University of Chicago

About University of Chicago
The University of Chicago is a private research university in the Hyde Park community area of Chicago, Illinois, United States.
On the show — 6 mentions total
Scientists at the University of Chicago have developed a prototype app designed for cannabis users so they can determine whether or not they are actually high.
from Merry Christmas from Dan, James, Anna and Andy, 2018-12-25 at 00:18:19 · read transcript
Other times University of Chicago came up
The only thing I will say is that everyone thought that it was in the Middle East, and that is not the case. One of the reasons we wanted to talk about this today is because you've just done a documentary about scavenger hunts, right? I have, yes. Is that the one about the University of Chicago one? Because that's the crazy one. It is. It's the UChicago one.
No Such Thing As Dwayne Johnson's Hare, 2025-12-11 · listen
Look, this is something that I read, a study called Idleness of Version and a Need for Justifiable Bizziness, which was a study from 2010 from the University of Chicago, University of Shanghai, and a few other places, which I read about in improbable.com, run by our friends, that website.
495: No Such Thing As A Peanut Hall of Fame, 2023-09-07 · listen
It is a punishment. Look, this is something that I read, a study called idleness, aversion and a need for justifiable busyness, which was a study from 2010, from the University of Chicago, University of Shanghai, and a few other places, which I read about on improbable.com, run by our friends, that website. The idea is that now that humans don't have to spend their day just trying to survive and run away from lions and collect food and all that kind of stuff, we need to be kept busy in order to be happy.
No Such Thing As A Peanut Hall of Fame, 2023-09-07 · listen
It's just my opinion. No, this was a study. This was a study done by the Professor of Economics at Dartmouth and also the University of Chicago, so it was two people together. They found that if people are watching a debate, you can tell who's more likely to win the election by seeing how charismatic and how kind of relaxed and how confident they are. The problem happens when you turn the sound on and you're distracted by their policies, you can't tell anymore.
No Such Thing As Paranoid Ants, 2016-09-30 · listen
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