Choiceology with Katy Milkman

The Disclosure Dilemma: Oversharing (With Leslie John)

We've been taught that oversharing is a major social sin. We cringe at the thought of unloading emotional baggage on a stranger or admitting a flaw to our boss. So most o

The Commuter's Paradox: Why We Misjudge Social Connection (With Nick Epley)

Are your instincts talking you out of your own happiness? Every day, we make split-second decisions to avoid the people around us. We put in our earbuds on the train, sta

The Hardest Promises to Break: Peer Accountability (With Angela Duckworth)

How did small index cards help a high school football team pull off a legendary 151-game winning streak? And what can a 1960s Queens housewife teach us about sticking to

Coming Soon: A New Season of Choiceology

What happens to our judgment when we measure our success against others? How might the language we speak shape the way we save money and make health decisions? And why ar

A Depth of Trust

Teamwork is an essential part of everyday life, at work, school, and home. But what allows some teams to thrive under intense pressure while others buckle? In this episo

Death by Dashboard

From stocks to fitness to video games, real-time performance data is available everywhere these days. Seeing desirable upward trends feels amazing. But when there's a dro

A Comedy of Economic Errors

Imagine you're cleaning out your grandmother's attic when you notice a floorboard that doesn't quite sit right. You pry it up—and find $10,000 hidden beneath it. It's a s

The Illusion of Number One

Ranked lists are everywhere—top hospitals, best colleges, must-visit cities. A single number can influence what we notice, what we value, and the decisions we make. Yet b

When Sunk Costs Take Flight

Have you ever bought a pair of shoes that never really fit, but you kept wearing them in hopes you’d break them in? All because you didn’t want to feel your money had gon

The Algorithm Advantage

Every day, we face choices that could change outcomes in business, health, or life itself. Increasingly, computers are offering guidance. What happens when that advice cl

Coming Soon: A New Season of Choiceology

It's a new season of Choiceology, an original podcast from Charles Schwab.  Each episode tells true stories involving high-stakes moments and explores the latest researc

Playing the Long Game: The Power of Self-Control

As a special addition to this week's episode, you can see Katy's full sit-down interview with Angela Duckworth, where they also explore the relationship between self-cont

Bonus: A Sit Down With Katy Milkman & Angela Duckworth

In this bonus addition of Choiceology, Katy Milkman sits down with psychologist and Grit author Dr. Angela Duckworth, a leading expert on self-control. She breaks down wh

How Mindset Shapes Success

Most of us label ourselves early on as academic (or not), athletic (or not), or talented (or not). But even if you feel like you're lacking in natural talent or ability i

Why Starting Over Hurts

If you've ever gotten well into a project—maybe a DIY renovation—and then realized that you've taken the wrong approach, you probably know that it's very tempting to just

Teamwork That Works: What Great Teams Have in Common

What makes an effective team? Talent? Skill? Discipline? In this episode of Choiceology with Katy Milkman, we're looking at some of the more surprising ingredients of su

When It Feels Like Everyone's Watching

We've all been there. Maybe you fumbled a line in a presentation. Or tripped on a shoelace. Or suffered a bad hair day. It can feel like the whole world is watching you—a

How a Single Source of Information Can Seem Like Several

You've probably been in situations where multiple friends recommend the same product. It must be great, if everyone is talking about it, right? But then you find out that

Coming Soon: A New Season of Choiceology

It's a new season of Choiceology, an original podcast from Charles Schwab. New episodes arrive every two weeks, so please follow us in your favorite podcasting app. Impo

Little Bits of Happiness: With Guests Sally Millington & Ellen Evers

Were you the kind of kid who devoured all your Halloween candy in one sitting—or savored it daily until, somehow, it was Easter? And when it comes to bad news, do you pre