Does Boardwalk Make You a Jerk?

Live from the Poundstone Institute

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4.6 • 1.9K Ratings

🗓️ 14 October 2017

⏱️ 36 minutes

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Researchers learn that a game of Monopoly can turn a normal person into Gordon Gekko. Also, can a pissing contest create a great Physicist? And, the legendary Lily Tomlin takes the Poundstone Personality Psurvey.

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0:00.0	Hey, I'm Kelly McEvers, and Embedded is back.
0:04.0	President Donald Trump has no record of public service, but he does have a record in business,
0:10.0	and on TV.
0:12.0	In our latest round of stories, we introduce you to the people who were there
0:15.2	as he built an empire and a name. Listen on the NPR1 app or wherever you get your podcasts.
0:22.0	Here's an interesting study, Paul.
0:24.0	You ready for some science?
0:25.0	I am.
0:26.0	A new study from the UK finds that people spend twice as much time sitting on the loo each week
0:32.0	as they do exercising,
0:33.2	about three hours total.
0:35.2	Three hours total.
0:36.2	Three hours total time, sitting on the can.
0:38.2	Okay, well, there is a simple solution for that, of course,
0:42.0	which is the toilet treadmill. for that
0:45.0	surprise you doesn't surprise you it doesn't surprise me
0:48.0	really I mean because no one no one wants to exercise and everyone wants to
0:55.0	me three hours that seems high
0:57.0	well and that's committing to like a half an hour a day on the on the toilet
1:01.0	well I don't think it's all at once isn't it broken up? I think that
1:06.2	differs according to gender. No no no no I think it's a gender thing. Really?
1:10.6	Yeah. Because I just I just usually what I do is at the end of the week I'll spend two and a half hours then I'm good.
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