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The Colin McEnroe ShowHow to be wrongWe all strive to be right about things — we do our research, we listen to people who seem smarter than us, we make compelling arguments over dinner tables. But is there an underappreciated art to being wrong? This hour, lessons on changing your mind and admitting mistakes, from newspaper corrections to public intellectual pivots. GUESTS: Eranda Jayawickreme: Professor of psychology at Wake Forest University Ty Seidule: Visiting professor of history at Hamilton College and the author of Robert E. Lee and Me; he’s a retired brigadier general in the U.S. Ar...2024-09-0949 min
The Final Word Cricket PodcastStory Time 186 – Jim Laker, Australian Test spinner?It's Story Time, our walk through cricket history via your listener quiz challenges. This week, how many things do you not know about Jim Laker? For us, plenty, including how close he came to turning out in the baggy green. Lara Killick asks about some rubbery figures, we head back to the early IPL, some forgotten T20 Blast, and the very beginning of Test cricket once again.Your Nerd Pledge numbers this week:2.49 - Cam Allen18.77 - Chris Byrne29.00 - Lara Killick21.24 - Alan Simpson2024-05-241h 29
The Colin McEnroe ShowHow to be wrongWe all strive to be right about things — we do our research, we listen to people who seem smarter than us, we make compelling arguments over dinner tables. But is there an underappreciated art to being wrong? This hour, lessons on changing your mind and admitting mistakes, from newspaper corrections to public intellectual pivots. GUESTS: Eranda Jayawickreme: Professor of psychology at Wake Forest University Ty Seidule: Visiting professor of history at Hamilton College and the author of Robert E. Lee and Me; he’s a retired brigadier general in the U.S. Army and the f...2024-03-2049 min
Hidden BrainHealing 2.0: What We Gain from PainWe’ve all heard the saying, “What doesn’t kill you makes you stronger.” But is there any truth to this idea? This week, we explore the concept of post-traumatic growth with psychologist Eranda Jayawickreme. He finds that pain can have benefits — but not necessarily the ones we expect.Enjoy this episode? Make sure to check out last week's kick-off to our Healing 2.0 series, where we explore how the stories we tell about ourselves shape our lives in profound ways.
2023-11-0649 min
My Unsung HeroEranda Jayawickreme's StoryEranda was nervous on his first overseas trip by himself, until a fellow passenger went the extra mile to help him out. Do you have your own story of an unsung hero? We'd love to hear it! Record a voice memo and email it to us at myunsunghero@hiddenbrain.org. Some guidance:--Focus on ONE moment that you will never forget. --Make sure you're in a quiet, non-echoey room.--Speak conversationally, like you're talking to a friend.--Let us know why this person continues to impact your lif...2023-07-2504 min
The Final Word Cricket PodcastStory Time 138 – Influence of the male ejaculate on prezygotic barriers in field cricketsIt's Story Time, our weekly walk through cricket history via your listener quiz challenges. This week, a chance diversion takes us to Dr Erica Larson's work on insects. Adam's childhood dreams of Bob Cowper are realised, three times over, while Andy Whittall keeps bobbing up as well. Eddie Barlow pulls a cool trick, Wisden is scathing about some timid New Zealanders, and we confirm that Harold Larwood did not in fact bowl at 564 miles per hour.Your Nerd Pledge numbers this week:210.15 - Rob O'Neill3.07 - Martin Lawrence7.94...2023-05-271h 38
Historically ThinkingEpisode 313: Intellectual Humility, Social Psychologically SpeakingThis is the second of our continuing series on intellectual humility and historical thinking.
Today I'm interested in exploring the social science of intellectual humility. Igor Grossman is a social psychologist, an Associate Professor of Psychology at the University of Waterloo in Canada. “Most of our work,” he writes, describing his lab, “either focuses on how people make sense of the world around them—their expectations, lay theories, meta-cognitions, forecasts—or it concerns how larger cultural forces impact human behavior and societal change.” That makes him the perfect person to talk to about intellectual humility, and historical thinking.
For Further Investigatio...2023-04-1751 min
Divorce, Healthy!Mindfulness in Divorce- Can You Heal After Divorce? Or Grow From It? With Expert Guest Eranda Jayawickreme on Post Traumatic GrowthAshley-Nicole Russell, Esq believes that mindfulness during divorce can make all the difference in how and what process is chosen and thus will affect the result. Her guest Eranda Jayawickreme applies his research in post-traumatic growth to illustrate divorce as a result and not a one-time action. As a psychologist and researcher, Eranda uses his work to show that divorce is not an isolated incident but an outcome of a long process. On this episode of Divorce! Healthy, Ashley-Nicole and Eranda walk through the cycle of divorce, how it impacts everyone differently, and what we can learn ab...2022-10-1938 minHidden BrainWhat We Gain from PainWe've all heard the saying, "What doesn't kill you makes you stronger." But is there any truth to this idea? This week, we explore the concept of post-traumatic growth with psychologist Eranda Jayawickreme. He finds that suffering can have benefits — but not necessarily the ones we expect. If you like this show, be sure to check out our other work, including our recent episode about how we define intelligence. Also, check out our new podcast, My Unsung Hero! And if you'd like to support our work, you can do so at support.hiddenbrain.org.
2022-07-0450 min
The Final Word Cricket PodcastStory Time 94 – The many crimes of Fidel FernandoIt's Story Time, our weekly walk through cricket history via your listener quiz challenges. This week, a new co-host, with Andrew Fidel Fernando taking the role for the first time in a confessional mood. Also, the mathematics of Nelson, the region of the Muruwari, an irrational broadside at Ian Bell, an Australian Test player we've never heard of, and a great name - literally, not figuratively - from New Zealand.Your Nerd Pledge numbers this week:111.10 - Henry Bainton9.65 - Eranda Jayawickreme15.79 - Riley Campbell2.35 - An...2022-06-261h 17
Personality Psychology Podcast#20 Post-traumatic growth with Laura Blackie and Eranda JayawickremeMany people believe that traumatic experiences are often followed by psychological growth. What does not kill us, makes us stronger, right? Laura Blackie and Eranda Jayawickreme are among the leading researchers on this topic, and they just guest-edited a special issue on post-traumatic personality growth in the European Journal of Personality. They talked with René Mõttus what they have learned about how trauma can change us—or if it even changes us, after all.
2022-06-1541 min
The Final Word Cricket PodcastStory Time 86 – The Vengaboys are going to Sri LankaIt's Story Time, our weekly walk through cricket history via your listener quiz challenges. Joining Geoff for your long trips on your Easter weekend, Bharat Sundaresan is back on the show before his own long drive from Adelaide to Sydney, detouring via the birthplace of Justin Langer's favourite Australian, Albert Jacka. But on this episode we spend most of our time on the Teardrop Isle, in between visiting Darude, the MCG in 1903, and the brief time in the sun of Loretta Davis.
Your Nerd Pledge numbers this week:
4.35 - Aravind Rao Karanam
4.76 - Eranda Jayawickreme
1.93 - Tane Aikman
5.57 - Matt...2022-04-151h 12
Voices from the SBS SummitCan We Change Our CharacterIn this episode, Jessica Baweja, a research psychologist with the Threat Lab, talks to Eranda Jayawickreme, an Associate Professor of Psychology and Senior Research Fellow at the Program for Leadership and Character at Wake Forest University, about whether we can change our character. To watch Eranda Jayawickreme’s SBS Summit video, visit www.SBSSummit.com
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https://sbssummit.com/speaker/dr-eranda-jayawickreme/2021-06-0838 min
The Final Word Cricket PodcastJeeeesus, it's sandpaper againSeason 10, Ep 4: Horror movies teach us that if you don't nail the monster properly, it always comes back. Australia's ball-tampering story was never buried properly the first time around. This week we speak to Peter Lalor about the news side of the story that won't go away. We also cover various squads, the county championship, and have a breezy chat with Australia's nearly-there cult hero Michael Neser.
Your Nerd Pledge numbers this week:
7.70 - Eranda Jayawickreme redux
1.34 - John Trevelyan
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The Final Word Cricket PodcastIndia's deepening disaster, with Karunya KeshavSeason 10, Ep 1: This week Karunya Keshav wrote fiercely about the deafness of the Indian Premier League to the suffering outside its gates. She joins the show to explain the humanitarian disaster that has overtaken India during the biggest covid wave the world has seen.
This starts a new season of The Final Word, with the southern summer belatedly concluded in April, and the northern season already in full but chilly swing. We also cover the new Australian contract list, the removal of England selector Ed Smith, the highlights of the county championship, women's cricket at the Comm Games, Sri Lanka's...2021-04-281h 32
The Final Word Cricket PodcastStory Time 27, plus Andy Zaltzman on scoringThis weekend The Final Word time machine takes us to visit Jack Ryder and Clem Hill, triple tons and prison. Also, a Sussex mainstay who couldn’t stop and wouldn’t stop. We solve the Venn Diagram question via a fellow who just could not sell a car. After those tales, we'll have the full interview for the first time with acclaimed comedian and BBC statistician, Andy Zaltzman, from the files of the documentary Calling The Shots.
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2.95 – Steve Denner
3.55 – Real Victor Trumper
1.91 – Sam Ashworth
3.19 – Eranda Jayawickreme
4.23 – Jeremy Henderson
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Send us a Nerd Pledge at patreon.com/t...2020-12-051h 53
On WisdomThe Foolish Sage (with Eranda Jayawickreme)Do 'wise people' even exist? Do we have 'wise characters' or is our behaviour more influenced by 'wise situations'? And if so, what kinds of situations best support wise behaviour? Eranda Jayawickreme joins Igor and Charles to discuss the classic battle royale of the person-situation debate, whole trait theory and the ever-controversial Stanford Prison experiment. Igor outlines the actor-observer bias and suggests that westerners should be more sympathetic to grumpy waitstaff, Eranda considers the motivations behind blaming bad apples vs bad barrels and the implications for the justice system, and Charles learns that overestimating the robustness of his own...2018-06-2452 min