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The Let Them Theory 53:44

5 weeks ago53:44

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Peter and Michael discuss The Let Them Theory, a self-help guide to seeking bliss through unmitigated complacency. Where to find us: Peter's newsletter Peter's other podcast, 5-4 Mike's other podcast, Maintenance Phase Sources: How to stop screwing yourself over Mel Robbins and Plagiarism Let her? Army wife claims Mel Robbins stole her idea for blockbuster self-help book Mel Robbins’s “Let Them” theory: really that simple? Breathing Practices for Stress and Anxiety Reduction: Conceptual Framework of Implementation Guidelines Based on a Systematic Review of the Published Literature Polarization in America The 5 Resets Impact of health warning labels on selection and consumption of food and alcohol products: systematic review with meta-analysis Thanks to Mindseye for our theme song!…

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Josh Hawley's "Manhood" [TEASER] 53:11

8 weeks ago53:11

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Steve Harvey's "Act Like A Lady, Think Like A Man" 58:53

9 weeks ago58:53

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Are you a single lady struggling to find love with a man? Don't fret! A twice-divorced game show host who thinks conversation is for women is here to help. Where to find us: Peter's newsletter Peter's other podcast, 5-4 Mike's other podcast, Maintenance Phase Thanks to Mindseye for our theme song!

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Of Boys And Men 1:22:42

12 weeks ago1:22:42

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Who's to blame for the crisis of American masculinity? On the right, politicians tell men that they being oppressed by feminists and must reassert their manhood by supporting an authoritarian regime. And on the left, users of social media are often very irritating to people who write airport books. Where to find us: Peter's newsletter Peter's other podcast, 5-4 Mike's other podcast, Maintenance Phase Sources: Conscientiousness as a Predictor of the Gender Gap in Academic Achievement Gender Differences in Scholastic Achievement: A Meta-Analysis Early Childhood Behavior Problems and the Gender Gap in Educational Attainment in the United States Where The Boys Aren’t The gender achievement gap in grades and standardised tests The State of Gender Equality for U.S. Adolescents Highlights of women’s earnings in 2023 The gender gap in educational outcomes in Norway Social Influences And The Gender Gap In Disruptive Behavior Family Disadvantage and the Gender Gap What might interrupt men's suicide? As Women Take Over a Male-Dominated Field, the Pay Drops The Cost of Caring Is Your Child Ready for Kindergarten? Age of Entry to Kindergarten and Children’s Academic Achievement The Effect of Age at School Entry on Reading Achievement Scores Beyond the Pros and Cons of Redshirting Self- Control and the Developing Brain Importance of Sex Differences in Impulse Control and Addictions It is a myth that boys lag behind in brain development Thanks to Mindseye for our theme song!…

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You Are A Badass 58:58

18 weeks ago58:58

58:58

Peter and Michael dissect Jen Sincero's "You are a Badass," a book that answers the question: What if "The Secret" was written in the painful, try-hard style of "The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck"? Featuring a surprise digression about Sincero's other, even worse books. Where to find us: Peter's other podcast, 5-4 Mike's other podcast, Maintenance Phase Sources: Savy Writes Books Thanks to Mindseye for our theme song!…

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What's The Matter With Kansas? 1:05:33

25 weeks ago1:05:33

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In 2004, historian Thomas Frank proposed a theory about the rightward drift of the white working class. Was he a prescient king whose work presaged the rise of Trump — or a bumbling fool with a broken thesis? Unfortunately it turns out he is a secret third thing that takes one hour and six minutes to explain. Special thanks to Julia Valdés for her help with this episode! Where to find us: Peter's other podcast, 5-4 Mike's other podcast, Maintenance Phase Sources: The Thesis That Drove American Politics Crazy: The Emerging Democratic Majority What’s the Matter with What’s the Matter with Kansas? Class is Dismissed The White Working Class and the Democratic Party It’s time to bust the myth: Most Trump voters were not working class. How the diploma divide came to dominate American politics The 'Diploma Divide': Does It Exist for Racial and Ethnic Minorities? Blind Retrospection: Why Shark Attacks Are Bad For Democracy Nationally poor, locally rich: Income and local context in the 2016 presidential election Democracy for Realists: Why Elections Do Not Produce Responsive Government Identity Crisis: The 2016 Presidential Campaign and the Battle for the Meaning of America Political Landscapes of Donald Trump The White Working Class and the 2016 Election Partisanship by family income, home ownership, union membership and veteran status The Elites Had It Coming What Explains Educational Realignment Among White Americans? Thanks to Mindseye for our theme song!…

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Sam Harris's "The End of Faith" 1:09:58

29 weeks ago1:09:58

1:09:58

Peter and Michael discuss the book that launched the phenomenon of New Atheism and asked the question: What if we hated Muslims, but in a secular way? Where to find us: Peter's other podcast, 5-4 Mike's other podcast, Maintenance Phase Sources: Views of Violence Carnival Booth: An Algorithm for Defeating the Computer-Assisted Passenger Screening System The same motive for anti-US 'terrorism' is cited over and over Does intuitive mindset influence belief in God? Terrorism science: 5 insights into jihad in Europe Analytic cognitive style predicts religious and paranormal belief What Is "Islamophobia"? Essays In Defense of Profiling To Profile or Not to Profile Chapter 2 The Making of Jihadist Social Actors in Europe in Who are the new jihadis? Disbelief - Prometheus Books God and the Ivory Tower Religion’s evolutionary landscape: Counterintuition, commitment, compassion, communion The Evolution of Religion: How Cognitive By-Products, Adaptive Learning Heuristics, Ritual Displays, and Group Competition Generate Talking to the Enemy Thanks to Mindseye for our theme song!…

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Who Moved My Cheese? 1:09:12

33 weeks ago1:09:12

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What should workers do when they get laid off? In 1998 a bleak, asinine bestseller told them to find another whey. Where to find us: Peter's other podcast, 5-4 Mike's other podcast, Maintenance Phase Sources: Bright-Sided: How Positive Thinking Is Undermining America Downsizing in America Temp: How American Work, American Business, and the American Dream Became Temporary The Disposable American Spencer Johnson, ‘Who Moved My Cheese?’ Author, Dies at 78 What was the New Economy? Boss, Employees Share Large Cheese Platter Tarpon's big cheese has aides reading Why doesn’t downsizing deliver? On the Battlefields of Business, Millions of Casualties Shareholder Value and Workforce Downsizing, 1981-2006 Long-Term Earnings Losses Due to Job Separation During the 1982 Recession Does Employee Downsizing Really Work? Layoffs, Top Executive Pay, and Firm Performance Emerging Conceptions of Work, Management and the Labor Market A Conceptual Framework for Analyzing Why Organizations Downsize Organizational Downsizing: Constraining, Cloning, Learning The Decline and Fall of the Conglomerate Firm in the 1980s Thanks to Mindseye for our theme song!…

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UNLOCKED: Eric Adams 59:28

35 weeks ago59:28

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New York’s favorite criminal is in the news, so here is our episode about his ridiculous life. To hear all of our bonus episodes, support us on Patreon : https://www.patreon.com/IfBooksPod

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Glenn Kessler Retire B*tch [TEASER] 36:08

35 weeks ago36:08

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Is fact-checking a legitimate enterprise? Is America's most famous fact-checker nothing more than a dweeb? Michael and Peter discuss. To hear the rest of the episode, support us on Patreon : https://www.patreon.com/IfBooksPod

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Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother 55:37

35 weeks ago55:37

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A memoir about parenting very badly and then getting weirdly defensive when anyone asks you about it. Where to find us: Peter's other podcast, 5-4 Mike's other podcast, Maintenance Phase Sources: Effects of Authoritative Parental Control on Child Behavior, Child Development Types of Parenting Styles and Effects On Children Does “Tiger Parenting” Exist? Parenting Profiles of Chinese Americans and Adolescent Developmental Outcomes Associations of parenting dimensions and styles with externalizing problems of children and adolescents: An updated meta-analysis Do the associations of parenting styles with behavior problems and academic achievement vary by culture? Results from a meta-analysis Parenting Styles: A Closer Look at a Well-Known Concept Impact of Behavioral Inhibition and Parenting Style on Internalizing and Externalizing Problems from Early Childhood through Adolescence The One Weird Trait That Predicts Whether You’re a Trump Supporter Investigating Correlates of Self-Regulation in Early Childhood with a Representative Sample of English-Speaking American Families Amy Chua thinks identity politics on both sides are to blame. How the 'Tiger Mom' Convinced the Author of Hillbilly Elegy to Write His Story Thanks to Mindseye for our theme song!…

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The Anxious Generation 2:00:18

42 weeks ago2:00:18

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Is social media to blame for the teen mental health crisis? It's complicated! Thanks to Emily Weinstein , Amy Orben , Andrew Przybylski , Dean Burnett , Michael Mullarkey and Gideon Meyerowitz-Katz for help researching and fact-checking this episode! Where to find us: Peter's other podcast, 5-4 Mike's other podcast, Maintenance Phase Sources: Emily Weinstein's book, "Behind Their Screens" Positive and negative uses of social media among adolescents hospitalized for suicidal behavior The Sisyphean Cycle of Technology Panics The Relationship Between Online Social Networking and Depression: A Systematic Review of Quantitative Studies Online "predators" and their victims The Coddling of the American Parent No More FOMO: Limiting Social Media Decreases Loneliness and Depression How technology is transforming the ways in which children play Banning mobile phones in schools in Spain No One Knows Exactly What Social Media Is Doing To Teens Windows of developmental sensitivity to social media Smartphones are bad for some teens, not all How Smartphones Affect the Social-Emotional Development of Adolescents Social media use and its impact Time Spent on Social Network Sites and Psychological Well-Being A School-Level Analysis of Adolescent Extracurricular Activity Thanks to Mindseye for our theme song!…

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Breaking News Re-Release: "Hillbilly Elegy" 51:12

45 weeks ago51:12

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To celebrate ("celebrate") Donald Trump choosing JD Vance as his running mate we are re-releasing our "Hillbilly Elegy" episode. Enjoy!

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Richard Hanania's "The Origins of Woke" 1:01:54

46 weeks ago1:01:54

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Peter and Michael discuss "The Origins of Woke," a glimpse into the dark aspirations of the Republican Party and the mind of a very unusual man. Where to find us: Peter's other podcast, 5-4 Mike's other podcast, Maintenance Phase Sources: What Speech Does "Hostile Work Environment" Harassment Law Restrict? Tunis v. Corning Glass Works, 698 F. Supp. 452 (S.D.N.Y. 1988) Pakizegi v. First Nat. Bank of Boston, 831 F. Supp. 901 Tesla Settles Discrimination Suit With Former Factory Worker - The New York Times Menial Tasks, Slurs and Swastikas: Many Black Workers at Tesla Say They Faced Racism - The New York Times Diaz v. Tesla, Inc. Making Hispanics: How Activists, Bureaucrats, and Media Constructed a New American Are Emily and Greg More Employable than Lakisha and Jamal? A Field Experiment on Labor Market Discrimination Meta-analysis of field experiments shows no change in racial discrimination in hiring over time | PNAS Systemic Discrimination Among Large U.S. Employers Thanks to Mindseye for our theme song!…

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The Columbia Protests [TEASER] 27:17

1 year ago27:17