Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchReading tells in football, with Larry Hart
Episode 87
A talk with Larry Hart, a football coach at the University of Houston, and the author of the book The Recruit's Playbook. Topics discussed include: c…
3 years, 2 months ago
The challenges and rewards of studying nonverbal behavior, with Alan Crawley
Episode 86
A talk with nonverbal behavior expert Alan Crawley, also known by his online handle Sin Verba (www.sinverba.com). Topics discussed include: why he be…
3 years, 2 months ago
How do we react when our sense of meaning is threatened?, with Steven Heine
Episode 85
I talk with Steven Heine about how we react to our sense of meaning being threatened. What happens when our mental frameworks of how the world works …
3 years, 3 months ago
Is the entire world becoming more polarized?, with Andrew O'Donohue
Episode 84
I talk with Andrew O'Donohue, co-author of "Democracies Divided: The Global Challenge of Political Polarization." Andrew has studied how societal con…
3 years, 3 months ago
Are eye movement patterns linked to personality traits?, with Sabrina Hoppe
Episode 83
A talk with Sabrina Hoppe about a 2018 study that showed how eye movements are correlated with personality. That paper was named 'Eye movements durin…
3 years, 3 months ago
Is body language actually useful for detecting lies?, with Tim Levine
Episode 82
A talk with communication researcher Tim Levine about nonverbal behavior and deception detection. Tim's stance is that there's no evidence that nonve…
3 years, 4 months ago
Reading "drug-seeking" behaviors, with Dr. Casey Grover
Episode 81
A talk with Dr. Casey Grover, addiction specialist and host of the podcast Addiction in Emergency Medicine and Acute Care, about how doctors attempt …
3 years, 4 months ago
Predicting psychosis and schizophrenia using language patterns, with Neguine Rezaii
Episode 80
This is a reshare of a 2020 talk with psychology researcher Neguine Rezaii. She and her research team used machine learning to find language patterns…
3 years, 5 months ago
Reading and predicting jury behavior, with Christina Marinakis (reshare from 2018)
Episode 79
A 2018 talk with jury specialist Christina Marinakis about how she makes use of human psychology and human behavior in her jury consultancy work. Top…
3 years, 5 months ago
How to spot fake online reviews, with Olu Popoola (reshare from 2019)
Episode 78
A 2019 talk I had with forensic linguistic researcher Olu Popoola where we discuss indicators that online reviews are fake or genuine. We talk about …
3 years, 6 months ago