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🗓️ 19 October 2023
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Apollo Robbins (@ApolloRobbins) is often referred to as “The Gentleman Thief.” He first made national news when he pick-pocketed the Secret Service while entertaining a former U.S. President. Forbes has called Robbins “an artful manipulator of awareness,” and Wired has written that “he could steal the wallet of a man who knew he was going to have his pocket picked.”
Robbins’ entertainment credentials include the Warner Bros. film Focus, with Will Smith and Margot Robbie, along with appearances in Brooklyn 99, and the TNT series Leverage. He was a producer and co-host for National Geographic’s Brain Games, which was nominated for an Emmy for Outstanding Informational Series. Robbins applies his expertise in magic and misdirection beyond entertainment, pulling back the curtain to show how the principles behind these illusions can enhance strategic thinking and decision-making.
His contributions to attention and perception research have been published in Scientific American Mind and Nature Reviews Neuroscience. He has delivered lectures at Harvard Kennedy School, MIT Sloan School of Management, and the Society of Neuroscience. He has been profiled by The New Yorker and featured in The New York Times, The Atlantic, National Geographic, and The Wall Street Journal. Robbins’ TED Talk, “The Art of Misdirection,” is ranked in the 20 most-watched TED Talks of all time and has been hailed by the TED editors as a revelation in the flaws of human perception.
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0:00.0 | This episode is brought to you by Mementis. Mementis offers high-quality supplements and products across a broad spectrum of categories, including sports performance, sleep, cognitive health, hormone support, and more. |
0:12.0 | I've been testing the products for months now, and I have a few that I use constantly. |
0:19.0 | One of the things I love about Mementis is that they offer many single ingredient and third-party tested formulations. I'll come back to the latter part of that a little bit later. |
0:27.0 | Personally, I've been using Mementis MAG-3 and 8, L-theanine, and Apeginine, all of which have helped me to improve the onset quality and duration of my sleep. |
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0:42.0 | I've also been using Mementis creatine, which doesn't just help for physical performance, but also for cognitive performance. |
0:48.0 | In fact, I've been taking it daily, typically before podcast recording, as there are various studies and reviews and meta-analyses, |
0:56.0 | pointing to improvements in short-term memory and performance under stress. |
1:00.0 | So, those are some of the products that I've been using very consistently, and to give you an idea, I'm packing right now for an international trip. |
1:06.0 | I tend to be very minimalist, and I'm taking these with me nonetheless. |
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2:01.0 | So, good news. |
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2:27.0 | This episode is brought to you by Sundays for dogs, ultra-high quality dog food without the prep or mess. |
2:33.0 | I want to give my pooch molly the best of everything. |
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