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Episode 34: Handedness

The Station Wagon Podcast: Exploring Mindfulness and Sibling Rivalry

Release Date: 09/25/2017

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The Station Wagon Podcast: Exploring Mindfulness and Sibling Rivalry

After a long break, Marc and Julie are back with lots of nice stuff to say to themselves. Grab your mirror, and enjoy this ep all about the science and history of self-affirmation! Be Social Leave us feedback on  (or wherever). Join the discussion in our . Tweet at us  Credits This episode was recorded in  and , and produced at Shiny Object studios using . All research by Julie and Marc; all opinions are our own. Our music, “Modern Problems” is by  Give  Send your cash to  or one of the other great organizations devoted to...

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The Station Wagon Podcast: Exploring Mindfulness and Sibling Rivalry

Don't take your reflection for granted. Learn about the history and science of looking in mirrors and what happens when we (tried to) give them up for a couple of weeks. Be Social Leave us feedback on  (or wherever). Join the discussion in our . Tweet at us  Credits This episode was recorded in  and , and produced at Shiny Object studios using . All research by Julie and Marc; all opinions are our own. Our music, “Modern Problems” is by  Give  Send your cash to or one of the other great organizations devoted to providing quality care...

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The Station Wagon Podcast: Exploring Mindfulness and Sibling Rivalry

How many varieties of Doritos do we actually need? What happens when we give up food variety? Learn the science and history of diet variation and follow along for Marc and Julie's experiment! Please note: This is the episode in which we go for a more organic, less-edited feel. I.e, Hear Marc make lots of notes to himself about editing, which Julie deliberately ignores because she got to edit this one [insert evil laughing]. Be Social Leave us feedback on  (or wherever). Join the discussion in our . Tweet at us Credits This episode was recorded in  and ,...

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The Station Wagon Podcast: Exploring Mindfulness and Sibling Rivalry

Siblings  and Dr.  give you the science and history of the things in life we take for granted. After taking a closer look, they change their behavior for a couple of weeks and tell you how it goes!  

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The Station Wagon Podcast: Exploring Mindfulness and Sibling Rivalry

"Pop music is not a threatening style of music." -- Joan Jett. That's good to know since we are only listening to pop music and not our usual mix. Spoiler alert -- one of us like this, one of us didn't.  

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The Station Wagon Podcast: Exploring Mindfulness and Sibling Rivalry

How much sleep do we actually need? We dive into the science and history of sleep, and then try to reduce our sleep for a couple of weeks to see how bad it really is. Learn more about insomnia, sleep apneas, and all sorts of sleep disorders and treatments/tips for adults and kids from actual experts on the (made for the military, but good for everyone!). Be Social Leave us feedback on . Join the discussion in our . Credits This episode was recorded in and , and produced at Shiny Object studios using . All research by Julie and Marc; all opinions are our own. Our music, “Modern...

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The Station Wagon Podcast: Exploring Mindfulness and Sibling Rivalry

We become much better people by giving up gossip. Sort of. Tune in to learn all about the science and history of gossip and why giving it up is probably not a great idea.

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The Station Wagon Podcast: Exploring Mindfulness and Sibling Rivalry

Julie seeks advice from Marc on how to handle people who are seriously into medical treatments that have no scientific backing. Spoiler: he's not very helpful. Weigh in with your own recommendations on or . Please! We seriously need all the help we can get!  

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The Station Wagon Podcast: Exploring Mindfulness and Sibling Rivalry

When is cash better than credit, and vice versa? Learn the history and science of how we pay for stuff, and find out what happens when we give up credit and virtual payments. Featuring guest star, "Olaf" and commercial break from .

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The Station Wagon Podcast: Exploring Mindfulness and Sibling Rivalry

We dig deep into the reasons why modern Westerners take pictures, and we find out what happens when we give up photography for a couple of weeks. Spoiler alert: Pebbles was the real victim of this experiment. Commercial Break: #science #history #podernfamily 

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Are you right-handed or left? This month we dig into the history, culture, and science of handedness (and we give up using our dominant hands for a couple of weeks to see how much a mess we can make)!

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