Nervous Habits host Ricky Rosen is joined by his law school classmates Austin Lowe and Ezra Louvis to recap their law school experiences on the eve of their graduation.

Nervous Habits - BONUS EPISODE on Eradicating Filler Words from Conversation, Living The Rest of Your Life Inside the Metaverse, Thought-to-Text Typing, Love Is Blind, and Lunch in the School Cafeteria Before Smartphones [UNEDITED]

Apr 22nd, 2022 1h 51m

Nervous Habits - Episode 70: The Museum of Broken Relationships, The Minister of Loneliness, and a Pill for Heartbreak with Journalist Florence Williams

Apr 8th, 2022 1h 55m

Nervous Habits host Ricky Rosen is joined by journalist Florence Williams. Florence and I explore issues including… —How a molecular analysis of your blood sample can show whether you have the cells of a lonely person… —The ways in which heartb

Nervous Habits - Episode 69: Funhouse of Impressions ft. Joe Biden, Donald Trump, Jeff Bezos and More (with Comedian Austin Nasso)

Mar 25th, 2022 59m 57s

Nervous Habits host Ricky Rosen is joined by President Joe Biden, former President Donald Trump, former Governor Andrew Cuomo, Founder and CEO of Amazon Jeffrey Bezos, and political commentator Ben Shapiro - all voiced by the immensely talented

Nervous Habits - Episode 68: WTF Is In Our Food? The Dangers of Artificial Sweeteners, Fat-Replacers, and Vitamins with Journalist and Author of the End of Craving, Mark Schatzker

Mar 11th, 2022 1h 56m

Nervous Habits host Ricky Rosen is joined by Author and Journalist Mark Schatzker. Mark and I explore issues including… —Why the rate in obesity in Northern Italy is more than five times lower than in America, despite the fact that Northern Ita

Nervous Habits - Episode 67: Planet-Killing Asteroids, Cataclysmic Climate Change, and Other Existential Threats: The Science Behind “Don’t Look Up” with Aerospace Engineer Stefanos Axios

Feb 25th, 2022 1h 10m

Nervous Habits host Ricky Rosen is joined by longtime friend and aerospace engineer Stefanos Axios. Stefanos and I explore issues including… —The likelihood that an asteroid like the one featured in Don’t Look Up will collide with the earth in

Nervous Habits - BONUS EPISODE on Taking Out Books from the Library (Yes Even Now); Phone Games for Addictive Personalities; and Spoiler Rules for TV Shows That Ended 10+ Years Ago [UNEDITED]

Feb 18th, 2022 1h 18m

Nervous Habits - Episode 66: Nothing We Do Really Means Anything, But That’s Okay: A Theory of Sunny Nihilism With Journalist Wendy Syfret

Feb 11th, 2022 1h 23m

Nervous Habits host Ricky Rosen is joined by journalist Wendy Syfret. Wendy and I explore issues including… —How a belief in nihilism can free you from many of the struggles in your daily life… —Why the humor of Gen Z is so “dark and weird”… —H

Nervous Habits - Episode 65: “How Was Your Weekend?” Being Your Whole Self At Your Job, with Founder and Executive Chairman of ClassPass, Payal Kadakia

Jan 28th, 2022 1h 14m

Nervous Habits host Ricky Rosen is joined by author, founder, and executive chairman of ClassPass, Payal Kadakia, to explore issues including: —The importance of not compartmentalizing your identities and being able to be your full self at work

Nervous Habits - BONUS EPISODE on Previewing The Year Ahead, Reciting the Pledge of Allegiance in Class, Suing Food Companies for False Advertising, and Revisiting My Most Cringeworthy Tweets [UNEDITED]

Jan 14th, 2022 1h 44m

Nervous Habits - Episode 64: Sitting, Stress, and Social Isolation Will Kill You with Orthopedic Surgeon Dr. David Hanscom

Dec 31st, 2021 1h 13m

Nervous Habits host Ricky Rosen is joined by orthopedic surgeon, Dr. David Hanscom. Dr. Hanscom and I explore issues including… —The dangers of sitting for too long… —Why the best solution for chronic pain isn’t medication or treatment but is i

Nervous Habits - BONUS EPISODE on Holidays You’ve Never Heard Of, Obsolete Landline Phones, Seeing Your School Teachers On Dating Apps, and Being In A Room Full of People Where Everyone Is Laughing Except You [UNEDITED]

Dec 17th, 2021 1h 44m

Nervous Habits - Episode 63: QAnon, Injecting Cleaning Disinfectant, and Holocaust Denial: The Dark Side of Free Speech with Professor of History and Education Dr. Jonathan Zimmerman

Dec 3rd, 2021 1h 26m

Nervous Habits host Ricky Rosen is joined by professor of history, and professor of education, Dr. Jonathan Zimmerman. Dr. Zimmerman and I explore issues including… —The limitations on speech in totalitarian regimes around the world, —How to ba

Nervous Habits - Episode 62: Brain Waves, Chronostasis, and Out-of-Body Experiences: The Wrinkles in Time with Researcher Lisa Broderick

Nov 19th, 2021 1h 4m

Nervous Habits host Ricky Rosen is joined by researcher and the author of All the Time in the World, Lisa Broderick, to explore issues including…. —The most commonly studied brainwave frequencies and how they alter our perception of time… —How

Nervous Habits - Episode 61: Electroconvulsive Shock Therapy, Cauterization, and Ice Cold Showers: The Pursuit of Pain with Professor of Psychiatry Dr. Anna Lembke

Nov 5th, 2021 1h 30m

Nervous Habits host Ricky Rosen is joined by professor of psychiatry at Stanford University School of Medicine and chief of the Stanford Addiction Medicine Dual Diagnosis Clinic, Dr. Anna Lembke. Dr. Lembke and I explore issues including… —Why

Nervous Habits - Episode 60: An Alternate History of Silicon Valley with Journalist Max Chafkin

Oct 22nd, 2021 2h 3m

Nervous Habits host Ricky Rosen is joined by journalist and author of The Contrarian: Peter Thiel and Silicon Valley’s Pursuit of Power, Max Chafkin, to explore issues including…. —Some of the most powerful criticisms of billionaire investor an

Bonus

Nervous Habits - Summer Hiatus (With Interruptions From Puppy)

Jul 23rd, 2021 46m 17s

Nervous Habits - BONUS EPISODE on Bringing Your Cell Phone Into the Bathroom, Planning Your Obituary, Revenge Bedtime Procrastination, and Tracking Your Friends’ Outfits [UNEDITED]

Jul 9th, 2021 1h 36m

Nervous Habits - Episode 59: Our Lives Are Driven By Dopamine: How A Single Chemical In Your Brain Explains Every Decision You’ve Ever Made with Professor Daniel Lieberman

Jun 25th, 2021 1h 12m

Nervous Habits host Ricky Rosen is joined by the Best-Selling Author of “The Molecule of More” and Professor and Vice Chair for clinical affairs in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at George Washington University, Dr. Daniel

Nervous Habits - Episode 58 (Part II): Facial Recognition for Purchases, Brain Machine Interface Technology, ’Cyber Doubles,’ and ‘Memorial Bots:’ The Future of You with Futurist Tracey Follows

Jun 11th, 2021 1h 39m

Nervous Habits host Ricky Rosen is joined by Futurist and author of the book, The Future of You, Tracey Follows to explore issues including… —Why in the future, you might be paying for your goods at the supermarket, not with a credit card or ce

Nervous Habits - Episode 58 (Part I): Digital Life Extension, Toilets As Mini-Laboratories, Robotic Pets, and 3D Printed Fast Food: A Vision of the World in 2050 with Futurologist Dr. Ian Pearson

Jun 4th, 2021 1h 36m

Nervous Habits host Ricky Rosen is joined by futurologist Dr. Ian Pearson to forecast what the world will look like in 2050, including: —Digital life extension; —The toilets of the future; —The prospect that sex with robots might occur more oft

Nervous Habits - Episode 57: Monkey See, Monkey Do: The Power of Mimetic (Imitative) Desires In Our Everyday Lives With Best-Selling Author of “Wanting” Luke Burgis

May 21st, 2021 1h 30m

Nervous Habits host Ricky Rosen is joined by Best-Selling Author Luke Burgis to explore issues including… —Why exactly we want the things that we want, —What’s so special about mirror neurons, —How babies learn to imitate within minutes of birt

Nervous Habits - Episode 56: The 21st Century Space Race: Elon Musk’s Relentless Efforts to Disrupt the Aerospace Industry (And Toast His Pop-Tarts) with Senior Space Editor Eric Berger

May 7th, 2021 1h 16m

Nervous Habits host Ricky Rosen is joined by Senior Space Editor at Ars Technica, and author of Liftoff: Elon Musk and the Desperate Early Days that Launched SpaceX, Eric Berger to explore issues including… —How Elon Musk demands the impossible

Nervous Habits - Episode 55: Multi-Tasking, Motivation, and The Science of Behavior Change with Best-Selling Author, Researcher, and the Founder of the Stanford Behavior Design Lab Dr. BJ Fogg

Apr 23rd, 2021 1h 9m

Nervous Habits host Ricky Rosen is joined by Best-Selling Author, Researcher, Behavior Scientist and Founder of the Stanford Behavior Design Lab Dr. BJ Fogg to explore issues including: —The evolutionary advantage to habits, and whether other a