We Think We Know

The Crime Expert: How To Spot A Killer With Gary Jubelin

Yalin Buse — Thu, 03 Sep 2026 15:36:45 +1000

You'd know a dangerous person if you met one. Wouldn't you? Gary Jubelin spent over 20 years as a homicide detective. He's interviewed murderers and men he calls pure evil. What he learned is uncomfortable: the difference between the people who kill and the rest of us is smaller and more circumstantial than we like to think. In this episode: the red flags that come before violence and why police dismissed them for years. The two tells that give away a liar and why prison makes most people worse.

Work Expert: Don't Waste 90,000 Hours In A Job You Don't Like

Yalin Buse — Mon, 24 Aug 2026 15:38:36 +1000

You'll spend around 90,000 hours of your life working, so why do four in five people say they don't actually like their jobs? Checked out, numb, or quietly done. This episode is about finding real meaning in your work before your life in the wrong job! Hans Rosinek is a work researcher and bestselling author. He's spent years untangling what actually makes work feel worth it and right for you!

Female vs Male Brain: Whats the real difference ? With Neuroscientist Dr Sarah McKay

Yalin Buse — Mon, 10 Aug 2026 15:12:07 +1000

What really shapes the brain biology: trauma, hormones, and the world you grow up in? Oxford-trained neuroscientist Dr Sarah McKay unpacks how the brain works and changes across a lifetime, with a focus on women's brain health. We cover the 80% overlap between male and female brains, how gender equality reshapes the brain, why your phone quietly drains your memory, the teenage brain and risk-taking, hormonal sensitivity, sleep, loneliness, and what actually protects your brain for the long run.

Dream Job Influencer: The Reality Inside the $36 Billion Industry

Yalin Buse — Tue, 28 Jul 2026 15:33:59 +1000

You think being an influencer is free clothes and easy money. It's a $36 billion industry — and almost nobody understands how it actually works.

Francesca Hung: content creator and former Miss Universe Australia pulls back the curtain: how influencers really get paid, why she said no to brand money most people never would, how the algorithm keeps every creator guessing, and the impossible call every parent online eventually faces.

In this episode:

- The real money math behind a single post — media kits, buyouts, residuals, and why no two posts cost the same
- Why she turned down brand money most people would never say no to
- The pressure of being paid for a post and having no control over how it performs
- How the algorithm actually decides what flies and what dies — and why creators are always guessing
- The time she was made to post a photo of herself she couldn't stand
- Nano to mega: where you actually sit on the influencer ladder — and what it's worth
- The privacy you quietly trade away the moment you go public
- The impossible call every creator-parent faces: do you put your kid online?
- The most valuable currency “Autehntcicity” and why everyone does Behind the scenes nowadays

Follow Francesca:
Instagram: Francesca.hung
TikTok: Francescahung

9 Years Inside Afghanistan: The War Photographer Who Stayed

Yalin Buse — Thu, 16 Jul 2026 16:18:38 +1000

Why don't war photos shock us anymore? Andrew Quilty spent 9 years as a photojournalist in Afghanistan — photographing the Taliban, the war, and the day Kabul fell and he has an answer.

In this episode, we get into how the images on your feed shape what you believe about war, why you feel less every time you scroll, and what nine years behind the camera taught him about what a single photo can and can't do.

Andrew is the first photographer ever to win the Gold Walkley for his image inside the US-bombed MSF hospital in Kunduz. He's the author of August in Kabul and is currently a witness in a war crimes trial.

Dating Apps: Are They Keeping Us Single?

Yalin Buse — Fri, 03 Jul 2026 15:59:28 +1000

Maple founder Connor reveals how dating app algorithms secretly rank and league your profile, why Hinge, Tinder, and Bumble are built on the same psychology as slot machines, and why the system is structurally designed to keep you swiping instead of getting you matched quietly keeping millions of people single. Connor is the founder of Maple, a dating and social platform, and has spent years researching and building inside the dating app industry.

He explains:

How dating app algorithms secretly rank and league profiles
Why Hinge, Tinder, and Bumble are built on slot machine psychology
Why dating app algorithms are structurally designed to keep you single
Why sexual inactivity among Gen Z has doubled since 2010
How COVID reshaped dating culture and fueled the loneliness epidemic
Why the world is getting lonelier and more single than ever
Why ghosting and swiping fatigue have made dating feel so chaotic

Model Reveals: The Reality Inside The Modeling World

Yalin Buse — Tue, 23 Jun 2026 16:36:09 +1000

In this episode, I sit down with the lovely Kenz Lawren, model and creator with over 1.5 million TikTok followers, to uncover the reality of the modelling industry and what it's really like to work as a model.

We discuss the reality of Fashion Week, how much models actually get paid, agency life, the pressure to stay skinny, eating disorders, sexual harassment in the industry, rejection, and how social media has changed the modeling world forever.

Whether you're an aspiring model or simply curious about what happens behind the scenes, this is an honest look at the challenges, opportunities, and truths of the fashion industry.

*Small correction: In the episode, I say that Kenz was one of the faces of Dior Beauty, which was my mistake. She was actually one of the beauty brand faces of Anastasia Beverly Hills.

Is ChatGPT Making Us Dumber? Neuroscientist On How AI Changes Our Brains

Yalin Buse — Thu, 11 Jun 2026 11:25:39 +1000

Neuroscientist and neuro-futurologist Professor Joel Pearson reveals what AI is really doing to our brains, our relationships, and our grip on reality — from cognitive atrophy and the loneliness trap to the rise of AI companions and what he calls the uncertainty pandemic.

Professor Joel Pearson is a neuroscientist and neuro-futurologist based at UNSW, where he leads the Future Minds Lab.

He explains:

How AI use is quietly reshaping our cognitive abilities
Why we're falling into a loneliness trap despite constant connection
What AI companions are doing to our capacity for real relationships
Why he calls this moment the uncertainty pandemic
What we can actually do to protect our minds in the AI era

K-beauty: Why We've Been Getting Skincare Wrong

Yalin Buse — Tue, 26 May 2026 17:22:13 +1000

Korean skincare has reshaped global beauty culture but most people still don't understand why it works. In this episode, we sit down with Dr. Sean, a K-Beauty expert and educator, to explore the real philosophy behind Korean skincare: the cultural mindset, the ingredients that actually deliver results, the routines worth following, the products worth knowing, and the myths the beauty industry has let run for far too long. Calm, curious, and genuinely illuminating, this one will change how you think about your skin.

Follow Dr. Sean on Instagram @dr.skinsource and TikTok @drsean.skin

Introducing Your New Favorite Podcast

Yalin Buse — Wed, 20 May 2026 17:51:02 +1000

Most of us walk around with opinions we've never really tested. We think we know how the world works until someone who really knows tells us otherwise.

This is We Think We Know, a podcast where I sit down with leading experts to challenge the assumptions we've never thought to question. Every episode, one conversation, one idea turned upside down.

In this intro, I talk about who I am, why I started the show, and what you can expect from every episode.

Subscribe if you're the kind of person who'd rather be proven wrong than stay comfortable.
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