Podcast Episodes
Back to Search#50: To Persuade is Human?
Season 3 Episode 10
In 2019, IBM introduced the world to Project Debater: an AI system that could go up against humans to debate anything. In this episode, we trace Proj…
4 years, 6 months ago
#49: Inoculating Against Persuasion with Josh Compton
Season 3 Episode 9
Josh Compton studies how “inoculating” people against persuasion can make them more resistant to arguments they encounter later. Dr. Compton is an as…
4 years, 7 months ago
#48: "Selling" Social Science with Daniel Pink
Season 3 Episode 8
Daniel Pink is a bestselling author who uses social science research to explore big questions about what it means to be human. He’s written six books…
4 years, 7 months ago
#47: Moral Foundations & Political Opinion with Jesse Graham
Season 3 Episode 7
Jesse Graham studies human morality and what it means for our political opinions. He’s an Associate Professor of Management at the Eccles School of B…
4 years, 8 months ago
#46: Polling 101 with Ashley Amaya
Season 3 Episode 6
Dr. Ashley Amaya is a senior survey methodologist at Pew Research Center. She has a PhD in Survey Methodology and is an expert when it comes to polli…
4 years, 8 months ago
Portraits: "Just Because You Asked" (Vanessa Bohns)
In a new occasional series on Opinion Science, Portraits gives a snapshot of insights in social science. This week, Dr. Vanessa Bohns shows us how we…
4 years, 8 months ago
#45: How Kids Judge with Larisa Heiphetz
Season 3 Episode 5
Larisa Heiphetz studies how kids think about religion and morality. She’s an assistant professor of psychology at Columbia University where she runs …
4 years, 9 months ago
#44: The Contact Hypothesis
Season 3 Episode 4
How can we make the world less prejudiced? Research from the social sciences hints at a promising solution. This week, we do a deep dive on “The Cont…
4 years, 9 months ago
#43: Values with Greg Maio
Season 3 Episode 3
Greg Maio studies human values. He’s a professor of psychology at the University of Bath in England.* He also co-wrote the popular textbook, The Psyc…
4 years, 9 months ago
#42: Thinking with Richard Nisbett
Season 3 Episode 2
Richard E. Nisbett has spent his career studying how people think. He is an emeritus professor of Psychology at the University of Michigan, and his r…
4 years, 10 months ago