This week Shane talks about holiday gift buying and gift giving with Assistant Professor of Marketing at The D’Amore Mc-Kim School of Business at Northeastern University, Mary Steffel.  Is giving the gift of cash really a bad idea and what is the smartest approach to buy gifts without blowing your budget.   Charity of the week - Make-A-Wish <a href="https://www.worldwish.org/en">https://www.worldwish.org/en</a> Please visit our sponsorsThe Great Courses <a href="http://www.thegreatcoursesplus.com/hereweare">www.thegreatcoursesplus.com/hereweare</a>  Libro.fm is the first audiobook company to make it possible for you to buy audiobooks directly through your local bookstore. Offer code: hereweare for 3 months for the price of one. <a href="https://libro.fm/redeem/HEREWEARE">https://libro.fm/redeem/HEREWEARE </a> Outro Music “Sator Rotas” by MoonStation Burning  Audio Production - Jimmy Fro Learn more about your ad choices. Visit <a href="https://megaphone.fm/adchoices">megaphone.fm/adchoices</a>

Disorder + Depression

Globetrotting and mind exploring comedian Shane Mauss interviews scientists each week on journey to answer the biggest questions about the meanings of life (as well as a bunch of other random stuff you never imagined you would care about). Favorite topics include: psychology, biology, evolution, cognitive biases, behavioral economics, mating, animal behavior, neuroscience, and the subconscious