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Episode 133: What's the Environmental Cost of AI? (with Andy Masley)

Andy Masley joins Yoel and Mickey to talk about a claim that's made him (in)famous: using AI chatbots doesn't meaningfully affect your carbon footprint or water usage. We

Episode 132: If You're So Smart, Why Aren't You Rich? (with Paul Bloom)

Paul and Yoel talk about whether it's a problem that psychologists seem to be no better than laypeople at predicting behavior. We also cover a recent controversy in anthr

Episode 131: What's Wrong With AI (with Molly Crockett)

Cognitive scientist Molly Crockett joins the show to talk about what it's like to be known in the field as an "AI skeptic." We talk about where Molly is actually skeptica

Episode 130: You Should Be Talking to Strangers (with Nick Epley)

Researcher, professor, and former Division III football player Nick Epley joins the show to talk about why we underestimate the benefits of social connections. We are a s

Episode 129: RE-RELEASE: Terrible Advice (with Paul Bloom)

Instead of a new episode this month, we have one from the vaults that many newer listeners might not have heard (because it came out almost 7 years ago). But, especially

Episode 128: Why Do We Care About Faculty Diversity? (with Azim Shariff)

Many academics care about diversity in faculty hiring, but why? Azim Shariff joins the show to talk about his new paper where he describes rationales for diversity in hir

Episode 127: The Great Canadian Euthanasia Experiment (with Mickey Inzlicht)

Mickey and Yoel talk about Canada's controversial euthanasia law (called MAID: medical assistance in dying). Since its introduction in 2016, an increasing number of Canad

Episode 126: Using AI to Improve Science (with Paul Litvak)

Paul Litvak joins the show to talk about how AI tools can help us measure research quality and assess evidence in the scientific literature. His first project is a way to

Episode 125: Citation Diversity Statements? (with Mickey Inzlicht)

Mickey is back and fired up about citation diversity statements. We talk about a recent editorial from Nature Reviews Psychology encouraging authors to include a "citatio

Episode 124: Civic Honesty Around the Globe (with David Tannenbaum)

David Tannenbaum (Associate Professor of Management at the University of Utah) joins the show to talk about one of Yoel's favorite papers: a massive field study of honest

Episode 123: RE-RELEASE: What are Teachers Good For? (with Paul Bloom)

This is a re-release of Episode 95, which was recorded in September 2023. Paul Bloom joins Yoel and Alexa to talk about the glamour and humiliation of teaching psycholog

Episode 122: When to Quit (with Paul Bloom)

Paul Bloom takes over the show to interview Yoel about loss of faith: when to give up on a theory, and which of his own findings he no longer believes. But it's not all d

Episode 121: A New Paradigm for Psychology?

Yoel is joined by a mysterious pseudonymous duo called Slime Mold Time Mold, who are proposing a new paradigm for psychology based on principles from cybernetics. This me

Episode 120: Transparent Replications (with Spencer Greenberg)

Returning guest Spencer Greenberg joins the show to talk replications, what psychologist think of terror management theory (and other controversial topics), and a machine

Episode 119: The Future of DEI in Higher Ed (with Amori Mikami)

It's been a tumultuous time for DEI (diversity, equity, and inclusion) efforts in higher education. Whether due to political pressure, internal arguments, or both, many p

Episode 118: Do We Have a Purity Problem? (with David Pizarro)

Arguably, the last 25 years of moral psychology have been about people's judgments of "purity violations"--ostensibly harmless acts that "are disgusting or degrading to o

Episode 117: Good News for the Chronics (with Mickey Inzlicht)

On-again off-again co-host Mickey Inzlicht joins the show to debrief about the recent SPSP (Society for Personality and Social Psychology) conference. We then dissect a n

Episode 116: Can We Do Science Without Ideology? (with Moin Syed)

Cultural and developmental psychologist and open science advocate Moin Syed joins the show to talk what he thinks people get wrong about ideology, diversity, and open sci

Episode 115: What's Wrong with Living in a Bubble? (with Mickey Inzlicht)

Occasional co-host Mickey Inzlicht joins the show to talk about the 2024 election, Bluesky, and his crusade against yard signs. We discuss prediction markets, Democratic

Episode 114: Psychology Worth Doing (with Paul Bloom)

Paul Bloom joins the show to talk about a recent paper in which he argues that much of developmental psychology is not worth doing. We also talk about where he thinks psy