Dr. Gordon Pennycook studies why people share misinformation. His research has used many techniques to understand people’s ability to judge […]
Ep 12: Comedy + Science with Shannon Odell
Shannon Odell is a comedian and neuroscientist, and she uses comedy as a tool to teach people about science. She’s […]
Ep 11: Opinions Across Cultures with Sharon Shavitt
Dr. Sharon Shavitt is a professor of marketing at the University of Illinois. Her research has looked at consumer behavior […]
Ep 10: Policing, Race, and Advocacy with Deion Hawkins
Deion Hawkins is an assistant professor of Communication Studies at Emerson College. He uses in-depth interviews with members of a community […]
Ep 9: Systemic Racism with Phia Salter
Phia Salter takes a cultural psychology approach to studying racism. She’s an associate professor of Psychology at Davidson College, and in […]
Ep 8: Opinions Online with William Brady
William Brady studies how messages spread online–especially on social media sites. By mixing psychology experiments with analyses of millions of messages […]
Ep 7: Neither Liberal nor Conservative with Nathan Kalmoe
Nathan Kalmoe is a political scientist at Louisiana State University. He studies public opinion and mass political behavior. In 2017 he […]
Ep 6: Film Criticism with Alissa Wilkinson
Alissa Wilkinson is a film critic and culture reporter for Vox and an associate professor of English and Humanities and The King’s College […]
BONUS: A Conversation on Film with Cody Duckworth
In the intro to Episode 6 (“Film Criticism with Alissa Wilkinson”), I talk to my old art school roommate, Cody […]
Ep 5: Perceived Bias with Laura Wallace
Laura Wallace is a social psychologist who studies what happens when people perceive a communicator as biased. In this episode, […]