
The Connection with Marty Moss-Coane Archive
You can dish it out but you can’t take it: making criticism work
Criticism can be hard to take. So what's the difference between constructive and destructive criticism and how can we quiet the critical voice in our head.
Air Date: June 6, 2025 12:00 pm
Secrets to a loving, lasting relationship
Couples therapist Terry Real explains how to resolve conflict and maintain intimacy for lasting relationships.
Air Date: May 23, 2025 12:00 pm
Listen 50:49What existential psychology can teach us about living well
Psychologist Steven Heine explains that our deep-seated need for meaning lies in our brains and how to use it to build a life of purpose.
Air Date: May 23, 2025 12:00 pm
Listen 50:00This episode, the yuck factor with psychologist Paul Rozin, who has been studying disgust for five decades. What grosses you out the most?
Air Date: May 16, 2025 12:00 pm
Listen 50:23Embracing autism and neurodiversity
Sarah Bergenfield says that before getting a diagnosis of autism, she was confused. She w ...
Air Date: May 9, 2025 12:00 pm
Listen 50:25The imperfect ways we remember
Psychologist Ciara Greene says memory is like a LEGO tower that we are constantly reassembling. She's the co-author of "Memory Lane: The Perfectly Imperfect Ways We Remember."
Air Date: May 2, 2025 12:00 pm
Listen 50:24A new history of sex and sexuality in America
Rebecca Davis explores the 400-year tension between sex, sexual identity and prudery in America and how it explains some of today’s political conflicts.
Air Date: April 25, 2025 12:00 pm
Listen 50:31Understanding hoarding: pain, memories and resilience
How does a psychologist fail to recognize that her intelligent, sensitive, and book-loving mother has started hoarding? A new memoir seeks to answer that question.
Air Date: April 18, 2025 12:00 pm
Listen 50:31Checked-out and stressed-out: helping disengaged teens reconnect
Ask most third graders if they like school and there’s a good chance they will give you an enthusiastic “ye ...
Air Date: April 11, 2025 12:00 pm
Listen 50:26Psychiatrist Richard A. Friedman on what’s behind the country’s malaise and why we’re not helpless…or alone.
Air Date: April 4, 2025 12:00 pm
Listen 50:31When family estrangement sets you free
Eamon Dolan severed his relationship with his abus ...
Air Date: March 28, 2025 12:00 pm
Listen 50:00The art and science of good conversation
A new book, Talk: The Science of Conversation and the Art of Being Ourselves, reveals the hidden architecture of good conversation and how we can become better communicators.
Air Date: March 21, 2025 12:00 pm
Listen 50:22Music on our minds: how music affects our memories and emotions
Princeton professor Elizabeth Margulis explains why music can affect our mood, transport us to another time and place, and connect us to others.
Air Date: March 14, 2025 12:00 pm
Listen 50:23‘Last Seen’: searching for lost family after slavery
Historian Judith Giesberg, author of "Last Seen," and genealogist Adrienne Whaley on the families ripped apart by slavery and the search to find their loved ones.
Air Date: March 7, 2025 12:00 pm
Listen 50:24How embracing death can lead to a better life
Death doula Alua Arthur guides people through death and grief. She explains why we should face our mortality and shares lessons on living well.
Air Date: February 28, 2025 12:00 pm
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