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Bad Behavior is an award-winning podcast that delves into all things taboo - if it’s an uncomfortable conversation, we want to have it! Queer friends, and self-confessed rebellious spirits, Rosalind and Nikila are here to challenge how we think about identity. You should listen if you’re drawn to conversations that are a little bit bad, in the best way!

Join hosts Sterling Mulbry and Blair Peyton as they dive into the gray area of social etiquette. Each week, a guest shares a morally ambiguous story and is questioned until a verdict is reached. Full of juicy gossip, questionable decisions, and hot takes, Sterling and Blair are your "judge and jury" when it comes to social faux pas.

We live in an age of addiction, from compulsive gaming and shopping to binge eating and opioid abuse. Sugar can be as habit-forming as cocaine, researchers tell us, and social media apps are hooking our kids. But what can we do to resist temptations that insidiously and deliberately rewire our brains? Nothing, David Courtwright says, unless we understand the history and character of the global enterprises that create and cater to our bad habits.

"Secrecy of Settlements at Fox News Hid Bad Behavior" is from the August 18, 2016 Business section of The New York Times. It was written by James B. Stewart and narrated by Caroline Miller.

Why do people reject science and believe online conspiracy theories? How are people radicalized online and go on to commit acts of violence? Why is our society so politically polarized? Astonishingly irrational ideas are spreading. Covid denial persists in the face of overwhelming evidence...

"'This Doesn't Throw Me': Trump Backers Unfazed by Claims of Bad Behavior" is from the October 14, 2016 US section of The New York Times. It was written by Nick Corasaniti and narrated by Barbara Benjamin-Creel.

Today's ways of working are not working - even for professionals in "good" jobs. Responding to global competition and pressure from financial markets, companies are asking employees to do more with less, even as new technologies normalize 24/7 job expectations. In Overload, Erin Kelly and Phyllis Moen document how this new intensification of work creates chronic stress, leading to burnout, attrition, and underperformance. "Flexible" work policies and corporate lip service about "work-life balance" don't come close to fixing the problem.