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How much money are you accidentally handing over to big banks and insurance companies every month? We get into the savings rate conversation that absolutely nobody wants to have, but spoiler: it doesn't have to feel depressing. In fact, we make a sport of it. We start with an unexpected detour into animal intelligence, then land on the psychology of why we spend when we earn more. The real stuff:...

What if the way you handle money has nothing to do with maths, and everything to do with a story your family told you without ever meaning to? In Part 1 of a two part money series, we dig into the money scripts they inherited and never chose and work through the four money belief patterns psychology has actually mapped (and figure out which one they both keep landing in). We take a rapid fire tour...

Ever cleaned your entire house the night before something important? Changed your sheets, watered the plants, watched just one more episode? You weren't being lazy. You might have been self-sabotaging, and the reason why is fascinating. In their 10th episode, Evelina and Danny get into one of the most sneakily relatable topics yet: self-sabotage. They break down what it actually means, why it...

Have you ever been told you're "too much"? Or wondered why you seem to feel everything at a higher volume than the people around you? This episode is for you. We get into two things that turn out to be completely connected: the fact that humans have way more than five senses (yes, really), and the science behind what it actually means to be a highly sensitive person. Danny is, by his own admission...

You spent thousands on that conference and can't remember a thing two weeks later. The problem is that nobody taught you how your brain actually works and retains information. Evelina and Danny explore why people forget more than 70% of what they learn in 24 hours, and more importantly, what actually sticks. They break down the four types of learners, unpack the Feynman Technique, explain why...

What's your primary Ick? Take the ICK QUIZ here: https://curiousaboutpodcast.com/resources-and-stuff --- Dating should be an open mind and an open heart, right? So why does one wrong word, one questionable outfit, or one terrible smell turn potential partners into absolute no-gos? Evelina and Danny dive into "the ick" - that sudden, visceral aversion that makes you want to run. It's real, it's uni...

You're late. Someone needs help. What do you do? Evelina and Danny explore why we're always rushing, and what happens to us when we are. They dig into the gap between feeling busy and actually being productive, trading personal stories (a McDonald's moment that shouldn't have been a thing, Danny's risky on-stage confession, Evelina's morning spiral). There's research th...

Have you ever sat in a traffic jam for 45 minutes, finally crawled past the source, and found... nothing? Just open road. You are not imagining things, and it is not random. And the explanation is genuinely wild. Evelina and Danny go deep on what traffic and queues do to us as humans. Why a stranger's car can feel like a personal attack, why tailgating sits at the top of the road rage research ran...

Have you ever stopped yourself from singing in front of someone? Or maybe you've watched a jaw-dropping live performance and quietly thought, "Welp, I could never." This episode is for you, and the science has some things to say about that. Evelina and Danny go deep on the human voice - where our relationship to singing comes from, why it's genuinely one of the most cognitively complex things a hu...

What's your brain actually doing while you sleep — and why do your teeth keep falling out in that one nightmare? In this episode, Evelina and Danny dive deep into the science, strangeness, and surprising usefulness of dreams. From memory consolidation to threat simulation, they unpack the three main reasons researchers believe we dream — and why binge-watching horror before bed is genuinely a terr...

We all carry them. But what exactly makes something a secret — and when does keeping one start costing you more than it's worth? In this episode, Evelina and Danny get into it from the very first minute: affairs, white lies, the tooth fairy, Crocs, and the secrets we keep not to deceive others — but just to survive the rooms we're in. Danny opens up about growing up in a household where loving mus...

What does it actually take to start over? And what do you have to let go of to do it? In this very first episode of Curious About…, Evelina and Danny introduce themselves, their friendship, and the question that sits underneath every new beginning: are you choosing this, or is it choosing you? Danny shares what it was like to pack his entire life into two suitcases and move to New York with no apa...