Podcast Episodes
Back to Search#96: Anti-Science Views with Aviva Philipp-Muller
Season 6 Episode 17
Aviva Philipp-Muller studies why people might pass on science. She’s an Assistant Professor of marketing at the Beedie School of Business at Simon Fr…
2 years ago
#95: Marketing Across Cultures with Aaron Barnes
Season 6 Episode 16
Aaron Barnes is an Assistant Professor of Marketing at the University of Louisville College of Business. He studies how persuasion, branding, and con…
2 years, 1 month ago
#94: Bringing Behavioral Science to Government with David Halpern
Season 6 Episode 15
David Halpern is the President & Founding Director of the Behavioral Insights Team. It started as a "nudge unit" in the British government but has go…
2 years, 1 month ago
#93: A Life in Behavioral Science with Daniel Kahneman
Season 6 Episode 14
Daniel Kahneman was a titan in social science. He transformed our understanding of decision-making, he taught a generation about social psychology, h…
2 years, 2 months ago
#92: Can We Fix Social Media? with Andy Guess
Season 6 Episode 13
Andy Guess studies how social media platforms shape people’s political views. He’s an assistant professor of politics and public affairs at Princeton…
2 years, 2 months ago
#91: Being a Social Science Maverick with Sendhil Mullainathan
Season 6 Episode 12
Sendhil Mullainathan does a lot of things, and he does them well. He’s a professor of Computation and Behavioral Science at the University of Chicago…
2 years, 2 months ago
"...Ridiculous" Ep. 5: The Future!
Season 7 Episode 5
To look into the future of Behavioral Economics, we talked to three young researchers who are pushing the field further. A new generation of research…
2 years, 3 months ago
"...Ridiculous" Ep. 4: Behavioral Economics Goes Mainstream
Season 7 Episode 4
Eventually, Behavioral Economics emerged as an influential perspective. It’s become mainstream in Economics, and it’s helped inform programs and poli…
2 years, 3 months ago
"...Ridiculous" Ep. 3: Children of Unlikely Parents
Season 7 Episode 3
Behavioral Economics was using psychology to understand economics, but what did economists and psychologists think about their unexpected marriage? S…
2 years, 3 months ago
"...Ridiculous" Ep. 2: Importing Psychology
Season 7 Episode 2
Daniel Kahneman and Amos Tversky were two psychologists with big ideas about how people made decisions. Their careful research launched a brand new w…
2 years, 3 months ago