Curiosity Daily Podcast: Sports Fans’ Brains, Hunger After Overeating, the IKEA Effect

Learn about how rival sports fans see games differently; waking up hungry after overeating; and “some assembly required.”

November 25, 2021

Episode Show Notes:

Today’s stories originally ran in the following episodes of Curiosity Daily:

Rival Sports Fans Experience the Same Game Completely Differently by Reuben Westmaas originally published November 22, 2018 https://omny.fm/shows/curiosity-daily/rival-sports-fans-experience-games-completely-diff
Why do I wake up hungry after overeating? by Ashley Hamer originally published November 29, 2019 https://omny.fm/shows/curiosity-daily/history-s-extravagant-gifts-w-justin-jampol-why-yo
To Give a Gift They'll Treasure, Go With "Some Assembly Required" by Ashley Hamer originally published November 23, 2018 https://omny.fm/shows/curiosity-daily/gifts-requiring-assembly-are-more-treasured-why-yo

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