All Episodes

#120: Supporting versus Opposing with Rhia Catapano

#119: The Power of Confident Uncertainty with Demi Oba

#118: Making Moral Arguments with Jae-Hee Jung

#117: Happiness As a Tool for Behavior Change with Liz Dunn & Jiaying Zhao

#116: Change Beliefs, Change Opinions? with Yamil Velez

#115: Raising Color-Conscious Kids with Sylvia Perry

#114: Making Immigration Popular with Alex Kustov

Introducing Mind Games

#113: Psychology in the Age of AI with Steve Rathje

#112: Thinking Categorically with Greg Murphy

#111: You Don't Know What You Like with Paul Eastwick & Eli Finkel

#110: The Value of Entertainment with Sara Grady

#109: The Realities of Political Persuasion with David Broockman

SciComm Summer #26: Lulu Miller on Leading with Story

SciComm Summer #25: Sarah McAnulty on Art and Community in Science Communication

SciComm Summer #24: Joe Palca on NPR Science Reporting

SciComm Summer #23: Alison Fragale on Giving Keynote Talks

SciComm Summer #22: Alex Dainis on Producing Online Videos

SciComm Summer #21: Joel Bervell on Short Form Video

SciComm Summer #20: Adam Cole on Making "Howtown"

Introducing "SciComm Summer"...Season 3!

#108: Characters Matter with Matt Grizzard

#107: Showing Open-Mindedness with Mohamed Hussein

#106: Moral Outrage with Kurt Gray

#105: Targeted Messaging Online with Sandra Matz

#104: Posters as Persuasion with Angelina Lippert (ft. Amos Paul Kennedy, Jr.)

#103: Taking Extreme Action with Joe Siev

#102: Protest with Colin Wayne Leach

#101: Studying Persuasion with Rich Petty

#100: A Unified Model of Persuasion

#99 The Power of Random Roommates with Sarah Gaither and Analia Albuja

#98: Deep Canvassing with Dave Fleischer

#97: Opinions and Reputations with Christian Wheeler

#96: Anti-Science Views with Aviva Philipp-Muller

#95: Marketing Across Cultures with Aaron Barnes

#94: Bringing Behavioral Science to Government with David Halpern

#93: A Life in Behavioral Science with Daniel Kahneman

#92: Can We Fix Social Media? with Andy Guess

#91: Being a Social Science Maverick with Sendhil Mullainathan

"...Ridiculous" Ep. 5: The Future!

"...Ridiculous" Ep. 4: Behavioral Economics Goes Mainstream

"...Ridiculous" Ep. 3: Children of Unlikely Parents

"...Ridiculous" Ep. 2: Importing Psychology

"...Ridiculous" Ep. 1: Beyond Anomalies

Introducing: "They Thought We Were Ridiculous: The Unlikely Story of Behavioral Economics"

#90: How Prejudice Works with Jack Dovidio

#89: Opinions of our Partners with Jim McNulty

BONUS: "Best" of Opinion Science (2023)

#88: Studying Happiness with Liz Dunn

#87: How Juries Decide with Mikaela Spruill

#86: Framing Political Issues with James Druckman

#85: Having Curious Conversations with Mónica Guzmán

#84: Moral Lessons in Media with Lindsay Hahn

#83: The Fundamental Nature of Opinion with Russ Fazio

#82: Having Political Conversations with Taylor Carlson

#81: Moral Language with Morteza Dehghani

#80: Don't Get Fooled Again with Dan Simons & Chris Chabris

SciComm Summer #19: Latif Nasser on Making "Radiolab"

SciComm Summer #18: Alie Ward on Making "Ologies"

SciComm Summer #17: Siri Carpenter on The Open Notebook

SciComm Summer #16: Sam Jones on Charting Your Own Path

SciComm Summer #15: Adam Mastroainni on Substack (etc.)

SciComm Summer #14: Melinda Wenner Moyer on Science Journalism

Introducing "SciComm Summer"...Season 2!

#19 (Updated): Political Humor as Persuasion with Danna Young

#79: "Survivor" Bias with Erin O'Mara Kunz

#78: Our Impressions of Others with Leor Hackel

Political Persuasion with Alex Coppock (Rebroadcast)

#77: Opinions in the Brain with Uma Karmarkar

#76: You Can't Tell Me What To Do with Ben Rosenberg

#75: High-Quality Listening with Guy Itzchakov

#74: When a Society Changes its Mind with Tessa Charlesworth

#73: Navigating Diversity with Maureen Craig

#72: Fighting Against Misinformation with Sander van der Linden

#71: "Person" = "Man"? with April Bailey

BONUS: "Best" of Opinion Science (2022)

#70: A "Mixed" Bag with Geoff Durso

#69: Directing Attention (and Other Lessons from the Science of Magic) with Anthony Barnhart (ft. Erik Tait)

#68: Intellectual Humility with Tenelle Porter

#67: Confronting Prejudice with Margo Monteith

#66: Your Language Shapes Your Opinions with Efrén Pérez

Systemic Racism with Phia Salter (Rebroadcast)

#65: Language is for Doing with Thomas Holtgraves

#64: Saving Democracy with Robb Willer

SciComm Summer #13: John Sides - Contributing to Political Discussion

SciComm Summer #12: Steve Rathje - Social Science on TikTok

SciComm Summer #11: Alie and Micah Caldwell - Building an Independent YouTube Channel

SciComm Summer #10: Tim Houlihan & Kurt Nelson - Interviewing Behavioral Scientists

SciComm Summer #9: Jesse Thorn - Interviewing

SciComm Summer #8: Vanessa Bohns - Writing Books as an Academic

SciComm Summer #7: Dan Pink - Writing Books

SciComm Summer #6: Evelyn Carter - Training and Consulting

SciComm Summer #5: Taylor Scott - Bridging Research and Policy

SciComm Summer #4: David Nussbaum - Writing Op-Eds

SciComm Summer #3: David McRaney - Making Social Science Engaging

SciComm Summer #2: Meryl Horn - Producing the "Science Vs" Podcast

SciComm Summer #1: Joss Fong - Producing Science Videos

Introducing "SciComm Summer"

#63: Why Polls Matter with G. Elliott Morris

#62: Persuasion via Emotion with Robin Nabi

#61: Moral Conviction with Linda Skitka

#60: "Unconscious" Bias? with Adam Hahn

#59: Belief Systems with Mark Brandt

#58: How Minds Change with David McRaney (ft. Adam Mastroianni)

#57: Media, Norms, and Social Change with Sohad Murrar

#56: Receptiveness to Other Opinions with Julia Minson

#55: Stereotypes at the Intersection with Chris Petsko

#54: Influence is Your Superpower with Zoe Chance

BONUS: "Best" of Opinion Science (2021)

#53: Influence on the Ground with Brian Ahearn

Giving and Getting Good Gifts [Rebroadcast]

#52: Applying Behavioral Science with Melina Palmer

#51: On Debate with Harish Natarajan, Dan Zafrir, & Noa Ovadia

#50: To Persuade is Human?

#49: Inoculating Against Persuasion with Josh Compton

#48: "Selling" Social Science with Daniel Pink

#47: Moral Foundations & Political Opinion with Jesse Graham

#46: Polling 101 with Ashley Amaya

Portraits: "Just Because You Asked" (Vanessa Bohns)

#45: How Kids Judge with Larisa Heiphetz

#44: The Contact Hypothesis

#43: Values with Greg Maio

#42: Thinking with Richard Nisbett

#41: Taking Social Science into the World with Neil Lewis Jr.

#40: Explaining Brains with Alie and Micah Caldwell

#39: Social Media Polarization with Chris Bail

#38: American Islamophobia with Nazita Lajevardi

#37: Influence with Robert Cialdini

#36: Negotiation with Kwame Christian

#35: Ambivalence with Iris Schneider

#34: Opinions of Ourselves with Ken DeMarree

#33: Liking What Helps You with David Melnikoff

#32: Moralizing and Attention with Ana Gantman

#31: The Language of Opinion with Matt Rocklage

#30: "Us vs. Them" with Jay Van Bavel

#29: Hype with Michael F. Schein

#28: When Money Buys Happiness with Lara Aknin

BONUS: "Best" of Opinion Science (2020)

#27: Giving and Getting Good Gifts

#26: Intersectional Role Models in STEM with India Johnson and Eva Pietri

#25: Geography of Bias with Eric Hehman

#24: Persuasion via Story-Telling with Melanie Green

#23: Polling Young Voters with Kristen Soltis Anderson

#22: Political Persuasion with Alex Coppock

#21: More Influence Than You Realize with Vanessa Bohns

New Episodes on the Way!

BONUS: Good Accidents with Elliot Aronson

BONUS: Dissonance and the New Look with Joel Cooper

#20: The Cognitive Dissonance Episode

#19: Political Humor as Persuasion with Danna Young

#18: Health Communication with Allison Earl

#17: How We Think About Animals with Kristof Dhont

#16: Implicit Bias with Mahzarin Banaji

#15: Political Campaigning with Joe Fuld (ft. Pavan Parikh)

#14: Certainty with Zakary Tormala

#13: Fake News with Gordon Pennycook

#12: Comedy + Science with Shannon Odell

#11: Opinions Across Cultures with Sharon Shavitt

#10: Policing, Race, and Advocacy with Deion Hawkins

#9: Systemic Racism with Phia Salter

#8: Opinions Online with William Brady

#7: Neither Liberal nor Conservative with Nathan Kalmoe

#6: Film Criticism with Alissa Wilkinson (ft. Cody Duckworth)

#5: Perceived Bias with Laura Wallace

#4: Climate Change Communication with Matt Goldberg

#3: "Disgusted" with Yoel Inbar

#2: Good vs. Bad with Jehan Sparks

#1: Word of Mouth with Jake Teeny

Introducing "Opinion Science"