Giftedness

15 episodes

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A playlist about giftedness and people who are gifted.


  • 1

    Misdiagnosing Gifted Children and Adults (2013 rerun)

    Psychology In Seattle Podcast

    1:02:22 | Sep 9th, 2018

    RERUN: Kirk interviews Lisa Erickson on how clinicians misdiagnose gifted children and adults.The Psychology In Seattle Podcast.Dec 4, 2013.Email: Contact@PsychologyInSeattle.comList of all episodes: ...Show More

  • 2

    He graduated high school at 14, and by 23 had several graduate degrees and was a research assistant with Stephen Hawking. He became the first chief technology officer at Microsoft (without having ever...Show More

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    For those of us who love learning and doing everything, this is a great episode on someone who has embraced it and his life and career has turned out alright.

  • 3

    1: Crossing Guard

    Constellation Prize

    38:18 | Jul 14th, 2020

    8 recommendations

    Bianca goes looking for a stranger and meets Sophia, a school crossing guard. They spend six months together. Featuring: Sartre, twists, and organ music.

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    If you love S-town and This American Life, this is the pod for you. Each episode is the podcaster talking about another profound question about life and living with another interesting person. The fir...Show More

  • 4

    Lin-Manuel Miranda, composer & lyricist

    Desert Island Discs

    43:51 | Oct 6th, 2019

    1 recommendation

    Lin-Manuel Miranda is best known as the composer, lyricist and original star of the multi-award-winning Broadway musical, Hamilton. It won the 2016 Pulitzer Prize in Drama, 11 Tony Awards and Grammy f...Show More

  • 5

    197: Still Gifted?

    Embracing Intensity

    11:57 | Nov 2nd, 2020

    I wasn’t sure what to talk about for today’s podcast when I happened upon Paula Prober’s newest blog post, Can Gifted Kids Become Ungifted Adults? Hint: No but, read the full post for her take. This g...Show More

  • 6

    Introducing Prodigy: The Versatile Von Neumann

    Stuff You Missed in History Class

    36:40 | Jan 9th, 2021

    1 recommendation

    Holly and Tracy were kind enough to let me share an episode with you about John von Neumann. Hope you enjoy it! John von Neumann made major contributions to multiple fields including computers, physic...Show More

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    The guy that thinks so fast and contributed an insane amount to science and tech in his lifetime affecting everything from how computer works to Mutually Assured Destruction.

  • 7

    Author and Podcaster: Tim Ferriss

    How I Built This with Guy Raz

    1:24:57 | Dec 21st, 2020

    6 recommendations

    By the time he turned 30, Tim Ferriss had figured out how to succeed at things that many people fail at—from growing a business to dancing the tango to marketing a best-selling book. He approached the...Show More

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    First time hearing the full story of the rise of Tim Ferriss! A lot of hustle and determination.

  • 8

    The Polgar Sisters

    Prodigy

    33:50 | Dec 3rd, 2020

    5 recommendations

    Can prodigies be created with early specialization?

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    Are prodigies born or made? A very interesting in depth look at the Polgar sisters who dominated chess (and still do!).

  • 9

    The Secret of Musical Genius

    Overheard at National Geographic

    31:15 | Mar 23rd, 2021

    3 recommendations

    Mozart wowed audiences as a child. The Beatles blew away Ed Sullivan. Beyonce hypnotized Super Bowl crowds. The world has been enthralled by those we call musical geniuses. But what defines a musical ...Show More

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    Fascinating step-by-step breakdown of why Mozart and Aretha Franklin were musical geniuses.

  • 10

    On May 6th, 2010 something happened that rocked the world of high-finance to its core. One trillion dollars wiped off the US stock markets in a matter of minutes. Thousands of miles away in the sub...Show More

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    A trillion dollar market crash caused by a weird twenty-something year old kid who still lived with his parents in a sleepy London suburb. Robinhood before Robinhood. What a story.

  • 11

    The Outsider

    Imagined Life

    39:23 | Nov 4th, 2018

    3 recommendations

    You’ve been bullied and ignored for much of your childhood. You lose yourself in trances that can last for an hour. Your only escape is the books you love, the complex thoughts that bounce around insi...Show More

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    Such a cool podcast concept where you get to walk a mile in the life of a famous person in their perspective. This one hit home.

  • 12

    In 2009, an old man died in a California nursing home. His obituary included not just his given name, but a long list of the pseudonyms he'd been known to use. In this episode, which we originally rel...Show More

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    This story 😭😭😭 A daughter discovers who her father really was twice over. One destroyed their relationship. The other she never has a chance to reconcile. Was he a con man or a genius? Either or, i...Show More

  • 13

    Smart women, male genius

    The Documentary Podcast

    27:45 | Oct 5th, 2021

    1 recommendation

    Five hundreds years ago a Spanish physiologist declared that genius was stored in the testicles. Even today, studies have shown that people associate men with genius more than women. Award-winning sci...Show More

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    Why are women considered just "smart", while men are the "geniuses"? Good analysis on the history that's led to the present day gender biases.

  • 14

    Episode 1: IQ and the Average Girl

    My Year in Mensa

    38:22 | Jan 1st, 2020

    5 recommendations

    Welcome to My Year in Mensa, episode one!NOTE: ALL NAMES IN THIS PIECE HAVE BEEN CHANGED. This is a first-person account based on my own writing and experience within the group, and the rest is source...Show More

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    A columnist decides to take the Mensa test for jokes. To her surprise, she passes and gets admitted to the elusive club. What she finds is not the nerdy chess-playing quirky nytimes reader, but someth...Show More

  • 15

    The gifted adult- A look into the rainforest mind

    Overcoming Distractions-Thriving with ADHD, ADD

    46:09 | Aug 25th, 2020

    Are you an overthinker, procrastinator, or book lover? Are you distracted but focused all at the same time? Do you hate waiting but love daydreaming new ideas? And do you feel you have multipotentiali...Show More

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