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Should music be a controlled substance?

In new research, music hits your brain like a drug, plus Friday tips for hitting pause on the argument you can't stop replaying and one from the Navy on how to get to bed in 120 seconds.

Greg Sullivan

Nov 21, 2025

The tiny social rules you just can't get right

Stories of social cues gone wrong, the things that matter most in life when you take the two obvious answers off the table, a wrong note on the world's biggest stage and an absolute unit of a cat.

Greg Sullivan

Nov 20, 2025

What if your anxious brain had to imagine everything going right?

Experts offer a way to break the anxiety feedback loop, hostage negotiators and marriage counselors agree on the best way to resolve a conflict, and one burned out teacher went out with a rant that is still echoing through the halls.

Greg Sullivan

Nov 19, 2025

The kid-level study trick big tech loves

Learn like a five-year-old, hear from Aaron Paul on a habit you likely share, take the color quiz humbling half the world, and meet Mickey Mouse the copyright rebel.

Greg Sullivan

Nov 18, 2025

Accents and colorful language

Accents, ancient blues, and the dark past of everyday slang.

Greg Sullivan

Nov 15, 2025

The day the penny finally stopped

On Friday, we’re covering everything from a single cent to $24 million, with stops for adventure, GOOD luck, and history along the way.

Greg Sullivan

Nov 14, 2025

The marketing words that mean nothing

This is an issue all about labels. Which product labels mean nothing at all, which kitchen tool should have a massive warning label, and what label would you give this guy from 1960 after hearing his opinion on the possibility of a woman president?

Greg Sullivan

Nov 13, 2025

Relationship experts suggest twice a week, but it's not what you think

Also in this issue: adults and their stuffies, the return of butt rock, and a flying-trapeze throwback.

Greg Sullivan

Nov 12, 2025

15 mind tricks to 'win' in every social situation

Positive gossip is the path to popularity, a GOOD answer to "what's your greatest weakness", words of wisdom from the smartest man in the room, plus 99 years of Route 66.

Greg Sullivan

Nov 11, 2025

14 Gen Z slang terms, decoded for grownups

Inside Gen Alpha’s online freedom, Hemsworth’s mindful slowdown, and the slang every grownup should know. Plus a throwback to the first visit to Sesame Street and a visit to Disneyland in the 1960s.

Greg Sullivan