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  • Negative Space; Understanding What You CAN'T See

    October 6, 2026 · 1 hr 9 min

    Send us Fan Mail You rarely get the whole picture before you have to make a decision. So how do you make sense of what you can’t see without filling in the blanks with a story that’s wrong? In this episode of The Human Behavior Podcast…

  • Better Tools, Better Judgment?

    September 16, 2026 · 1 hr 13 min

    Send us Fan Mail Better tools. More information. But are we making better decisions? An alert tells you a vehicle may be stolen. What do you actually know, and what have you already started assuming? This week on The Human Behavior…

  • Knowing When To Stop: Avoiding the Escalation Trap

    July 27, 2026 · 1 hr 12 min

    Send us Fan Mail The fastest way to wreck a hard-won calm is to say one more thing. In this episode, dig into the escalation trap that shows up in boardrooms, squad cars, kitchens, and group texts: the moment an interaction starts to…

  • When Technology Outpaces Human Performance with Alan Kearney

    April 21, 2026 · 1 hr 34 min

    Send us Fan Mail Night vision keeps getting smarter, but our brains do not update on the same schedule. We’re joined by defense expert Alan Kearney, a former Irish Defence Forces officer who now works in European defense industry, to…

  • Probability & Language; The Cost of Being Certain

    March 4, 2026 · 1 hr 5 min

    Send us Fan Mail In this episode, we’re talking about probabilistic thinking and why language matters more than most people realize. The central idea is simple: most bad decisions don’t come from a lack of information, they come from…

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  • Detecting A Cunning Opponent

    January 4, 2026 · 1 hr 8 min

    Send us Fan Mail Your gut has tried to warn you before. That flicker when someone lingers by a bathroom door, shadows you to the elevator, or blocks your path with a smile and a prop—it’s not paranoia, it’s a baseline breaking. We dig into…

  • "Darwin's People" by Brian Moon

    November 18, 2025 · 1 hr 13 min

    Send us Fan Mail When decisions can’t wait for perfect data, you need methods that actually work in the real world. We sit down with Brian Moon to pull naturalistic decision making out of journals and into the field where cops, medics…

  • Your Internal Baseline

    November 10, 2025 · 1 hr 10 min

    Send us Fan Mail In today’s episode, we’re flipping the lens inward. You’ve heard us talk about reading the world around you — the external baseline — but what about reading yourself?  What It Is (Street Definition) Your internal baseline…

  • Baseline + Anomaly = Decision

    October 22, 2025 · 1 hr 5 min

    Send us Fan Mail In this powerful and highly practical episode, we unpack one of the most important (and misunderstood) aspects of human behavior analysis: the concept of baseline plus anomaly equals decision (B + A = D).  During the…

  • How Practice Saved My Life: Applying HBPR&A Under Fire

    September 15, 2025 · 1 hr 19 min

    Send us Fan Mail What happens when theory meets reality in a life-or-death situation? Dan Chavez found out firsthand when he and his wife suddenly found themselves in the middle of an active shooter incident. In this riveting conversation…

  • How To Ask Better Questions

    August 7, 2025 · 1 hr 2 min

    Send us Fan Mail Have you ever walked away from a conversation feeling like you missed something important? The truth is, you probably did; and it's likely because you didn't ask the right questions. In this illuminating episode, we dive…

  • Do You REALLY Remember?

    June 20, 2025 · 1 hr 3 min

    Send us Fan Mail What if your memory's "flaws" are actually its most powerful features?  The startling truth is your memory was never designed to function like a perfect recording—it's a creative, adaptive system built to help you survive…

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About the show

The Human Behavior Podcast helps professionals see more, assume less, and make better decisions when the stakes are high. Human behavior experts Greg Williams and Brian Marren examine the patterns behind what people say and do, using Human Behavior Pattern Recognition & Analysis to build clearer thinking, better judgment, and more effective communication.