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Stanford Psychology Podcast

Stanford Psychology

The Stanford Psychology Podcast invites leading psychologists to talk about what’s on their mind lately. Join PhD students Anjie and Eric as they chat with their guests about their latest ex...

Episodes

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186 - Ian Gotlib: Understanding Depression

This week, Katia is joined by Ian Gotlib, a professor of psychology at Stanford University. In this episode, we explore risk factors for dep...

48:38Oct 22, 2026

185 - Brian Knutson: What Neuroscience Reveals About Our Decisions

This week, Katia Kriakova has a conversation with Brian Knutson, a professor of psychology and neuroscience at Stanford University. In this...

55:24Oct 8, 2026

184 - Tamar Schapiro: What Philosophy Can(not) Tell us About Children, Adults, and the Root of All Evil

In this week’s episode, Julie and Adani chat with Tamar Schapiro, professor of philosophy at MIT! Tamar is interested in a wide range of thi...

48:37Sep 17, 2026

183 - William Damon: How to Live a Purposeful Life

This week, Katia Kriakova has a conversation with William Damon, a professor at Stanford University. He is one of the world's leading resear...

50:54Sep 3, 2026

182 - Bill Burnett: How to Design a Meaningful Life

This week, Katia has a conversation with Bill Burnett, an adjunct professor at Stanford University. He is the co-founder of Stanford's Life...

68:26Aug 20, 2026

181 - Nomisha Kurian: Critical Hope for the Future of Children & AI

Adani chats with Nomisha Kurian, Assistant Professor in Education Studies at the University of Warwick, Associate Fellow at the University o...

50:07Aug 6, 2026

180 - Andrew Lampinen: Translating Cognitive Psychology to AI

In this episode, Elizabeth chats with Dr. Andrew Lampinen as a part of our Alumni in Industry series. Andrew is currently a Member of Techni...

39:06Jul 23, 2026

179 - Cynthia Osborne: Translating Evidence Into Early Childhood Policy

Adani chats with Cynthia Osborne, Professor at Vanderbilt University and Executive Director of the Prenatal-to-3 Policy Impact Center. Prof....

52:30Jul 9, 2026

178 - Julia Nolte: Why We Avoid Difficult Decisions

This week, Enna chats with Dr. Julia Nolte, Assistant Professor of Economic Psychology at Tilburg University. Julia’s research examines how...

61:06Jun 25, 2026

177 - Alison Gopnik: How Can Understanding Childhood Help Us Build Better AI? (REAIR)

In this re-air (but more timely than ever!) episode from 2021, Anjie chats with Alison Gopnik, Professor at the Department of Psychology and...

40:34Jun 11, 2026

176 - Elizabeth Bonawitz: How to Have Fun While Studying How Children Learn so Much From so Little

Adani chats with Elizabeth Bonawitz, Professor of Learning Sciences at Harvard Graduate School of Education. Elizabeth’s work focuses on bas...

46:29May 29, 2026

175 - Nicholas Epley: A Little More Social

Nick Epley is the John Templeton Keller Distinguished Service Professor of Behavioral Science at the University of Chicago's Booth School of...

56:07May 14, 2026

174 - Amit Goldenberg: Collective Emotions and Social Media (REAIR)

In this reair episode from 2023, Eric chats with Amit Goldenberg, Assistant Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School....

48:21Apr 16, 2026

173 - Juliana Schroeder: Mistakenly Seeking Solitude (REAIR)

In this reair episode, Eric chats with Juliana Schroeder, Associate Professor in the Management of Organizations at Berkeley Haas. She studi...

46:50Apr 3, 2026

172 - Julia Chatain: Embodied Learning and Educational Technology in Mathematics and Beyond (REAIR)

Adani chats with Dr. Julia Chatain, Senior Scientist at the Singapore-ETH Centre of ETH Zürich. Julia is a computer scientist and learning s...

37:31Mar 20, 2026

171 - Casey Kenyon Brown: Can Your Relationships Make You Depressed? (REAIR)

This week, Enna chats with Dr. Casey Kenyon Brown, Professor at Georgetown University in the Department of Psychology and the Interdisciplin...

39:30Mar 6, 2026

170 - Marginalia Episode: Erica Bailey on Authenticity (REAIR)

Marginalia Episodes are in collaboration with Marginalia Science! Marginalia Science is a community committed to promoting the work of schol...

50:29Feb 20, 2026

169 - Tamar Kushnir: The Power of Imagination

Adani chats with Tamar Kushnir, Professor of Psychology and Neuroscience at Duke University. Tamar’s research spans pretty much everything y...

47:06Feb 6, 2026

168 - Robin Dunbar: How Many People Can You Be Friends With? (REAIR)

In this re-air episode from 2022, Eric chats with Robin Dunbar, Emeritus Professor of Evolutionary Psychology at Oxford. Robin has famously...

72:46Jan 23, 2026

167 - Nicky Sullivan: Bridging the Gap Between Academic Research and Real-World Impact

Anjie chats with Dr. Nicky Sullivan, senior researcher at Impact Justice, a national non-profit innovation and research center focused on tr...

38:07Jan 8, 2026