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FULL EPISODE: Pigeon Liver, Quantum Compass - June 10, 2026

1 h 27 min · 11. juni 2026
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For science news, professor Jesse Rogerson [https://www.jesserogerson.com/about] joins us with these top stories: NASA announces its Artemis III astronauts [https://www.nytimes.com/live/2026/06/09/science/nasa-artemis-iii-astronauts]; Scientists were surveyed about aliens and their answers were revealing [https://www.sciencealert.com/we-surveyed-scientists-about-aliens-their-answers-were-revealing]; A mysterious quantum compass may be hiding inside pigeons' livers [https://www.sciencealert.com/a-mysterious-quantum-compass-may-be-hiding-inside-pigeons-livers]; and World's first AI‑designed vaccine tested in humans for the first time [https://www.sciencealert.com/worlds-first-ai-designed-vaccine-tested-in-humans-for-the-first-time]. Speaker, consultant, therapist, and coach Komal Bhasin [https://insayva.com/about/] discusses norm shock – a term she coined to describe the uneasy feeling when the shared rules that you thought everyone agree on start to unravel around you [https://komalbhasin.substack.com/p/norm-shock]. For Conspiracy Corner, political science professor Lee Kuhnle [https://www.linkedin.com/in/lee-kuhnle-ph-d-8646a0268/] explores what cult conspiracy films reveal about the conspiracies people believe today. (Pre-order Lee's upcoming book Uncover Up: How to Think Clearly in an Age of Conspiracies here [https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Uncover-Up/Lee-Kuhnle/9781770418875].) On Therapy Thursdays on a Wednesday, therapist and social worker Gary Direnfeld [https://www.facebook.com/GaryDirenfeldSocialWorker/] reveals how to avoid being held hostage by anxiety. Segments: * (00:00) Introduction * (01:06) Jesse Rogerson pt. 1 * (10:00) Jesse Rogerson pt. 2 * (20:00) Komal Bhasin pt. 1 * (30:00) Komal Bhasin pt. 2 * (39:50) Lee Kuhnle pt. 1 * (49:50) Lee Kuhnle pt. 2 * (59:50) Gary Direnfeld pt. 1 * (1:09:50) Gary Direnfeld pt. 2 * (1:19:09) Sign-off Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices [https://megaphone.fm/adchoices]

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Health correspondent Hilary Brueck [https://www.businessinsider.com/author/hilary-brueck] reports on how the first-ever reverse-aging drug was just injected into a human [https://www.businessinsider.com/first-ever-reverse-aging-treatment-injected-into-a-human-2026-6]. Management professor Brady Shanklin [https://olemiss.edu/profiles/bcshankl] examines the double-edged nature of workplace resilience [https://phys.org/news/2026-06-edged-nature-workplace-resilience.html]. Psychology and neuroscience professor Melissa Maffeo [https://psychology.wfu.edu/melissa-maffeo/#20230329150929] explores whether or not our brains are wired to see ghosts [https://theconversation.com/is-my-brain-wired-to-never-see-a-ghost-a-psychologist-on-three-factors-that-make-a-paranormal-experience-more-likely-279812]. Joining the show for Oy Vey or OK is judge, radio host, and most importantly Jewish mother Lisa Wexler [https://www.lisawexler.com/about-lisa] to weigh in on dilemmas. Business news reporter Henry Chandonnet [https://www.henrychandonnet.com/] explains how in the 2010s we were promised sex robots by now, yet they're nowhere to be found [https://www.businessinsider.com/we-were-promised-sex-robots-2026-6]. Social psychologist George Smeaton [https://www.linkedin.com/in/george-smeaton-71340638/] warns of the hidden risks and realities of sexual behavior in moving vehicles [https://www.psypost.org/the-hidden-risks-and-realities-of-sexual-behavior-in-moving-vehicles/]. Management professor Dan Jones [https://www.unr.edu/business/faculty-and-staff/jones-dan] reveals how psychopathy and Machiavellianism often look identical, but daily behavior suggests otherwise [https://www.psypost.org/psychopathy-and-machiavellianism-look-identical-on-paper-but-daily-behavior-sugg/]. Segments: * (00:00) Introduction * (01:03) Hilary Brueck * (10:00) Brady Shanklin * (20:00) Melissa Maffeo * (30:00) Lisa Wexler pt. 1 * (39:50) Lisa Wexler pt. 2 * (49:50) Henry Chandonnet * (59:50) George Smeaton * (1:09:50) Dan Jones * (1:19:15) Sign-off Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices [https://megaphone.fm/adchoices]

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