Archive - Provoked with Dr. Todd Kashdan

An Alternative to Silly Smart Phone & Mental Health Arguments

A skeptic’s guide to social media research

Dec 20

Mind-Blowing Insights: My Top 10 Psychology Findings Nobody is Mentioning This Year

For Premium Members: The Best Research I Read This Year

Dec 18

Things I Hated About Childhood - Being Attacked in Daylight in Front of a Crowd

I rarely think about childhood except when prompted by someone else, like a podcast host (here) or my three daughters who regularly calibrate whether…

Dec 16

The Secret Guide for How to Get Any Drug You Want from a Family Medicine Doctor

Premium Personal Stories

Dec 12

Why Do Smart Adults Downplay the Awesomeness of Hedonism?

My beloved collaborator Robert Biswas-Diener wrote a wonderful piece “in praise of hedonic wellbeing.” It’s worth repeating here as misunderstanding the…

Dec 10

Violent Soccer Parents, Botched Plastic Surgeries, and the Underappreciated Fact that Most Rebellions are Boring

Know the Unsung Heroes, Be an Unsung Hero, Support Them

Dec 9

Premium: The Long Awaited Curiosity Boosting Intervention that Improves Conversations

Curiosity is a hot topic with a seemingly limitless conveyor belt filled with new books (by Scott Shigeoka) and TED talks (by Monica Guzman).

Dec 5

How to End Racial Discrimination Easily + Quickly

Great Science >Superficial Hires, Initiatives, and PR Stunts

Dec 3

November 2024

Wacky "Never Have I Ever" Questions, Monkeys Who Write Sonnets, and the Next AMA

For Premium Provoked Members

Nov 25

Your Big Sources of Meaning In Life Are Dwindling - What Will You Do About It?

A mathematical analysis that will mess with your head.

Nov 22

New Stories of Unbelievable "Rot" in the Psychological Science Literature

This Goes Far Beyond the Replicability of Published Findings - for Premium Subscribers

Nov 20

A Reminder to Resist Moral Neutrality

There is too much suffering for social cowardice by individuals + universities.

Nov 19

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