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There’s An Upside to Imposter Thoughts? With Basima Tewfik
Video + Podcast + Transcript (34 mins)
Feb 25
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Ali Almossawi
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Do Personal Attacks Ever Work?
Sifting through 43 political fliers pushed through my letterbox last October
Feb 6
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Ali Almossawi
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January 2025
Audio: My Chat With Brian Regan: Comedy, Wordplay, and Kindness
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Jan 25
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Ali Almossawi
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My Chat With Brian Regan: Comedy, Wordplay, and Kindness
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Jan 23
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Ali Almossawi
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My Chat With Brian Regan: Comedy, Wordplay, and Kindness
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Jargon: Why Do We Sometimes Talk Funny?
Plus, would you buy a card game about office jargon?
Jan 9
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Ali Almossawi
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December 2024
People
Small moments from around town. And a few thoughts about how the office and the soccer field are similar.
Dec 5, 2024
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Ali Almossawi
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November 2024
The Fields Medal Winner Who Thought He Was a Slow Learner
Plus, paper guillotines and corner rounders, mystery dinners, and contronyms in different languages
Nov 21, 2024
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Ali Almossawi
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The Fields Medal Winner Who Thought He Was a Slow Learner
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What Do Socks Have to Do With Computers?
An experiment with computational thinking. Plus, ever heard of contronyms?
Nov 7, 2024
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Ali Almossawi
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October 2024
Did You Hear About the Senator Who Did Something Sketchy?
It does happen, occasionally. Learn about ten patterns of loaded language.
Oct 24, 2024
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Ali Almossawi
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September 2024
A Question That’ll Keep You Curious
Reflections on following through on an idea, an app to help manage your bookshelf, a manuscript update, and a portrait from Bedlam
Sep 17, 2024
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Ali Almossawi
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August 2024
The Argument From Incredulity
Plus, 5 books not about thinking that taught me about thinking
Aug 29, 2024
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Ali Almossawi
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Does Too Much Choice Paralyze Us?
Has the question “What should we get for dinner?” come up with a spouse or roommate or friend? Does it end well? For me, it usually goes like this—
Aug 15, 2024
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Ali Almossawi
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