Hello from London. I'm here in London while my production team and I are on a short break.

But Ashley Hamer and Cody Goff are here with another great episode of Curiosity Daily. Graham

and Sarah, I agree. This is one of our favorite podcasts. And I'm really excited to be able

to share this episode with our audience, you know? So take a listen here, Ashley and Cody,

with more interesting and curious discoveries.

Hi, I'm Cody Goff and I'm Ashley Hamer. Today we want to share some of our favorite stories

that ask the question, is it just me? Yeah, am I the only one who feels like I had more friends

in my 20s than I do in my 30s? And why is it so hard to exercise after work? Is it just me?

And am I the only doofus who talks louder when I'm wearing headphones?

Well, I certainly don't talk louder when you're wearing headphones. I don't think.

You'll also hear from one of our favorite guests we've had on our show. So stick around.

We're going to start with something that you may have dealt with if you've ever felt like you

don't really belong. We've talked about imposter syndrome on this podcast before. And today we've

got a research-backed quiz you can take to find out if you suffer from it. Cody and I both took the

test and we'll let you know how we did in a minute. But first, let's back up with a quick refresher

on imposter syndrome. In the 1970s, a pair of clinical psychologists named Dr. Pauline Rose Clance and

Dr. Suzanne Eimes interviewed dozens of successful women and they noticed something strange.

Even though on paper, these people had achieved success, they admitted to a fear that they'd

gotten there through luck or by mistake. Clance and Eimes named this feeling imposter syndrome.

One professor told them, quote, I'm not good enough to be on the faculty here. Some mistake was

made in the selection process, unquote. Later research found that it's not just women who feel this way.

For example, a 1985 study of academics found that the male participants actually had higher

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