A Slight Change of Plans Podcast Transcripts
Pushkin Industries · 196 episodes with transcripts
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.
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Why We Crave Closeness — and Run From It
October 6, 2026
Maya Shankar (0:02)
PUSHKIN PUSHKIN PUSHKIN PUSHKIN On every episode of A Slight Change of Plans, we hear stories about people navigating change and what they've learned along the way. And we love to hear from you.
What's helped you through times of change? Maybe it was advice someone gave you during a major transition, a phrase you still come back to when things feel uncertain, or something surprising you discovered about yourself. Share your reflections with us in a voice memo and tell us why those lessons have stayed with…
Amir Levine (1:05)
When people think about attachment, they think, oh, how do I feel about another person, my quality of their relationship with another person? But it's actually, it's much more basic and at the same time deeper than that, because it's how do I feel safe in the world?
Maya Shankar (1:22)
Neuroscientist Amir Levine studies attachment styles, how comfortable we feel with emotional intimacy, and how sensitive we are to disruptions in our relationships.
For decades, scientists have believed that this wiring is fixed and largely determined by our early childhood experiences. But research by Amir and others in the field has upended this view.
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