Hidden Brain

Hidden Brain, Shankar Vedantam

Why do I feel stuck? How can I become more creative? What can I do to improve my relationships? If you’ve ever asked yourself these questions, you’re not alone. On Hidden Brain, we help you understand your own mind — and the minds of the…

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What Art Does For Your Brain 2026-08-24 · 49m Read →
How to Be A Better Partner 2026-08-17 · 86m
How Feelings Make Us Smarter 2026-08-10 · 48m
Making the Most of Your Mistakes 2026-08-03 · 86m
You Are Not Ordinary 2026-07-27 · 95m
How to Combat Pain 2026-07-20 · 50m
Changing Our Mental Maps 2026-07-13 · 94m
Waking Up Your Spiritual Brain: Part 2 2026-07-06 · 93m
Waking Up Your Spiritual Brain: Part 1 2026-06-29 · 50m
Stepping Out of the Shadows 2026-06-22 · 89m
A Secret Source of Connection 2026-06-15 · 88m
Who Are You, Really? 2026-06-08 · 97m
Unleashing Your Creativity 2026-06-01 · 53m
The Past is Never Dead 2026-05-25 · 52m
The Empathy Gym 2026-05-18 · 89m
The Cowboy Philosopher 2026-05-11 · 89m
Radical Acceptance 2026-05-04 · 90m
Designing a Life that Matters 2026-04-27 · 51m
Do You Feel Loved? 2026-04-20 · 93m
How to Change the World 2026-04-13 · 91m
The Debt Trap 2026-04-06 · 100m
When It's Okay to Lie 2026-03-30 · 52m
Group Think 2026-03-23 · 88m
Rethinking Depression 2026-03-16 · 53m
Yuck! The Science of Disgust 2026-03-09 · 97m
The Secret of Charisma 2026-03-02 · 94m
Do You Feel Invisible? 2026-02-23 · 88m
Why You're Smarter Than You Think 2026-02-16 · 94m
Coming Clean 2026-02-09 · 97m
Keeping Secrets 2026-02-02 · 50m
You 2.0: Trusting Your Doubt 2026-01-26 · 97m
You 2.0: The Practice of Patience 2026-01-19 · 101m
You 2.0: How to Get Out of a Rut 2026-01-12 · 98m
You 2.0: Cultivating Courage 2026-01-05 · 52m
You 2.0: Stop Spiraling! 2025-12-29 · 93m
The Reset Button 2025-12-22 · 97m
The Path to Enough 2025-12-15 · 92m
The Paradox of Pleasure 2025-12-08 · 51m
Murder Mystery 2025-12-01 · 52m
Parents: Keep Out! 2025-11-24 · 79m
The Power of Family Stories 2025-11-17 · 97m
Why Following Your Dreams Isn't Enough 2025-11-10 · 90m
How Nature Heals Us 2025-11-03 · 65m
Reframing the Battle of Wills 2025-10-27 · 72m
Love 2.0: How to Move On 2025-10-20 · 80m
Love 2.0: Reimagining Our Relationships 2025-10-13 · 96m
Love 2.0: How to Fix Your Marriage, Part 2 2025-10-06 · 104m
Love 2.0: How to Fix Your Marriage, Part 1 2025-09-29 · 101m
Passion vs. Paycheck 2025-09-22 · 53m
It's Not My Fault! 2025-09-15 · 78m
Winning the Battle Against Yourself 2025-09-08 · 53m
Escaping Perfectionism 2025-09-01 · 98m
The Trauma Script 2025-08-25 · 50m
How Our Brains Learn 2025-08-18 · 82m
The Best Years of Your Life 2025-08-11 · 80m
Radical Kindness 2025-08-04 · 64m
You 2.0: Change Your Story, Change Your Life 2025-07-28 · 78m
You 2.0: The Wisdom of Stoicism 2025-07-21 · 50m
You 2.0: The Path to Contentment 2025-07-14 · 92m
You 2.0: The Passion Pill 2025-07-07 · 49m
You 2.0: What Is Your Life For? 2025-06-30 · 63m
Win Hearts, Then Minds 2025-06-23 · 86m
Doing it the Hard Way 2025-06-16 · 51m
Ouch! That Feels Great 2025-06-09 · 51m
The Price of Revenge 2025-06-02 · 66m
Do I Know You? (A Hidden Brain-Revisionist History special on facial recognition) 2025-05-26 · 56m
How Much Do We Really Know? 2025-05-19 · 55m
Forget About It! 2025-05-12 · 48m
How to Harness Your Feelings 2025-05-05 · 65m
Relationships 2.0: Keeping Love Alive 2025-04-28 · 50m
Relationships 2.0: Why Did You Do That? 2025-04-21 · 86m
Relationships 2.0: The Power of Tiny Interactions 2025-04-14 · 85m
Relationships 2.0: Become a Better Negotiator 2025-04-07 · 53m
Relationships 2.0: The Price of Disconnection 2025-03-31 · 50m
The Moments that Change Us 2025-03-24 · 51m
Did I Really Do That? 2025-03-17 · 52m
When To Pivot 2025-03-10 · 50m
Dropping the Mask 2025-03-03 · 69m
Marching To Your Own Drummer 2025-02-24 · 48m
The Conversations that Bring Us Closer 2025-02-17 · 49m
We Need to Talk 2025-02-10 · 51m
No Hard Feelings 2025-02-03 · 66m
Wellness 2.0: The Art of the Unknown 2025-01-27 · 49m
Wellness 2.0: When It's All Too Much 2025-01-20 · 62m
Wellness 2.0: Who Do You Want To Be? 2025-01-13 · 47m
Wellness 2.0: Rising to the Occasion 2025-01-06 · 51m
Wellness 2.0: Be Yourself 2024-12-30 · 51m
How to Be More Creative 2024-12-23 · 52m
What Your Online Self Reveals About You 2024-12-16 · 52m
The Secret to Gift-Giving 2024-12-09 · 46m
How Monsters are Made 2024-12-02 · 47m
The Power of Family Stories 2024-11-25 · 57m
Emotions 2.0: The Logic of Rage 2024-11-18 · 47m
Emotions 2.0: What's Better than Being Happy? 2024-11-11 · 52m
Emotions 2.0: The Benefits of Mixed Emotions 2024-11-04 · 52m
Emotions 2.0: The Feeling that Moves Us Forward 2024-10-28 · 50m
Emotions 2.0: When I Feel What You Feel 2024-10-21 · 100m
How to Win People Over 2024-10-14 · 54m
What's Hidden in Your Words 2024-10-07 · 54m
Sitting With Uncertainty 2024-09-30 · 51m
Rewrite Your Money Story 2024-09-23 · 51m
You 2.0: Fighting Despair 2024-09-16 · 49m
You 2.0: Remember More, Forget Less 2024-09-09 · 54m
You 2.0: How To Say No 2024-09-02 · 50m
You 2.0: Taking Control of Your Time 2024-08-26 · 49m
You 2.0: The Gift of Other People 2024-08-19 · 51m
You're Not the Boss of Me! 2024-08-12 · 54m
The Cure for Self-Importance 2024-08-05 · 52m
Where Truth Lies 2024-07-29 · 51m
How To Be Alone 2024-07-22 · 51m
Changing Our Mental Maps 2024-07-15 · 54m
Out of the Rabbit Hole 2024-07-08 · 48m
Befriending Your Inner Voice 2024-07-01 · 51m
Making the World Sparkle Again 2024-06-24 · 51m
Our God-Shaped Brains 2024-06-17 · 50m
Why You Feel Empty 2024-06-10 · 50m
Why Trying Too Hard Can Backfire On You 2024-06-03 · 52m
Innovation 2.0: Do Less 2024-05-27 · 46m
Innovation 2.0: Shortcuts and Speed Bumps 2024-05-20 · 49m
Innovation 2.0: The Influence You Have 2024-05-13 · 52m
Innovation 2.0: Multiplying the Growth Mindset 2024-05-06 · 52m
Innovation 2.0: How Big Ideas Are Born 2024-04-29 · 50m
Parents: Keep Out! 2024-04-22 · 54m
The Curious Science of Cravings 2024-04-15 · 49m
What Is Normal? 2024-04-08 · 51m
The Transformative Ideas of Daniel Kahneman 2024-04-01 · 98m
Are You Listening? 2024-03-25 · 50m
The Ventilator 2024-03-18 · 50m
Escaping the Matrix 2024-03-11 · 50m
Fear Less 2024-03-04 · 52m
US 2.0: Lincoln's Dilemma 2024-02-26 · 52m
US 2.0: Not at the Dinner Table 2024-02-19 · 49m
US 2.0: Living With Our Differences 2024-02-12 · 53m
US 2.0: Win Hearts, Then Minds 2024-02-05 · 49m
US 2.0: What We Have In Common 2024-01-29 · 51m
Are Your Memories Real? 2024-01-22 · 50m
Finding Focus 2024-01-15 · 48m
Where Do Feelings Come From? 2024-01-08 · 50m
Making the Most of Your Mistakes 2024-01-01 · 52m
What Would Socrates Do? 2023-12-25 · 50m
How to Believe in Yourself 2023-12-18 · 50m
The Ugly Side of Beauty 2023-12-11 · 51m
The Mystery of Beauty 2023-12-04 · 49m
Healing 2.0: The Power of Apologies 2023-11-27 · 50m
Healing 2.0: Disrupting Death 2023-11-20 · 53m
Healing 2.0: Life After Loss 2023-11-13 · 49m
Healing 2.0: What We Gain from Pain 2023-11-06 · 49m
Healing 2.0: Change Your Story, Change Your Life 2023-10-30 · 55m
The Enemies of Gratitude 2023-10-23 · 50m
Follow the Anomalies 2023-10-16 · 49m
How to Spot a Scam 2023-10-09 · 52m
Escaping Perfectionism 2023-10-02 · 53m
The Secret to Great Teams 2023-09-25 · 50m
Outsmarting Yourself 2023-09-18 · 46m
How We Live With Contradictions 2023-09-11 · 54m
Being Kind to Yourself 2023-09-04 · 51m
You 2.0: Make the Good Times Last 2023-08-28 · 48m
You 2.0: Slow Down! 2023-08-21 · 50m
You 2.0: Your Future Is Now 2023-08-14 · 51m
You 2.0: How to Break Out of a Rut 2023-08-07 · 50m
The Truth About Honesty 2023-07-31 · 55m
Learning From Your Mistakes 2023-07-24 · 49m
The Path to Enough 2023-07-17 · 50m
The Paradox of Pleasure 2023-07-10 · 50m
How Others See You 2023-07-03 · 51m
The Best Years of Your Life 2023-06-26 · 51m
When to Eat the Marshmallow 2023-06-19 · 52m
Between Two Worlds 2023-06-12 · 47m
Seeking Serenity: Part 2 2023-06-08 · 50m
Seeking Serenity: Part 1 2023-06-05 · 49m
Success 2.0: Getting to the Top and Staying There 2023-05-29 · 52m
Success 2.0: The Psychology of Self-Doubt 2023-05-22 · 50m
Success 2.0: The Obstacles You Don't See 2023-05-15 · 48m
Introducing Hidden Brain+ 2023-05-14 · 2m
Success 2.0: Getting What You Want 2023-05-08 · 51m
Success 2.0: Taking the Leap 2023-05-01 · 49m
A Secret Source of Connection 2023-04-24 · 50m
Remember More, Forget Less 2023-04-17 · 50m
Crying Wolf 2023-04-10 · 50m
The Snowball Effect 2023-04-06 · 49m
Less is More 2023-04-03 · 48m
How To Make Amends 2023-03-27 · 52m
Made of Honor 2023-03-20 · 48m
Revealing Your Unconscious: Part 2 2023-03-14 · 52m
Revealing Your Unconscious: Part 1 2023-03-13 · 54m
How Your Beliefs Shape Reality 2023-03-06 · 49m
Happiness 2.0: The Reset Button 2023-02-27 · 55m
Happiness 2.0: Surprising Sources of Joy 2023-02-23 · 46m
Happiness 2.0: Cultivating Your Purpose 2023-02-20 · 50m
Happiness 2.0: The Only Way Out Is Through 2023-02-13 · 48m
Happiness 2.0: The Path to Contentment 2023-02-06 · 55m
When You Need It To Be True 2023-01-30 · 49m
Persuasion: Part 2 2023-01-23 · 50m
Persuasion: Part 1 2023-01-16 · 49m
Who's In Your Inner Circle? 2023-01-09 · 53m
Who Do You Want To Be? 2023-01-02 · 52m
You, But Better 2022-12-26 · 49m
How to Complain Productively 2022-12-19 · 52m
An Ancient Solution to Modern Problems 2022-12-12 · 52m
The Secret to Gift Giving 2022-12-05 · 49m
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