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This week's episode is a quicky about what the dumb holidays are supposed to be about, thanksgiving and gratitude. The main players in the science of being thankful for the life you have actually make you happier. And why nero scientists say it's a good way to be less annoyed, less unhappy, and overall, live longer. Also, one fun offshoot of this podcast is making and selling cool merch.

As a friend of a friend's hairdresser once said: "it's hard to be hateful with a plateful of grateful." Is it? In this pre-holidays quickie episode, Alie is grumpy as hell and decides to research the neuroscience of gratitude. Does it work? Who's studying it? Does she need to buy a journal? Find out how jotting down things you don't hate on the back of a receipt or opening a secret Twitter account may be worth more than whatever you get in your office Secret Santa exchange.

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