Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchSciComm Summer #4: David Nussbaum - Writing Op-Eds
Season 4 Episode 4
David Nussbaum is a social psychologist with a keen talent for pitching Op-Eds. He's worked with many social scientists to land articles in major out…
3 years, 11 months ago
SciComm Summer #3: David McRaney - Making Social Science Engaging
Season 4 Episode 3
David McRaney is a writer and podcaster who has been covering important work in psychology for many years. Although he was a guest on Opinion Science…
3 years, 11 months ago
SciComm Summer #2: Meryl Horn - Producing the "Science Vs" Podcast
Season 4 Episode 2
Meryl Horn is a producer at Science Vs from Gimlet Media and Spotify. Science Vs is a popular science podcast that pits timely claims against scienti…
3 years, 11 months ago
SciComm Summer #1: Joss Fong - Producing Science Videos
Season 4 Episode 1
Joss Fong is a senior editorial producer at Vox. She produces science videos on a variety of topics, pushing the medium in ever more creative directi…
3 years, 11 months ago
Introducing "SciComm Summer"
Special summer series on science communication! Regular Opinion Science episodes will resume in September.
Announcing a special podcast mini-series fo…
4 years ago
#63: Why Polls Matter with G. Elliott Morris
Season 3 Episode 3
G. Elliott Morris is a data journalist for The Economist. In July 2022, he’s releasing his first book, Strength in Numbers: How Polls Work and Why We…
4 years ago
#62: Persuasion via Emotion with Robin Nabi
Season 3 Episode 2
Robin Nabi is a professor of communication at the University of California-Santa Barbara. She studies how emotional appeals can (and cannot) lead peo…
4 years ago
#61: Moral Conviction with Linda Skitka
Season 4 Episode 1
Linda Skitka is a distinguished professor of psychology at the University of Illinois at Chicago. She's been studying people's moral convictions--the…
4 years, 1 month ago
#60: "Unconscious" Bias? with Adam Hahn
Season 3 Episode 20
Adam Hahn spends a lot of time thinking about how well people know their own biases. Sure, people often refer to "implicit bias" as social biases tha…
4 years, 1 month ago
#59: Belief Systems with Mark Brandt
Season 3 Episode 19
Mark Brandt studies a bunch of things. He’s an assistant professor of psychology at Michigan State University. These days, he’s been exploring how we…
4 years, 2 months ago