Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchReading "tells" in football, baseball, and other sports, with Jon Hoefling
Episode 127
A talk with Jon Michael Hoefling, a sports analyst, about reading behavioral tells and indicators in football, baseball, tennis, and other sports. We…
2 years ago
Dealing with debilitating anxiety, with Scott Stossel
Episode 126
A talk with Scott Stossel, author of "My Age of Anxiety: Fear, Hope, Dread, and the Search for Peace of Mind." Scott is also national editor of The A…
2 years ago
Electrodermal activity is what lie detectors measure, but what is it?, with Christopher Moyer
Episode 125
I talk with psychologist Christopher Moyer about electrodermal activity (EDA), also known as galvanic skin response (GSR), which is what lie detector…
2 years, 1 month ago
Dogs' and cats' interactions with humans, with Daniel Mills
Episode 124
Animal behavior researcher Daniel Mills talks about various aspects of the human-pet relationship, with a focus on his research. Topics include: dogs…
2 years, 1 month ago
On the art of listening and the challenges of being an introvert, with Joel Berman
Episode 123
Joel Berman is a practitioner of Compassionate Listening (compassionatelistening.org). Joel has travelled to the Middle East and talked with Israelis…
2 years, 1 month ago
Tricks and strategies in door-to-door sales
Episode 122
A talk with two people with door-to-door sales experience. We talk about the tricks and strategies they used to close sales, and the psychological fa…
2 years, 1 month ago
How is bias in media related to polarization?, with Vanessa Otero
Episode 121
Vanessa Otero is the creator of a popular and well respected media bias chart that ranks the bias of many news outlets, and she's the founder of Ad F…
2 years, 2 months ago
Why is criticism of Israel sometimes portrayed as antisemitic?, with Yakov Hirsch
Episode 120
A talk with Yakov Hirsch, who thinks that some Jewish people have exaggerated ideas about the amount of antisemitism in the world, and overly pessimi…
2 years, 2 months ago
Is our desire for certainty our biggest weakness?, with Maria Konnikova
Episode 119
Maria Konnikova is the best-selling author of the books The Biggest Bluff, The Confidence Game, and Mastermind: How To Think Like Sherlock Holmes. To…
2 years, 2 months ago
Understanding an orchestra conductor's gestures, with Ming Luke
Episode 118
A talk with orchestra conductor Ming Luke (mingluke.com). Topics discussed include: what a conductor's body language and gestures can communicate to …
2 years, 3 months ago