Fanshu APP "Feifan" · Psychology Book Explainers

What is this

Feifan is Fanshu APP’s in-depth book explainer series (formerly Fan Deng Reading): one book, one person from the field, and a full explanation. I’m the psychology guy here.

Each episode covers one book, with 40 minutes to an hour of audio, plus a transcript and a mind map. The first was The Righteous Mind in November 2022; with The Blank Slate in May 2026, there are 28 episodes in total. As of September 2026, these explainers have been listened to more than 26 million times on Fanshu.

Every episode below has its own page on this site, spelling out what the book is about, what you’ll hear, and a few verbatim lines from the program. The full explainers are on Fanshu APP; this site is just an index.

Where to listen

• Web: Fanshu · Feifan
• Install the Fanshu APP on your phone and search for “Zhichao Wei”

The 28 books I’ve covered

28The Blank Slate: A 10,000-Character Deep Dive | Feifan 2827A Deep-Dive, 10,000-Word Reading of Dopamine丨Feifan 2726The Confidence Gap: A Ten-Thousand-Word Deep Dive | Feifan 2625Manipulation: A 10,000-Word Deep Dive | Feifan 2524Decoding Beloved Objects in 10,000 Words | Feifan 2423The Age of Choice | A Ten-Thousand-Word Guide | Feifan 2322Harvard's Happiness Course: A 10,000-Word Deep Dive | Feifan 2221The Crowd (Enhanced Edition): A Ten-Thousand-Word Guide | Feifan 2120How to Think Straight About Psychology | Feifan Intensive Reading 2019A 10,000-word Guide to Four Thousand Weeks | Feifan 191859 Seconds to Change Your Life | Feifan 1817A Deep Dive into "When the Brain Falls into Loneliness" | Feifan 1716A 10,000-Character Deep Dive into When the Brain Falls in Love | Feifan Deep Reading 1615An In-Depth, 10,000-Word Guide to Embodied Cognition | Feifan 1514The Meaning of Suffering: A Ten-Thousand-Word Deep Dive | Feifan 1413Emotional: How Feelings Shape Our Thinking | Feifan 1312Social Psychology (Part 2): A Ten-Thousand-Character Deep Dive | Feifan 1211Social Psychology (Part 1): A Ten-Thousand-Character Deep Dive | Feifan 1110The Hidden Self: A Ten-Thousand-Character Deep Dive | Feifan 1009The Marshmallow Test: A Deep Dive in Ten Thousand Words | Feifan 0908A Ten-Thousand-Character Guide to How Your Brain Likes to Be Spoken To | Feifan 0807Why Evolution Is True: A Ten-Thousand-Character Deep Dive | Feifan 0706The Origins of Good and Evil | A 10,000-Character Deep Dive | Feifan 0605NeuroLogic: The Brain's Hidden Rationale | Feifan 0504Breaking Free from Human Nature: A 10,000-Character Deep Dive | Feifan 0403The Cunning of Emotions: A 10,000-Character Deep Dive | Feifan 0302A Deep Dive of More Than 10,000 Chinese Characters into Not by Chance | Feifan 0201The Happiness Hypothesis | A 10,000-Word Guide丨Feifan 01