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Suspicious Minds

There's a short story about a guy who's so afraid of other people reading his mind that he wears a tin foil hat to protect his thoughts. The tin foil part is crazy, but protecting your mind is maybe not such a bad idea. Academic psychologist Rob Brotherton says there are certain psychological traits that predispose people to believe in conspiracy theories. For example, there's an experiment done by a group of psychologists in Amsterdam. It involves a group of subjects and a messy desk.

FIND OUT HOW LIKELY YOU ARE TO BELIEVE IN CONSPIRACY THEORIES BY TAKING ROB'S QUIZ.

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TTBOOK Listeners on Love at First Sight

In this segment, we hear several love stories from the lives of TTBOOK listeners.

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Watch This! "Salinger" & "Shakespeare Uncovered"

This week in Watch This! we talk about "Salinger" and "Shakespeare Uncovered."

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Why Some Breakups Are More Painful Than Others

Why is it that certain people bounce back after a relationship ends, whereas for others it takes years to recover? Graduate researcher Lauren Howe says it has to do with the stories we tell ourselves.

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Thomas Friedman on How the US Fell Behind

Thomas Friedman says the US is falling behind on the global stage.

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The Americanization of Narcissism - Elizabeth Lunbeck

Elizabeth Lunbeck talks about her book, "The Americanization of Narcissism."

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Salman Rushdie on Home

Salman Rushdie tells Steve Paulson that he loved the movie, “The Wizard of Oz” and that he sees it as a parable about home and homelessness.

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Stephen Bloom on Orthodox Jews In Iowa

Stephen Bloom tells Jim Fleming about a group of Orthodox Jews who moved from Brooklyn to Postville to run a kosher slaughterhouse.

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