Podcast Episodes
Back to Search#58: How Minds Change with David McRaney (ft. Adam Mastroianni)
Season 3 Episode 18
David McRaney is an author and host of the podcast You Are Not So Smart. In June, he’s releasing a new book—How Minds Change: The Surprising Science …
4 years, 2 months ago
#57: Media, Norms, and Social Change with Sohad Murrar
Season 3 Episode 17
Sohad Murrar studies how media and norms affect people's opinions about social groups. Does media representation matter? Can infotainment aimed at re…
4 years, 3 months ago
#56: Receptiveness to Other Opinions with Julia Minson
Season 3 Episode 16
Julia Minson studies the psychology of disagreement. In particular, she's been working to understand what sorts of people are receptive to other opin…
4 years, 3 months ago
#55: Stereotypes at the Intersection with Chris Petsko
Season 3 Episode 15
Chris Petsko studies which stereotypes come to mind in a given moment. He's a social psychologist and postdoctoral scholar at Duke University. I talk…
4 years, 4 months ago
#54: Influence is Your Superpower with Zoe Chance
Season 3 Episode 14
Zoe Chance is an assistant professor of marketing at the Yale School of Management. Prior to Yale, she managed a $200 million segment of the Barbie b…
4 years, 4 months ago
BONUS: "Best" of Opinion Science (2021)
Another year in the books! Sure, there was a lot of wild stuff in 2021--an insurrection, COVID vaccine rollouts, a new president, another installment…
4 years, 4 months ago
#53: Influence on the Ground with Brian Ahearn
Season 3 Episode 13
Brian Ahearn specializes in applying the science of influence in everyday situations. He is one of only a dozen individuals in the world who currentl…
4 years, 4 months ago
Giving and Getting Good Gifts [Rebroadcast]
This is a rebroadcast of Episode 27: Giving and Getting Good Gifts (December 21, 2020).
It’s that time of year when winter holidays send people on a b…
4 years, 5 months ago
#52: Applying Behavioral Science with Melina Palmer
Season 3 Episode 12
Melina Palmer is founder and CEO of The Brainy Business, which provides behavioral economics consulting to businesses of all sizes from around the wo…
4 years, 5 months ago
#51: On Debate with Harish Natarajan, Dan Zafrir, & Noa Ovadia
Season 3 Episode 11
This episode follows up on the previous episode of Opinion Science about IBM's Project Debater. If you haven't already, be sure to check out that epi…
4 years, 6 months ago