Podcast Episodes
Back to Search#83: The Fundamental Nature of Opinion with Russ Fazio
Season 6 Episode 4
Russ Fazio has spent his career getting to the bottom of how opinions work. From his first study as a college student in 1974 to a leading expert in …
2 years, 7 months ago
#82: Having Political Conversations with Taylor Carlson
Season 6 Episode 3
Taylor Carlson studies how people navigate political discussions. She does a bunch of interesting work, but I was most interested in talking with her…
2 years, 8 months ago
#81: Moral Language with Morteza Dehghani
Season 6 Episode 2
Morteza Dehghani is a psychologist and computer scientist who uses sophisticated analytics to churn through the words we use when we talk to each oth…
2 years, 8 months ago
#80: Don't Get Fooled Again with Dan Simons & Chris Chabris
Season 6 Episode 1
Dan Simons and Chris Chabris are psychological scientists who care about attention and reasoning. They're probably best known for their groundbreakin…
2 years, 9 months ago
SciComm Summer #19: Latif Nasser on Making "Radiolab"
Latif Nasser is the current co-host of the WNYC show Radiolab. Radiolab is probably the first podcast I was ever really a fan of. I've been listening…
2 years, 10 months ago
SciComm Summer #18: Alie Ward on Making "Ologies"
Alie Ward is a lot of things--an actor, illustrator, TV host. But I was especially interested in talking to her about her undeniably popular science …
2 years, 10 months ago
SciComm Summer #17: Siri Carpenter on The Open Notebook
Siri Carpenter began her science writing journey without a playbook. She was working on a Ph.D. in social psychology and ended up being awarded a AAA…
2 years, 10 months ago
SciComm Summer #16: Sam Jones on Charting Your Own Path
Sam Jones wears many hats. She's executive producer of the podcast Tiny Matters. She's also worked on other podcast and video projects. She's written…
2 years, 10 months ago
SciComm Summer #15: Adam Mastroainni on Substack (etc.)
Adam Mastroianni is a social psychologist and the author of Experimental History, available on Substack. But what is Substack? And is it a good vehic…
2 years, 10 months ago
SciComm Summer #14: Melinda Wenner Moyer on Science Journalism
Melinda Wenner Moyer is a science journalist and contributing editor at Scientific American magazine. Recently, Melinda received the Excellence in Sc…
2 years, 11 months ago