Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchOn how distance makes it easier to kill (and do other things), with Abe Rutchick
Episode 67
Psychological researcher Abe Rutchick talks about his work showing that killing is easier at a distance. He talks about how the experiment was design…
3 years, 11 months ago
On American polarization and being a black conservative, with John Wood Jr.
Episode 66
John Wood Jr. is a leader and ambassador of the depolarization group Braver Angels. He ran for Congress in 2014 as a Republican against Maxine Waters…
3 years, 11 months ago
The awe and the horror of existence, with existential psychologist Kirk Schneider
Episode 65
A talk with Kirk Schneider, an existential-humanistic psychologist and therapist, and the author of many books, including "Existential-Humanistic The…
3 years, 11 months ago
Using conversation analysis to make your language more persuasive, with Elizabeth Stokoe
Episode 64
I talk with Liz Stokoe, a conversation analysis (CA) researcher and the author of "Talk: The Science of Conversation." This is my second episode focu…
3 years, 11 months ago
How many Trump supporters really believe the election was rigged?, with Tom Pepinsky
Episode 63
I talk with political scientist Thomas Pepinsky, who has studied, amongst other things, American distrust in elections. Topics discussed include: How…
4 years ago
Inherent aspects of social media that amplify divides and bad thinking
Episode 62
This is a piece that I, Zach Elwood, wrote about the ways in which social media (and internet communication more broadly) may be amplifying us-versus…
4 years ago
Artificial intelligence and the nature of consciousness, with Hod Lipson
Episode 61
A talk with roboticist and artificial intelligence researcher and roboticist Hod Lipson. Topics include: how close he thinks we are to genuinely self…
4 years ago
Does video surveillance decrease crime?, with Eric Piza
Episode 60
A talk with criminologist Eric Piza about how video has affected crime rates. Topics discussed include: what the research shows about video surveilla…
4 years, 1 month ago
Rittenhouse verdict reactions and political polarization
Episode 59
Host Zachary Elwood examines liberal reactions about the Rittenhouse verdict and how some of the more extreme and pessimistic reactions may be seen a…
4 years, 1 month ago
Conversation analysis and ethnomethodology, with Saul Albert
Episode 58
A talk with social scientist Saul Albert (saulalbert.net) about conversation analysis — the scientific analysis of talking — and the wider field of e…
4 years, 1 month ago