The Happiness Lab with Dr. Laurie Santos

From Revisionist History: The Starvation Experiment

We’re sharing a bonus episode from another Pushkin podcast, Revisionist History. Revisionist History is Malcolm Gladwell’s podcast about things misunderstood and overlooked. This season, Malcolm’s obsessed with experiments – natural experiments, scientific experiments, thought experiments. In this episode, Revisionist History examines the testimony of 18 men who took part in an astonishing experiment at the University of Minnesota during the Second World War. Revisionist History takes you through the tapes, and asks why people are still arguing over the Minnesota experiment 75 years later.   You can hear more from Revisionist History at <a data-remove-tab-index="true" data-sk="tooltip_parent" data-stringify-link="https://podcasts.pushkin.fm/rhs7?sid=thl" href="https://podcasts.pushkin.fm/rhs7?sid=thl">https://podcasts.pushkin.fm/rhs7?sid=thl</a>See <a href="https://omnystudio.com/listener">omnystudio.com/listener</a> for privacy information.

You might think you know what it takes to lead a happier life… more money, a better job, or Instagram-worthy vacations. You’re dead wrong. Yale professor Dr. Laurie Santos has studied the science of happiness and found that many of us do the exact opposite of what will truly make our lives better. Based on the psychology course she teaches at Yale -- the most popular class in the university’s 300-year history -- Laurie will take you through the latest scientific research and share some surprising and inspiring stories that will change the way you think about happiness.