Social Sciences Podcasts

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Politics in Question

143 episodes - Latest episode: 15 days ago - ★★★★★ - 70 ratings
A podcast about how our political institutions are failing us and ideas for fixing them. Join hosts Lee Drutman, Julia Azari, and James Wallner, three lively experts on American political instituti...
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Birth Words: Language For a Better Birth

116 episodes - Latest episode: 5 months ago - ★★★★★ - 66 ratings
Birth worker Sara Pixton draws on her backgrounds in applied linguistics and social work to explore the power of words during the childbearing season and how we can all come together to better care...
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Mentally Flexible

67 episodes - Latest episode: 1 day ago - ★★★★★ - 66 ratings
Join psychotherapist Tom Parkes as he has meaningful conversations to help you build mental flexibility. Each episode will explore topics related to psychology, mental health, and creativity. With...
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Stanford Psychology Podcast

159 episodes - Latest episode: 12 days ago - ★★★★ - 64 ratings
The student-led Stanford Psychology Podcast invites leading psychologists to talk about what’s on their mind lately. Join Eric Neumann, Anjie Cao, Kate Petrova, Bella Fascendini,  Joseph Outa and ...
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Digging a Hole: The Legal Theory Podcast

62 episodes - Latest episode: about 2 months ago - ★★★★★ - 59 ratings
Yale Law School professors Samuel Moyn and David Schleicher interview legal scholars and dig into the debates heard inside law school halls.
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Twisting the Plot

209 episodes - Latest episode: 9 months ago - ★★★★★ - 58 ratings
Plot twists don’t just happen in novels or the movies, they show up in our everyday lives, whether we want them or not. Each week Dr. Cecilia Dintino and Psychotherapist Hannah Murray Starobin will...
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Cultures of Energy

222 episodes - Latest episode: 14 days ago - ★★★★★ - 54 ratings
Cultures of Energy brings writers, artists and scholars together to talk, think and feel their way into the Anthropocene. We cover serious issues like climate change, species extinction and energy ...
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Podcast Without an Audience

81 episodes - Latest episode: 10 months ago - ★★★★★ - 53 ratings
Hello Teamsters! Join Carey Ann Watkins and Allison Easley as they navigate through psychological and historical topics to discover the truth about the age-old question; are all things connected? N...
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Cryptic Chronicles

105 episodes - Latest episode: 12 days ago - ★★★★★ - 51 ratings
If you love the weird, creepy or unexplainable, then this is for you. Cryptic Chronicles is a podcast for like minded free thinkers interested in the mysteries of existence.
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Psychology America with Dr. Alexandra

99 episodes - Latest episode: about 1 month ago - ★★★★★ - 51 ratings
With 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...
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FUTUREPROOF.

247 episodes - Latest episode: 7 days ago - ★★★★★ - 49 ratings
Welcome to FUTUREPROOF. We're the podcast that delves into the future. From Augmented Reality to Artificial Intelligence to Smart Cities to Internet of Things to Virtual Reality, we speak with some...
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Porn Talk

127 episodes - Latest episode: 3 days ago - ★★★★★ - 48 ratings
Welcome to the Porn Talk Podcast with Powerful Eric: Overcoming Addiction and Reclaiming Control Join Eric Zuzack, a certified porn and sex addiction recovery coach with 20+ years of experience, as...
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60 Mindful Minutes

372 episodes - Latest episode: 3 months ago - ★★★★★ - 46 ratings
Each week, Kristen Manieri interviews best-selling authors about their take on how to live a conscious connected, and intentional life. The goal of each episode of 60 Mindful Minutes is to inspire ...
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Let's Talk About CBT

32 episodes - Latest episode: 2 months ago - ★★★★ - 46 ratings
Let's Talk About CBT is a podcast about cognitive behavioural therapy: what it is, what it's not and how it can be useful. Listen to experts in the field and people who have experienced CBT for the...
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Attached Podcast

91 episodes - Latest episode: 8 months ago - ★★★★★ - 43 ratings
A podcast about the loved ones we’re attached to and the good, the bad, and the ugly advice about those relationships that maybe we shouldn’t be attached to. We here at Attached want to share ways...
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In the Open

240 episodes - Latest episode: 7 months ago - ★★★★★ - 41 ratings
Join Mental Health America as we have open conversations about mental health. We're a group of people who want to change the way our communities talk about mental health. On this podcast, we share ...
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Cadence Podcast: What Music Tells us About the Mind

33 episodes - Latest episode: 4 months ago - ★★★★★ - 40 ratings
Cadence 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...
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Against Japanism

31 episodes - Latest episode: 5 months ago - ★★★★★ - 40 ratings
This podcast seeks to challenge the commonly held assumptions about Japan as harmonious, homogeneous, and traditional by recasting its history as a history of conflict and change, as the history of...
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StocktonAfterClass

346 episodes - Latest episode: 7 days ago - ★★★★★ - 39 ratings
Ron Stockton was a professor of political science at the University of Michigan-Dearborn for 48 years. His specialty was non-western politics and political change. He taught classes on the Israeli...
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Good Fire

24 episodes - Latest episode: 6 months ago - ★★★★★ - 39 ratings
In this podcast we explore the concept of fire as a tool for ecological health and cultural empowerment by indigenous people around the globe. Good Fire is a term used to describe fire that is lit ...
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Rigged

10 episodes - Latest episode: 12 months ago - ★★★★★ - 39 ratings
In Rigged, we’ll rummage through the bag of tricks used by PR to shape the world you live in. Over the last century, these tricks have rigged the media, the government… society, really...with somet...
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"The Dedan Tolbert Show" - The Original Urban Podcast

334 episodes - Latest episode: 5 months ago - ★★★ - 35 ratings
Whether it's relationship advice, politics, combating social injustice, spirituality or many other provocative topics... for over 15 years, "The Dedan Tolbert Show" has provided the realest form of...
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People Who Read People: A Behavior and Psychology Podcast

297 episodes - Latest episode: 2 days ago - ★★★★★ - 35 ratings
This 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 huma...
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Opinion Science

161 episodes - Latest episode: about 1 month ago - ★★★★★ - 34 ratings
A 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...
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Truly Mental

13 episodes - Latest episode: 7 months ago - ★★★★★ - 34 ratings
This podcast has been created by Joe Smarro & Jesse Trevino and it is being provided by SolutionPoint+, a national training and consulting firm that specializes in cultivating mental wellness to ma...
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Department 12: An I-O Psychology Podcast

118 episodes - Latest episode: 3 months ago - ★★★★★ - 33 ratings
A podcast for industrial-organizational psychologists, researchers, practitioners, and students. We cover anything and everything related to the research and practice of IO psych.
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Amplify Archaeology Podcast

41 episodes - Latest episode: 8 months ago - ★★★★★ - 33 ratings
Dig into Ireland’s past
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Love, Sex, and Applied Behavior Analysis

56 episodes - Latest episode: 25 days ago - ★★★★★ - 32 ratings
Pop culture and ABA and libations, oh my! Each week we will look at everyday events that occur in pop culture and apply the principles of behavior analysis to scientifically discuss the current tre...
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One in Ten

106 episodes - Latest episode: 11 days ago - ★★★★★ - 30 ratings
Engaging the brightest minds working to solve one of the world's toughest challenges—child abuse. Join us for conversations with leading experts on science, law, medicine, morality, and messaging....
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Four Degrees to the Streets

43 episodes - Latest episode: 3 months ago - ★★★★★ - 29 ratings
Four Degrees to the Streets is designed to empower anyone curious about places and spaces, not just persons with professional degrees or backgrounds. Here we will cover a host of topics, including ...