FULL EPISODE: Spooky Halloween Urban Legends - October 23, 2025
£180,000 For A Proper English Gentleman
The Last Show with David Cooper
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Show Notes
Foreign correspondent Tony Five crashes in with the following news stories: Family seeks a £180,000 tutor to turn one year-old son into an 'English gentleman'; and UK drivers urged to keep sunglasses in their cars after clocks go back. On Vet Talk (or Pet Talk), Dr. Cliff Redford covers: Researchers aim to translate dog sounds with AI; Study shows illicit fentanyl is poisoning pets; and Older dog fathers linked to more new gene mutations in puppies. For Conspiracy Corner, professor of conspiracy studies Nathan Radke discusses halloween-themed urban legends. (Check out Nathan's podcast The Uncover Up here.) Social inequality researcher Dr. Fabian Kratz explains that by removing common biases, his study debunks the U-shaped happiness curve with age. Professor Xinyu Zhang describes how performance feedback boosts teamwork when it highlights shared challenges, not rankings. Organizational psychology professor Dr. Liu-Qin Yang reveals when stress helps – or hurts – at work.
Segments:
- (00:00) Introduction
- (01:12) Tony Five
- (10:00) Dr. Cliff Redford pt. 1
- (20:00) Dr. Cliff Redford pt. 2
- (30:00) Nathan Radke pt. 1
- (39:50) Nathan Radke pt. 2
- (49:50) Dr. Fabian Kratz
- (59:50) Prof. Xinyu Zhang
- (1:09:50) Dr. Liu-Qin Yang
- (1:19:10) Sign-off
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