Latest Nonverbal Podcast Episodes
To reduce polarization, is it optimal to work on systemic change or cultural change?, with David Foster
People Who Read People: A Behavior and Psychology Podcast - April 05, 2024 01:00 - 50 minutes ★★★★★ - 35 ratingsA talk with David Foster, who writes about polarization and media at knowthesystem.org and is the author of "Moderates of the World Unite!: Reworking the Political Media Complex." Topics discussed include: the optimal approach for reducing toxic political polarization (cultural change vs systemi...
Do simplistic ideas of power (e.g., oppressed/oppressor framings) reduce empathy? with Elizaveta Friesem
People Who Read People: A Behavior and Psychology Podcast - March 26, 2024 23:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 35 ratingsElizaveta Friesem writes about media and about social power (i.e., the power people exert over other people). I first interviewed her about media and polarization in 2021 about her book "Media Is Us." Topics we discuss here include: Michel Foucault’s ideas about power (often referenced in liber...
On social power, the oppressed/oppressor framework, and empathy, with Elizaveta Friesem
People Who Read People: A Behavior and Psychology Podcast - March 26, 2024 23:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 35 ratingsElizaveta Friesem writes about media and about social power (i.e., the power people exert over other people). I first interviewed her about media and polarization in 2021 about her book "Media Is Us." Topics we discuss here include: Michel Foucault’s ideas about power (often referenced in liber...
On social power, the oppressed/oppressor framework, free will, and empathy, with Elizaveta Friesem
People Who Read People: A Behavior and Psychology Podcast - March 26, 2024 23:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 35 ratingsElizaveta Friesem writes about media and about social power (i.e., the power people exert over other people). I first interviewed her about media and polarization in 2021 about her book "Media Is Us." Topics we discuss here include: Michel Foucault’s ideas about power (often referenced in liber...
What's life like when you don't believe in free will?, with physicist Daniel Whiteson
People Who Read People: A Behavior and Psychology Podcast - March 12, 2024 22:00 - 55 minutes ★★★★★ - 35 ratingsA talk with Daniel Whiteson, a professor of physics and astronomy, about free will, with a focus on what the effects in one's life are when one doesn't believe in free will. Topics discussed: Our thoughts on why we think free will is unlikely to exist; psychological and emotional aspects of livi...
News media tends to deepen our divides. Does Isaac Saul have a solution?
People Who Read People: A Behavior and Psychology Podcast - March 04, 2024 00:00 - 29 minutes ★★★★★ - 35 ratingsA talk with journalist Isaac Saul, founder of Tangle News (readtangle.com), which shares takes from across the political spectrum. I think Tangle is doing amazing work. I think the more Americans there are who read Tangle, the less toxically polarized we'll be. Topics we discuss include: aspects...
The allure of deciphering behavior, with Rounders screenwriter Brian Koppelman
People Who Read People: A Behavior and Psychology Podcast - March 01, 2024 02:00 - 51 minutes ★★★★★ - 35 ratingsA talk with screenwriter/producer Brian Koppelman, known for many TV and film projects, including the poker movie Rounders, the show Billions, and the series Super Pumped: The Battle For Uber. Topics discussed: how he decided to create Rounders; poker tells in Rounders; the excitement of reading...
How a pro poker player makes use of poker tells, with Dara O'Kearney
People Who Read People: A Behavior and Psychology Podcast - February 18, 2024 23:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 35 ratingsA talk with professional poker player Dara O’Kearney about poker tells (aka, physical and verbal behaviors in poker). Dara is the co-host of the popular poker podcast The Chip Race and the author of several books, including GTO Poker Simplified. We talk about: the importance of poker tells compa...
Tips on interrogating people for information and confessions, with David Zulawski
People Who Read People: A Behavior and Psychology Podcast - February 05, 2024 23:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 35 ratingsA reshare of a talk with David Zulawski from 2018. Zulawksi is an expert in interrogation and interview techniques and the cofounder of Wicklander Zulawski and Associates. Topics discussed include: Why is the non-confrontational, rapport-focused technique he recommends the best one? Why is it im...
Reading behavior and motivations in the Robbi Jade Lew poker hand, with Yakov Hirsch
People Who Read People: A Behavior and Psychology Podcast - January 28, 2024 19:00 - 42 seconds ★★★★★ - 35 ratingsA talk with professional poker player Yakov Hirsch about the well known high-stakes poker situation where amateur Robbi Jade Lew was accused of cheating by professional player Garrett Adelstein. We give our takes on the hand, and the overall situation, and we talk about Robbi's possible motivati...
The case for having cognitive empathy for our political opponents: Trump edition
People Who Read People: A Behavior and Psychology Podcast - January 20, 2024 18:00 - 42 minutes ★★★★★ - 35 ratingsA talk about trying to understand Trump's anger at the American media and how that relates to American polarization. This is from a talk I had with Yakov Hirsch in late November 2023. Other topics discussed include: Trump-Russia media coverage; Americans' polarized views of Trump; the importance...
Understanding Trump and his voters' animosity towards the media, with Yakov Hirsch
People Who Read People: A Behavior and Psychology Podcast - January 20, 2024 18:00 - 42 minutes ★★★★★ - 35 ratingsA talk about trying to understand Trump's anger at the American media and how that relates to American polarization. This is from a talk I had with Yakov Hirsch in late November 2023. Other topics discussed include: Trump-Russia media coverage; Americans' polarized views of Trump; the importance...
You want me to have empathy for Trump?: a talk with Yakov Hirsch
People Who Read People: A Behavior and Psychology Podcast - January 20, 2024 18:00 - 42 minutes ★★★★★ - 35 ratingsA talk about trying to understand Trump's anger at the American media and how that relates to American polarization. This is from a talk I had with Yakov Hirsch in late November 2023. Other topics discussed include: Trump-Russia media coverage; Americans' polarized views of Trump; the importance...
The case for having cognitive empathy for Trump and his voters, with Yakov Hirsch
People Who Read People: A Behavior and Psychology Podcast - January 20, 2024 18:00 - 42 minutes ★★★★★ - 35 ratingsA talk about trying to understand Trump's anger at the American media and how that relates to American polarization. This is from a talk I had with Yakov Hirsch in late November 2023. Other topics discussed include: Trump-Russia media coverage; Americans' polarized views of Trump; the importance...
The exaggeration of antisemitism, and the importance of understanding the "other side," with Yakov Hirsch
People Who Read People: A Behavior and Psychology Podcast - January 14, 2024 17:00 - 41 minutes ★★★★★ - 35 ratingsAnother talk with Yakov Hirsch, who writes about the Middle East conflict and about "Hasbara culture": what he sees as the tendency of some Israel-defending people to be overly antagonistic and us-vs-them in their thinking (for example, unfairly framing criticism of Israel as "antisemitic"). If ...
Yakov Hirsch on the overstatement of antisemitism, and on why we must try to understand the "other side"
People Who Read People: A Behavior and Psychology Podcast - January 14, 2024 17:00 - 41 minutes ★★★★★ - 35 ratingsA second talk with Yakov Hirsch, who writes about the Middle East conflict and about "Hasbara culture": what he sees as the tendency of some Israel-defending people to be overly antagonistic and us-vs-them in their thinking (for example, unfairly framing criticism of Israel as "antisemitic"). If...
Why do some people want to watch the world burn?, with Kevin Arceneaux
People Who Read People: A Behavior and Psychology Podcast - January 04, 2024 23:00 - 56 minutes ★★★★★ - 35 ratingsA talk with Kevin Arceneaux, whose research found that a surprising number of people (around 40%) either agreed with or did not disagree with statements like “When I think about our political and social institutions, I cannot help thinking 'just let them all burn'?” In their paper, they called t...
Reading "tells" in football, baseball, and other sports, with Jon Hoefling
People Who Read People: A Behavior and Psychology Podcast - December 21, 2023 23:00 - 28 minutes ★★★★★ - 35 ratingsA talk with Jon Michael Hoefling, a sports analyst, about reading behavioral tells and indicators in football, baseball, tennis, and other sports. We focus on a 2021 story that quarterback Ben Roethlisberger had a tell: how he positioned his foot before a play was a strong indicator of whether h...
Dealing with debilitating anxiety, with Scott Stossel
People Who Read People: A Behavior and Psychology Podcast - December 14, 2023 23:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 35 ratingsA talk with Scott Stossel, author of "My Age of Anxiety: Fear, Hope, Dread, and the Search for Peace of Mind." Scott is also national editor of The Atlantic. Scott's book is a history of the condition and treatment of anxiety, and also a personal history in which Scott talks honestly about his s...
Electrodermal activity is what lie detectors measure: what is that?, with Christopher Moyer
People Who Read People: A Behavior and Psychology Podcast - December 08, 2023 00:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 35 ratingsI talk with psychologist Christopher Moyer about electrodermal activity (EDA), also known as galvanic skin response (GSR), which is what lie detectors measure. Topics discussed include: What are spikes in electrodermal activity actually telling us? We talk about its use in lie detectors. We talk...
Electrodermal activity is what lie detectors measure, but what is it?, with Christopher Moyer
People Who Read People: A Behavior and Psychology Podcast - December 08, 2023 00:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 35 ratingsI talk with psychologist Christopher Moyer about electrodermal activity (EDA), also known as galvanic skin response (GSR), which is what lie detectors measure. Topics discussed include: What are spikes in electrodermal activity actually telling us? We talk about its use in lie detectors. We talk...
Dogs' and cats' interactions with humans, with Daniel Mills
People Who Read People: A Behavior and Psychology Podcast - November 29, 2023 12:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 35 ratingsAnimal behavior researcher Daniel Mills talks about various aspects of the human-pet relationship, with a focus on his research. Topics include: dogs' abilities to read human emotions and how they do that; the effects of pets on our mental health; animals' ability to perceive images on a TV scre...
Dogs' reading of human emotions, and other human-pet dynamics, with Daniel Mills
People Who Read People: A Behavior and Psychology Podcast - November 29, 2023 12:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 35 ratingsAnimal behavior researcher Daniel Mills talks about various aspects of the human-pet relationship, with a focus on his research. Topics include: dogs' abilities to read human emotions and how they do that; the effects of pets on our mental health; animals' ability to perceive images on a TV scre...
Dogs' reading of human emotions, and other human-pet interactions, with Daniel Mills
People Who Read People: A Behavior and Psychology Podcast - November 29, 2023 12:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 35 ratingsAnimal behavior researcher Daniel Mills talks about various aspects of the human-pet relationship, with a focus on his research. Topics include: dogs' abilities to read human emotions and how they do that; the effects of pets on our mental health; animals' ability to perceive images on a TV scre...
On the art of listening and the challenges of being an introvert, with Joel Berman
People Who Read People: A Behavior and Psychology Podcast - November 20, 2023 13:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 35 ratingsJoel Berman is a practitioner of Compassionate Listening (compassionatelistening.org). Joel has travelled to the Middle East and talked with Israelis and Palestinians about their experiences and grievances. Topics discussed: Joel's experiences in the Middle East; what the Compassionate Listening...
Tricks and strategies in door-to-door sales
People Who Read People: A Behavior and Psychology Podcast - November 11, 2023 18:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 35 ratingsA talk with two people with door-to-door sales experience. We talk about the tricks and strategies they used to close sales, and the psychological factors in why those strategies work. Topics discussed: verbal and physical sales scripts some companies use, and why they work; the use of ambiguous...
Can recognizing and reducing bias in news help with polarization?, with Vanessa Otero
People Who Read People: A Behavior and Psychology Podcast - October 29, 2023 16:00 - 54 minutes ★★★★★ - 35 ratingsVanessa Otero is the creator of a popular and well respected media bias chart that ranks the bias of many news outlets, and she's the founder of Ad Fontes Media. Topics discussed include: the process her team uses to determine bias; the difficulties of determining what is "left" and "right" in a...
Can recognizing bias in news media help reduce us-vs-them polarization?, with Vanessa Otero
People Who Read People: A Behavior and Psychology Podcast - October 29, 2023 16:00 - 54 minutes ★★★★★ - 35 ratingsVanessa Otero is the creator of a popular and well respected media bias chart that ranks the bias of many news outlets, and she's the founder of Ad Fontes Media. Topics discussed include: the process her team uses to determine bias; the difficulties of determining what is "left" and "right" in a...
How is bias in media related to polarization?, with Vanessa Otero
People Who Read People: A Behavior and Psychology Podcast - October 29, 2023 16:00 - 54 minutes ★★★★★ - 35 ratingsVanessa Otero is the creator of a popular and well respected media bias chart that ranks the bias of many news outlets, and she's the founder of Ad Fontes Media. Topics discussed include: the process her team uses to determine bias; the difficulties of determining what is "left" and "right" in a...
Why is criticism of Israel sometimes portrayed as antisemitic?, with Yakov Hirsch
People Who Read People: A Behavior and Psychology Podcast - October 22, 2023 22:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 35 ratingsA talk with Yakov Hirsch, who thinks that some Jewish people have exaggerated ideas about the amount of antisemitism in the world, and overly pessimistic ideas about the nature of antisemitism. This can make some Jewish people see disagreement, criticism, and conflict too often through the lens ...
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