{"podcast":{"title":"PsycHacks","slug":"psychacks-5277640","podcast_index_feed_id":5277640,"rss_url":"https://feed.podbean.com/oriontaraban/feed.xml","website_url":"https://oriontaraban.podbean.com","image_url":"https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/image-logo/12281334/PsycHacks_1x1_1_ao49k.png","author":"Orion Taraban","episode_count":647,"summary":"PsycHacks provides listeners with a brief, thought-provoking episode several days a week on a variety of psychological topics, inspired by my clinical practice. The intention is for the core idea contained within each episode to inspire listeners to see something about themselves or their world in a slightly different light.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-18T02:21:12.871077+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/psychacks-5277640"},"episode":{"title":"Episode 628: Smart people are happy (understanding intelligence)","slug":"episode-628-smart-people-are-happy-understanding-intelligence","published_at":"2026-06-05T15:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/psychacks-5277640/episode-628-smart-people-are-happy-understanding-intelligence","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/psychacks-5277640","url":"https://oriontaraban.podbean.com/e/episode-tbd-smart-people-are-happy/","audio_url":"https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/pgrcmaz9dpste7bg/Smart_people_are_happy_-_Audio_scrape7zglw.mp3","summary":"Contrary to popular belief, smart people are happy because they successfully apply their intelligence to the problem of their own happiness and fulfillment. Understanding intelligence as the ability to solve problems allows us to remove this construct from the academic realm. I discuss why the need to be “right” can distract us from building a life worth living, and how to direct our thinking toward the problems that really matter. Join my community: https://the-captains-quarters.mn.co Buy my book, ”The Value of Others” Ebook: https://amzn.to/460uGrA Audiobook: https://amzn.to/3YfFwbx Paperback: https://amzn.to/3xQuIFK Buy my book, ”Starry Night” Ebook: https://amzn.to/4qJrh9U Audiobook: https://amzn.to/3LuUJRS Paperback: https://amzn.to/4sGcqOY Book a paid consultation: https://oriontarabanpsyd.com/consultations Subscribe to my newsletter: https://oriontarabanpsyd.com Social Media TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@oriontaraban Facebook: https://facebook.com/profile.php?id=100090053889622 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/orion-taraban-070b45168/ Instagram: https://instagram.com/psyc.hacks Twitter: https://twitter.com/oriontaraban Website: https://oriontarabanpsyd.com Orion’s Theme: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WrXBzQ2HDEQ Thinking of going to grad school? Check out STELLAR, my top-rated GRE self-study program based on the world’s only empirically-validated test prep system. Use the code ”PSYCH” for 10% off all membership plans: https://stellargre.com. Become a Stellar affiliate and earn a 10% commission for every membership purchased by a new student you conduct into the program: https://stellargre.tapfiliate.com. GRE Bites: https://www.youtube.com/@grebites4993 Become a Psychonaut and join PsycHack’s member community: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCSduXBjCHkL…","meta_description":"Contrary to popular belief, smart people are happy because they successfully apply their intelligence to the problem of their own happiness and fulfillmen…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":803,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/psychacks-5277640/episodes/episode-628-smart-people-are-happy-understanding-intelligence/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/psychacks-5277640/episode-628-smart-people-are-happy-understanding-intelligence.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}