Communication, Negotiation & Persuasion
732: Low-Key Beguiler is a Cheating Butt-Dialer | Feedback Friday
Your wife of 11 years has butt-dialed you twice in conversation with another man, and she lied about her whereabouts when you tracked her phone. Are you right to be worried? Welcome to Feedback Friday! And in case you didn’t already know it, Jordan Harbinger (@JordanHarbinger) and Gabriel Mizrahi (@GabeMizrahi) banter and take your comments […]
VIEW EPISODE731: Why We Owe People Honesty | Deep Dive
Jordan (@JordanHarbinger) and Gabe (@GabeMizrahi) take a deep dive into the pros and cons of candor, how honesty is a core element of all healthy and productive relationships, and why we owe it to others — as well as ourselves. What We Discuss: Honesty deepens relationships. It requires a great deal of trust and confidence — in ourselves […]
VIEW EPISODE728: Maria Konnikova | The Confidence Game
Maria Konnikova (@mkonnikova) shows us how we can defend ourselves against would-be con artists and use the same principles for more benign purposes in her book The Confidence Game. [Note: This is a previously broadcast episode from the vault that we felt deserved a fresh pass through your earholes!] What We Discuss with Maria Konnikova: […]
VIEW EPISODE726: Helping a Guy Whose Wife’s an Escort on the Sly | Feedback Friday
Is your 10-year marriage worth saving when you’ve just discovered your wife has been working as a “non-intimate” escort behind your back? We’ll try to find an answer 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 […]
VIEW EPISODE722: Brian Brushwood | Scam Your Way into Anything
Brian Brushwood (@shwood) has spent the last 20 years entertaining and teaching people how to harness the deceptive (and self-deceptive) skills of scientists, spies, criminals, and con artists. He is the author of Scam School: Your Guide to Scoring Free Drinks, Doing Magic, and Becoming the Life of the Party. [Note: This is a previously […]
VIEW EPISODE715: Cindy Otis | Spotting Fake News Like a CIA Analyst
Cindy Otis (@cindyotis_) is a former CIA military analyst specializing in disinformation threat analysis and counter-messaging, and is the author of True or False: A CIA Analyst’s Guide to Spotting Fake News. What We Discuss with Cindy Otis: What is fake news, and why does it spread six times faster than real news? How is […]
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