Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchBehavioral analysis in security and risk assessment, with Philip Baum
Episode 107
Aviation security professional Philip Baum talks about analyzing behavior for aviation security and risk assessment purposes, and for security purpos…
2 years, 7 months ago
Poker tells in a hand from the World Series of Poker Ladies Event, with Lara Eisenberg
Episode 106
A talk with poker player Lara Eisenberg, who won the 2021 World Series of Poker Ladies Event, and who cashed in a 2022 World Poker Tour event for $48…
2 years, 7 months ago
The illusions of memory and self, with Anne Wilson
Episode 105
A talk with social psychologist Anne Wilson about memory and how we define who we are. Topics discussed include: the nature of self; the nature of me…
2 years, 8 months ago
My book Defusing American Anger is out
Episode 104
Some updates about: the release of my Defusing American Anger book (available at www.american-anger.com); some depolarization-aimed videos I put on Y…
2 years, 8 months ago
On the loneliness of leaving one's cult, with Calvin Wayman
Episode 103
Calvin Wayman was raised in a fundamentalist Mormon cult, with four mothers and 44 siblings. This world was everything he had known. At the age of 30…
2 years, 9 months ago
On psychopaths, dark traits, and "dark empaths," with Nadja Heym
Episode 102
I talk with Nadja Heym, a psychology researcher who specializes in dark traits, like psychopathy, narcissism, and sadism, and who has researched so-c…
2 years, 9 months ago
Do our anger and insults help create the very things we're angry about?
Episode 101
When trying to convince people of the problem of polarization and the necessity for depolarization endeavors, a common objection from politically pas…
2 years, 9 months ago
Reading situations and opponents in racecar driving, with Andy Lally
Episode 100
A talk with racecar driver Andy Lally, who specializes in endurance GT (sportcar) racing. Topics we talk about include: What's the breakdown in skill…
2 years, 10 months ago
Do we have recurring facial expression patterns that are tied to personality traits?, with Herman Ilgen
Episode 99
I talk with Herman Ilgen, who's been a negotiator for more than 30 years and who is the founder of the Institute for Nonverbal Strategy Analysis (INS…
2 years, 10 months ago
An angry us-vs-them divide in a small town, with Rebecca Schillenback
Episode 98
In the small town of Caroline in central New York state, there seems to be a war going on. A large sign in the town reads, "There’s a war in the vall…
2 years, 10 months ago