You v. You | Radiolab Podcast

From the Radiolab podcast: how do you win against your worst impulses? This episode first aired in 2008. Zelda Gamson tried for decades to stop smoking, but the part of her that wanted to quit couldn’t beat the part of her that refused to let go. She had to take drastic measures in a contract that involved her best friend and... the Ku Klux Klan (KKK). Adam Davidson, co-founder of NPR podcast Planet Money, talked to one of the greatest negotiators of all time, Nobel Prize-winning Economist Thomas Schelling, whose tactical skills saw him through high-stakes conflicts during the Cold War but fell apart when he tried them on himself to quit smoking. And a young Pat Walters complicates things with the story of two brothers, Dennis and Kai Woo, who forged a deal with each other that wound up determining both of their futures. Episode Segments: 0:00 Intro by Latif Nasser 01:27 The Story of Zelda Gamson, Thomas Schelling, David Eagleman, the Odyssey, Ulysses and the sirens, by Jad Abumrad and Robert Krulwich 13:22 The coin toss (tea leaves) that changed a life, by Pat Walters 🎧 Subscribe to Radiolab wherever you listen to podcasts: https://bit.ly/3trXDLe 🔎 Subscribe to Radiolab on YouTube: https://bit.ly/3I9KI53 🌱 Check out Radiolab's Starter Kit Playlist: https://bit.ly/3sX8f4P 👍 Like this video ✏️ and leave us a comment! Follow Radiolab: Instagram —   / radiolab   Twitter —   / radiolab   Facebook —   / radiolab   Support Radiolab by becoming a member of The Lab today: https://www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/... Guests in this episode include: Photo illustration William Patterson. Video by Anna Rascouët-Paz.