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064 – More Creative
June 18, 2017 14:06 - 72 MBMore Creative What does it mean to be creative? How does creativity exhaust itself, or is it a gift that can be taken away? Does everyone have some degree of creativity or only very few ones? These and other questions explored Hicham from Casablanca, Graziano from Milan, Ethan from Seoul, Vozkov from Leon, and JUN […]
063 – Humble Confidence
June 13, 2017 09:04 - 57.8 MBHumble Confidence Hello! I’m Vaclav and this is the Chatcast. Today we’re discussing the dangers of overconfidence. Together with Hicham from Casablanca, Graziano from Milan, Roman from Kiyv, Anur from Colombo, and Mark from Kaluga we learned how overconfidence affects us, what would happen if it didn’t exist, and how to balance confidence and humility. […]
062 – You’ll Never Walk Alone
June 05, 2017 17:35 - 58.9 MBYou’ll Never Walk Alone Hi! I’m Vaclav and this is the Chatcast. Today we’re gonna explore if we are better athletes than we were in the past. What’s happening in sports? You could have imagined Jesse Owens, the 1936 Berlin Summer Olympics 100m sprint winner, being way behind Usain Bolt. If you take a look […]
061 – Being Wrong
May 28, 2017 16:37 - 67.3 MBBeing Wrong What does it mean to be right? How do we deal with being wrong? These, and other questions, explored Hicham from Casablanca, Graziano from Milan, and Mark from Kaluga. Kathryn Schulz On Learning To Love ‘Being Wrong’ On being wrong Why It’s Hard to Admit to Being Wrong What Can Doctors Learn By […]
060 – Getting Smarter
May 23, 2017 16:55 - 50.4 MBGetting Smarter Thanks to Roman from Kyiv, Tanya from London, Mark from Kaluga, and Graziano from Milan for participating in this Chatcast. Fixed Mindset vs. Growth Mindset Why our IQ levels are higher than our grandparents’ The importance of stupidity in scientific research Should We Stop Telling Kids They’re Smart? What happens when our computers […]
059 – Friendship
May 17, 2017 18:24 - 70.2 MBFriendship Thanks to Ethan from Seul, Roman from Kyiv, Alexandre from Oskol, and Mark from Kaluga, Graziano from Milan for participating in this Chatcast. Is There A Limit To How Many Friends We Can Have? Do We Choose Our Friends Because They Share Our Genes? Why you should talk to strangers The True Meaning Of […]
058 – Speaking Up
April 23, 2017 17:31 - 79.4 MBSpeaking Up Thanks to Esmaeil from Tehran, Ethan from Seul, Roman from Kyiv, Miguel from Valparaiso, and Leonard from London, for participating in this Chatcast. What Drives Us To Speak Up? Why Is It Hard To Speak Up? What Do We Risk If We Don’t Speak Up? Can Employees Really Speak Up Without Retribution? How […]
057 – Memory Games
April 13, 2017 16:20 - 52.9 MBMemory Games Thanks to Graziano from Milan, Italy, Roman from Kyiv, Ukraine and Hicham from Casablanca, Morocco for participating in this Chatcast. Why can’t we remember the first years of our life? Making False Memories How reliable is your memory? Can Anyone Learn To Be A Master Memorizer? Can Eyewitnesses Create Memories? False memory syndrome […]
056 – Bad Design
March 27, 2017 16:52 - 51.7 MBBad Design Thanks to Graziano from Italy, Ron from South Korea, Roman from Ukraine and Keivan from Iran for sharing their opinions with us in this Chatcast. How Can We Design For A Better Experience? How Do Buildings Make Us Feel? Ingenious Homes In Unexpected Places John Hodgman: Design, explained. Jens Kubieziel Schlechtes Design Man […]
055 – This Is How I Talk
March 21, 2017 07:56 - 21 MBThis Is How I Talk In this episode we discussed our speech and languages we speak. Some questions to think about. Why We Speak? Does Language Bring Us Together Or Pull Us Apart? The language more beautiful than words What Does It Mean To Be ‘Articulate’? This Is How I Talk – SNL Special thanks […]
054 – I Want To…Believe?
March 14, 2017 16:35 - 72.4 MBI Want To… Believe? In this episode we tried conversing about the nature of human mind. Why is it so easy to believe things and so hard to acquire the scientific set of mind? –Would you rather believe something that turns out to be false, or not believe something that turns out to be true? […]
053 – A Random Chat
March 10, 2017 09:45 - 20 BytesHello guys, Tonight we had a random chat together with Graziano and Vaclav. It was absolutely not planned but I wanted to have a chat, a beer and to enjoy my time in English with some people. As usual my recorder was running and we agreed together to publish this record so there you go. Talk […]
052 – Deadlines
March 08, 2017 07:34 - 53.8 MBHello everybody! The topic of this Chatcast was “Deadlines”. Some question to think about: – Are deadlines important? – Do you meet your deadlines? – Is it hard for you to meet them? – Have you ever applied after a deadline? – How do you make sure you meet deadlines? – How does having to […]
051 – Misapprehensions
March 08, 2017 06:58 - 54.9 MBHello everybody! After a hiatus of one year, Chatcast is finally back! The 51st episode was recorded on February 26th which we present here. We are really grateful for people that were able to make some time and participate in the renewed Chatcast, Daniel from Switzerland, Carlos from Venezuela, Roman from Ukraine, and Alexander from […]
Hello Folks!
February 14, 2017 16:58 - 3.86 MBHello folks! How are you? I’m Vaclav and this is Chatcast. I hope it’s going okay, that things are, at least, tolerable. I’ve been thinking ever since our founder Guillaume let me host the talks here how to introduce myself. At first, feeling a bit awkward about it I produced a pair of intros and I […]
050 – Sport, Apps and General Talking
February 28, 2016 17:31 - 54.7 MBHello Guys, It’s been a while since the last episode. The Chatcast is in kind of stand by mode and we try to do an episode from time to time. This episode is about sports, sport apps and general talking. Links: http://wayoflifeapp.com/ https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/up-by-jawbone-track-health/id916240764?mt=8 https://www.runtastic.com/ http://teacherluke.co.uk/ Thanks to the guys who took part to this episode […]
049 – New Year Resolutions
January 08, 2016 10:00 - 54.6 MBHello guys, Here is the first episode of the year about new resolutions. We had Taisa from Brazil and Hien From Vietnam. Here are the questions: 1.Do you usually take new year’s resolutions and why? 2.Do you succeed to realise your resolutions? 3.How do you do to succeed ? 4.Do you hate new year’s resolutions […]
048 – Climate Change
January 07, 2016 20:57 - 73.2 MBHello guys, First of all I’d like to wish you all a very nice year for 2016 and I hope you had a few days off to have some rest. Here is the last episode we recorded in 2015 about climate change. What is your definition of climate change? Some people say that “climate change […]
047 – Sleeping Habits
November 29, 2015 16:12 - 87.2 MBDownload this episode Dear Participant, Today we spoke about Sleeping Habits with Denis, Ethan and Nastya as a host. It was a really funny conversation and I really enjoyed it. Thanks Nastya for hosting this episode and thanks to the participant. Here is the podcast and the album I listen to when it’s time to […]
046 – Is there another form of life in the univers?
October 19, 2015 18:33 - 93.5 MBHello Everyone, Here is again a great podcast episode hosted by Ethan from South Korea. Questions: Do you believe in the existence of aliens? Tell us your favorite TV show or movie that features aliens What’s going to be your reaction like when encountered aliens? Do you think we as human beings should keep reaching […]