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This is the podcast for the relentlessly curious. Host Becki Saltzman is the founder and Chief Curiosity Seeker at Applied Curiosity Lab, and author of Arousing the Buy Curious and Living Curiously. The lens is…and always will be… curiosity. Each week, fun informal conversations center around…

Becki Saltzman | Applied Curiosity Expert | Assumption Buster | Author

  • Jul 9, 2020 LATEST EPISODE
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Latest episodes from Applied Curiosity Lab Radio

ACLR: What’s Good Thinking?

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 9, 2020 34:28


Welcome to the season 2 finale of Applied Curiosity Lab Radio. We're chopping on the Curiosity Bite about good thinking. Are you a good thinker? How do you know? What is good thinking? Follow Becki on LinkedIn to continue the good thinking conversation on Good Thinking on LinkedIn LIVE (Mondays 9am PT/4pm GMT)...streamed LIVE on Becki's YouTube channel, too!

ACLR: How Do You Judge A Person?

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 4, 2020 36:20


Welcome back to Applied Curiosity Lab Radio. Sorry about the audio, but don't let that stop you from chomping on this Curiosity Bite: How Do You Judge a Person? If you had to judge someone by their face, but were unable to determine their sex, gender, race, or nationality what would you use to judge the person? What's the first thing that comes to mind?

ACLR: How Do You Know How You Should Feel?

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 25, 2020 33:26


Welcome back to Applied Curiosity Lab Radio. In this episode of ACLR we chomp on the Curiosity Bite exploring how you know how you SHOULD feel? How does how you feel relate to how you think you SHOULD feel? Can you understand how you should feel without comparison?

ACLR: What Current Trend Do You Wish Would Continue?

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 18, 2020 22:20


Welcome back to ACLR, you relentless curiosity seeker. We're chomping on the Curiosity Bite exploring trends. What trends would you like to continue? What trends are you happy to see disappear forever? We're using a TikTok trend to play "who's more likely?" How is Becki likely to die?

ACLR: How Often Do You Consider the Preposterous to Solve the Impossible?

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 11, 2020 34:37


Welcome to Applied Curiosity Lab Radio. This episode of ACLR chomps on the curiosity bite about the role of preposterous ideas in solving seemingly impossible problems. What's your most pressing problem? What's the most preposterous idea you can come up with that could help you solve this problem?

ACLR: What’s Something You Pretend to Care About?

Play Episode Listen Later May 28, 2020 29:33


Welcome back to Applied Curiosity Lab Radio, the podcast for the relentlessly curious. This episode chomps on the Curiosity Bite that forces a confession about what we pretend to care about more than we do. What are the things we pretend to care about? What are the main reasons we pretend to care?

ACLR: What Fairy Tale Offers the Best Life Lesson?

Play Episode Listen Later May 22, 2020 35:29


Once upon a time...you listened to your first podcast. When did you first listen to Applied Curiosity Lab Radio? What was your first favorite fairy tale? Today's Curiosity Bite asks you to examine the role fairy tales have played in your life. How do you know that you'll live happily ever after?

ACLR: What Does Your Silence Mean?

Play Episode Listen Later May 13, 2020 35:20


Welcome back to Applied Curiosity Lab Radio. Today's episode chomps on the Curiosity Bite the explores silence. What does your own silence mean? Does your silence effectively communicate? How do you interpret the silence of others? When is silence powerful...and when is it dangerous?

ACLR: What Life Skills are Extremely Useful but Rarely Taught?

Play Episode Listen Later May 7, 2020 23:16


Welcome to ACLR you relentlessly curious adventurer. In this episode we're chomping on the Curiosity Bite that explores life skills. What life skill have you been meaning to learn? What life skill do you have that most people don't have? How do you measure these skills? Listen & chomp with us.

ACLR: What Makes You Roll Your Eyes Every Time?

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 30, 2020 24:55


Welcome back to Applied Curiosity Lab Radio. In this episode we chomp on the Curiosity Bite to explore what makes you roll your eyes and what makes other people roll their eyes? How do we benefit from rolling our eyes?

ACLR: When Do You Act Nonchalant When You’re Going Crazy Inside?

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 23, 2020 28:40


Welcome back to ACLR where today's episode chomps on the Curiosity Bite exploring how we feel on the inside and how we present on the outside. Does authenticity require a match between what we feel on the inside and what we present on the outside? Is authenticity more important than appropriateness?

ACLR: What About Your Life Will Your Descendants Be Most Curious About?

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 16, 2020 28:47


Welcome back to Applied Curiosity Lab Radio you adventurous curiosity seeker. In this episode we chomp on the Curiosity Bite exploring what about our lives do we think will be most interesting to future generations. What are the quintessential moments of your life?

ACLR: Do You Give a More or Less Accurate First Impression Than Most?

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 9, 2020 45:49


Welcome back to ACLR. Pardon the sound quality, but hopefully this is not your first time listening because we wouldn't want to give the wrong first impression. Do you make an accurate first impression? That's the Curiosity Bite. Chomp. Enjoy.

ACLR: What Causes the Most Harm in the World That’s Completely Avoidable?

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 26, 2020 38:48


Welcome back to Applied Curiosity Lab Radio where we chomp on the Curiosity Bite exploring the harmful things we do that are completely avoidable. We recorded this episode in the days before the world's lens turned on the Corona Virus. How different would this conversation be today?

ACLR: At What Age Can We No Longer Be Considered Innocent?

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 5, 2020 26:12


Welcome back to ACLR. Here's the Curiosity Bite for you to chomp on: If babies are innocent, at what age can a person no longer be considered innocent? What factors do we consider? What factors should we consider? Can you identify when you lost your innocence?

ACLR: If You Had to Disappear and Start a New Life, What Would It Look Like?

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 27, 2020 28:35


Welcome to ACLR, the podcast for the relentlessly curious. In this episode we chomp on the Curiosity Bites exploring what it would look like to ditch your life and create a new one. What would you do? Get tips from the Witness Protection Program.

ACLR: By What Standards Do You Judge Yourself?

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 20, 2020 38:58


Welcome back to Applied Curiosity Lab Radio. This episode chomps on the Curiosity Bite exploring how we judge and create our own standards. How do we know if our judgment is good? How do we know if our standards need resetting?

ACLR: What Would It Look Like to Wage Peace?

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 12, 2020 36:36


Welcome back to ACLR, you relentlessly curious adventurer! If you were going to commit yourself to waging peace, what would that look like? What would you be willing to sacrifice to wage peace? What would success look like?

ACLR: What’s Your Definition of Evil?

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 7, 2020 34:36


Warning: In this episode of Applied Curiosity Lab Radio we talk about evil, and evil can be shocking. We're not trying to be shocking, but in order to chomp on this Curiosity Bite, Jennifer and I discuss unpleasant things. Who's truly evil and how did they get that way?

ACLR: What Do We Owe Our Distant Descendants? 

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 30, 2020 31:17


Welcome back to Applied Curiosity Lab Radio where we chomp on the Curiosity Bite exploring what duty we own future generations. How is this different from what you owe your own distant descendants? Can you guess the Sortafact?

ACLR: How Do You Define Genius?

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 23, 2020 32:01


Welcome back to Applied Curiosity Lab Radio where, in this episode, we chomp on the Curiosity Bite about genius. What does it mean to be a genius? How do you know if you're a genius? Thanks for being relentlessly curious!

ACLR: Why Do You Care About Your Legacy?

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 16, 2020 38:02


Welcome back to Applied Curiosity Lab Radio where we chomp on the Curiosity Bite exploring when we'll care about how we're remembered when we're dead. Do you care about your legacy? Why? For how long? Thanks for joining the curiosity revolution!

ACLR: Do You Perceive Reality as it Really Is?

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 9, 2020 33:03


Welcome back to Applied Curiosity Lab Radio! In this episode we chomp on the Curiosity Bite that explores how much we think we understand about the nature of our reality. Is our perception real? Is our attempt to understand string theory hilarious or helpful or neither?

ACLR: What’s the Dumbest Thing Someone Has Argued with You About?

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 2, 2020 28:50


Welcome back to Applied Curiosity Lab Radio where we chomp on this week's Curiosity Bite exploring why we argue. What's a good argument?

ACLR: What Should Be the Commandments for the Modern World?

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 19, 2019 32:22


Welcome back to Applied Curiosity Lab Radio! The Curiosity Bite chomps on how you update the Ten Commandments. Do they need updating for the modern world? Can you spot the one glaring omission in many of our commandments, tenets, rules, and laws?

ACLR: How Much of Your Future Do You Think You Can Reliably Predict?

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 12, 2019 30:07


Welcome back to a particularly laughter-filled episode of ACLR. In this episode we chomp on a Curiosity Bite the explores how much we think can predict our future, but only up to a point. What is that point? Is anyone that much better at predicting the future? Are you? Take the test. The answer may surprise you.

ACLR: Do You Have the Right to Know How and Why Decisions are Made for You?

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 5, 2019 38:02


Welcome back to ACLR where we chomp on the Curiosity Bite that explores how much control we have over the decisions we seem to make. If you found out how many decisions are made for you could you handle the truth? Do you have the right to know? Would you want to know? What would you do with a copy of the Wicked Bible?

ACLR: What Sport Could You Play the Longest Without Anyone Knowing You’re Not a Pro?

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 28, 2019 27:23


Welcome back to ACLR. In this episode we chomp on the Curiosity Bite that explores the craziest sports in the world to consider how accurately we perceive ourselves. Would you be more likely to be perceived as a professional worm charmer, Buzkashi, or octopusher?

ACLR: What are the Hidden Forces that Persuade You?

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 21, 2019 46:26


Welcome back to Applied Curiosity Lab Radio, the podcast for the relentlessly curious. Welcome best selling author, Brian Ahearn to the lab to chomp on the Curiosity Bite that explores the hidden side of how were influenced by others...and how we can use these principles to our ethical, strategic advantage.

ACLR: How Can You Tell When You’ve Become an Adult?

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 14, 2019 27:59


Welcome back to Applied Curiosity Lab Radio. ACLR is the podcast for the relentlessly curious and we're beyond glad you're part of our Tribe of the Curious. Are you? This episode's Curiosity Bite explores the idea of becoming an adult and the rites of passages around the world that usher humans into adulthood.

ACLR: What Does It Mean to Be Offended on Behalf of Someone Else?

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 7, 2019 30:36


Welcome back to Applied Curiosity Lab Radio where we chomp on the Curiosity Bite that explores what it means to be offended by proxy. How should we decide whether or not to be offended on behalf of others? Should you be offended on behalf of someone who is not offended? Wanna turn your book club into a podcast club? ACLR is here for you!

ACLR: What Do We Miss When We Confuse Bad Behavior With Mental Illness?

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 31, 2019 29:05


Welcome back to Applied Curiosity Lab Radio. This week's thought experiment (aka Curiosity Bite) explores how history influences our ideas of what constitutes mental illness, and how confusing bad ideas with mental illness can lead us astray. Join the community of curiosity seekers. Let us know how you think!

ACLR: Do You Need to Experience a Problem to Create a Wise Solution?

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 24, 2019 34:33


Here we are back at Applied Curiosity Lab Radio. Today's Curiosity Bite chomps on the topic of experiencing problems and creating wise solutions. Do you have to experience a problem to create a wise solution? When it comes to problem solving, what's more important, understanding or experiencing? Thanks for listening!

ACLR: What Should a Responsible Gun Owner Do About the Possibility of Dementia?

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 17, 2019 30:43


Welcome back to Applied Curiosity Lab Radio. Today's Curiosity Bite chomps on the heated topic of when gun ownership collides with dementia. New stats indicate that the likelihood of dying with dementia is greater than ever before. What should a responsible gun owner do about this fact?

ACLR: Would Your Way of Life Work For Most People?

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 10, 2019 32:37


Welcome back to Applied Curiosity Lab Radio. This week we chomp on the Curiosity Bite about how we define, evaluate, and compare our way of life. What about your way of life wouldn't work for most people? Why? As a bonus, tune in for health advice that's better than any fancy diet. It's free and easy.

ACLR: What’s the Downside to Being Totally Present?

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 3, 2019 37:17


Welcome back to Applied Curiosity Lab Radio...because you're relentlessly curious. We're chomping on the Curiosity Bite that explores being totally present and mindful...and potential downsides. Also, let us know if you're curious about joining Curiosity Quest 2020. It's going to be epic!

ACLR: What’s Your Favorite Filler Word?

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 26, 2019 33:32


Welcome back to Applied Curiosity Lab Radio! This week we...um...chomp on filler words. Why we use them. How we can stop using them. How to extract hidden meaning from how other people use filler words. Trust me, if you're relentlessly curious you don't want to miss this episode. In future episode, when you hear us use "twatka" and "wheat G" you'll know what we're talking about.

ACLR: Truth Versus Social Justice – Which Would You Choose?

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 19, 2019 27:43


Welcome back to Applied Curiosity Lab Radio where we chew on the Curiosity Bite regarding truth and social justice. What do you choose when truth is at odds with social justice? What should we choose?

ACLR: Would a Lie Detector Agree With What You Say You Value Most?

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 12, 2019 27:46


Welcome to ACLR, the podcast for the relentlessly curious. This week we chomp on the Curiosity Bite: Would a lie detector agree with what you say you value most? What do you say you value most?

ACLR: How Do You Decide Who and Whether to Forgive?

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 5, 2019 30:55


Hey curiosity seekers! Welcome back to Applied Curiosity Lab Radio where this week we chomp on the Curiosity Bite about apologies. Thank you Facebook friends for weighing in on how you decide whether or not to accept apologies.

ACLR: What’s the Last Thing You Changed Your Mind About and Why?

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 29, 2019 26:46


Welcome back to ACLR, the podcast for the relentlessly curious. We chomp on week's Curiosity Bite to dissect, debate, and discuss the complicated problem with changing your mind. We value consistency. We value learning. Which do we value more?

ACLR: Which of Your Senses Do You Rely On Most?

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 22, 2019 29:10


Welcome to this week's episode of Applied Curiosity Lab Radio where we're chomping on the Curiosity Bite: Which of your five senses do you rely on most? We also discuss awful things our senses experience. What sense do you take for granted? Thanks for listening!

ACLR: How Do You Evaluate Medical Decisions?

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 15, 2019 33:24


Welcome back to Applied Curiosity Lab Radio where we're tackling the Curiosity Bite: How do you make medical decisions? Can we ever have a wise healthcare system without clearly defining what we all mean by "health"? Tune in. Share your thoughts. Should you subscribe and toss up a review on the iTunes? Yes, please!

ACLR: What’s Happening Now That You Wish You Knew More About?

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 1, 2019 44:06


Welcome to ACLR, we're glad you're curious and we're glad you brought your ears. Today's Curiosity Bite: What's Happening Now That You Wish You Knew More About? What was the last thing you learned? How did you learn it? Comment. Share. We want to hear from you!

ACLR: What Are You More Capable of Than You Were a Year Ago?

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 25, 2019 28:23


Welcome back to ACLR, adventurous and curious you. This week's Curiosity Bite: What are you more capable of than you were a year ago? What did you used to be capable of that you no longer know how to do? Does it matter? Thanks to all of you who are sharing your answers to the Curiosity Bites! We want to hear from you!

ACLR: How Often Is There Really No Other Explanation?

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 18, 2019 26:47


Welcome back to Applied Curiosity Lab Radio. I love this week's Curiosity Bite on ACLR: How often is there really no other explanation? Think about this as a strategy in your work. Think about this in making sense of your daily life. We tease apart some wild conspiracies to see if we can uncover other explanations.

ACLR: Is Anyone Really That Much Greater Than You?

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 11, 2019 25:35


We may not know what exactly it means to be great, but we do know that ACLR is growing...and we think that's pretty great. This week's Curiosity Bite: Is Anyone Really That Much Greater Than You? And another question: Can greatness exist in anonymity? Tune in, you great curiosity seekers!

ACLR: Do You Get What You Expect From What You Buy?

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 4, 2019 30:02


Welcome back to ACLR, the podcast for the relentlessly curious. This week's Curiosity Bite: Did you get the best result from what you purchased last? What was it? What has the biggest impact on whether you get what you expect from what you buy? Is ownership more important than access? Don't miss Sortafacts and Jennifer's list of top (lame) things to purchase.

ACLR: How Effective Are Your Complaints?

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 13, 2019 28:09


What's your favorite complaint? Why do we complain? That's what this episode of ACLR is about. What's something that you complain about that you never try to do anything about? What's something that you don't complain about but you actually do something about?

ACLR: What Makes You Matter?

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 6, 2019 29:38


Welcome back to ACLR you adventurous curiosity seekers. In this episode we discuss, dissect, and debate an increasingly hot topic in the age of AI. What gives us purpose and what's required for us to feel we matter? How will ideas like Universal Basic Income address this challenge as AI leaps ever closer to replacing our individual economic relevance? Stuff like that.

ACLR: Would You Know If You Were In a Cult?

Play Episode Listen Later May 30, 2019 29:23


Welcome back to ACLR, the podcast for the relentlessly curious. This week's Curiosity Bite? What would you do if you and your friends were perceived to be members of a cult? And...would you recognize cult indoctrination techniques if they were being used on you?

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