James Keys and Tunde Ogunlana discuss Nir Eyal’s “Beyond Belief: The Science-Backed Way to Stop Limiting Yourself and Achieve Breakthrough Results,” the 2026 book that deep dives into the concept of beliefs, including how they affect how we see and move through the world and how one can use them to better their life. The guys specifically consider how Eyal defined beliefs, extent to which so much of each of our individual realities and experiences are really derived from our beliefs, and how the placebo effect illustrates the extent beliefs can direct affect our well-being.

Beyond Belief: The Science-Backed Way to Stop Limiting Yourself and Achieve Breakthrough Results (bookshop.org)

Beyond Belief (nirandfar.com)

James Keys and Tunde Ogunlana discuss the story of the US soldier that is being charged for using confidential insider information to win bets about the capture of Maduro on the prediction market platform Polymarket and consider the risks that society faces as prediction markets like Polymarket and Kalshi seem to be turning the whole world into a casino. The guys then react to recent research on extent to which our brains progress through stages like childhood, adolescence (which lasts surprising long!), adult, and old age, and consider how society should use this type of information.

Soldier Charged After Using Classified Intel On Maduro Raid To Win $400,000 On Polymarket (Forbes)

Kalshi CEO outlines the difference between prediction markets and sportsbooks (ProFootballTalk)

U.S. CFTC adds New York to string of states its suing to stop prediction market pushback (Coindesk)

Brazil blocks prediction platforms, tightens rules to curb 'bet-like' products (Reuters)

Billionaire Investor Warns Sports Prediction Markets Harm Men (Yahoo! Finance)

The key phases your brain changes – and how to protect it (The Telegraph) (Apple News Link)

James Keys and Tunde Ogunlana continue their Streaming Between the Lines series and take a look at Louis Theroux’s “Inside the Manosphere,” the 2026 documentary that is available to stream on Netflix. The guys discuss Theroux’s presentation of the manosphere, including the over the top characters that are featured in the documentary, and consider what drives the substantial appetite that there clearly is for this type of content and these types of characters.

This podcast contains spoilers.

Louis Theroux Goes Inside the Manosphere in His Latest Documentary (Tudum - Netflix)

Watch Louis Theroux: Inside the Manosphere (Netflix)