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Recipe for Success: With Guests Simon Rogan & Michele Gelfand
Choiceology with Katy Milkman - April 22, 2024 04:30 - 34 minutes ★★★★★ - 1.3K ratingsAre rules made to be followed—or meant to be broken? Often, the answer will depend on culture and the context in which people make decisions. In this episode of Choiceology with Katy Milkman, we look at how carefully people in different contexts follow social norms, rules, and procedures. We...
Take the Deal! With Guests Daniel Kahneman, Colin Camerer & Luis Green (Rebroadcast)
Choiceology with Katy Milkman - April 08, 2024 04:30 - 44 minutes ★★★★★ - 1.3K ratingsIn this episode of Choiceology with Katy Milkman, we look at how framing a decision based on what you stand to lose versus what you stand to gain affects your tolerance of risk. Luis Green was a contestant on the popular TV game show Deal or No Deal. The game is largely one of chance, but there...
Top of Mind: With Guests John Farrell & Manasvini Singh
Choiceology with Katy Milkman - March 25, 2024 04:30 - 32 minutes ★★★★★ - 1.3K ratingsWhen someone asks, "What's your favorite restaurant?" odds are you're inclined to recommend a place you've eaten at recently—even if it's not really your favorite. It's just top of mind. Why do we weigh recent events so heavily? And how does this tendency impact important decisions, like who...
Repeat After Me: With Guests Jennifer LeMesurier & Tali Sharot
Choiceology with Katy Milkman - March 11, 2024 04:30 - 34 minutes ★★★★★ - 1.3K ratingsVitamin C is a cure for the common cold. Bats are blind. Sugar makes children hyperactive. All of these statements are false. So why are they so pervasive? And why do they feel so true? In this episode of Choiceology with Katy Milkman, we look at a phenomenon that can cause us to believe inacc...
(BONUS) From What It's Like to Be … a Forensic Accountant
Choiceology with Katy Milkman - December 18, 2023 05:30 - 29 minutes ★★★★★ - 1.3K ratingsCurious what it would be like to walk in someone else's (work) shoes? Join New York Times bestselling author Dan Heath as he explores the world of work, one profession at a time, and interviews people who love what they do. What does a couples therapist think when a friend asks for relationship ...
A Sticky Situation: With Guests Richard Thaler, Wendy Wood & Susan Budowski
Choiceology with Katy Milkman - October 23, 2023 04:30 - 37 minutes ★★★★★ - 1.3K ratingsFilling out an overly complicated form or waiting on hold for hours to speak with a customer service rep is a frustrating experience. And sometimes it seems like the process itself is designed to be difficult. In this episode of Choiceology with Katy Milkman, we look at how friction––time, dist...
Jumping to Conclusions: With Guests David Silbey & Ned Augenblick
Choiceology with Katy Milkman - October 09, 2023 04:30 - 37 minutes ★★★★★ - 1.3K ratingsA train was speeding along the tracks in 19th-century England when a passenger suddenly started smashing windows and waving a pistol in the air. People believed his actions were caused by what was, at the time, a new and unfamiliar form of transportation. Doctors posited the rattling motion and ...
No Mean Feat: With Guests Albert Chen & Elizabeth Tipton
Choiceology with Katy Milkman - September 25, 2023 04:30 - 33 minutes ★★★★★ - 1.3K ratingsIt’s halftime at a basketball game. A kid nervously steps onto center court. If he can score a basket from center court, he’ll take home the prize money. He tells the announcer that he plays on his elementary school team and that he has been practicing for this moment. The crowd holds their brea...
A Cup of Knowledge: With Guests A.J. Jacobs & Steven Sloman
Choiceology with Katy Milkman - September 11, 2023 04:00 - 30 minutes ★★★★★ - 1.3K ratingsWhy do ocean waves move the way they do? How does a toaster work? How might ink flow through a ballpoint pen without the help of gravity? You may know the answer to these questions, but explaining them in detail could reveal an unexpected truth. In this episode of Choiceology with Katy Milkman,...
The Golden Misfits: With Guests Gary Lawless & Erika Kirgios
Choiceology with Katy Milkman - August 28, 2023 04:30 - 33 minutes ★★★★★ - 1.3K ratingsWhat is the difference between buying groceries for the whole week versus grabbing something to eat on the way home each day? Grouping choices together so that you make a bunch of selections all at once can seem daunting, but it can actually help you reach your goals faster. In this episode of ...
An Accidental Experiment: With Guests Steven Levitt, Solomon Ezra & Stephen Spector
Choiceology with Katy Milkman - August 14, 2023 04:30 - 32 minutes ★★★★★ - 1.3K ratingsScientifically sound, randomized experiments can be expensive and difficult to run. But there’s an alternative: It turns out that certain real-life situations can also generate useful scientific data. The trick is finding them. In this episode of Choiceology with Katy Milkman, we look at how ev...
The Superforecasters: With Guests Leon Panetta, Peter Bergen & Barbara Mellers
Choiceology with Katy Milkman - June 05, 2023 04:05 - 37 minutes ★★★★★ - 1.3K ratingsThere are moments in life where it seems as though everything is riding on one important decision. If only we had a crystal ball to see the future, we could make those decisions with greater confidence. Fortune-telling aside, there are actually methods to improve our predictions—and our decision...
Survey Says: With Guests W. Joseph Campbell & Emily Oster
Choiceology with Katy Milkman - May 22, 2023 04:30 - 29 minutes ★★★★★ - 1.3K ratingsIf you ran a survey at a science fiction convention to find out which movies were most popular with the general public, chances are good that the results would lean heavily towards sci-fi films. This skewing of data is plain to see in this context, but in many others it’s less obvious and potent...
(BONUS) From Ripple Effect: Does Diversity Training Work? with Katy Milkman
Choiceology with Katy Milkman - May 08, 2023 05:00 - 31 minutes ★★★★★ - 1.3K ratingsOn this special bonus episode of Choiceology with Katy Milkman, we highlight Ripple Effect, a new podcast from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. Hosted by Dan Loney, Ripple Effect showcases research by Wharton faculty and shares what their insights mean for you. As part of a...
Brave on the Waves: With Guests Bianca Valenti & Katherine Coffman
Choiceology with Katy Milkman - April 24, 2023 04:00 - 32 minutes ★★★★★ - 1.3K ratingsWe all make decisions involving risk. Decisions like trying out for your school’s chess team, speaking up when you don’t agree with your boss, or going down a double-black-diamond run at the end of a long day of skiing. So how do we determine which risks are worth taking and which ones are too …...
Fan Fictions: With Guests Hannah Sung, Crystal Tai & Anuj Shah
Choiceology with Katy Milkman - April 10, 2023 04:00 - 30 minutes ★★★★★ - 1.3K ratingsFinding a new favorite celebrity feels a little bit like falling in love. Perhaps you find their smile endearing, or you relate to their sense of humor. Maybe you see things in your everyday routine that remind you of them. You feel like you know them so well. But whether it’s a star athlete or ...
The Beanie Bandwagon: With Guests Robert Cialdini & Yemisi Brookes
Choiceology with Katy Milkman - March 27, 2023 04:00 - 31 minutes ★★★★★ - 1.3K ratingsMullets. Skinny jeans. Crocs. Many of us can recall trends that we've jumped on, only to see those trends become passé soon after. But the fear of missing out can snowball into heavier consequences. In this episode of Choiceology with Katy Milkman, we look at how speculation and rapidly growing...
The Power of Do-Overs: With Guests Jeff Ryan & Marissa Sharif
Choiceology with Katy Milkman - March 13, 2023 04:00 - 25 minutes ★★★★★ - 1.3K ratingsWhen you fail to reach a challenging goal, say, saving a certain amount of money each month or getting to the gym a certain number of times a week, it can be tempting to just give up on the plan entirely. But new research shows that building some flexibility into that plan can actually improve y...
Mesmerized: With Guests Mara Rockliff & John List
Choiceology with Katy Milkman - November 07, 2022 05:00 - 35 minutes ★★★★★ - 1.3K ratingsIt seems like every other week there's a news report about how coffee will help you live longer or will shorten your life. There are similar reports about vitamins and water consumption and any number of other health-related studies. So why do we see so much conflicting information around scient...
The Bad with the Good: With Guests Uzma Khan & Gustav Källstrand
Choiceology with Katy Milkman - October 24, 2022 04:00 - 30 minutes ★★★★★ - 1.3K ratingsYou've probably caught yourself indulging after a workout or a game or a stretch of healthy eating. Maybe it was a pint or two after a soccer game or an extra piece of cheesecake after a vigorous hike. These indulgences are easier to justify after a healthy activity. Ironically, though, these in...
Rebroadcast: Silver Linings: With Guests Annie Duke, Kassia St. Clair & Adam Grant
Choiceology with Katy Milkman - October 10, 2022 04:00 - 39 minutes ★★★★★ - 1.3K ratingsIf you’ve ever lost a job, or been through a breakup, or failed an exam, you’ll know that the aftermath can be painful and disorienting. But for some percentage of those who experience these disappointing outcomes, unforeseen opportunities will arise. In this episode of Choiceology with Katy Mi...
So Much in Common: With Guests Samantha Futerman, Anaïs Bordier & Kareem Haggag
Choiceology with Katy Milkman - September 26, 2022 04:00 - 33 minutes ★★★★★ - 1.3K ratingsWhen we feel angry or excited, or happy or sad, the reasons for those emotions may seem obvious. Angry? It was that argument with a spouse. Excited? It was that promotion at work. Happy? Must've been that delicious meal. Sad? It was that tearjerker film, for sure. But it turns out that we often ...
How You Spend It: With Guests Joshua Fields Millburn & Cassie Mogilner Holmes
Choiceology with Katy Milkman - September 12, 2022 04:00 - 31 minutes ★★★★★ - 1.3K ratings“Life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.” A quintessentially American phrase from the Declaration of Independence. That “pursuit of happiness” takes many forms, but it turns out that some approaches are more likely to be successful, according to science. In this episode of Choiceology wit...
Not by a Long Shot: With Guests Katia Jordan & Craig Fox
Choiceology with Katy Milkman - August 29, 2022 04:00 - 33 minutes ★★★★★ - 1.3K ratingsHumans can easily distinguish between a zero-chance event (e.g., the Washington Nationals winning the World Series in 2022) and a sure thing (e.g., the sun coming up tomorrow). But in between those two clear outcomes, it turns out that we’re not great at estimating odds. In this episode of Choi...
Fail Better: With Guests Joseph Herscher & Lauren Eskreis-Winkler
Choiceology with Katy Milkman - August 15, 2022 04:00 - 32 minutes ★★★★★ - 1.3K ratingsYou hear it a lot in contemporary education, the tech world, and the arts: that it's important to fail, to make mistakes so that you can learn from them and get better at whatever you do. But that generally accepted wisdom is incomplete. In this episode of Choiceology with Katy Milkman, we look...
Under Pressure: With Guests Svetlana Savranskaya, Gary Slaughter & Modupe Akinola
Choiceology with Katy Milkman - May 23, 2022 04:00 - 39 minutes ★★★★★ - 1.3K ratingsIf you've ever been faced with an important decision when time was scarce, information was incomplete, or tempers were running high, you'll know that it's difficult to make a good choice. Now imagine a decision that has implications for the entire world, and the people facing that decision are 5...
Out of Proportion: With Guests Damon Lesmeister & Kelly Shue
Choiceology with Katy Milkman - May 09, 2022 04:00 - 33 minutes ★★★★★ - 1.3K ratingsMany of the decisions we make require us to compare numbers. Which car is most fuel efficient? How is a stock performing relative to the market? How risky is one medication versus another? A problem arises when we fail to make these comparisons in the right units. In this episode of Choiceology...
Choiceology's Guide to Nudges
Choiceology with Katy Milkman - April 25, 2022 04:00 - 39 minutes ★★★★★ - 1.3K ratingsNudges are all around you. They might help you choose your meal at a restaurant, navigate a busy airport terminal, or start saving for the future. But nudges are often subtle, so you might not notice them until they’re pointed out. In this episode of Choiceology with Katy Milkman, we’re doing ...
More Than a Feeling: With Guests Jamie Wall, Mona Krewel & Alex Edmans
Choiceology with Katy Milkman - April 11, 2022 04:00 - 36 minutes ★★★★★ - 1.3K ratingsWhile it’s nice to think of ourselves as rational decision-makers, more often than not, emotion plays a role in how we decide. Some people may spend more on a new car when the weather is nice. Others may take bigger risks than normal after indulging in a sweet dessert. Some may make rash choices...
Second-Guessing First Impressions: With Guests Allen Sarven & Richard Nisbett
Choiceology with Katy Milkman - March 28, 2022 04:00 - 32 minutes ★★★★★ - 1.3K ratingsDon’t shoot the messenger is a metaphorical phrase for blaming the bearer of bad news. It’s easy to be angry with someone who is associated with information you don’t want to hear–say, a doctor delivering an unwelcome diagnosis, or a manager who has to fire you due to budget issues beyond her co...
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