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Jumping to Conclusions: With Guests David Silbey & Ned Augenblick
Season 12 Episode 5
A train was speeding along the tracks in 19th-century England when a passenger suddenly started smashing windows and waving a pistol in the air. Peop…
2 years, 10 months ago
No Mean Feat: With Guests Albert Chen & Elizabeth Tipton
Season 12 Episode 4
It’s halftime at a basketball game. A kid nervously steps onto center court. If he can score a basket from center court, he’ll take home the prize mo…
2 years, 11 months ago
A Cup of Knowledge: With Guests A.J. Jacobs & Steven Sloman
Season 12 Episode 3
Why do ocean waves move the way they do? How does a toaster work? How might ink flow through a ballpoint pen without the help of gravity? You may kno…
2 years, 11 months ago
The Golden Misfits: With Guests Gary Lawless & Erika Kirgios
Season 12 Episode 2
What is the difference between buying groceries for the whole week versus grabbing something to eat on the way home each day? Grouping choices togeth…
3 years ago
An Accidental Experiment: With Guests Steven Levitt, Solomon Ezra & Stephen Spector
Season 12 Episode 1
Scientifically sound, randomized experiments can be expensive and difficult to run. But there’s an alternative: It turns out that certain real-life s…
3 years ago
The Superforecasters: With Guests Leon Panetta, Peter Bergen & Barbara Mellers
Season 11 Episode 6
There are moments in life where it seems as though everything is riding on one important decision. If only we had a crystal ball to see the future, w…
3 years, 3 months ago
Survey Says: With Guests W. Joseph Campbell & Emily Oster
Season 11 Episode 5
If you ran a survey at a science fiction convention to find out which movies were most popular with the general public, chances are good that the res…
3 years, 3 months ago
(BONUS) From Ripple Effect: Does Diversity Training Work? with Katy Milkman
Season 11
On this special bonus episode of Choiceology with Katy Milkman, we highlight Ripple Effect, a new podcast from the Wharton School of the University o…
3 years, 3 months ago
Brave on the Waves: With Guests Bianca Valenti & Katherine Coffman
Season 11 Episode 4
We all make decisions involving risk. Decisions like trying out for your school’s chess team, speaking up when you don’t agree with your boss, or goi…
3 years, 4 months ago
Fan Fictions: With Guests Hannah Sung, Crystal Tai & Anuj Shah
Season 11 Episode 3
Finding a new favorite celebrity feels a little bit like falling in love. Perhaps you find their smile endearing, or you relate to their sense of hum…
3 years, 4 months ago