#120: Supporting versus Opposing with Rhia Catapano
Rhia Catapano studies what happens when people think of an opinion in terms of what they support versus what they oppose. It turns out that...
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A show about the science of our opinions, where they come from, and how they change. Hosted by social psychologist, Andy Luttrell.
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20 of 169 episodes#119: The Power of Confident Uncertainty with Demi Oba
Demi Oba is an Assistant Professor of Marketing at Harvard Business School. He studies the nature of communication. In our conversation, Dem...
#118: Making Moral Arguments with Jae-Hee Jung
Jae-Hee Jung is an assistant professor at Rice University, where she studies party politics, political behavior, and political psychology in...
#117: Happiness As a Tool for Behavior Change with Liz Dunn & Jiaying Zhao
Elizabeth Dunn and Jiaying Zhao are professors at the University of British Columbia, where they study social psychology and climate behavio...
#116: Change Beliefs, Change Opinions? with Yamil Velez
Yamil Velez is an assistant professor of political science at Columbia University, where he studies what makes political opinions hard to sh...
#115: Raising Color-Conscious Kids with Sylvia Perry
Sylvia Perry is a social psychologist and Associate Professor at Northwestern University, where she directs the Social Cognition and Social...
#114: Making Immigration Popular with Alex Kustov
Alex Kustov studies public opinion about immigration—why it’s so durable, why it becomes so politically explosive, and what (if anything) ca...
Introducing Mind Games
I'm excited to share a preview of a new podcast I think you’d enjoy: Mind Games. What if you could hypnotize yourself into a better you...
#113: Psychology in the Age of AI with Steve Rathje
Steven Rathje is a postdoc at New York University and an incoming assistant professor at Carnegie Mellon University. He studies the psycholo...
#112: Thinking Categorically with Greg Murphy
Greg Murphy studies the psychology of concepts. How do we use language to understand things, and how do we sort the world into categories? I...
#111: You Don't Know What You Like with Paul Eastwick & Eli Finkel
Paul Eastwick and Eli Finkel are two social psychologists who study the gears and levers of romantic relationships. What do people find attr...
#110: The Value of Entertainment with Sara Grady
Sara Grady studies the function of entertainment—why we watch, play, and listen to the media that fill our lives. She's an assistant pr...
#109: The Realities of Political Persuasion with David Broockman
David Broockman is a political scientist at UC Berkeley who digs into one of democracy’s core questions: can political messages really chang...
SciComm Summer #26: Lulu Miller on Leading with Story
Lulu Miller has done a lot of things and done them very well. She is currently the co-host of Radiolab and its family-friendly spinoff, Terr...
SciComm Summer #25: Sarah McAnulty on Art and Community in Science Communication
Sarah McAnulty is a squid biologist and a science communicator. She's come up with all sorts of creative ways to bring science to the p...
SciComm Summer #24: Joe Palca on NPR Science Reporting
Joe Palca reported on science for NPR for years. He found his sweet spot, capturing people's interest and filling them in on curious ne...
SciComm Summer #23: Alison Fragale on Giving Keynote Talks
Alison Fragale is an organizational psychologist who gives keynote talks and leads workshops outside academia. She talks frankly about what...
SciComm Summer #22: Alex Dainis on Producing Online Videos
Alex Dainis is a freelance science communicator and video producer. She's been making science videos on YouTube for years, including re...
SciComm Summer #21: Joel Bervell on Short Form Video
Joel Bervell recently graduated from medical school, which is when he gained fame as an influencer helping the public navigate good medical...
SciComm Summer #20: Adam Cole on Making "Howtown"
Kicking off the 3rd season of Hot SciComm Summer is Adam Cole. Adam started at NPR’s Science Desk in 2011 where he started making short vide...