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A Slight Change of Plans

A Slight Change of Plans

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What happens when life doesn’t go according to plan? In this award-winning podcast, cognitive scientist Dr. Maya Shankar explores how we experience change and strategies we can use to better navigate moments of upheaval.

Maya’s life took a dramatic turn when an injury ended her career as a violinist and inspired her to study the science of change.

Named Apple Podcasts’ Best Show of the Year, A Slight Change of Plans features deeply personal stories and scientific insights about who we are and who we become in the face of a big change.

Past guests include Kacey Musgraves, Brené Brown, Ruby Bridges, Amanda Knox, Adam Grant, Angela Duckworth and more.

Whether it’s a sudden pivot or a slow transformation, each episode reveals how change can give us an opportunity to reimagine who we are and unlock greater possibility.

You can follow Maya on instagram @DrMayaShankar and read her free newsletter at changewithmaya.com.

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  • Listen To: Amanda Knox’s “False Confessions”

    Listen To: Amanda Knox’s “False Confessions”
    Aug 18 2025

    Today we’re sharing a podcast episode with all of you that we think you’ll love: it’s called “False Confessions: How to Break the Mind" from Amanda Knox’s podcast “Hard Knox”.

    For years, Amanda Knox blamed herself for the false confession she gave to Italian police during the muder investigation of her roommate. Now, nearly 20 years later, exonerated and living safely in the US, she’s conducting her own kind of interrogation: into the surprisingly routine police conduct that leads innocent people to confess to crimes.

    Content note: This episode contains mentions of murder and sexual violence, including brief but graphic descriptions.

    Listen to Maya’s two Slight Change of Plans interviews with Amanda Knox:

    “Is Amanda Knox Finally Free?”

    “Amanda Knox Knows What You’re Thinking”

    For more episodes of “Hard Knox,” visit https://www.amandaknox.com/hardknox, or search for it wherever you listen to podcasts.

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    42 m
  • Maya Is Chris Hemsworth’s Brain Coach!

    Maya Is Chris Hemsworth’s Brain Coach!
    Aug 14 2025

    It’s not every day that Maya gets to coach a literal superhero…but tomorrow is that day! Tune in Friday, August 15, to see Maya featured as a neuroscience expert on Chris Hemsworth’s TV show, “Limitless: Live Better Now”. The series streams on Disney+ and Hulu.

    Curious to hear what it was like to film with Chris? Want to hear more about brain-boosting techniques? Join Maya for a behind-the-scenes Q&A on Instagram, this Friday, August 15 at 10:30am PST / 1:30 pm ET: www.instagram.com/drmayashankar.

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    2 m
  • “I Feel So Wildly Lucky To Like Myself”

    “I Feel So Wildly Lucky To Like Myself”
    Aug 4 2025

    Jessica Slice spent years working towards the day when she might actually like herself. If she just tried a little harder, achieved a little more, ate a little healthier, she thought she could earn her own self-respect. But after experiencing a sudden health crisis, Jessica was forced to put all that work on indefinite pause, and to remake her relationship with herself. On today’s show: who we can become when we let go of society’s standards of goodness.

    If you’re interested in learning more about the books that shaped Jessica’s thinking on difference, disability and mental health, check out the list below:

    • “The Minority Body: A Theory of Disability” by Elizabeth Barnes
    • “Brilliant Imperfection: Grappling with Cure” by Eli Clare
    • “Exile and Pride” by Eli Clare
    • “Feminist, Queer, Crip” by Alison Kafer
    • “The Disabled God: Toward a Liberatory Theology of Disability” by Nancy Eiesland
    • “Doing Harm: The Truth About How Bad Medicine and Lazy Science Leave Women Dismissed, Misdiagnosed, and Sick” Maya Dusenbery

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Made me look at my regrets differently. This was informative for me. I will look at life and try to lose my grip the regrets that I wollow in. Excellent job.

A lot to think about.

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I love this podcast. It's a heart felt examination of what causes us to change and grow. Pure inspiration!

interesting

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