News Sidequest

Keith Conrad

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News Sidequest

Episodes (70)

Yesterday Being wrong is actually good for you / Touch grass, literally / Sometimes the voices are right
Monday Middle-aged Americans are struggling / Feeling good isn't enough / The world is running out of people
Wed Apr 15th What's in your nightmare / The airplane seat that might actually work / The world needs more Dan Simpsons

News Sidequest

Apr 21, 2026
12¼ minutes
17 MB

New research confirms what trial-and-error learners have always suspected: getting something wrong first — and then learning the right answer — produces significantly better retention than memorizing correctly from the start. Also: a study from Norway finds that solo time in nature has a measurable protective effect against loneliness, and the mechanism is more interesting than just "fresh air." And a case study from the BMJ that went viral this week: a woman in 1980s England heard voices telling her she had a brain tumor, her doctors initially dismissed it, and the scan proved the voices right. Plus the Lego pasta swap, a Fl...

News Sidequest

Being wrong is actually good for you / Touch grass, literally / Sometimes the voices are right

Keith Conrad

00:00 -12:15