Podcast Episodes
Back to Search40 | Where does morality come from?
Episode 43
We refer to morality a lot when judging behavior, but what exactly are we referring to?
Emese Havadtői joins us to talk about the structure and eme…
5 months, 2 weeks ago
39 | How to make a curious mind
Episode 42
What is the brain's relationship to information?
Francesco Poli joins to talk about the brain, the mind, and the individual differences that amount…
6 months ago
38 | How do we change norms?
Episode 41
How do we choose which norms to follow? And how do we change them for a more equitable society?
Camilo Martinez joins to talk about how we learn, c…
6 months, 2 weeks ago
37 | Why do people disagree?
Episode 40
How can we make sense of the variety of beliefs that are prevalent in society?
Peter Steiglechner joins the podcast to talk about the role of ident…
6 months, 4 weeks ago
36 | What makes us engage with content?
Episode 39
Why do we engage with information online?
Hannah Metzler joins the podcast to talk about the role of emotions and personal identity when investigat…
7 months, 1 week ago
35 | Why do some conflicts become violent?
Episode 38
Why do some resistance groups resort to armed struggle? And when do those groups decide it's time to put down arms?
Barbora Valik joins to talk about…
7 months, 3 weeks ago
A2 | What does it mean to have power?
Episode 37
From the Archive: Episode 2
Inequality seems to be a fundamental aspect of the society we've created. Is an unequal power dynamic endemic to any inte…
8 months, 3 weeks ago
34 | How do infants process information?
Episode 35
How do infants treat information they come across?
I sit down with Velisar Manea to chat about how the infant mind develops, the types of biases ev…
10 months ago
33 | Early childhood memories and visual cognition
Episode 34
Nicolas Goupil joins me to chat about his work spanning everything from forming early childhood memories, to visual cognition, to hierarchies in grou…
11 months ago
32 | When curiosity is limited by our biases
Episode 33
How do our biases interfere with our willingness to learn?
Pelin Kasar and Juliette Vazard both return to the podcast for a chat at the intersection …
11 months, 2 weeks ago