All Episodes

67: The Wisdom Turing Test - Part Two (with Steve Rathje)

66: The Wisdom Turing Test - Part One

65: Religion as Make-Believe (with Neil Van Leeuwen)

64: The Potency and Potential of Social Networks (with Nicholas Christakis)

63: The AI Mirror: Why Machines Reflect Us More Than They Think (with Shannon Vallor)

62: Experimental Philosophy: Testing the Limits of Wisdom and Knowledge (with Edouard Machery)

61: Beyond Bias: Group Identity, Wisdom, and the Climate Crisis (with Leaf Van Boven and David Sherman)

60: Wisdom, Love, and the Lexical Fallacy (with Alan Fiske)

59: Shaping Reality and Relationships: The Science of Connection and Expectation (with David Robson)

58: The Social Robots are Coming! (with Kerstin Dautenhahn)

57: The Epic Challenge of Knowing Thyself (with David Dunning)

56: Awe Reloaded (with Dacher Keltner)

55: Wise of the Machines (with Sina Fazelpour)

54: Emotions Are Not What You Think (with Lisa Feldman Barrett )

53: Moral Reframing and The Science of Political Persuasion (with Robb Willer)

52: World Wide Wisdom (with Deepak Ramola)

51: Tricky Colleagues and Contagious Emotions (with Tessa West)

50: Morality Meets World (with Joshua Greene)

49: Wise Goals (with Ayelet Fishbach)

48: A Joyous Journey from Black-and-White to Grey (with Tom Gilovich)

47: Charting Pandemic Waters: A Common Wisdom Model for Uncertain Times (with Howard Nusbaum) - Rebroadcast

46: Antifragility, Gut Feelings, and the Myth of Pure Evil (with Jonathan Haidt) - Rebroadcast

45: Wisdom at Work (with Barry Schwartz) - Rebroadcast

44: A Special Announcement

43: Invisible to Ourselves: A Life of a Psychological Scientist (with Richard Nisbett)

42: Reflections on Wisdom in the World after Covid

41: Wisdom for Negative Consequences (Pt. I) - Social Support, Sympathy & Compassion, Acknowledging Uncertainty, and Balancing Diverse Interests

40: World After Covid series: Negative Consequences (Part II) - Autobiographical Memory, Estrangement, Political Conflict, and Prejudice

39: World After Covid series: Negative Consequences (Part I) - Social Inequality, Loneliness, Economic Hardships, and Despair

38: World After Covid series: Wisdom for Positive Consequences (Pt. II) - Critical Thinking, Intellectual Humility, Political Cooperation, and Solidarity

37: World After Covid series: Wisdom for Positive Consequences (Pt. I) - Sympathy and Compassion, Self-distancing, Perspective-taking, and Learning from pandemics

36: World After Covid series: Positive Consequences (Part II) - Political cooperation, Nature, Solidarity, and Prosocial behaviours

35: World After Covid series: Positive Consequences (Part I) - Political and structural change, Care for elders, Social connectedness, and Reconsidering habits

34: World After Covid series: Wisdom for Now (Part II) - What's important, Living in the moment, Social connectedness, and Shared humanity

33: World After Covid series: Wisdom for Now (Part I)

32: Shifting Gears: Wisdom in the 'World After Covid'

31: The Meaning of Wisdom Before and During the Pandemic (with Ricca Edmondson)

30: Emotions, Attention, and Decision Making in the Aging Brain (with Mara Mather)

29: Charting Pandemic Waters: A Common Wisdom Model for Uncertain Times (with Howard Nusbaum)

28: Pandemic Happiness (with Sonja Lyubomirsky)

27: The Wisdom of a Modern Elder (with Chip Conley)

26: Wicked Problems (with Judith Glück)

25: 'This is Basically a Revolution': Self-Knowledge and The Battle for Better Science (with Simine Vazire)

24: Misbehavioral Economics: Choosing irrationality

23: Antifragility, Gut Feelings, and the Myth of Pure Evil (with Jonathan Haidt)

22: The Epistemic Tightrope: Walking The Line of Doubt (with Scott Lilienfeld)

21: The Art and Science of Knowing You Don't Know (with Mark Alfano)

Episode 20: The Science of Awe (with Dacher Keltner)

Episode 19: The Individual and The Culture (with Adam Grant)

Episode 18: The End of the World is Nigh: Polarised Tribes, Passionate Words, and the Partisan Brain (with Jay Van Bavel)

Episode 17: The Metaphysics of Email and The Perils of Productivity (with Oliver Burkeman)

Episode 16: Beware the Intelligence Trap! (with David Robson)

Episode 15: Wisdom, Bullshit & Beliefs (with Gordon Pennycook)

Episode 14: Wisdom & Social Norms (with Michele Gelfand)

Episode 13: Can Wisdom be Taught?

Episode 12: Social and Emotional Aging (with Laura Carstensen)

Episode 11: Wisdom at Work (with Barry Schwartz)

Episode 10: Wise Bodies, Wise Brains (with Wendy Berry Mendes)

Episode 9: Dangerous Reflections (with Valerie Tiberius)

Episode 8: The Dark Side (with Paul Bloom)

Episode 7: Why We Tell Stories (with Nic Weststrate)

Episode 6: Wisdom, Class & Inequality (with Michael Kraus)

Episode 5: The Foolish Sage (with Eranda Jayawickreme)

Episode 4: Yoda vs Spock (with Stéphane Côté)

Episode 3: On Death (with Laura Blackie)

Episode 2: The Paradox of Ageing

Episode 1: Wisdom vs Intelligence