The Human Behavior Podcast

Send us Fan Mail Today’s episode is the third and final episode in our series on Fear where Greg and Brian discuss the irrational behavior they have witnessed due to the coronavirus pandemic. Today they discuss empty platitudes, superstitious beliefs, and how significant historical events start to coalesce around the month of April. Special thanks to T.S. Eliot Follow us on FaceBook: https://www.f...

Send us Fan Mail Today’s episode is the second installment in our series on Fear where Greg and Brian discuss the illogical behavior they have observed due to the Coronavirus outbreak.  Today they are joined by Dr. Reagan Anderson who is a former Navy Surgeon that supported the Marine Corps 1st Reconnaissance BN during the height of the counter-insurgency fighting in Iraq. Dr. Anderson brings a we...

Send us Fan Mail Today’s episode is the first installment in our series on Fear where Greg and Brian discuss the illogical behavior they have observed due to the Coronavirus outbreak.  They start by explaining WHY we fear things that we don’t fully understand and HOW we seek to control our environment in order to pacify our fears. They even have a good explanation for the run on toilet paper! Plea...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode, Greg and Brian are discussing a case from Minnesota where a suicidal first responder who was holding a gun to his own head was subsequently shot by one of the officers who was responding to the call. After attempting to answer the question: "How did this happen," Brian and Greg highlight the importance of articulating your actions. Read the story here: h...

Send us Fan Mail Brian and Greg are joined by recently retired Navy Flight nurse Lt Cmdr Nikki Selby who is currently a volunteer search and rescue medic with the San Bernardino County Sheriffs Office.  Nikki talks about her experiences in the Navy going from enlisted Corpsman to commissioned officer treating wounded Marines in Afghanistan. Nikki works with the Hunter 7 Foundation which is leading...

Send us Fan Mail On this episode, Brian and Greg are joined by mindfulness meditation practitioner and Navy Seal John Macaskill who is here to talk about mental performance from a perspective that you probably aren’t expecting. Jon shares with us his experiences with meditation and the positive impact it has had on his life. Jon is currently transitioning out of the military and is doing some incr...

Send us Fan Mail On this episode, Greg and Brian explain how and why your local voting center can become a "high emotion event" very quickly. They also give a little historical context to the current political climate. Follow us on FaceBook: https://www.facebook.com/HBPRA/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/arcadia_cognerati/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC1S7E4hgSfLVWi4jGl...

Send us Fan Mail Spoiler alert: It's not flat! Just like Mulder used to say on the X Files, "People want to believe." In this episode, Brian and Greg are talking about people who take quantum leaps of logic when trying to find an explanation for something. They discuss how things like forced perspective, logical fallacies, and corrupt file folders can lead people to believe things t...

Send us Fan Mail Sometimes it helps to see the world through someone else eyes. Well, that's exactly the point of this episode! Today, Greg and Brian are talking to Kayla Holst and Tim Guyne who work for the Veterans Administration in Colorado. Kayla and Tim give a unique perspective from inside an organization that often gets a lot of criticism. During the show, they discuss some of the frus...

Send us Fan Mail Have you ever been so angry that you slammed your fists or threw something? Well then you already know what we mean by "your glass is full!" On this episode, Greg and Brian are talking about rage and how it causes people to "lash out," especially against visible signs of authority. We get into some of the factors that lead up to these events and discuss the psy...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode, Greg and Brian are talking about some of the things they learned while they were in Texas for a week including: "Dallas isn't Texas." "Bless your heart" does not mean what you think it does. U-turns are allowed anywhere at any time.   They also discuss the case of an active-duty Airmen who tried to fake his own kidnapping and failed misera...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode, Greg and Brian are talking about a news story that was reported several weeks ago where a woman was arrested at a Walmart because she filled her shopping cart with bomb-making materials. Luckily, in this case, the woman was spotted by an off duty police officer and arrested before causing any harm. Follow us on FaceBook: https://www.facebook.com/HBPRA/ Instagram:...

Send us Fan Mail Do you remember that one time... The truth is, you probably don't. Or at least not nearly as well as you think you do. On this episode, Greg and Brian will be explaining how our memory works and why it’s not nearly as good as we think it is. They cover everything from how and why memories are formed and how our fragile "ego-system" can corrupt those memories. We als...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode, Greg and Brian are joined by former St Louis police officer Tom Lake. Just over 3 years ago Tom was shot twice in the face while sitting at a stoplight in his patrol car. Tom is on the show today to talk about what happened that night as well as what has happened over the last 3 years. Tom tells us the story of what happened to him and everything that he's ha...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode, Greg and Brian are discussing a recent Lessons Learned blog post that Greg wrote where he tied together 3 seemingly unrelated topics in order to give a powerful “so what.” You can check out the blog post here: https://www.arcadiacognerati.com/post/lessons-learned-042-training-must-include-emotion-and-cognition This episode starts with a story about a young female...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode, Greg and Brian are joined by a long time fan of the podcast, Mr. Scott Witt. Scott is an award-winning entertainment practitioner and educator with a stage, television, and film career spanning over thirty years. Scottie joins us all the way from Australia to discuss how he relates human behavior from the perspective of a performer and explains to us why you shoul...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode, Brian and Greg are covering a case from Blackwell, Oklahoma where police officer Lieutenant John Mitchell was indicted for second-degree murder after shooting and killing an armed, active shooter. Given the facts of the case, it was difficult for Brian to understand how a police officer can be charged with murder after killing a violent, fleeing felon who was also...

Send us Fan Mail On this episode, Brian and Greg are discussing some recently proposed legislation called the PEACE Act (Police Exercising Absolute Care with Everyone) that is hoping to change the use of force standards for federal law enforcement officers. In the episode, Brian and Greg discuss some of the issues that come from this type of legislation as well as the current misunderstanding of t...

Send us Fan Mail On today's episode, Greg and Brian are on location at the Muscatatuck Urban Training Center in Indiana and we are discussing some easy ways to get important information from people, simply by having a conversation with them. This episode was recorded from the comfort of their rental car which happened to be a Jaguar SUV! Follow us on FaceBook: https://www.facebook.com/HBPRA/...

Send us Fan Mail On today's episode, Brian and Greg are joined by Norfolk, MA Detective, and School Resource Officer Michelle Palladini. Besides being a full-time law enforcement officer Michelle is also the Founder of the L.E.A.P. Program which offers a solution-focused method for connecting the police with schools and parents as a pathway to children's success. Michelle has used her di...

Send us Fan Mail On this episode, Brian and Greg discuss a case from Tennessee where a dispute between two neighbors escalated over time and eventually led to homicide. Although these situations happen all the time in the U.S. we rarely learn anything from them. Today, Greg and Brian will attempt to answer the question “when is enough, enough ?” Follow us on FaceBook: https://www.facebook.com/HBPR...

Send us Fan Mail On this episode, Greg and Brian are joined by recently retired Air Force Joint Terminal Attack Controller Wes Bryant. On the show, Wes talks about his book “Hunting The Caliphate” and also shares his experience transitioning from active duty to civilian life. Learn more about Wes here: https://www.wesjbryant.com Check out his book here: https://www.amazon.com/Hunting-Caliphate-Ame...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode, Greg and Brian discuss the case of police officer Stephen Mader who was fired from the Weirton, West Virginia police department for NOT shooting an armed suspect. During the show, Greg and I will attempt to answer the question “how can two police officers with the same training and given the same set of circumstances arrive at two completely different conclusions?...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode, we are discussing the case of Brenda Ann Spencer who’s 1979 Grover Cleveland Elementary school shooting inspired the hit song “I don’t like Mondays” by Irish rock band The Boomtown Rats . Listen in as Greg and Brian give the story behind the song as well as give some important takeaways from the case. Here is the interview of Brenda Spencer that Greg was referring...

Send us Fan Mail Today we are joined by retired U.S. Army General Dana Pittard. A former general officer in the U.S. Army, Dana Pittard earned the Hero Award for Suicide Prevention from the Matthew Silverman Memorial Foundation in 2017. The following year, Dana Pittard became one of Savoy Magazine's Most Influential Blacks in Corporate America for his leadership in the defense industry as vic...