Social Sciences Podcasts

Psychology America with Dr. Alexandra

98 episodes - Latest episode: 10 months 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...

Two Shrinks Pod

99 episodes - Latest episode: 12 months ago - ★★★★★ - 50 ratings
Australian psychologists Amy & Hunter nerd out about all things psychology, from Star Wars to Social Anxiety. Listen in for an independent pod with great chemistry between therapists working in o...

FUTUREPROOF.

240 episodes - Latest episode: 4 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...

Porn Talk

123 episodes - Latest episode: 3 months ago - ★★★★★ - 48 ratings
End the porn habit. Reclaim your power! It is not just about breaking addictions it's about breaking belief systems. We are bound by self imposed and societal chains. Break the chains, get empo...

"Hexapodia" Is the Key Insight: by Noah Smith & Brad DeLong

101 episodes - Latest episode: about 2 months ago - ★★★★★ - 47 ratings
Key insights—economics, finance, political economy, and wrestling with how to teach the world good economics through every means possible, & some means impossible... braddelong.substack.com bra...

Spooky Psychology

52 episodes - Latest episode: 2 months ago - ★★★★★ - 44 ratings
Two licensed therapists discuss the spookier side of psychology. If you're into macabre topics, dark humor, and learning about behavior and psychology-- this podcast is for you!

In the Open

240 episodes - Latest episode: 4 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 ...

Cadence Podcast: What Music Tells us About the Mind

33 episodes - Latest episode: about 2 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...

Against Japanism

31 episodes - Latest episode: about 2 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...

StocktonAfterClass

336 episodes - Latest episode: about 23 hours 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...

Systematic Leader

189 episodes - Latest episode: 4 days ago - ★★★★★ - 39 ratings
Leaders need processes and systems to make good decisions. The Systematic Leader podcast interviews leaders (CEOs, Authors, and Enterpreneurs). They share their best frameworks so you can make bet...

Good Fire

24 episodes - Latest episode: 4 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 ...

Rigged

10 episodes - Latest episode: 9 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...

Changing Minds with Owen Fitzpatrick

437 episodes - Latest episode: 5 days ago - ★★★★★ - 38 ratings
Changing 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,...

The Unconstrained Podcast

428 episodes - Latest episode: 6 days ago - ★★★★ - 38 ratings
Join us on the journey towards financial independence and being unconstrained. Your host, Myles Wakeham, explores the art of financial sustainability and individual sovereignty resulting in a debt...

CSPI Podcast

147 episodes - Latest episode: about 1 month ago - ★★★★★ - 38 ratings
Discussions with CSPI scholars and leading thinkers in science, technology, and politics. www.cspicenter.com

The Trauma Tapes

61 episodes - Latest episode: 11 months ago - ★★★★★ - 37 ratings
A podcast about overwhelming experiences and how to cope with the traces those experiences leave.

"The Dedan Tolbert Show" - The Original Urban Podcast

334 episodes - Latest episode: about 2 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...

People Who Read People: A Behavior and Psychology Podcast

289 episodes - Latest episode: 3 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 hum...

Truly Mental

13 episodes - Latest episode: 5 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...

Opinion Science

157 episodes - Latest episode: 12 days ago - ★★★★★ - 33 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...

Love, Sex, and Applied Behavior Analysis

53 episodes - Latest episode: 9 months ago - ★★★★★ - 31 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...

Adama Speaks with Adama Alaji

204 episodes - Latest episode: 8 days ago - ★★★★★ - 30 ratings
...Minister on behalf of the Cosmic Community for Conscious Cosmic Citizenship, she is consciously working towards the harmonization, unification, and reconciliation of individual and collective p...

One in Ten

101 episodes - Latest episode: 2 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....

Real Stories Podcast

28 episodes - Latest episode: 4 months ago - ★★★★★ - 30 ratings
Real People, Real Stories, Real History. Brian and Graham dive into some of their favorite historical tales from the Heart of it All.

Scope Conditions Podcast

41 episodes - Latest episode: 3 months ago - ★★★★★ - 29 ratings
A podcast showcasing cutting-edge research in comparative politics.

Amplify Archaeology Podcast

41 episodes - Latest episode: 6 months ago - ★★★★★ - 29 ratings
Dig into Ireland’s past

Science with a Twist

40 episodes - Latest episode: 12 days ago - ★★★★★ - 29 ratings
It’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

279 episodes - Latest episode: 4 days ago - ★★★★★ - 28 ratings
Do 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...

Four Degrees to the Streets

43 episodes - Latest episode: 11 days ago - ★★★★★ - 28 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 ...