new threat to our personal finances: how rising interest rates in Japan could push up borrowing costs and shake investments here at home. Eric weighs in on ridiculous money dilemmas involving a family expecting one member to let them use their Airbn...

Personality psychologist specializing in life stories and sexuality ⁠Ariana Turner⁠ explains ⁠that your desire tells more than one story: how sexuality can be a space that allows competing stories to flourish⁠. Protect your privacy. ⁠Sign up for Incogni at https://incogni.com/cooper and get 60% off your first year⁠. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Psychologist and researcher ⁠Alessandro Miani⁠ describes ⁠how people who believe in conspiracy theories often hold two beliefs that can't both be true⁠. Protect your privacy. ⁠Sign up for Incogni at https://incogni.com/cooper and get 60% off your first year⁠. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Author and psychotherapist ⁠Kaytee Gillis⁠ discusses ⁠"girl dads" and research showing that having a daughter may change a father's romantic relationships⁠. Protect your privacy. ⁠Sign up for Incogni at https://incogni.com/cooper and get 60% off your first year⁠. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Behavioral scientist specializing in diet and health ⁠Dr. Sophie Attwood⁠ discusses ⁠self-control in the age of GLP-1 drugs and why the treatment is setting a new direction for behavior change support⁠. Protect your privacy. ⁠Sign up for Incogni at https://incogni.com/cooper and get 60% off your first year⁠. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Professor of mitochondrial biology ⁠Lisa Chakrabarti⁠ outlines ⁠how Earth's magnetic field could play a hidden role in aging⁠. Protect your privacy. ⁠Sign up for Incogni at https://incogni.com/cooper and get 60% off your first year⁠. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

If you like sharks, you'll love how marine biology professor ⁠Stephen Kajiura⁠ reveals that ⁠blacktip sharks hear sound from more than 200 feet away⁠. Protect your privacy. ⁠Sign up for Incogni at https://incogni.com/cooper and get 60% off your first year⁠. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Professor of mitochondrial biology Lisa Chakrabarti outlines how Earth's magnetic field could play a hidden role in aging. Behavioral scientist specializing in diet and health Dr. Sophie Attwood discusses self-control in the age of GLP-1 drugs and why the treatment is setting a new direction for behavior change support. Then, if you like sharks, you'll love how marine biology professor Stephen Kaj...

For news from out of this world – namely, outer space – astrobiologist ⁠Sarah Rugheimer⁠ covers how ⁠the James Webb Space Telescope is helping astronomers become alien weather forecasters⁠ and ⁠how supermassive black holes are the architects of entire galaxies⁠. Check out Sarah's course Experiencing James Webb on The Great Courses here⁠. Protect your privacy. ⁠Sign up for Incogni at https://i...

Senior health reporter ⁠Julia Pugachevsky⁠ brings David ⁠inside the squishy nightmare, detailing the explosions, burns, and thousands of calls to poison control because of the toys⁠. Protect your privacy. ⁠Sign up for Incogni at https://incogni.com/cooper and get 60% off your first year⁠. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Economics professor ⁠Eric Kam⁠ weighs in on ⁠whether central banks should use AI modeling to help with economic forecasts⁠ and ⁠how major brands are expanding into resale markets⁠. Protect your privacy. ⁠Sign up for Incogni at https://incogni.com/cooper and get 60% off your first year⁠. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Professor of archaeology ⁠Adam Brumm⁠ shares ⁠how ancient teeth trace one of humanity's oldest drug habits to the ice age: the betel nut⁠. Protect your privacy. ⁠Sign up for Incogni at https://incogni.com/cooper and get 60% off your first year⁠. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

For news from out of this world – namely, outer space – astrobiologist Sarah Rugheimer covers how the James Webb Space Telescope is helping astronomers become alien weather forecasters and how supermassive black holes are the architects of entire galaxies. (Check out Sarah's course Experiencing James Webb on The Great Courses here.) Senior health reporter Julia Pugachevsky brings David inside...

For It's Time for Technology Time, tech analyst ⁠Carmi Levy⁠ covers the following: FBI employee data allegedly hacked by ShinyHunters contains sensitive info about intelligence roles⁠; AI hallucination of Chinese nuclear components almost led to US military attack⁠; Putin casts online vote using unlicensed Windows on an American Dell PC⁠; Historic first US coast-to-coast autonomous flight complete...

Reporter ⁠Katherine Li⁠ reveals ⁠the contentious thoughts people have on Gen Z bringing iced coffee to the job interview⁠. Protect your privacy. ⁠Sign up for Incogni at https://incogni.com/cooper and get 60% off your first year⁠. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Consumer culture researcher ⁠Alisa Minina Jeunemaître⁠ outlines ⁠why we care so much about famous people we've never met⁠. Protect your privacy. ⁠Sign up for Incogni at https://incogni.com/cooper and get 60% off your first year⁠. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On Therapy Thursdays on a Wednesday (on a Thursday), therapist and social worker ⁠Gary Direnfeld⁠ and David discuss what is normal, anyway: the things you do alone and in your close relationships. Protect your privacy. ⁠Sign up for Incogni at https://incogni.com/cooper and get 60% off your first year⁠. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

For It's Time for Technology Time, tech analyst Carmi Levy covers the following: FBI employee data allegedly hacked by ShinyHunters contains sensitive info about intelligence roles; AI hallucination of Chinese nuclear components almost led to US military attack; Putin casts online vote using unlicensed Windows on an American Dell PC; Historic first US coast-to-coast autonomous flight completed; an...

Astrophysics professor ⁠⁠Jesse Rogerson⁠⁠ brings science news to the show with the following stories: It turns out love of your ingroup doesn't necessarily go together with hate of an outgroup⁠⁠; How ticks use static electricity to cling to you⁠⁠; The brain began as two separate organs and is still two separate organs⁠⁠; Astronomers have detected radio signals coming directly from an exoplanet for...

For Vet Talk or Pet Talk, veterinarian ⁠⁠Dr. Cliff Redford⁠⁠ covers the following stories from the animal world: New cat species identified for the first time in a century⁠⁠; Another Marineland beluga has died after being moved to a Chicago aquarium⁠⁠; and Researchers discover a new urinary stone and its likely cause⁠⁠. Protect your privacy. ⁠Sign up for Incogni at https://incogni.com/cooper and g...

Imaging sciences professor ⁠⁠Heidi Baseler⁠⁠ outlines how ⁠⁠deaf adults’ brains trade central focus for sharper side vision⁠⁠. Protect your privacy. ⁠Sign up for Incogni at https://incogni.com/cooper and get 60% off your first year⁠. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Technology and culture reporter ⁠⁠Katie Notopoulos⁠⁠ describes how ⁠⁠she used Meta's Muse AI agent and found it to be powerful, with some caveats⁠⁠. Protect your privacy. ⁠Sign up for Incogni at https://incogni.com/cooper and get 60% off your first year⁠. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Astrophysics professor ⁠Jesse Rogerson⁠ brings science news to the show with the following stories: ⁠It turns out love of your ingroup doesn't necessarily go together with hate of an outgroup⁠; ⁠How ticks use static electricity to cling to you⁠; ⁠The brain began as two separate organs and is still two separate organs⁠; ⁠Astronomers have detected radio signals coming directly from an exoplanet for...