Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchHow does Facebook increase political polarization and animosity?, with Jaime Settle
Episode 27
A talk with Dr. Jaime Settle, a political scientist who has studied how social media may be increasing political animosity and division. She's the au…
5 years, 2 months ago
Examining causes of polarization in the U.S. and other countries, with Jennifer McCoy
Episode 26
Jennifer Lynn McCoy, a specialist on political polarization, talks about polarization in the U.S. and how our problem compares to other polarized cou…
5 years, 3 months ago
Do violent protests and riots cause people to vote more conservatively?, with Omar Wasow
Episode 25
An interview with Omar Wasow, author of a paper titled "Agenda Seeding: How 1960s Black Protests Moved Elites, Public Opinion and Voting," in which h…
5 years, 3 months ago
Understanding violent protester behavior: an interview with a Portland antifa/BLM protester
Episode 24
An interview with a self-described anti-fascist who has taken part in the more militant and unlawful aspects of the BLM-focused protests and riots th…
5 years, 4 months ago
Did Cambridge Analytica exaggerate their abilities and not actually do anything impressive?, with Dave Karpf
Episode 23
You've probably heard about how Cambridge Analytica used access to the Facebook data of millions of U.S. citizens and advanced digital advertising wi…
5 years, 4 months ago
Evaluating psych patients in the ER, and discussion of personality disorders, with Rob Tarzwell
Episode 22
Dr. Rob Tarzwell talks about his experience being a psychiatric doctor in ER (emergency room) settings, and the challenges of evaluating and diagnosi…
5 years, 5 months ago
Is some offensive behavior due to psychological conditions?, with Timothy Jay
Episode 21
A talk with psychologist and expert on cursing Timothy Jay about some lesser known factors involved in people saying offensive things. This episode h…
5 years, 5 months ago
Can you predict schizophrenia by studying the language of teenagers?, with Neguine Rezaii
Episode 20
An interview with psychology researcher Neguine Rezaii about her work using machine learning to predict conversion in teenagers from prodromal sympto…
5 years, 5 months ago
Can you see what people are thinking with a scan of their brain?, with Marcel Just
Episode 19
I talk with Marcel Just about his research using fMRI brain imaging to identify brain activity associated with specific thoughts: for example, identi…
5 years, 7 months ago
Indicators that English text is written by a native Russian speaker, with Brian Baer
Episode 18
A talk with Dr. Brian Baer, a skilled translator, about indicators in an English language text that the author may be native-Russian (for example, mi…
5 years, 7 months ago