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Your Brain on Money

11 episodes
Money makes us do things we wish we didn’t, but why is that? Behavioral economists and neuroscientists decode psychological dynamics resulting from 25 million years of human evolution — all so you can make smarter financial decisions.
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How to stop fighting over money
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6 min
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with
Dr. Brad Klontz
How to fix your money trauma
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7 min
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with
Dr. Brad Klontz
If money doesn’t buy happiness, you’re spending it wrong
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7 min
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with
Lindsay Bryan-Podvin
Change bad spending habits in 5 steps
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7 min
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with
Lindsay Bryan-Podvin
Which “money personality” are you?
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6 min
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with
Lindsay Bryan-Podvin
3 steps to cure your money anxiety
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7 min
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with
Kathleen Burns Kingsbury
What charity does to your brain
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5 min
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with
Big Think
How to trick your brain into saving money
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6 min
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with
Big Think
Want to save more money? Start playing video games.
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6 min
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with
Big Think
How Apple and Nike have branded your brain
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6 min
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with
Big Think
The science of ‘herd mentality’
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6 min
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with
Big Think
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