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It's almost 3 months after the election and Facebook feeds are still being dominated by people talking about – err, screaming about-- the election results. But regardless of your political views, one thing's for certain, voter turn-out played a big role in this close election. But how do you get people to vote? In this week's lesson by Sean Young, PhD, we'll tell you about a study conducted by Stanford and Harvard researchers that discovered a simple trick that can increase voter turnout.

Have you ever had someone turn you down for a favor, or reject a job offer you’ve made them? If so, then you and the President of the United States have a thing or two in common. In this week’s episode of BlackBox PhD, I’m going to talk about the ways that even the most powerful man in the world can make his offers just a little bit harder to refuse.

Human trafficking. It’s one of the most tragic problems in the world. But what if we could use psychology and economics to stop it? In this week's BlackBoxPhD, I'll describe a study called "Family Rewards" that might shed some light on how to do that.