Figuring Out · FO577

In today’s episode, we sit down with Rob K. Henderson, a social scientist, senior fellow at the Manhattan Institute and bestselling author of Troubled, who went from 10 foster homes and the military to Yale and a PhD from Cambridge.

1. 02:40Why Some People Earn Respect While Others Stay Invisible
2. 04:39Why We Lie: Young People, the Dark Triad & Everyday Conversations
3. 15:39Why Poor People Pretend to Be Rich and the Rich Downplay Wealth
4. 21:51Who Craves Status More: Rich or Poor?
5. 26:03How Status Symbols Changed: From Luxury Goods to Cultural Capital
6. 39:49Why Success Never Feels Like Enough
7. 46:30Money, Property, Education or Relationships: What Signals Status?
8. 55:21Quiet Luxury & How Status Shapes Dating & Marriage
9. 1:04:05Luxury Beliefs: How Elites Signal Status Through Opinions
10. 1:16:36How Social Class Shapes Conversations, Identity & Politics
11. 1:30:45What Makes Some People Rise to the Top?
12. 1:36:36Desperate Status-Seeking and the Status Games in Our Heads
13. 1:40:29How to Escape a Low-Status Label
14. 1:42:46How to Audit Your Status: Work, Family, Friends & Online
15. 1:53:333 Ways to Improve Your Social Status