Hidden Brain
Hidden Brain, Shankar Vedantam
Why do I feel stuck? How can I become more creative? What can I do to improve my relationships? If you’ve ever asked yourself these questions, you’re not alone. On Hidden Brain, we help you understand your own mind — and the minds of the people around you. (We're routinely rated the #1 science podcast in the United States.) Hosted by veteran science journalist Shankar Vedantam.
Top mentioned books
Here are the most frequently recommended books on the Hidden Brain podcast:
#1 Mentioned in 3 episodes
Lord of the Flies
William Golding
#2 Mentioned in 2 episodes
The Last Human Job
The Work of Connecting in a Disconnected World
Allison Pugh
#3 Mentioned in 2 episodes
The Friction Project
How Smart Leaders Make the Right Things Easier and the Wrong Things Harder
Huggy Rao
Robert Sutton
#4 Mentioned in 2 episodes
Forgive for good
A Proven Prescription for Health and Happiness
Frederic Luskin
Fred Luskin
#5 Mentioned in 2 episodes
Forgive for Love
the missing ingredient for a healthy and lasting relationship
Fred Luskin
#6 Mentioned in 2 episodes
How to Be a Stoic
Using Ancient Philosophy to Live a Modern Life.
Massimo Pigliucci
#7 Mentioned in 2 episodes
What We Value, The Neuroscience of Choice and Change
Emily Falk
#8 Mentioned in 2 episodes
Say the Right Thing
How to Talk About Identity, Diversity, and Justice
David Glasgow
Kenji Yoshino
#9 Mentioned in 2 episodes
Talk: The Science of Conversation and the Art of Being Ourselves
Alison Wood Brooks
#10 Mentioned in 2 episodes
Covering
The Hidden Assault on Our Civil Rights
Kenji Yoshino
#11 Mentioned in 2 episodes
Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother
Amy Chua
#12 Mentioned in 2 episodes
Memory Lane
The Perfectly Imperfect Ways We Remember
Ciara Greene
Gillian Murphy
#13 Mentioned in 2 episodes
The great Gatsby
F. Scott Fitzgerald
#14 Mentioned in 2 episodes
Free to Learn
Peter Gray
#15 Mentioned in 1 episodes
Perfectly Confident
How to Calibrate Your Decisions Wisely
Don A. Moore
#16 Mentioned in 1 episodes
A Field Guide to Climate Anxiety
How to Keep Your Cool on a Warming Planet
Sarah Jaquette Ray
#17 Mentioned in 1 episodes
Mistakes Were Made (But Not by Me)
Carol Tavris
Elliot Aronson
#18 Mentioned in 1 episodes
The Myth of Black Anti-Intellectualism, A True Psychology of African-American Students
Kevin Cokley
#19 Mentioned in 1 episodes
Diary of a Wimpy Kid
Jeff Kinney
#20 Mentioned in 1 episodes
Duped
Timothy R. Levine
