Two Guys on Your Head

The Texas Science & Natural History Museum hosted a live taping of Two Guys on Your Head, with the whole Two Guys team, Art Markman, Bob Duke, and Rebecca McInroy, to discuss the Psychology of Time. It was a wonderful conversation, and for the next few episodes, we’re bringing you bits and pieces of various aspects of the psychology of time. We’ll kick off by asking how we make sense of time scales, and why it’s so difficult for us to comprehend concepts like deep time. The post Time: Imagining Deep Time appeared first on KUT & KUTX Studios -- Podcasts.

Dr. Art Markman and Dr. Bob Duke, both psychologists, delve into the intricate psychology of moving and the often-overlooked emotional journey of unpacking. They discuss the struggle of making commitments while facing uncertainty and the importance of investing in current relationships. The duo highlights how personalizing temporary spaces can significantly enhance well-being and productivity. Listeners are encouraged to embrace the present and fully engage with their surroundings, transforming the chaos of moving into an opportunity for growth.

For many, fall marks the beginning of a new school year, which can mean a time to reinvent yourself. In this episode of Two Guys on Your Head, Dr. Art Markman and Dr. Bob Duke discuss the importance of mindset, social groups, and expectations when starting fresh. The post New Beginnings appeared first on KUT & KUTX Studios -- Podcasts.

Emotions are sometimes good to listen to when you’re trying to make a decision, but sometimes they’re not so good. However, as Dr. Art Markman and Dr. Bob Duke explore in this episode of Two Guys on Your Head, the more you know about how your brain works and what certain feelings may indicate, the more tools you have to act. The post Embodied Emotions appeared first on KUT & KUTX Studios -- Podcasts.

We often read engaging or witty quotes and consider their content or meaning, but as Dr. Art Markman and Dr. Bob Duke explore in this episode of Two Guys on Your Head,  quotes serve many functions in how and what we communicate and remember. The post Quotations appeared first on KUT & KUTX Studios -- Podcasts.

It’s August, which means it’s the anniversary of the first airing of Two Guys on Your Head on KUT Austin. And even though we don’t need an excuse to party, it seems strange to celebrate the 11-year mark. Why is that? In this episode of Two Guys on Your Head,  Dr. Art Markman and Dr. Bob Duke explore the significance of psychological landmarks. The post Psychological Landmarks appeared first on KUT & KUTX Studios -- Podcasts.

Oftentimes, we praise perfect execution over Samuel Beckett’s mantra,​“Try again. Fail again. Fail better.” Even so, the idea of practicing a skill, learning a task, or iterating on an idea is easier for us to accept than allowing people who wrong us in some way a second chance. In this episode of Two Guys on Your Head, Dr. Art Markman and Dr. Bob Duke explore why second chances are so valuable, not only in our academic and professional lives but in our personal lives as well. The post Second Chances appeared first on KUT & KUTX Studios -- Podcasts.

Becoming an expert in any area takes a lot of time, work, and navigation; teaching our expertise to someone else takes a different and unique set of skills. In this episode of Two Guys on Your Head, Dr. Art Markman and Dr. Bob Duke discuss how to teach expertise. The post Teaching Expertise appeared first on KUT & KUTX Studios -- Podcasts.

Every generation has a different starting point when it comes to knowledge, and it can be a challenge to decipher what we can take for granted regarding how we know what we know and what we need to learn for ourselves. In this episode of Two Guys on Your Head, Dr. Art Markman and Dr. Bob Duke discuss the relationship between culture and knowledge. The post Culture and Knowledge appeared first on KUT & KUTX Studios -- Podcasts.

With so many opportunities for compromise, not only in our political sphere but also in our daily lives, we might wonder why teaching strategies for this aren’t more common. In this episode of Two Guys on Your Head, Dr. Art Markman and Dr. Bob Duke discuss why it’s so important to teach balanced pragmatism as a skill and as a value. Check out the paper Art and Bob discuss by Curtis Puryear and Kurt Gray in the 2024 Journal of Experimental Psychology: General Issue. The post Teaching Balanced Pragmatism appeared first on KUT & KUTX Studios -- Podcasts.