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653: Ear Candling | Skeptical Sunday

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Apr 16, 2022

Is ear candling — the practice of inserting a lit, hollow candle in your ear to remove earwax — a safe, practical way to get the job done? If you have a burning desire to discover the truth, listen on! Welcome to Skeptical Sunday, a special edition of The Jordan Harbinger Show where Jordan and fact-checker, comedian, […]

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652: Sad About Dad’s Sexist Thoughts Re: Assault | Feedback Friday

Feedback Friday

Apr 14, 2022

Your father’s never been abusive, but you were recently disheartened when he referred to a child sexual assault survivor and advocate who’s been in the news lately as a “media-hungry slut.” And when you brought up how this made you feel to your mother, she dismissively suggested you should just let it go because he’s […]

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651: Anja Shortland | How Kidnap Insurance Works

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Apr 13, 2022

Anja Shortland is a professor of political economy at King’s College, London who specializes in the economics of crime. She is the author of Kidnap: Inside the Ransom Business and Lost Art: The Art Loss Register Casebook Volume One. What We Discuss with Anja Shortland: How many people are kidnapped every year for ransom, and […]

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650: Brian Klaas | The Corruptible Influence of Power

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Apr 11, 2022

Brian Klaas (@brianklaas) is an associate professor in global politics at University College London, host of the Power Corrupts podcast, and author of Corruptible: Who Gets Power and How It Changes Us. What We Discuss with Brian Klaas: How accurate was historian Lord Acton’s assessment that “power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely“? […]

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649: Arranged Marriage Threatens Lesbian Couple | Feedback Friday

Feedback Friday

Apr 7, 2022

Parental plans for an arranged marriage threaten a lesbian couple’s future. What should they do? We’ll find answers to this and more here on Feedback Friday! And in case you didn’t already know it, Jordan Harbinger (@JordanHarbinger) and Gabriel Mizrahi (@GabeMizrahi) banter and take your comments and questions for Feedback Friday right here every week! […]

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648: Susan Cain | Introverts Unite for a Quiet Revolution

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Apr 6, 2022

Susan Cain (@susancain) is, in her own words, an “unlikely” award-winning speaker, and bestselling author of Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can’t Stop Talking. Her latest book is Bittersweet: How Sorrow and Longing Make Us Whole. [Note: This is a previously broadcast episode from the vault that we felt deserved a […]

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647: Karim Hijazi | When Cyber War Goes Kinetic

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Apr 4, 2022

Karim Hijazi (@karimhijazi) is the founder, chairman, and CEO of cyber intelligence company Prevailion, and creator and host of The Introverted Iconoclast podcast. What We Discuss with Karim Hijazi: How vulnerable is the Internet and how much of our current infrastructure would suffer if it were to go down tomorrow? What are the biggest threats […]

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646: Expiration Dates | Skeptical Sunday

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Apr 2, 2022

How concerned should you be about expiration dates stamped on items you buy from the grocery store? Welcome to Skeptical Sunday, a special edition of The Jordan Harbinger Show where Jordan and fact-checker, comedian, and podcast host David C. Smalley break down a topic that you may have never thought about, open things up, and […]

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645: Is a Bridesmaid Fight Worth a Disinvite? | Feedback Friday

Feedback Friday

Mar 31, 2022

Everyone knows that when tweetle beetles fight, it’s called a tweetle beetle battle. But bridesmaids brawling at a bachelorette bash just make wedding plans more of a pain in the ass. Now, to fend off further fighting, the bride must decide who she’s disinviting. Boo, hoo! But who? Which one gets the axe; which one […]

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REMI ADELEKE
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MARC ANDREESSEN
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TIM URBAN
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DAN ARIELY
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ESTHER PEREL
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