The Art of Conflict & The Surprising Power of Swearing-SYSK Choice
Something You Should Know
Mike Carruthers | OmniCastMedia
4.5 • 4.3K Ratings
🗓️ 7 March 2026
⏱️ 48 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | Today on something you should know, why a bump on the head may be a bigger deal than you realize, |
| 0:09.0 | then a better way to handle disputes, negotiations, and conflicts in everyday life from one of the leading experts. |
| 0:17.0 | I was mediating in a big political dispute. I had a meeting with the president of Venezuela. |
| 0:21.6 | And what I learned then and there was that the greatest power that we have in a negotiation |
| 0:26.6 | in any conflict situation is the power not to react. |
| 0:30.6 | Also, what's the connection between watching TV as a kid and going to jail? |
| 0:36.6 | And profanity. |
| 0:38.0 | People swear a lot, and still it can be shocking. |
| 0:41.9 | The reason we can cause shock has to do with a signal of disrespect that we give. |
| 0:47.4 | So by uttering a swear word in a polite context, the people that we're talking to know that |
| 0:52.0 | we know it's an offensive word and we're using it anyway. |
| 0:55.8 | All this today on Something You Should Know. |
| 1:01.0 | You know, I'm a sucker for a good mystery. |
| 1:03.6 | Like, in the 1950s, a flight from New York to Minneapolis just disappeared over Lake Michigan. |
| 1:10.4 | No wreckage, no answers. Or the |
| 1:13.3 | Diet Love Pass incident, a group of experienced hikers found dead under circumstances so strange, |
| 1:20.0 | people still debate what really happened. There's a podcast called Expedition Unknown from Discovery, |
| 1:30.4 | hosted by Josh Gates, and this is what he does. |
| 1:38.5 | He doesn't just tell these stories. He goes there. He's hunted for priceless artifacts stolen by the Nazis in World War II. |
| 1:46.1 | He's traced the final flight of a pilot who vanished mid-mission and searched the Great Lakes for a ship that disappeared without a trace. If you love the unanswered questions of history, you know, the stuff that |
| 1:51.4 | makes you lean in, you're going to love this. Travel the globe with Josh Gates as he investigates |
| 1:57.5 | humanity's greatest feats and most iconic legends. |
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