Ranked #1
Episode 27: Against Mindfulness
Episode 27: Against Mindfulness
Playing devil's advocate, Yoel and Mickey mount a criticism against the scientific study of mindfulness. What is mindful... Read more
7 Aug 2019
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1hr 16mins
Ranked #2
Episode 34: The Future of Social Psychology
Episode 34: The Future of Social Psychology
Mickey and Yoel take advantage of the SESP (Society for Experimental Social Psychology) conference to ask guests some ha... Read more
13 Nov 2019
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1hr 25mins
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Ranked #3
Episode 35: Against Experiments
Episode 35: Against Experiments
Are many classic social psychology experiments more theater than science? Mickey and Yoel discuss "The Rise and Fall of ... Read more
27 Nov 2019
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1hr 8mins
Ranked #4
Episode 32: Measurement Schmeasurement (with Jessica Flake)
Episode 32: Measurement Schmeasurement (with Jessica Flake)
Jessica Flake joins Mickey and Yoel to talk measurement. What is it, how do you do it well, and do social psychologists ... Read more
16 Oct 2019
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1hr 20mins
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Ranked #5
Episode 21: Perils of Privilege
Episode 21: Perils of Privilege
Yoel and Mickey discuss the concept of privilege, the unearned, sometimes invisible conditions of a person’s life that g... Read more
24 Apr 2019
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1hr 6mins
Ranked #6
Episode 18: What Science and the Humanities Offer Each Other (with Edward Slingerland)
Episode 18: What Science and the Humanities Offer Each Other (with Edward Slingerland)
Yoel and Mickey welcome Distinguished Professor of Asian Studies, Edward (Ted) Slingerland from the University of Britis... Read more
30 Jan 2019
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1hr 18mins
Ranked #7
Episode 31: Is Ego Depletion Real?
Episode 31: Is Ego Depletion Real?
By listener request, Yoel quizzes Mickey about ego depletion. How did we start studying it? How has the replication cris... Read more
2 Oct 2019
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1hr 18mins
Ranked #8
Episode 25: Truth and Political Bias in Psychology (with John Jost)
Episode 25: Truth and Political Bias in Psychology (with John Jost)
Yoel and Mickey welcome Professor of Psychology and Politics John Jost from New York University to the podcast. Author o... Read more
3 Jul 2019
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1hr 26mins
Ranked #9
Episode 17: Why Trump Won
Episode 17: Why Trump Won
Yoel and Mickey discuss Identity Crisis, a new book about the 2016 US presidential election written by the political sci... Read more
2 Jan 2019
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1hr 5mins
Ranked #10
Episode 26: Terrible Advice (with Paul Bloom)
Episode 26: Terrible Advice (with Paul Bloom)
Yoel and Mickey welcome Paul Bloom to the podcast, who is not only a returning guest but also the Brooks and Suzanne Rag... Read more
24 Jul 2019
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1hr 8mins
Ranked #11
Episode 19: Two Normies Four Beers
Episode 19: Two Normies Four Beers
Yoel and Mickey discuss Kill All Normies, a book written by Angela Nagle about the online culture wars, the rise of tran... Read more
27 Feb 2019
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1hr 5mins
Ranked #12
Episode 13: What's Wrong with the IAT? (with Jesse Singal)
Episode 13: What's Wrong with the IAT? (with Jesse Singal)
Journalist Jesse Singal joins Yoel and Mickey to talk about the state of science journalism, what he thinks is wrong wit... Read more
7 Nov 2018
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1hr
Ranked #13
Episode 9: Giving the Finger (with Alice Dreger)
Episode 9: Giving the Finger (with Alice Dreger)
Yoel and Mickey welcome author, journalist, historian, and bioethicist Alice Dreger to the show. Alice, who wrote Galile... Read more
12 Sep 2018
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1hr
Ranked #14
Episode 16: How Polarized Are We? (with Anne Wilson)
Episode 16: How Polarized Are We? (with Anne Wilson)
Yoel and Mickey sit down with Anne Wilson of Wilfrid Laurier University to discuss free speech, the Lindsay Shepherd cas... Read more
19 Dec 2018
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1hr 9mins
Ranked #15
Episode 20: Apostasy and Dissent (with Sarah Haider)
Episode 20: Apostasy and Dissent (with Sarah Haider)
Yoel and Mickey talk with Sarah Haider, the co-founder and Executive Director of Ex-Muslims of North America, an organiz... Read more
27 Mar 2019
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1hr 1min
Ranked #16
Episode 15: Just When You Think You're Out
Episode 15: Just When You Think You're Out
Yoel and Mickey discuss two mini-controversies recently in the news: 1) Should equity, diversity, and inclusion statemen... Read more
5 Dec 2018
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1hr 5mins
Ranked #17
Episode 36: Psychological Science Meets the Real World (with Nick Hobson)
Episode 36: Psychological Science Meets the Real World (with Nick Hobson)
Mickey and Yoel chat with Nick Hobson, a psychologist who has moved from academia to applying behavioral science in the ... Read more
11 Dec 2019
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1hr 14mins
Ranked #18
Episode 37: The War on Christmas Holiday Special
Episode 37: The War on Christmas Holiday Special
Yoel and Mickey declare war on Christmas, discuss US-Canada differences, and almost entirely avoid serious topics. Bonus... Read more
25 Dec 2019
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1hr 4mins
Ranked #19
Episode 38: Is There a Generalizability Crisis?
Episode 38: Is There a Generalizability Crisis?
Yoel and Mickey discuss a new paper by Tal Yarkoni suggesting that quantitative research in psychology is suffering from... Read more
22 Jan 2020
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1hr 13mins
Ranked #20
Episode 10: Conservative Social Psychologist Wanted (with Clay Routledge)
Episode 10: Conservative Social Psychologist Wanted (with Clay Routledge)
Yoel and Mickey welcome Clay Routledge to the show. Clay is a professor of psychology at North Dakota State University w... Read more
26 Sep 2018
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1hr 13mins
