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Science of Reading: The Podcast
219 episodes - Latest episode: 8 days ago - ★★★★★ - 491 ratingsScience of Reading: The Podcast will deliver the latest insights from researchers and practitioners in early reading. Via a conversational approach, each episode explores a timely topic related to...
Origin Stories
84 episodes - Latest episode: 23 days ago - ★★★★★ - 403 ratingsExplore human evolution one story at a time. This award-winning show blends storytelling with science that will change your understanding of who we are.
SAPIENS: A Podcast for Everything Human
67 episodes - Latest episode: 4 months ago - ★★★★★ - 193 ratingsWhat makes you … you? And who tells what stories and why? In the fifth season of the SAPIENS podcast, listeners will hear a range of human stories: from the origins of the chili pepper to h...
Quantitude
189 episodes - Latest episode: 2 days ago - ★★★★★ - 181 ratingsA podcast dedicated to all things quantitative, ranging from the relevant to the highly irrelevant. Co-hosts Patrick Curran and Greg Hancock talk about serious statistical topics, but without takin...
Science for the People
649 episodes - Latest episode: 4 months ago - ★★★★★ - 174 ratingsScience for the People is a long-format interview podcast that explores the connections between science, popular culture, history, and public policy, to help listeners understand the evidence and a...
Two Psychologists Four Beers
111 episodes - Latest episode: 7 months ago - ★★★★ - 151 ratingsTwo psychologists endeavor to drink four beers while discussing news and controversies in science, academia, and beyond.
Conversations With Joe
155 episodes - Latest episode: 12 months ago - ★★★★★ - 127 ratingsInteresting conversations about interesting things with interesting people. Hosted by Joe Scott from the YouTube channel, Answers With Joe.
Simple, but Not Easy
147 episodes - Latest episode: about 1 month ago - ★★★★ - 75 ratingsHello, and welcome to Simple, but Not Easy, where we turn complicated financial developments into actionable ideas. This is a podcast from Morningstar’s Wealth Group, where we equip financial advis...
Everything Hertz
178 episodes - Latest episode: about 2 months ago - ★★★★★ - 55 ratingsMethodology, scientific life, and bad language. Co-hosted by Dr. Dan Quintana (University of Oslo) and Dr. James Heathers (Cipher Skin)
Psychology America with Dr. Alexandra
98 episodes - Latest episode: 10 months ago - ★★★★★ - 51 ratingsWith warmth, heart and a respect for science, Dr. Alexandra and her guests explore questions that come up at all life stages. Dr. Alexandra is a mother of four and an expert in family systems psyc...
Cadence Podcast: What Music Tells us About the Mind
33 episodes - Latest episode: about 1 month ago - ★★★★★ - 40 ratingsCadence is a podcast about music: how it affects your brain, your life, and the community in which you live. Join our host, cognitive neuroscientist and classically trained opera singer Indre Vis...
Changing Minds with Owen Fitzpatrick
436 episodes - Latest episode: 3 days ago - ★★★★★ - 38 ratingsChanging Minds Podcast is a podcast about thinking for a change. Each week, Psychologist Owen Fitzpatrick will be exploring how you can use behavioral science to learn how to run your brain better,...
People Who Read People: A Behavior and Psychology Podcast
288 episodes - Latest episode: 20 days ago - ★★★★★ - 35 ratingsThis is a podcast about deciphering human behavior and understanding why people do the things they do. I, Zach Elwood, talk with people from a wide range of fields about how they make sense of hum...
Opinion Science
157 episodes - Latest episode: 3 days ago - ★★★★★ - 33 ratingsA show about the psychology of opinions, where they come from, and how they change. Interviews with experts and deep dives into areas of research uncover the basic psychology of persuasion, communi...
Science with a Twist
39 episodes - Latest episode: about 2 months ago - ★★★★★ - 29 ratingsIt’s almost impossible to overstate how many aspects of daily life are impacted by science. From technologies that help ensure the quality of the water we drink, to medicines that deliver lifesavin...
The Human Behavior Podcast
278 episodes - Latest episode: 9 days ago - ★★★★★ - 28 ratingsDo you ever wonder why people act the way that they do? Join human behavior experts Brian Marren and Greg Williams as they discuss all things human behavior related. Their goal is to increase your...
The International Security Podcast
18 episodes - Latest episode: about 1 month ago - ★★★★★ - 26 ratingsLeading scholars provide insight on urgent policy debates. Jeff Friedman of Dartmouth College interviews contributors to the premiere peer-reviewed journal of security studies. They offer sophistic...
When Science Speaks
243 episodes - Latest episode: about 2 months ago - ★★★★★ - 21 ratingsWhen Science Speaks is a web series profiling innovative and interesting people working in science and technical fields - from academia, to industry, to the non-profit world. Mark and his guests e...
Through Conversations
94 episodes - Latest episode: 3 days ago - ★★★★★ - 14 ratingsAbout the show: Exploring The Truth Through Conversations With The Most Brilliant Minds - a podcast where we explore the world's most pressing questions through in-depth conversations with the br...
SHAKED
49 episodes - Latest episode: 9 months ago - ★★★★★ - 10 ratingsPodcast & YouTube Show by Derek Van Schaik covering psychology, behavior, criminology, investigations, and unsolved mysteries.
Best of the WWEST
141 episodes - Latest episode: 17 days ago - ★★★★★ - 9 ratingsWelcome to Best of the WWEST (Westcoast Women in Engineering, Science and Technology), where we believe providing role models for women in Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) can chang...
Human Centered
87 episodes - Latest episode: about 1 month ago - ★★★★ - 9 ratingsConversations about projects and research undertaken by scholars & affiliates of the Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences (CASBS) at Stanford University; interviews with renowned fe...
Naked Reflections, from the Naked Scientists
145 episodes - Latest episode: 11 months ago - ★★★★★ - 8 ratingsReflecting on recent science news stories and current events, authoritative thinkers unpack the implications for society. Naked Reflections is chaired by Ed Kessler, director of the Woolf Institute...
Medicalization
13 episodes - Latest episode: 9 months ago - ★★★★★ - 8 ratingsMedicalization is a non-fiction podcast mini-series that bridges the gap between history and science. The podcast's mission is to tell the most fascinating and peculiar stories in medicine while e...
Smith and Marx Walk into a Bar: A History of Economics Podcast
77 episodes - Latest episode: about 1 month ago - ★★★★★ - 7 ratingsSmith and Marx Walk into a Bar is hosted by historians of economic thought Jennifer Jhun, François Allisson, and Çınla Akdere. Each month, the hosts discuss themes related to economics, its history...
Do We Know Things?
71 episodes - Latest episode: about 1 month ago - ★★★★★ - 7 ratingsI’m Dr. Lisa Dawn Hamilton. By day, I’m a sex researcher and psychology professor who teaches about sex. In this podcast I explore the things we think we know about sex by delving into the resea...
Vet with a Mic
97 episodes - Latest episode: 12 months ago - ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsContent driven by Veteran Issues. Host is a veteran, advocate for mental health issues trained at master's level in clinical psychology. Content is designed to help veterans of all eras make their ...
Real World Behavioural Science
45 episodes - Latest episode: 2 months ago - ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsWelcome to the Real World Behavioural Science (RWBS) podcast, where we look at how behavioural and social sciences are being used in the real world to help change the public’s health, for good. T...
Berlin Security Beat
41 episodes - Latest episode: about 2 months ago - ★★★★★ - 1 ratingThe Berlin Security Beat is an original podcast produced by the Centre for International Security at the Hertie School in Berlin. It delves into the intricate world of international security, exami...
Democracy Paradox
221 episodes - Latest episode: 2 days agoIs it possible for a democracy to govern undemocratically? Can the people elect an undemocratic leader? Is it possible for democracy to bring about authoritarianism? And if so, what does this say ...
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