The Station Wagon Podcast: Exploring Mindfulness and Sibling Rivalry Podcast
1) Ep 50: Self-affirmation
After a long break, Marc and Julie are back with lots of nice stuff to say to themselves. Grab your mirror, and enjoy this ep all about the science and history of self-affirmation! Be Social Leave u...Show More
2) Ep 49: Mirrors
Don't take your reflection for granted. Learn about the history and science of looking in mirrors and what happens when we (tried to) give them up for a couple of weeks. Be Social Leave us feedback ...Show More
3) Ep 48: Food Variety
How many varieties of Doritos do we actually need? What happens when we give up food variety? Learn the science and history of diet variation and follow along for Marc and Julie's experiment! Please ...Show More
4) Introduction to the Station Wagon Podcast
Siblings Marc Shecter and Dr. Julie Kinn give you the science and history of the things in life we take for granted. After taking a closer look, they change their behavior for a couple of weeks and te...Show More
5) Ep 47: Pop Music
"Pop music is not a threatening style of music." -- Joan Jett. That's good to know since we are only listening to pop music and not our usual mix. Spoiler alert -- one of us like this, one of us didn'...Show More
6) Ep 46: Sleep Deprivation
How much sleep do we actually need? We dive into the science and history of sleep, and then try to reduce our sleep for a couple of weeks to see how bad it really is. Learn more about insomnia, sleep ...Show More
7) Ep 45: Gossip
We become much better people by giving up gossip. Sort of. Tune in to learn all about the science and history of gossip and why giving it up is probably not a great idea.
8) Bonus: Marc Gives Julie Advice
Julie seeks advice from Marc on how to handle people who are seriously into medical treatments that have no scientific backing. Spoiler: he's not very helpful. Weigh in with your own recommendations o...Show More
9) Ep 44: Cash vs. Credit
When is cash better than credit, and vice versa? Learn the history and science of how we pay for stuff, and find out what happens when we give up credit and virtual payments. Featuring guest star, "Ol...Show More
10) Ep 43: Photography and Taking Pictures
We dig deep into the reasons why modern Westerners take pictures, and we find out what happens when we give up photography for a couple of weeks. Spoiler alert: Pebbles was the real victim of this exp...Show More