This Is Going Well, I Think With David Cooper

For science news astrophysicist and professor Jesse Rogerson joins the show for stories: People who love horror movies tend to exhibit certain personality traits; Romantic partner status determines changes in fertility desires; Short exercise intervention helps teens with ADHD manage stress; and Study links mysterious lights in the sky to historic nuclear tests. (Check out Jesse's book Daydreaming in the Solar System here.) Foreign correspondent Tony Five ransacks the show with offbeat news: The furloughed IRS lawyer living out his dream of being a hot dog vendor; and Ohio bill would ban AI from marrying humans and owning property. Psychology professor Dr. Claudia Haase explains human synchronization to Tony and David and describes how spouses from less privileged backgrounds tend to share more synchronized heartbeats. For Therapy Thursdays on a Wednesday, therapist and social worker Gary Direnfeld tackles the topic of parents' expectations of children. Professor of communication studies Dr. Stephen Monteiro