382. How Goes the Behavior-Change Revolution?

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🗓️ 20 June 2019

⏱️ 51 minutes

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An all-star team of behavioral scientists discovers that humans are stubborn (and lazy, and sometimes dumber than dogs). We also hear about binge drinking, humblebragging, and regrets. Recorded live in Philadelphia with guests including Richard Thaler, Angela Duckworth, Katy Milkman, and Tom Gilovich.

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0:00.0	Hey there podcast listeners, this is the third of three recent episodes we recorded in
0:08.9	front of live audiences.
0:10.1	The first two were Ian Los Angeles and San Francisco, this one's in Philadelphia.
0:14.6	And this one, as you'll hear in a moment, is a bit different.
0:18.0	The LA and San Francisco shows had a mishmash of guests from those cities.
0:22.6	This one is devoted to a particular project that we've been following for a couple of years
0:27.0	now.
0:28.0	After our earlier shows on this topic, check out episode number 282, could solving this
0:33.3	one problem, solve all the others, and episode number 306, which was called How to Launch
0:39.3	a Behavior Change Revolution.
0:41.5	And once the revolution was launched, we wanted to know how it's been going.
0:45.3	So that's today's show.
0:47.3	Hope you enjoy.
1:04.0	Please welcome the host of Freakin' On A Traitio, Steven Dubner.
1:19.1	Thank you so much.
1:20.8	This is a very special episode of Freakin' On A Traitio.
1:23.6	It's about one of my favorite topics.
1:25.9	And based on the feedback we've gotten, it's one of your favorites too.
1:29.0	It's about behavior change.
1:30.5	So a couple of years ago, we first interviewed two researchers from the University of Pennsylvania,
1:35.7	Angela Duckworth and Katie Milkman.
1:38.3	They had launched an audacious new project called Behavior Change for Good, gathering together
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