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Episode 61: Just Sex
We all know casual sex isn't about love. But what if it's not even about lust? Sociologist Lisa Wade believes the pervasive hookup culture on campuse…
9 years, 3 months ago
Encore of Episode 20: Remembering Anarcha
A recent paper found that black patients receive less pain medication for broken bones and cancer. Black children receive less pain medication than w…
9 years, 3 months ago
Episode 60: Fortress America
Barely a week after assuming office, President Donald Trump set off a worldwide firestorm when he decided to temporarily ban entry to migrants from s…
9 years, 3 months ago
Episode 59: The Deep Story
In the months since the presidential election, many have noted that lots of Americans live in bubbles — echo chambers filled with the voices of peopl…
9 years, 3 months ago
Episode 58: Pedestals and Guillotines
It's inauguration season, which means balls, parades, and celebrations. We may love the pomp and circumstance, but there's another, darker side to ou…
9 years, 3 months ago
Episode 57: Slanguage
Young people have always used language in new and different ways, and it has pretty much always driven older people crazy. But the linguist John McWh…
9 years, 4 months ago
Episode 56: Getting Unstuck
At one time or another, many of us feel stuck: in the wrong job, the wrong relationship, the wrong city – the wrong life. Psychologists and self-help…
9 years, 4 months ago
Encore of Episode 15: Loss and Renewal
Maya Shankar was well on her way to an extraordinary career as a violinist when an injury closed that door. This week, we look at how she wound up at…
9 years, 4 months ago
Encore of Episode 32: The Scientific Process
There is a replication "crisis" in psychology: many findings simply do not replicate. Some critics take this as an indictment of the entire field — p…
9 years, 4 months ago
Episode 55: Snooki and the Handbag
Look down at what you're wearing. You picked out that blue shirt, right? And those boots — you decided on those because they're warm, didn't you? Wel…
9 years, 5 months ago