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Why People Step Out of the Plane — and Go Back Up the Next Day

Psychology in Everyday Life: The Psych Files by Michael Britt

Jun 26, 202610:37Education

Why would anyone step out of an airplane — and why, after a fatal accident, would they go back up the very next day? In this episode I talk through that question using a recent New York Times feature on a brutal weekend...

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Why People Step Out of the Plane — and Go Back Up the Next Day is an episode from Psychology in Everyday Life: The Psych Files by Michael Britt. Why would anyone step out of an airplane — and why, after a fatal accident, would they go back...

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Published Jun 26, 2026, 10:37 long, audio available.