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Phil and Steve introduce and discuss ideas that are relevant to the modern world, focusing on topics that primarily deal with society, psychology, philosophy, and technology.

Phil Shea and Steve Rose


    • Aug 22, 2024 LATEST EPISODE
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    • 61 EPISODES


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    Episode 61: Awesomeness – A How-To Guide

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 22, 2024 60:15


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    Episode 60: Adult Friendship (Pt.2) – Punching the Loneliness Epidemic in the Face

    Play Episode Listen Later May 12, 2024 72:50


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    Episode 59: Adult Friendship (Pt.1) – Curing the Loneliness Epidemic through Tips & Tricks

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 22, 2024 48:50


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    Episode 58: Limbic Capitalism - Make Everything Addictive!

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 7, 2024 54:10


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    Episode 57: Behavioral Addiction - When Behaviors Are Like Drugs

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 20, 2024 81:56


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    Episode 56: Freedom - The Misled Right-Wing Rallying Cry

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 6, 2023 68:05


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    Episode 55: The Big 5 - Use This Instead of Trash (AKA Myers-Briggs)

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 18, 2023 50:01


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    Episode 54: Boots Theory – Being Poor Costs More

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 1, 2023 40:29


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    Episode 53: Third Places – Where Everybody Knows Your Name

    Play Episode Listen Later May 8, 2023 52:43


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    Episode 52: Quiet Quitting – Corpo Propaganda in the Remote Age

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 16, 2023 36:52


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    Episode 51: Sanctuary Trauma – When Support Isn't Supportive

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 15, 2022 44:20


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    Episode 50: Pain w/Zoe Bee — How Do Politics Paint our Perspective on Pain?

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 1, 2022 61:44


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    Episode 49: Ghosting – Vanishing with a Digital Trace

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 17, 2022 49:41


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    Episode 48: Ressentiment – Is it Good to be Weak and Poor?

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 27, 2022 41:55


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    Episode 47: Need for Cognition - Is Thinking a Pleasure or a Pain?

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 12, 2022 45:28


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    Episode 46: Paradoxical Outcomes - Causing the Exact Thing You Didn't Want

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 30, 2022 50:46


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    Episode 45: Codependence - Can You be Addicted to a Person?

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 16, 2022 48:52


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    Episode 44: Self-Handicapping - Limiting Ourselves to Protect Ourselves

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 3, 2022 46:16


    For this episode's show notes, click here (https://conceptspodcast.com/?p=293) or go to https://conceptspodcast.com/ Reach out to us at ConceptsWithPhilAndSteve@gmail.com!

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    Episode 43: Cognitive Defusion - The #1 Secret in Psychology that THEY Don't Want You to Know

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 18, 2022 48:56


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    Episode 42: Decadence - Societal Depression and its Symptoms

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 5, 2022 53:35


    For this episode's show notes, click here (https://conceptspodcast.com/?p=282) or go to https://conceptspodcast.com/ Reach out to us at ConceptsWithPhilAndSteve@gmail.com!

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    Episode 41: Laziness - An Unmotivated Concept

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 21, 2022 48:35


    For this episode's show notes, click here (https://conceptspodcast.com/?p=277) or go to https://conceptspodcast.com/ Reach out to us at ConceptsWithPhilAndSteve@gmail.com!

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    Episode 40: Propaganda Techniques: Manufacturing Consent

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 6, 2022 48:16


    For this episode's show notes, click here (https://conceptspodcast.com/?p=273) or go to https://conceptspodcast.com/ Reach out to us at ConceptsWithPhilAndSteve@gmail.com!

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    Episode 39: Motivational Interviewing - Getting People to Change

    Play Episode Listen Later May 16, 2022 44:36


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    Episode 38: Passive Income - Joining the New Rich

    Play Episode Listen Later May 4, 2022 50:31


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    Episode 37: Fun - Identifying Your Flavor of Motivation

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 19, 2022 41:35


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    Episode 36: Feedback Loops w/Macabre Storytelling - Engineering Behavior

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 5, 2022 69:28


    For this episode's show notes, click here (https://conceptspodcast.com/?p=252) or go to https://conceptspodcast.com/ You can also find Macabre Storytelling here (https://www.youtube.com/c/MacabreStorytelling). Reach out to us at ConceptsWithPhilAndSteve@gmail.com!

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    Episode 35: Social Capital - More Valuable than Gold

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 29, 2022 44:40


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    Episode 34: Fear of Hope w/Ross Ellenhorn PhD – Why People Don't Change

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 8, 2022 46:50


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    Episode 33: Memes – More Than Funny Images

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 22, 2022 49:08


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    Episode 32: Externalities - We're All In It Together

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 10, 2022 43:54


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    Episode 31: Willpower – How to Avoid Using It

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 26, 2022 46:05


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    Episode 30: PsychoProctology w/Jeremy Sherman PhD – What is an Asshole?

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 10, 2022 57:33


    For this episode's show notes, click here (https://conceptspodcast.com/?p=213) or go to https://conceptspodcast.com/ Reach out to us at ConceptsWithPhilAndSteve@gmail.com!

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    Episode 29: Just-World Hypothesis - Nice Guys Finish First

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 21, 2021 53:04


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    Episode 28: Historiography ft. Matt Beat - The Ever-Changing Past

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 8, 2021 54:08


    For this episode's show notes, click here (https://conceptspodcast.com/?p=194) or go to https://conceptspodcast.com/

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    Episode 27: Naive Realism - I'm Right; You're Misinformed, Evil, and Stupid

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 22, 2021 45:31


    For this episode's show notes, click here (https://conceptspodcast.com/?p=190) or go to https://conceptspodcast.com/

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    Episode 26: Self-Publishing ft. Jack Pierce - Putting Yourself Out There

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 7, 2021 50:21


    For this episode's show notes, click here (https://conceptspodcast.com/?p=185) or go to https://conceptspodcast.com/ Jack's Podcast can be found here (terrortrax.com/listen).

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    Episode 25: Ikigai - Finding Your Reason to Be

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 22, 2021 52:09


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    Episode 24: Urban Revitalization - Resurrecting Wastelands

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 5, 2021 41:35


    For this episode's show notes, click here (https://conceptspodcast.com/?p=176) or go to https://conceptspodcast.com/

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    Episode 23: Ambient Knowledge - Personalized Culture

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 20, 2021 50:21


    For this episode's show notes, click here (https://conceptspodcast.com/?p=170) or go to https://conceptspodcast.com/

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    Episode 22: Chiplessness - Making New Emotions

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 4, 2021 47:40


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    Episode 21: Loss Leaders - Losing to Win

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 17, 2021 46:59


    For this episode's show notes, click here (https://conceptspodcast.com/?p=129) or go to https://conceptspodcast.com/

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    Episode 20: Self-Determination Theory - How to Find Motivation

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 9, 2021 52:18


    For this episode's show notes, click here (https://conceptspodcast.com/?p=124) or go to https://conceptspodcast.com/

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    Episode 19: The Hedonic Treadmill - Pleasure Disappears Over Time

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 23, 2021 55:34


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    Episode 18: Intuitive Eating - Listen to Your Gut

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 8, 2021 49:53


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    Episode 17: Force Multiplier - Getting More From Less

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 25, 2021 62:36


    For this episode's show notes, click here (https://conceptspodcast.com/?p=102) or go to https://conceptspodcast.com/

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    Episode 16: Emotional Maturity - Healing and Dealing with Immaturity

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 11, 2021 64:16


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    Episode 15: Time Arbitrage - Money is Time

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 3, 2021 50:39


    For this episode's show notes, click here (https://conceptspodcast.com/?p=93) or go to https://conceptspodcast.com/

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    Episode 14: Meta - Of or Beyond the Self

    Play Episode Listen Later May 25, 2021 69:06


    For this episode's show notes, click here (https://conceptspodcast.com/?p=85) or go to https://conceptspodcast.com/

    Episode 13: Transitional Stress - Change is Challenging

    Play Episode Listen Later May 19, 2021 60:09


    For this episode's show notes, click here (https://conceptspodcast.com/?p=64) or go to https://conceptspodcast.com/

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    Episode 12: Idea Excavation - Finding Treasure in a Dump

    Play Episode Listen Later May 12, 2021 59:40


    For this episode's show notes, click here (https://conceptspodcast.com/?p=60) or go to https://conceptspodcast.com/

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    Episode 11: Internalized Capitalism - Throwing Ourselves Thanklessly into the Machine

    Play Episode Listen Later May 7, 2021 62:54


    For this episode's show notes, click here (https://conceptspodcast.com/?p=57) or go to https://conceptspodcast.com/

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