Behavioral Snowballs with Sarah Watters
How do you start a new pattern of behavior? Sarah Watters wants you to build a snowball. Sarah is a Senior Consultant and Behavioral Scienti...
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Action Design Radio
Action Design Radio explores a variety of topics through the lens of behavioral science and psychology. Hosts Erik Johnson and Zarak Khan interview experts and practitioners to learn about c...
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Social Trust and Coordination with Salma Mousa and Rachel Kranton
In this episode, Erik interviews top researchers on the topic of social trust and coordination live from the 2022 Norms and Behavioral Chang...
Hiring a Behavioral Scientist
In this episode, Erik and Zarak discuss how to hire a behavioral scientist with a panel of BeSci practitioners and experts. Zarak facilitate...
Shanta Ricks - The Psychology of Black Hair
Shanta Ricks takes over the podcast as a special guest host for this episode to share her research on the psychology of Black hair. While re...
Zarak Khan - Behavioral Science in Innovation
We're back! In our first episode after a summer break, Erik is joined by previous guest Laurel Newman to flip the tables and interview Zarak...
Allison White - Behavior Mapping
Zarak and Erik chat with Allison White, a senior behavioral researcher at Duke University's Center for Advanced Hindsight. Allison primarily...
Kristen Berman - The Behavioral Product Manager (Reprise)
Episode Description: Today's guest is Kristen Berman, co-founder of Duke University's Common Cents Lab, as well as co-founder (with Dan Arie...
Namika Sagara - Behavioral Science in Consumer and Market Research
Happy 2022, Action Designers! In our first episode of the year, Zarak and Erik are joined by Namika Sagara to discuss her journey from acade...
Linnea Gandhi - Reducing Noise in Organizations
It is our pleasure to welcome back Linnea Gandhi to the podcast! Linnea manages the boutique consulting firm BehavioralSight; develops and t...
Jon Levy - The Art and Science of Cultivating Influence
Jon Levy is a behavioral scientist best known for his work in influence, human connection, and decision making. He specializes in applying t...
Laurel Newman - Behavioral Science in Employee Culture and Human Resources
As applied behavior science has become more widespread, a need has emerged for guidance on how to build and integrate behavioral science fun...
Laurel Newman and Zarak Khan - Building Behavioral Science in an Organization
As applied behavioral science has become more widespread, a need has emerged for guidance on how to build and integrate behavioral science f...
Logan Ury - How to Not Die Alone
Description: Logan Ury is the Director of Relationship Science at Hinge, where she leads a research team dedicated to helping people find lo...
Michael Hallsworth and Elspeth Kirkman - Applying Behavioral Insights
The Behavioral Insights Team (BIT) generates and applies behavioral insights to inform policy, improve public services, and deliver results...
Kelly Leonard - Behavioral Science of Video Calls
In today's episode we welcome back to the program Kelly Leonard, Executive Director of Insights and Applied Improvisation at Second City Wor...
Kurt Nelson and Tim Houlihan - Behavioral Grooves
Don't look now – it's a crossover episode! No, not Alf meets Gilligan's Island, or The Simpsons meets Family Guy. It's Behavioral Grooves me...
Stephen Wendel - Designing for Behavior Change, Second Edition
Stephen Wendel is the Head of Behavioral Science at Morningstar, a leading provider of independent investment research. He and his team of b...
Michelle Niedziela - Where Neuroscience Meets Behavior
Michelle Niedziela is the Scientific Director and VP of Innovation at HCD Research, a marketing and consumer sciences company that applies n...
Matthew Darling - A Behavioral Approach to Economic Relief Programs
Matthew Darling is a Vice President at ideas42, a nonprofit organization that uses behavioral science to improve lives, build better systems...
Dan Egan - Behavioral Finance During COVID-19
Dan Egan, Director of Behavioral Finance and Investing at Betterment, joins our hosts Erik and Zarak to discuss financial and investment beh...