The Last Show with David Cooper

Evolutionary biologist ⁠Sid Dougan⁠ reveals ⁠why parents invest differently in daughters and sons⁠. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Marketing professor ⁠On Amir⁠ discusses ⁠why, if you're looking for work, he recommends that you not worry about seeming too eager⁠. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Psychologist ⁠Dr. Kathy Nickerson⁠ – who specializes in affair recovery – shares details of ⁠her study showing that romantic relationships can actually improve after the crisis of an affair⁠. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Future-of-work reporter ⁠Tim Paradis⁠ reports on ⁠how some software developers are invigorated by rapid AI advances, while others feel overwhelmed just trying to keep up⁠. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Marketing professor On Amir discusses why, if you're looking for work, he recommends that you not worry about seeming too eager. Future-of-work reporter Tim Paradis reports on how some software developers are invigorated by rapid AI advances, while others feel overwhelmed just trying to keep up. Astronomy and physics professor Paul Delaney covers these out-of-this-world news stories: The US and Ch...

Media psychologist ⁠Dr. Don Grant⁠ goes over how ⁠teenagers whose parents are more distracted by their phones may be more insecure⁠. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

For Vet Talk or Pet Talk, veterinarian ⁠Dr. Cliff Redford⁠ covers the following animal stories: Your cat may not ease stress the way you think⁠; The subtle physical clue that could indicate your dog has dementia⁠; and Marmoset monkeys adapt their voices to sound more like their social partners⁠. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Neuroscientist and psychiatry professor ⁠Robert-Paul Juster⁠ explains how ⁠cortisol and partner behavior make some couples bounce back from stress so quickly⁠. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Communication researcher ⁠Shawn Patterson⁠ outlines how ⁠jury service boosts public trust in courts and why fewer people are serving⁠. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Organizational behavior researcher ⁠Dr. Charlie Townsend⁠ reveals how ⁠women negotiate just as effectively as men but end up leaving people happier⁠. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Professor and monster expert ⁠Dr. Emily Zarka⁠ – writer and host of ⁠Monstrum⁠ – discusses ⁠the disturbing reasons we invent monsters⁠ and gives us ⁠a history of zombies⁠. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Organizational behavior researcher Dr. Charlie Townsend reveals how women negotiate just as effectively as men but end up leaving people happier. Media psychologist Dr. Don Grant goes over how teenagers whose parents are more distracted by their phones may be more insecure. Professor and monster expert Dr. Emily Zarka – writer and host of Monstrum – discusses the disturbing reasons we invent monst...

Coach, speaker, and author ⁠Lewis Raymond Taylor⁠ – a diagnosed psychopath – explains that there are parts of the psychopathic mindset that could actually improve our lives. Check out Lewis's book Unlimited: Turn Your Adversity into an Asset here⁠. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

For Conspiracy Book Corner, Professors ⁠Lee Kuhnle⁠ and ⁠Nathan Radke⁠ discuss their upcoming book ⁠Uncover Up: How to Think Clearly in an Age of Conspiracies⁠ and provide a roadmap to working out what's true and what's not these days. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Risk management professor ⁠Lisa Posey⁠ makes risk management fun, revealing that ⁠people avoid loss and regret rather than rely on a 'risk-return' financial strategy⁠. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On It's Time For Technology Time, tech analyst ⁠Carmi Levy⁠ covers the following stories: Tim Cooks says Apple to raise prices due to memory chip crunch⁠; Federal workers can't get the White House's app off their phones⁠; AI is cursing renters with the promise of impossible homes⁠; A space telescope is falling to Earth and NASA is racing to rescue it⁠; and Uber's board sued over alleged failure to...

Technology and culture correspondent ⁠Katie Notopoulos⁠ ponders whether ⁠banning teens from social media would change the internet forever⁠. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On It's Time For Technology Time, tech analyst Carmi Levy covers the following stories: Tim Cooks says Apple to raise prices due to memory chip crunch; Federal workers can't get the White House's app off their phones; AI is cursing renters with the promise of impossible homes; A space telescope is falling to Earth and NASA is racing to rescue it; and Uber's board sued over alleged failure to addre...

Professor ⁠Jesse Rogerson⁠ arrives on the scene with the following science news stories: New galaxy found with no dark matter may solve an epic mystery⁠; Spider discovered that catapults prey into its web at a brutal 140 g-force⁠; and Whales appear to be evolving a new dialect in the Mediterranean Sea⁠. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Psychologist ⁠Philip Leissner⁠ explains what ⁠broken-heart syndrome is and how online therapy helps ease stress and anxiety associated with it⁠. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Senior health reporter ⁠Julia Pugachevsky⁠ discusses ⁠gentle parenting and how to raise an emotionally mature child⁠. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Health, nutrition, and fitness reporter ⁠Gabby Landsverk⁠ reveals what ⁠T-maxxing is and how testosterone is now being overprescribed to men⁠. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

For Therapy Thursdays on a Wednesday, David talks to therapist and social worker ⁠Gary Direnfeld⁠ about regret and the fear of not trying something compared to the fear of trying it and failing. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Criminologist ⁠Dan Semenza⁠ outlines how ⁠GLP-1 drugs like Ozempic might reduce violent crime risk by dampening impulsivity⁠. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Professor Jesse Rogerson arrives on the scene with the following science news stories: New galaxy found with no dark matter may solve an epic mystery; Spider discovered that catapults prey into its web at a brutal 140 g-force; and Whales appear to be evolving a new dialect in the Mediterranean Sea. Psychologist Philip Leissner explains what broken-heart syndrome is and how online therapy helps eas...