Lara Aknin studies what makes people happy. In particular, she’s spent a lot of time looking at how being generous […]
BONUS: “Best” of 2020
Although 2020 will be remembered mostly for annoyances and deeply tragic events, one thing that kept me going this year […]
Ep 27: Giving and Getting Good Gifts
It’s that time of year when winter holidays send people on a buying spree as they collect gifts to give […]
Ep 26: Intersectional Role Models in STEM with India Johnson & Eva Pietri
Two guests! Drs. Eva Pietri and India Johnson stop by to share the important work they’re doing together on the […]
Ep 25: Geography of Bias with Eric Hehman
Dr. Eric Hehman studies the geography of bias. Lots of research has looked at the prejudice that lives in an […]
Ep 24: Persuasion via Story-Telling with Melanie Green
Melanie Green studies stories. She’s a professor of Communication at University of Buffalo, and for years she’s been looking into […]
Ep 23: Polling Young Voters with Kristen Soltis Anderson
Kristen Soltis Anderson is a pollster and co-founder of Echelon Insights. For five years, she co-hosted the podcast, The Pollsters, […]
Ep 22: Political Persuasion with Alex Coppock
Dr. Alex Coppock is an assistant professor of Political Science at Yale University. His research considers what affects people’s political […]
Ep 21: More Influence Than You Realize with Vanessa Bohns
Vanessa Bohns studies the difference between how much influence people have and how influence they think they have. On the […]
BONUS: Good Accidents with Elliot Aronson
Elliot Aronson has seen a long and influential career in social psychology. Aronson got his PhD in 1959 from Stanford […]