Podcast Episodes

Introducing "SciComm Summer"...Season 2!

(Another) special summer series on science communication! Regular Opinion Science episodes will resume in August.

Announcing another season of my spec…

2 years, 11 months ago

View Episode

#19 (Updated): Political Humor as Persuasion with Danna Young

Dr. Dannagal Young studies political humor. She pulls together psychology, communications, and political science, to understand how political satire …

2 years, 11 months ago

View Episode

#79: "Survivor" Bias with Erin O'Mara Kunz

Season 5 Episode 16

Erin O’Mara Kunz is an Associate Professor of Psychology at the University of Dayton. We spend the whole episode on her new paper analyzing racial an…

3 years ago

View Episode

#78: Our Impressions of Others with Leor Hackel

Season 5 Episode 15

Leor Hackel studies how we learn about other people and how we make decisions about them. He’s an Assistant Professor of Psychology at the University…

3 years ago

View Episode

Political Persuasion with Alex Coppock (Rebroadcast)

This week, I'm happy to reshare my conversation with political scientist, Alex Coppock. This episode first ran on October 12, 2020, and just a few mo…

3 years, 1 month ago

View Episode

#77: Opinions in the Brain with Uma Karmarkar

Season 5 Episode 14

Uma Karmarkar is a decision neuroscientist. She tries to understand how people make decisions when they have too little or too much information, and …

3 years, 1 month ago

View Episode

#76: You Can't Tell Me What To Do with Ben Rosenberg

Season 5 Episode 13

Ben Rosenberg studies how people react to having their freedom threatened. He is an Assistant Professor of Psychology at Dominican University of Cali…

3 years, 2 months ago

View Episode

#75: High-Quality Listening with Guy Itzchakov

Season 5 Episode 12

Guy Itzchakov knows how to listen. He's an associate professor in the Department of Human Services at the University of Haifa. He studies the markers…

3 years, 2 months ago

View Episode

#74: When a Society Changes its Mind with Tessa Charlesworth

Season 5 Episode 11

Tessa Charlesworth studies patterns in people’s beliefs and opinions over time, mapping out the minds of a society over decades. She’s currently a po…

3 years, 3 months ago

View Episode

#73: Navigating Diversity with Maureen Craig

Season 5 Episode 10

Maureen Craig studies how we navigate a diverse social world. She's an associate professor of psychology at New York University. In our conversation,…

3 years, 3 months ago

View Episode