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Dan and Michael go to Therapy: AI therapists, broken psychology, and the long history of trying to fix ourselves
Oct. 6, 2025

Dan and Michael go to Therapy: AI therapists, broken psychology, and …

This week on People Stuff, Dan and Michael grab their metaphorical couch and ask: Why does psychology have such a hold on how we think about ourselves? From men outsourcing their mental health to chatbots, to the moral contradictions of being a baseball fan, to the question of what people did befor…

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Dan and Michael Touch Grass: Social media, crypto wages, and a house with 13 doors walk into a podcast
July 28, 2025

Dan and Michael Touch Grass: Social media, crypto wages, and a house …

Politicians posting bread, waiters demanding crypto, and a guy installing 13 doors to keep the cosmos aligned. Just another week on People Stuff — the anthropological advice show where touching grass means thinking deeply about why humans do the weird things we do. This week, Dan and Michael tackle…

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