The Best Time to Break Bad News, Overcome Loss Aversion, and Coin Tosses Aren’t Random

Curiosity Weekly

Warner Bros. Discovery

Self-improvement, Science, Astronomy, Education

4.6 • 935 Ratings

🗓️ 30 January 2019

⏱️ 9 minutes

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Summary

Learn about the best time of day to break bad news; how to get over your brain’s habit of loss aversion; and why a coin toss is not as random or fair as it seems.

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In this podcast, Cody Gough and Ashley Hamer discuss the following stories from Curiosity.com to help you get smarter and learn something new in just a few minutes:

There Is a Right Time of Day to Break Bad News — https://curiosity.im/2Mpxgyq
Loss Aversion Says That the Pain of Loss Is Stronger Than the Joy of Gain — https://curiosity.im/2Ms6s0F
A Coin Toss Is Not as Random or Fair as It Seems — https://curiosity.im/2MqYPr5

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0:00.0	Hi, we're here from curiosity.com to help you get smarter in just a few minutes.
0:05.0	I'm Cody Gough.
0:06.0	And I'm Ashley Hamer.
0:07.0	Today you learn about the best time of day to break bad news,
0:10.0	how to get over your brain's habit of loss aversion,
0:12.7	and why a coin toss is not as random or fair as it seems.
0:16.7	Let's satisfy some curiosity on the award-winning curiosity daily.
0:20.0	According to a new study, there is a right time of day to break bad news, and it's based on physiology, not just questionnaires or surveys.
0:28.0	Hold off on that epic breakup until you've heard the whole scoop.
0:32.0	Is now a bad time to tell you we just ran out of coffee?
0:34.7	No!
0:36.7	It's actually fine because we're recording this in the evening.
0:39.8	Yeah, so your systems are relaxed and ready to take the bad news.
0:44.0	No, my systems are caffeinated, so I don't care.
0:47.0	Got it.
0:48.0	Before I get into the study specifics, let's talk about how your body deals with stress.
0:52.0	When you hear bad news, you might get upset. Let's talk about how your body deals with stress.
0:52.7	When you hear bad news, you might get upset.
0:55.2	And when you get upset, your fight or flight response kicks in.
0:58.9	That's also known as your acute stress response.
1:01.8	When this response kicks in, your body produces emergency cortisol.
1:05.0	That's a hormone that triggers a surge of glucose in your bloodstream, and that glucose, or sugar,
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