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October 17, 2025

Bad Luck, Superstitions, and Safety Behaviors

By: Rebecca McInroy

When it comes to luck, we often focus on the good kind, but what about bad luck, superstition, and the strange rituals we turn to for comfort and control? On this episode of Two Guys on Your Head, Dr. Art Markman, Dr. Bob Duke, and Rebecca McInroy talk about how these beliefs and behaviors can both calm and trap us, and what they reveal about our desire to manage the uncontrollable.