On Wisdom
BookmarkCharles Cassidy and Igor Grossmann
On Wisdom is a science podcast hosted by Charles Cassidy and Igor Grossmann. It has 67 episodes, with the latest published November 2025.
On Wisdom features a social and cognitive scientist in Toronto and an educator in London discussing the latest empirical science regarding the nature of wisdom. Igor Grossmann runs the Wisdom & Culture Lab at the University of Waterloo in Canada. Charles Cassidy runs the Evidence-Based Wisdom project in London, UK. The podcast thrives on a diet of freewheeling conversation on wisdom, decision-making, wellbeing, and society and includes regular guests spots with leading behavioral scientists from the field of wisdom research and beyond. Welcome to The On Wisdom Podcast.
science ·en-us ·67 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)
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