Latest Research Social Sciences Podcast Episodes
S5E23 A Rosetta Stone for DAGs and SEM
Quantitude - April 30, 2024 04:00 - 48 minutes ★★★★★ - 181 ratingsIn this week's episode Greg and Patrick talk about both structural equation modeling and directed acyclic graphs, or DAGs, where they are similar and where they are different, and try to provide a Rosetta Stone for translating back and forth between the two. Along the way they also discuss pop, ...
Finding the Light: My Journey from Addiction to Freedom from Pornography
Consider Before Consuming - April 24, 2024 07:00 - 45 minutes ★★★★★ - 704 ratingsRobert’s porn consumption escalated into an addiction while he was in the military. In this episode, Robert shares how the culture of pornography in the military had a profound impact on his consumption habits. He also talks about how pornography affected his relationships and personal well-bein...
S5E22 Survival Analysis in the Social Sciences: It's About Time
Quantitude - April 23, 2024 04:00 - 47 minutes ★★★★★ - 181 ratingsIn this week's episode Patrick and Greg explore the incredibly cool topic of survival analysis, which is a set of techniques that allows for powerful tests of predictors of the amount of time to experiencing an event; yet these models are not often used in many areas of study. Along the way they...
Ep 70: Overcoming Resistance to Density with David Kaufmann and Michael Wicki
UCLA Housing Voice - April 17, 2024 10:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 83 ratingsWhat makes people more or less supportive of dense housing in their communities? David Kaufmann and Michael Wicki surveyed 12,000 residents in six of the largest U.S. and European cities to find out.
Unlocking Your Potential (with Tony Robbins)
KindSight 101 - April 16, 2024 12:00 - 7 minutes ★★★★★ - 29 ratingsReady to meet the most incredible version of you? Imagine crafting an avatar - your ultimate mentor, imbued with qualities you admire and aspire to. Tony Robbins taught me the roadmap to unleash that potential, and I guide you through envisioning and embodying your ideal self. It’s more than ins...
How The Normalization of Pornography Impacted My Life
Consider Before Consuming - April 10, 2024 07:00 - 50 minutes ★★★★★ - 704 ratings*Trigger Warning: This episode contains brief discussions of sexual abuse. Listener discretion is advised. Bailey was first exposed to porn in high school by her boyfriend, whose porn consumption fueled her abuse and led to her own porn addiction. Once Bailey started to realize the harmful effe...
127: How Local Journalism Explores the Foods of the American South with Hanna Raskin of The Food Section
AnthroDish - April 09, 2024 12:06 - 27 minutes ★★★★★ - 26 ratingsNews media at large is in a challenging position this year: we’ve seen mass layoffs across digital media, local news, TV, print, even podcasts and documentaries. There’s shifts in audiences, loss of journalist jobs, and shaky foundations of social media platforms like Twitter and Substack that m...
Finding Your Inner Circle (with Brene Brown)
KindSight 101 - April 09, 2024 12:00 - 6 minutes ★★★★★ - 29 ratingsEver feel like some folks just don’t get your spark? Well, you’re not alone. Brene Brown's concept of keeping the flame alive by picking those who pick us is so important. Let's precious souls who fan your flames, not douse them. This episode is about ditching the naysayers and cherishing those w...
Ep. 73: Improving vaccine messaging
AEA Research Highlights - April 09, 2024 07:00 - 18 minutesThe COVID-19 pandemic highlighted the importance of vaccines, but it also underscored the reservations and low take-up rates among US citizens. In a paper in the American Economic Journal: Economic Policy, authors Marcella Alsan and Sarah Eichmeyer tested several approaches to improving messag...
S5E21 Multilevel Factor Analysis: But What Do The Factors Mean?!
Quantitude - April 09, 2024 04:00 - 47 minutes ★★★★★ - 181 ratingsIn this week's episode, Greg and Patrick talk about the challenges of combining confirmatory factor analysis and multilevel data, and the underappreciated but absolutely critical role that theory plays in choosing the proper model for your constructs. Along the way they also discuss learning in ...
126: The Ikaria Way: How Mostly Plant-Based Foods Maintain a Greek Island's Longevity with Diane Kochilas
AnthroDish - April 03, 2024 12:48 - 38 minutes ★★★★★ - 26 ratingsYou may be familiar with the Greek island of Ikaria through the popularity of “Blue Zones” and the idea that these regions of the world can provide insights into living longer, healthier lives. Yet as with most trends around diet and health, there is so much unspoken about the nuances of what an...
Ep 69: Low-Income Housing and 'Crowd Out' with Michael Eriksen
UCLA Housing Voice - April 03, 2024 10:00 - 57 minutes ★★★★★ - 83 ratingsSubsidized affordable housing development reduces costs for lower-income households directly. It also reduces costs indirectly, by increasing the overall supply of housing — or does it? Michael Eriksen joins to discuss the issue of “crowd out” in affordable housing production.
179: Discovery vs. maintenance
Everything Hertz - April 03, 2024 04:00 - 48 minutes ★★★★★ - 55 ratingsDan and James discuss how scientific research often neglects the importance of maintenance and long-term access for scientific tools and resources. Other things they cover: Should there be an annual limit on publications (even if this were somehow possible)? The downsides of PhD by publication Th...
S5E20 Local fit...Because Global Fit Measures Suck!
Quantitude - April 02, 2024 04:00 - 46 minutes ★★★★★ - 181 ratingsIn this week's episode Greg and Patrick discuss the assessment of global vs. local model fit and they argue that although global measures of fit can be useful, carefully assessing local fit may be of much greater importance in practice. Along the way the also discuss cheap beach house rentals, m...
125: Sesame, Soy, Spice: Using Plant-Based Recipes to Honour Heritage and Healing with Remy Morimoto Park
AnthroDish - March 26, 2024 11:22 - 36 minutes ★★★★★ - 26 ratingsThinking about “typical” types of veganism can reveal a lot of fascinating Western stereotypes or biases around what it does and doesn’t entail. And yet so many cultural cuisines from around the world are rooted in plant-based meals that have been passed down through generations to shape contemp...
Supporting Youth in the Age of Internet Pornography
Consider Before Consuming - March 24, 2024 07:00 - 47 minutes ★★★★★ - 704 ratingsDr. John Foubert is the Dean of the College of Education at Union University and the principal of Dr. John D. Foubert, LLC. Dr. Foubert worked for 20 years to apply research to rape prevention programs on college campuses, in communities, and in the military. In this Consider Before Consuming P...
Building new land relations from within the core - (Dido van Oosten)
Landscapes - March 21, 2024 15:13 - 54 minutes ★★★★★ - 6 ratingsThe Netherlands is a world leader in the industrial model of agriculture with speculation-driven land prices to match. Dido van Oosten of Stitchting Kapitaloceen presents a strategy for unravelling entrenched land relations from within a place where property is sacred. Episode Links Nicholas ...
1 - A ‘Nuclear Umbrella’ for Ukraine?
The International Security Podcast - March 20, 2024 10:00 - 21 minutes ★★★★★ - 26 ratingsGuest: Matthew Evangelista is President White Professor of History and Political Science at Cornell University. International Security Article: This podcast is based on Matthew Evangelista, “A ‘Nuclear Umbrella’ for Ukraine? Precedents and Possibilities for Postwar European Security,” Intern...
124: How Microgreens Weave Indigenous Knowledge and Western Science for Food Futures with Natalie Paterson
AnthroDish - March 19, 2024 07:00 - 47 minutes ★★★★★ - 26 ratingsOne of the pitfalls in sustainability movements is this assumption that we’re all working from an equal playing field, when the reality is that oftentimes we don’t have the home space or the time to grow our own food. What we don’t always ask is whether we can make the comproimses that allow us ...
S5E19 Item Response Theory, Q.E.D.
Quantitude - March 19, 2024 04:00 - 49 minutes ★★★★★ - 181 ratingsIn this week's episode Patrick and Greg provide an introduction to the Item Response Theory model: what it is, how it relates to traditional factor analysis, and how this modem approach improves upon some of the limitations of classical test theory. Along the way they also mention weinerness, m...
Periods: Why So Taboo?
Do We Know Things? - March 18, 2024 12:00 - 22 minutes ★★★★★ - 7 ratingsAunt Flo, Shark Week, Time of the Month. What is your favourite euphemism to avoid saying the word menstruation? Menstruation happens to half of the population at some point in their lives, but it is taboo in many places. This taboo prevents us from talking openly about menstruation and the mens...
Baby Boomers to Millennials: Working Across Generations to Help Them Achieve Financial Goals
Simple, but Not Easy - March 14, 2024 19:30 - 41 minutes ★★★★ - 75 ratingsMuch of the discussion around financial advice tends to be around asset allocation, product selection, and fund structures. These are all worthy conversations and topics we’ve enjoyed discussing previously on this show. But one topic that feels underexplored: how do advisors deliver financial adv...
You Asked, We Answered: A Conversation with Fight the New Drug
Consider Before Consuming - March 13, 2024 07:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 704 ratingsIn our latest episode of Consider Before Consuming, we delved into the questions posed by our amazing Fighters on social media. The thoughtful inquiries ranged from the effects of partners' pornography consumption to the concept of "ethical porn" and beyond. Throughout the episode, Natale and P...
Ep. 72: A textbook bank run
AEA Research Highlights - March 12, 2024 14:34 - 32 minutesIn the middle of the day on Friday, March 10, 2023, bank regulators swiftly shut down Silicon Valley Bank (SVB), arguably averting a wider panic. Compared to past financial crises, it was not especially economically significant, but it stands out as an important, illustrative example of the econ...
123: The Power of Showcasing Immigrant Restaurant Stories with Maggie Leandre of CharisMaggieTV
AnthroDish - March 12, 2024 07:00 - 37 minutes ★★★★★ - 26 ratingsIf you’ve been a regular listener to this podcast, you know that food is central to all of our discussions around identity, culture, belonging, and sense of place. My guest today is someone who excels at bringing these relationships to life through her YouTube channel, and speaks to the layers...
Leaner, Stronger, Happier (With Candice McMurran)
KindSight 101 - March 12, 2024 07:00 - 40 minutes ★★★★★ - 29 ratingsWelcome to another heartwarming and inspiring episode of Kindsight 101, the podcast where kindness meets insight. I'm your host, Morgane Michael, and today we're diving deep into a topic that resonates with so many of us out there: the intersection of motherhood, fitness, and education. In toda...
S5E18 Probability on Spring Break
Quantitude - March 12, 2024 04:00 - 44 minutes ★★★★★ - 181 ratingsIn this week’s episode, Patrick and Greg play with some of the basics of probability in the context of some classic, fun, and often counterintuitive examples. Along the way they also discuss arguments with relatives, a feel for the roulette wheel, Xeroxing your butt, “The coin has spoken.”, Qua...
S5E2 - Reality TV: Who Cares & Accountability: A Cure for a Toxic Workplace?
Society Matters - March 11, 2024 21:06 - 48 minutesIn this episode, we head to Café Artum in Hockley Social Club in Birmingham for Professor Helen Wood and Dr Mairi Brennan’s live talk: Reality TV: Who cares. The Society matters LIVE talk took place on Thursday 29 February 2024. Next up, for Society matters LIVE is the talk: Accountability: A ...
It’s In Our Genes: The Potential of Gene Therapy with Dr. Peter Marks
Science with a Twist - March 06, 2024 19:30 - 24 minutes ★★★★★ - 29 ratingsGene Therapy's Potential to Transform Rare Disease Treatment Dr. Peter Marks highlights the groundbreaking advancements in gene therapy, especially for rare diseases with high unmet medical needs. He discusses the FDA's role in fostering these innovations, underscoring the importance of underst...
Ep 68: Summarizing the Research on Homelessness with Janey Rountree (Pathways Home pt. 8)
UCLA Housing Voice - March 06, 2024 11:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 83 ratingsIn this final installment of the Pathways Home series on homelessness policy and research, we discuss lessons and key takeaways from the previous seven episodes with our UCLA colleague, Janey Rountree.
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