Clearer Thinking with Spencer Greenberg Podcast
1) Improving your skill of emotional regulation (with Shireen Rizvi)
Read the full transcript here. • How can we distinguish “real CBT” from supportive talk - does it include homework, clear goals, or a manualized plan? When therapy “doesn’t work,” is it the modality, ...Show More
2) When voting fails (with Nicholas Gruen)
Read the full transcript here. • Which decisions should be made by election and which by random sampling? Where is competition healthy for choosing leaders, and where must rule-setting be unitary and ...Show More
3) Why aren't we relying on nuclear power? (with Isabelle Boemeke)
Read the full transcript here. • What explains fearing nuclear more than the harms we tolerate from fossil fuels? Can we judge energy risk by evidence rather than headlines? What mix of firm power and...Show More
4) A conversation with a person with OCD (with David Adam)
Read the full transcript here. • Where is the line between ordinary intrusive thoughts and an OCD pattern that hijacks the day? How do obsessions and compulsions condition each other so that brief rel...Show More
5) What, if anything, will save the environment? (with Dan Stein)
Read the full transcript here. • Are we going to solve climate change with technology rather than personal sacrifice? If most offsets fail on additionality, should we stop pretending they meaningfully...Show More
6) Are markets rational or is sentiment contagious? (with Alex Imas)
Read the full transcript here. • Are stock prices set by cash flows or crowd vibes? Why do bubbles last if “smart money” can short them? What should retail traders learn from GameStop and zero-commiss...Show More
7) Can you do 100x more good? (with Sjir Hoeijmakers)
Read the full transcript here. • What does “100x more good” mean relative to your current giving? How can your giving more closely align with your pre-existing values? If cost-effectiveness is the den...Show More
8) What is psychosomatic illness? (with Suzanne O'Sullivan)
Read the full transcript here. • What changes when long COVID is split into medical damage, post-viral fatigue, misattribution, and psychosomatic mechanisms? When symptoms soar while tests stay normal...Show More
9) What causes mass shootings? (with Ragy Girgis)
Read the full transcript here. • What do we miss when we treat public shootings as the whole story of mass murder? If public events are a small slice, how should prevention and attention shift? Does s...Show More
10) Contempt-free public discourse (with Robert Rosenkranz)
Read the full transcript here. • What makes a forum truly open-minded rather than performative? When does listening change minds instead of just hardening identities? Are we teaching citizens to separ...Show More