Education · Alexander Webb, PhD

The Studies Show

by Alexander Webb, PhD

What academic research reveals about the world we live in. The Studies Show was started in February 2023 by Alexander Webb, PhD and freelance writer for outlets like The New York Times, National Geographic, WIRED, Business Insider and more. Find out more at TheStudiesShow.com or TheStudiesShowPodcast.com #thestudiesshow

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Did Jeffrey Epstein Win The Lottery? - The Studies Show

Did Jeffrey Epstein win an $85 million Powerball jackpot in 2008? In this first episode of a multi-part investigation, The Studies Show takes a fact-based, academic-inspi

Mar 19
18 min

Don't Be Embarrassed - Nobody's Watching Anyway

In 2000, psychologists at Cornell made students wear an embarrassing Barry Manilow t-shirt into a room of strangers. The students estimated ~50% of people noticed. Actual

Feb 4
1 min

The Physics of UFOs, The Math of Conspiracy Theories, David Grusch, + more! - The Studies Show

Many have long believed in UFOs, but what's the science--and evidence-- behind them? David Grusch's explosive testimony to Congress, in which the former intelligence offi

Oct 21 2023
58 min

Sex to Die For - The Studies Show

Episode three of “The Studies Show” looks at air embolisms, one weird way to die from oral sex during pregnancy. and more

Mar 19 2023
1 min

Will global warming create more rainbows? 🌈 🌈 🌈

Global warming will create more rainbows! But you’ll probably never see them. The Studies Show was started by PhD student and freelance writer Alexander Webb in Februar

Mar 16 2023
1 min

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