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1 24. Why Do We Forget So Much of What We’ve Read? 34:01
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1 21. How Can You Identify Hidden Talent? With Eric Schmidt. 35:14
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Nayeema Raza describes her podcast as “a curiosity party.” In this episode of Smart Girl Dumb Questions , she asks chef and food writer J. Kenji López-Alt whether cooking is an art or a science — and whether brunch is a scam.
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1 20. Should We Separate the Art From the Artist? 32:44
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1 19. Is There Such a Thing as Good Estrangement? 34:31
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1 17. How Can We Get More Virtue and Less ‘Virtue Signaling’? 32:31
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1 16. What’s the Downside to Being Goal-Oriented? 31:42
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1 15. How Much of Your Life Do You Actually Control? 36:37
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1 13. How Can You Stop Comparing Yourself With Other People? 33:57
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