Hacks
Why Do We Cry?
Unexplainable, Noam Hassenfeld
In this February 2024 episode of the Unexplainable podcast, producer Mandy Nguyen interviews Reverend Ben Perry and clinical psychologist Ad Vingerhoets about the mystery of emotional tears and what it means to cry.
Why Do We Dream?
Unexplainable, Noam Hassenfeld
In this May 2022 episode of Unexplainable, host Noam Hassenfeld explores theories on why people dream, drawing on research from sleep and dream experts to establish what we know about our brain's activities while we sleep.
Why Has Nobody Told Me This Before?
Dr. Julie Smith
This book by clinical psychologist Dr. Julie Smith provides everyday tools to deal with difficult situations and stay on top of your mental health.
Why I Am a Hindu
Shashi Tharoor
This book is a comprehensive account of the rich history, core beliefs, and diverse interpretations of Hinduism.
Why I Embrace My Schizophrenia Diagnosis
Rose Parker
Schizophrenia is a complex and challenging diagnosis to live with, but I have learned to embrace it – warts and all – as an immutable part of who I am. Accepting myself with my schizophrenia, and not in spite of it, has freed me from self-hatred and improved my mental health dramatically.
Why Is Sex Fun?
Jared Diamond
Jared Diamond takes a hard look at the evolution of human sexual behavior in his carefully researched, funny, and insightful book, Why Is Sex Fun?
Why I’m No Longer Talking to White People About Race
Reni Eddo-Lodge
Why I'm No Longer Talking to White People About Race is a personal yet deeply researched book about why conversations with and between white people about race are crucial to social change.
Why Losing Your Job Could be the Best Thing That Ever Happened to You
Eleanor Tweddell
Eleanor Tweddell offers five phases you need to go through to reinvent your life after losing your job, with insights based on her experience of losing her corporate career.
Why Love Is Not Enough
On Purpose with Jay Shetty
On this June 2024 episode of the On Purpose podcast, host and self-help author Jay Shetty shares that love is not enough to sustain a relationship, and offers five additional things to focus on while dating or in a relationship.
Why Men Need To Cry
The Mindvalley Podcast , Vishen Lakhiani, Justin Baldoni
On this episode of the Mindvalley podcast, host Vishen Lakhiani interviews author and actor Justin Baldoni about his book, Man Enough: Undefining My Masculinity, discussing what it means to be a man in today's world.
Why Move Towards Cleaner Power
Jo Haigh, Kris Murray, Shane Tomlinson, Imperial College London
In this course, experts from the Imperial College London and E3G explain the benefits and challenges of shifting to clean power sources and why we need energy policy changes — fast.
Why Nations Fail
Daron Acemoglu et al.
Why Nations Fail dives into the origins of economic inequality and explains that decision makers' poor choices, rather than culture or geography, are the main reason for unequal distribution of resources.
Why People Die by Suicide
Thomas Joiner
Academic psychologist Thomas Joiner identifies three key factors that contribute to the desire to take one's own life, offering valuable insights into understanding this complex and often misunderstood act.
Why Study Languages?
The Open University
In this course, The Open University introduces the many benefits of learning languages, from wider career progression to new adventures and friendships.
Why We Can't Sleep
Ada Calhoun
Why We Can't Sleep examines the reasons why midlife crises are so prevalent in Generation X women, highlighting poor market conditions, caring for children and elderly parents, and unrelenting discrimination in the workplace.
Why We Get Fat
Gary Taubes
In Why We Get Fat, American journalist Gary Taubes expands on his long-running theory about obesity and weight loss and debunks some pervasive misconceptions about dieting.
Why We Get the Wrong Politicians
Isabel Hardman
Political journalist Isabel Hardman examines the flaws in the U.K. parliamentary system and its culture that excludes talented people from participation and turns promising candidates into bad politicians.
Why We Hiccup
Unexplainable, Noam Hassenfeld
In this February 2023 episode of the Unexplainable podcast, hosts Noam Hassenfeld and Brian Resnick discuss hiccups, their causes, and cures.
Why We Hold on to Things
Hidden Brain, Shankar Vedantam, Bruce Hood
In this May 2021 episode of NPR's Hidden Brain podcast, host Shankar Vedantam speaks with psychologist Bruce Hood about our complex relationship with material possessions.
Why We Love
Helen Fisher
Why We Love delivers a scientific explanation for love, shows you how it developed, and gives you actionable advice to deal with both the exciting, successful romance in your life, as well as its sometimes inevitable fallout.
Why We Remember
Charan Ranganath
Neuroscientist and memory expert Charan Ranganath explains the mechanism behind the human brain's ability to remember and forget.