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Speaking of Psychology

American Psychological Association

"Speaking of Psychology" is an audio podcast series highlighting some of the latest, most important and relevant psychological research being conducted today. Produced by the American Psychological Association, these podcasts will help…

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Why we complain and how to do it better, with Robin Kowalski, PhD 2026-10-21 · 27m
Beyond screen time: What makes educational technology effective, with Nicole Barnes, PhD 2026-10-14 · 34m
Are you a workaholic or just a hard worker? With Malissa Clark, PhD 2026-10-07 · 29m
Can envy be good for you? With Jens Lange, PhD, and Sara Protasi, PhD 2026-09-30 · 42m
Are you burned out or ‘bored out’? With Lotta Harju, PhD, and Sharon K. Parker, PhD 2026-09-23 · 43m
The Science of Suicide Prevention, with Matthew Nock, PhD 2026-09-16 · 39m
Why does music move us? With Robert Zatorre, PhD 2026-09-09 · 50m
How teaching and learning will change in the age of AI, with C. Edward Watson, PhD, and Beth Schwartz, PhD 2026-09-02 · 48m
Why people cheat—and can relationships recover, with Galena Rhoades, PhD 2026-08-26 · 31m
Encore: The psychology of sports fans, with Daniel Wann, PhD 2026-08-19 · 42m
Encore: Why psychopathy is more common than you think, with Abigail Marsh, PhD 2026-08-12 · 44m
Encore: How living with secrets can harm you, with Michael Slepian, PhD 2026-08-05 · 25m
Encore: Why you should aim to be a “good enough” parent, with Tim Cavell, PhD, and Lauren Quetsch, PhD 2026-07-29 · 44m
AI “de-skilling”: What happens when we offload our work to AI? With Brooke Macnamara, PhD 2026-07-22 · 35m
Social media, looksmaxxing, and why men struggle with body image, with Roberto Olivardia, PhD 2026-07-15 · 45m
Rethinking sleep and mental health, with Philip Gehrman, PhD 2026-07-08 · 31m
Why listening well is harder -- and more powerful -- than you think, with Guy Itzchakov, PhD 2026-07-01 · 45m
“Sharenting”: What happens when children's lives are shared online? With Keneisha Sinclair-McBride, PhD 2026-06-24 · 24m
Multisensory perception: How sight, sound and touch shape what we taste, with Charles Spence, PhD 2026-06-17 · 41m
Why midlife may be your prime time, with Margie Lachman, PhD 2026-06-10 · 31m
How children learn culture — and create it, with Dorsa Amir, PhD 2026-06-03 · 43m
Introducing: Call to Mind 2026-05-29 · 53m
How to feel more loved, with Harry Reis, PhD 2026-05-27 · 29m
Why being ‘a little more social’ makes us happier than we expect, with Nicholas Epley, PhD 2026-05-20 · 40m
‘Bossware’ and burnout: The psychology of workplace surveillance, with Tara Behrend, PhD 2026-05-13 · 28m
Debunking psychology myths and misconceptions, with Erin Smith, PhD 2026-05-06 · 34m
Managing stress in turbulent times, with Arthur C. Evans Jr., PhD, and Georges C. Benjamin, MD 2026-05-01 · 24m
It takes courage to be creative, with Zorana Ivcevic Pringle, PhD 2026-04-29 · 34m
Invisible scars: Recognizing and treating medical trauma, with James C. Jackson, PsyD 2026-04-22 · 37m
Tip or skip? What drives our tipping behavior, with Michael Lynn, PhD 2026-04-15 · 26m
The psychology of spending, debt and budgeting, with Abigail Sussman, PhD 2026-04-08 · 34m
Why babies laugh, with Gina Mireault, PhD 2026-04-01 · 29m
How accurate are our first impressions? With Nicholas Rule, PhD 2026-03-25 · 36m
Understanding Tourette disorder and other tic disorders, with John Piacentini, PhD 2026-03-18 · 35m
How to become more patient, with Sarah Schnitker, PhD 2026-03-11 · 35m
Incentivizing recovery: Why contingency management works to treat addiction, with Lara Coughlin, PhD, and Michael McDonell, PhD 2026-03-04 · 45m
Catching fire: What goes viral and why? With Jonah Berger, PhD 2026-02-25 · 42m
How to build kids’ resilience, with Mary Alvord, PhD 2026-02-18 · 35m
What relationship science says about finding love, with Paul Eastwick, PhD 2026-02-11 · 40m
The invisible work of being a daughter, with Allison Alford, PhD 2026-02-04 · 39m
When your “mind’s eye” is blank: Understanding aphantasia, with Joel Pearson, PhD 2026-01-28 · 40m
Inside the social minds of chimps and bonobos, with Laura Simone Lewis, PhD 2026-01-21 · 40m
Precision mental health and personalized treatment, with Leanne Williams, PhD, and Zachary Cohen, PhD 2026-01-14 · 42m
How will AI companions change our human relationships? With Ashleigh Golden, PsyD, and Rachel Wood, PhD 2026-01-07 · 48m
Encore: The benefits of being bilingual, with Viorica Marian, PhD 2025-12-31 · 46m
Encore: Learning to embrace winter, with Kari Leibowitz, PhD 2025-12-24 · 42m
How competition drives our behavior, with Stephen Garcia, PhD 2025-12-17 · 35m
What moral psychology has to say about charitable giving, with Joshua Greene, PhD 2025-12-10 · 51m
Why nature is good for your brain, with Marc Berman, PhD 2025-12-03 · 41m
How to raise grateful kids, with Andrea Hussong, PhD 2025-11-26 · 27m
When sounds are unbearable: Understanding misophonia, with Heather Hansen, PhD 2025-11-19 · 37m
Navigating the mental health impact of GLP-1s, with Rachel Goldman, PhD 2025-11-12 · 37m
Why humblebragging is never a good idea, with Ovul Sezer, PhD 2025-11-05 · 43m
Understanding trichotillomania and other body-focused repetitive behaviors, , with Clare Mackay, PhD, and Suzanne Mouton-Odum, PhD 2025-10-29 · 37m
Why we love to travel, with Andrew Stevenson, PhD 2025-10-22 · 37m
Courage is taking a worthwhile risk, with Cynthia Pury, PhD 2025-10-15 · 38m
Dyslexia myths, misconceptions and facts, with Tim Odegard, PhD 2025-10-08 · 39m
The psychology of handedness and brain asymmetry, with Sebastian Ocklenburg, PhD 2025-10-01 · 37m
Teens, AI and the science of risky decisions, with Valerie Reyna, PhD 2025-09-24 · 35m
How to support children after traumatic events, with Robin Gurwitch, PhD 2025-09-17 · 31m
Financial scams: Why some older adults are at risk, with Duke Han, PhD 2025-09-10 · 25m
Hot flashes, heart health and hormones: Rethinking menopause, with Rebecca Thurston, PhD 2025-09-03 · 33m
Why “boy" culture is creating a crisis of connection, with Niobe Way, PhD 2025-08-27 · 42m
Why numeracy counts in everyday life, with Ellen Peters, PhD 2025-08-20 · 35m
Encore - How science can help you change your behavior for the better, with Katy Milkman, PhD 2025-08-13 · 44m
Encore -- Why we choose to suffer, with Paul Bloom, PhD 2025-08-06 · 23m
Encore -- Why is it so hard for adults to make friends? With Marisa Franco, PhD 2025-07-30 · 32m
What the movies get right (and wrong) about relationships, with Paul Eastwick, PhD, and Eli Finkel, PhD 2025-07-23 · 39m
Can AI help solve the mental health crisis? With Vaile Wright, PhD 2025-07-16 · 30m
Why can’t you remember being a baby? With Nicholas Turk-Browne, PhD 2025-07-09 · 42m
How to be happier, with Sonja Lyubomirsky, PhD 2025-07-02 · 35m
The psychology of wealth, empathy and entitlement, with Paul Piff, PhD 2025-06-25 · 44m
Coping with job insecurity, with Mindy Shoss, PhD 2025-06-18 · 35m
How becoming a parent changes the brain, with Darby Saxbe, PhD 2025-06-11 · 36m
Attachment bonds: Understanding our closest relationships 2025-06-04 · 36m
Time going too fast? How to slow it down, with Ruth Ogden, PhD 2025-05-28 · 36m
Building resilience in the face of adversity, with George Bonanno, PhD 2025-05-21 · 36m
Digging out: Can we help people with hoarding disorder? With Mary E. Dozier, PhD 2025-05-14 · 31m
How moms can help their daughters build a healthy body image 2025-05-07 · 42m
What drives people to extremism? With Arie Kruglanski, PhD, and Sophia Moskalenko, PhD 2025-04-30 · 39m
Why do we cry? With Lauren Bylsma, PhD 2025-04-23 · 26m
Meat and morality: Will people eat lab-grown meat? With Matti Wilks, PhD, and Daniel Rosenfeld, PhD 2025-04-16 · 37m
The psychology of swearing, with Richard Stephens, PhD 2025-04-09 · 33m
Keeping your brain healthy as you age, with Vonetta Dotson, PhD 2025-04-02 · 40m
The rise of ‘therapy speak,’ with Taisha Caldwell-Harvey, PhD, and Erin Parks, PhD 2025-03-26 · 34m
Understanding paranoia and extreme mistrust, with Daniel Freeman, PhD 2025-03-19 · 33m
How to master virtual communication, with Andrew Brodsky, PhD 2025-03-12 · 38m
The psychology of space exploration, with Suzanne Bell, PhD 2025-03-05 · 41m
Why are more adults being diagnosed with ADHD? With Russell Ramsay, PhD 2025-02-26 · 40m
What disgusts us and why, with Paul Rozin, PhD 2025-02-19 · 34m
The power of defiance, with Sunita Sah, PhD 2025-02-12 · 38m
Understanding and treating chronic pain, with Rachel V. Aaron, PhD 2025-02-05 · 35m
How to be an inspiring leader, with Adam Galinsky, PhD 2025-01-29 · 39m
Can we prevent school shootings? With Dewey Cornell, PhD 2025-01-22 · 37m
Why do some of us age faster than others? With Terrie Moffitt, PhD 2025-01-15 · 33m
Dry January: Why more people are taking a break from alcohol, with Richard de Visser, PhD 2025-01-08 · 36m
Encore - Why we get conned and how to avoid it, with Daniel Simons, PhD, and Christopher Chabris, PhD 2025-01-01 · 35m
Encore - What is borderline personality disorder? With Carla Sharp, PhD 2024-12-25 · 37m
Dreams, nightmares and sleepwalking: What can happen while we sleep, with Antonio Zadra, PhD 2024-12-18 · 42m
Why do we push ourselves to be perfect? With Thomas Curran, PhD 2024-12-11 · 35m
Learning to embrace winter, with Kari Leibowitz, PhD 2024-12-04 · 41m
Encore - Tightwads and spendthrifts: How emotions drive our shopping behavior, with Scott Rick, PhD 2024-11-27 · 32m
Lessons from the ‘love lab’ on how to strengthen your relationship, with John Gottman, PhD, and Julie Schwartz Gottman, PhD 2024-11-20 · 50m
Why are some kids shy? With Koraly Pérez-Edgar, PhD 2024-11-13 · 37m
Some birds talk, but do they understand you? With Irene Pepperberg, PhD 2024-11-06 · 39m
The future of human-robot teams, with Ericka Rovira, PhD 2024-10-30 · 30m
Why people quit religion, with Daryl Van Tongeren, PhD 2024-10-23 · 32m
Are “onlies” lonely? Busting myths about only children, with Toni Falbo, PhD 2024-10-16 · 28m
The ‘rush hour’ of life: Navigating your 30s and 40s, with Clare Mehta, PhD 2024-10-09 · 34m
Reducing the risks of brain injury, with Kim Gorgens, PhD 2024-10-02 · 44m
The psychology behind our political divide, with Keith Payne, PhD 2024-09-25 · 31m
Supporting mental health for youth of color, with Alfiee Breland-Noble, PhD 2024-09-18 · 30m
Harnessing the healing power of music, with Renée Fleming and Aniruddh Patel, PhD 2024-09-11 · 39m
Road rage, traffic jams and why driving stresses us out, with Dwight Hennessy, PhD 2024-09-04 · 40m
How to handle health anxiety, with Karen Lynn Cassiday, PhD 2024-08-28 · 41m
Job therapy and toxic coworkers, with Tessa West, PhD 2024-08-21 · 36m
Encore - How to have great conversations, with Charles Duhigg and Michael Yeomans, PhD 2024-08-14 · 51m
Encore - Why you should take a vacation—and how to get the most out of it, with Jessica de Bloom, PhD, and Sarah Pressman, PhD 2024-08-07 · 39m
Encore - What is it like to be face blind? With Joe DeGutis, PhD, and Sadie Dingfelder 2024-07-31 · 44m
Inside the mind of an octopus, with Jennifer Mather, PhD 2024-07-24 · 36m
Why psychological safety matters in a changing workplace, with Dennis Stolle, PhD 2024-07-17 · 30m
The future of brain-computer interfaces, with Nicholas Hatsopoulos, PhD 2024-07-10 · 27m
How to use psychology to write a best seller, with Jennifer Lynn Barnes, PhD 2024-07-03 · 51m
How noise pollution harms our health, with Arline Bronzaft, PhD 2024-06-26 · 38m
Mental health in a warming world, with Kim Meidenbauer, PhD, and Amruta Nori-Sarma, PhD 2024-06-19 · 41m
How to motivate yourself and others, with Wendy Grolnick, PhD, and Frank Worrell, PhD 2024-06-12 · 38m
The benefits of solitude, with Thuy-vy Nguyen, PhD, and Netta Weinstein, PhD 2024-06-05 · 47m
Which countries are happiest and why? With Lara Aknin, PhD 2024-05-29 · 33m
Choosing to be child free, with Jennifer Watling Neal, PhD 2024-05-22 · 33m
How to cope with political stress this election season, with Brett Q. Ford, PhD, and Kevin Smith, PhD 2024-05-15 · 37m
How Sesame Street teaches kids about emotional well-being, with Rosemarie Truglio, PhD 2024-05-08 · 36m
What déjà vu can teach us about memory, with Chris Moulin, PhD 2024-05-01 · 41m
The psychology of sports fans, with Daniel Wann, PhD 2024-04-24 · 42m
You can learn new things at any age, with Rachel Wu, PhD 2024-04-17 · 27m
Understanding the mind of a serial killer, with Louis Schlesinger, PhD 2024-04-10 · 48m
Coping with family estrangement, with Lucy Blake, PhD 2024-04-03 · 30m
How to help kids navigate friendship, with Eileen Kennedy-Moore, PhD 2024-03-27 · 46m
Bridging the generation gap at work, with Megan Gerhardt, PhD 2024-03-20 · 46m
Expressive writing can help your mental health, with James Pennebaker, PhD 2024-03-13 · 45m
How music, memory and emotion are connected, with Elizabeth Margulis, PhD 2024-03-06 · 41m
What’s going on inside your cat’s head? With Kristyn Vitale, PhD 2024-02-28 · 32m
Designing cities to improve mental health, with Jenny Roe, PhD 2024-02-21 · 31m
Love and algorithms: The future of dating apps, with Liesel Sharabi, PhD 2024-02-14 · 34m
How video games can help kids learn and grow, with Susan Rivers, PhD 2024-02-07 · 31m
How to use AI ethically, with Nathanael Fast, PhD 2024-01-31 · 31m
How to learn from regret, with Robert Leahy, PhD 2024-01-24 · 46m
How to fail successfully, with Amy Edmondson, PhD, and Samuel West, PhD 2024-01-17 · 51m
Why diversity matters, with Robert Sellers, PhD 2024-01-10 · 42m
The benefits of being bilingual, with Viorica Marian, PhD 2024-01-03 · 45m
Encore - How to get unstuck with Adam Alter, PhD 2023-12-27 · 35m
Encore - Living a happy single life, with Geoff MacDonald, PhD 2023-12-20 · 30m
Why we learn best through play, with Kathy Hirsh-Pasek, PhD 2023-12-13 · 40m
Why we need hope, with Chan Hellman, PhD, and Jacqueline Mattis, PhD 2023-12-06 · 37m
Stopping the spread of misinformation, with Sander van der Linden, PhD 2023-11-29 · 41m
Treatment and recovery from serious mental illness, with Kim Mueser, PhD 2023-11-22 · 37m
How to have great conversations, with Charles Duhigg and Michael Yeomans, PhD 2023-11-15 · 49m
Caregiving as a source of stress and strength, with William Haley, PhD 2023-11-08 · 37m
OCD myths and realities, with Dean McKay, PhD, and Uma Chatterjee 2023-11-01 · 50m
Why do we love scary movies? with Coltan Scrivner, PhD 2023-10-25 · 33m
Why do we dream? With Mark Blagrove, PhD 2023-10-18 · 49m
What do we get from celebrity crushes? With Rebecca Tukachinsky Forster, PhD, and Karen Dill-Shackleford, PhD 2023-10-11 · 44m
How to help with math anxiety, with Molly Jameson, PhD 2023-10-04 · 35m
What’s the difference between guilt and shame? With June Tangney, PhD 2023-09-27 · 35m
Why are people drawn to extreme sports? With Eric Brymer, PhD 2023-09-20 · 39m
Why it’s important to talk about money, with Wendy De La Rosa, PhD 2023-09-13 · 35m
How hormones and the menstrual cycle affect mental health, with Tory Eisenlohr-Moul, PhD 2023-09-06 · 30m
How to combat microaggressions, with Derald Wing Sue, PhD 2023-08-30 · 44m
Red with anger or feeling blue? The link between color and emotion, with Domicele Jonauskaite, PhD 2023-08-23 · 31m
Encore - Can a pathological liar be cured? with Drew Curtis, PhD, and Christian L. Hart, PhD 2023-08-16 · 37m
Encore - Understanding the teenage brain, with Eva Telzer, PhD 2023-08-09 · 32m
Encore - Waiting, worrying and dealing with uncertainty, with Kate Sweeny, PhD 2023-08-02 · 29m
Will easier access to gambling mean more gambling addiction? with Shane Kraus, PhD, and Lia Nower, JD, PhD 2023-07-26 · 37m
Why we get conned and how to avoid it, with Daniel Simons, PhD, and Christopher Chabris, PhD 2023-07-19 · 33m
The power of forgiving those who’ve hurt you, with Robert Enright, PhD 2023-07-12 · 29m
How studying human cognition can help us make better AI systems, with Tom Griffiths, PhD 2023-07-05 · 32m
Are you angry at God? How spirituality and spiritual struggle affect us, with Julie Exline, PhD 2023-06-28 · 35m
Why you should take a vacation – and how to get the most out of it, with Jessica de Bloom, PhD, and Sarah Pressman, PhD 2023-06-21 · 37m
How to get unstuck, with Adam Alter, PhD 2023-06-14 · 35m
Digital therapeutics and mental health apps, with Vaile Wright, PhD 2023-06-07 · 25m
Crowds, obedience and the psychology of group behavior, with Stephen Reicher, PhD 2023-05-31 · 48m
Medical Deception: Understanding Munchausen Syndrome/Factitious Disorder, with Marc Feldman, MD, and Janet Cahill, PhD 2023-05-24 · 37m
How parents and their adult children can build strong relationships, with Laurence Steinberg, PhD 2023-05-17 · 38m
How social media affects teens’ mental health, with Jacqueline Nesi, PhD 2023-05-10 · 32m
The ‘silent epidemic’ of eating disorders, with Cheri Levinson, PhD 2023-05-03 · 43m
The promise of brain stimulation treatments for depression, with Sarah Lisanby, MD, and Diana Daniele 2023-04-26 · 39m
How do you build a successful team? With Eduardo Salas, PhD 2023-04-19 · 38m
What you know about aging is probably wrong, with Manfred Diehl, PhD 2023-04-12 · 33m
How early detection could change autism diagnosis and intervention, with Geraldine Dawson, PhD 2023-04-05 · 48m
What does modern retirement look like? With Mo Wang, PhD 2023-03-29 · 32m
What’s behind the crisis in teen mental health, with Kathleen Ethier, PhD 2023-03-22 · 38m
Psychedelic therapy: Will it be a game changer for mental health treatment? with Albert Garcia-Romeu, PhD 2023-03-15 · 39m
Hypnosis in therapy - pain management for the body and mind, with David Patterson, PhD 2023-03-08 · 37m
The secret to living a happy life, with Marc Schulz, PhD 2023-03-01 · 35m
Why clutter stresses us out, with Dn. Joseph Ferrari, PhD 2023-02-22 · 36m
Why you should aim to be a “good enough” parent, with Tim Cavell, PhD, and Lauren Quetsch, PhD 2023-02-15 · 43m
Why our attention spans are shrinking, with Gloria Mark, PhD 2023-02-08 · 38m
How to live with bipolar disorder, with David Miklowitz, PhD, and Terri Cheney 2023-02-01 · 42m
How psychology can help people make better decisions, with Lace Padilla, PhD, and Hannah Perfecto, PhD 2023-01-25 · 36m
Can a pathological liar be cured? with Drew Curtis, PhD, and Christian L. Hart, PhD 2023-01-18 · 37m
Understanding and overcoming phobias, with Martin Antony, PhD 2023-01-11 · 32m
What our possessions mean to us, with Russell Belk, PhD 2023-01-04 · 33m
Encore - The people who never forget a face, with Josh Davis, PhD, and Kelly Desborough 2022-12-28 · 34m
Encore - Psychology takes toys seriously, with Barry Kudrowitz, PhD, and Doris Bergen, PhD 2022-12-21 · 45m
The challenge of long COVID, with Tracy Vannorsdall, PhD, and Rowena Ng, PhD 2022-12-14 · 31m
How our brain makes sense of a noisy world, with Nina Kraus, PhD 2022-12-07 · 35m
How to learn better using psychology, with Regan Gurung, PhD, and John Dunlosky, PhD 2022-11-30 · 45m
How to cope with news overload, with Markus Brauer, PhD, and Don Grant, PhD 2022-11-23 · 44m
Living a happy single life, with Geoff MacDonald, PhD 2022-11-16 · 30m
Why humans and other primates care about fairness, with Sarah Brosnan, PhD 2022-11-09 · 34m
Why you should apologize even when it’s hard to, with Karina Schumann, PhD 2022-11-02 · 38m
Understanding medical marijuana, CBD and more, with Ziva Cooper, PhD 2022-10-26 · 46m
Relationship advice from a couple psychologist, with Anthony Chambers, PhD 2022-10-19 · 38m
Why we procrastinate and what to do about it, with Fuschia Sirois, PhD 2022-10-12 · 36m
How to stop mass shootings, with Jillian Peterson, PhD 2022-10-05 · 35m
The psychology of political messaging, with Drew Westen, PhD 2022-09-28 · 42m
Reading minds using brain scans, with Kenneth Norman, PhD 2022-09-21 · 41m
How the need to belong drives human behavior, with Geoffrey L. Cohen, PhD 2022-09-14 · 34m
How to spend your time more wisely, with Cassie Holmes, PhD 2022-09-07 · 42m
How job loss and economic stress affect workers and their families, with Anna Gassman-Pines, PhD 2022-08-31 · 31m
Understanding the teenage brain, with Eva Telzer, PhD 2022-08-24 · 31m
Can you be addicted to food? With Ashley Gearhardt, PhD 2022-08-17 · 38m
Encore - How to overcome feeling like an imposter, with Lisa Orbé-Austin, PhD, and Kevin Cokley, PhD 2022-08-10 · 35m
Encore - Tasty words, colorful sounds - How people with synesthesia experience the world, with Julia Simner, PhD 2022-08-03 · 39m
What is borderline personality disorder? With Carla Sharp, PhD 2022-07-27 · 36m
The truth about why kids lie, with Victoria Talwar, PhD 2022-07-20 · 41m
Can we unlearn implicit biases? With Mahzarin Banaji, PhD 2022-07-13 · 52m
Perfectionism: When good is never good enough, with Gordon Flett, PhD, and Bonnie Zucker, PhD 2022-07-06 · 34m
Revealing the Hidden Brain, with Shankar Vedantam 2022-06-29 · 41m
Why can some people speak dozens of languages? with Ev Fedorenko, PhD 2022-06-22 · 41m
Abortion and mental health, with Antonia Biggs, PhD 2022-06-15 · 27m
How living with secrets can harm you, with Michael Slepian, PhD 2022-06-08 · 25m
Can an app improve your health? With Gary Bennett, PhD 2022-06-01 · 39m
Racism, racial discrimination and mental health, with Riana Elyse Anderson, PhD 2022-05-25 · 40m
What is dissociative identity disorder? With Bethany Brand, PhD 2022-05-18 · 31m
Are we in a ‘loneliness pandemic’? With Louise Hawkley, PhD 2022-05-11 · 38m
Is technology killing empathy? With Sherry Turkle, PhD 2022-05-04 · 44m
What psychology has to say about art, with Ellen Winner, PhD 2022-04-27 · 42m
How exercise benefits the brain, with Jenny Etnier, PhD 2022-04-20 · 31m
Surviving the trauma of war in Ukraine, with Laura Murray, PhD 2022-04-13 · 37m
How to keep stress from harming your health, with George Slavich, PhD 2022-04-06 · 48m
How grieving changes the brain, with Mary-Frances O’Connor, PhD 2022-03-30 · 34m
How to Keep Anger from Getting the Best of You with Howard Kassinove, PhD, and Raymond “Chip” Tafrate, PhD 2022-03-23 · 43m
Why psychopathy is more common than you think, with Abigail Marsh, PhD 2022-03-16 · 43m
Ambiguous loss and the “myth of closure,” with Pauline Boss, PhD 2022-03-09 · 30m
How our siblings influence our lives, with Laurie Kramer, PhD, and Megan Gilligan, PhD 2022-03-02 · 41m
Poker, con artists and the psychology of risk and deception, with Maria Konnikova, PhD 2022-02-23 · 42m
Fighting the stigma of mental illness, with Patrick Corrigan, PsyD 2022-02-16 · 33m
What makes love last? With Arthur Aron, PhD 2022-02-09 · 36m
Why we choose to suffer, with Paul Bloom, PhD 2022-02-02 · 21m
Why is it so hard for adults to make friends? With Maris Franco, PhD 2022-01-26 · 30m
The people who never forget a face, with Josh Davis, PhD, and Kelly Desborough 2022-01-19 · 34m
What is anxiety and how can we treat it effectively? With Bunmi Olatunji, PhD 2022-01-12 · 21m
Healing pain by treating the mind, with Tor Wager, PhD 2022-01-05 · 37m
Encore - Unlocking the mysteries of smell, our most underappreciated sense, with Pamela Dalton, PhD 2021-12-29 · 35m
Encore - What is it like to remember every day of your life, with Michael Yassa, PhD, and Markie Pasternak 2021-12-22 · 40m
Psychology takes toys seriously, with Barry Kudrowitz, PhD, and Doris Bergen, PhD 2021-12-15 · 44m
The secret to being a “SuperAger,” with Emily Rogalski, PhD 2021-12-08 · 32m
Tightwads and spendthrifts: How emotions drive our shopping behavior, with Scott Rick, PhD 2021-12-01 · 31m
Exploring the human-animal bond, with Maggie O’Haire, PhD 2021-11-24 · 29m
What can science teach us about the benefits of religion? With David DeSteno, PhD 2021-11-17 · 36m
How social media affects teens’ mental health and well-being, with Linda Charmaraman, PhD 2021-11-10 · 28m
How close relationships keep us healthy and happy, with Richard Slatcher, PhD 2021-11-03 · 40m
Ghosts, Ouija boards and ESP: psychology and the paranormal, with Chris French, PhD 2021-10-27 · 40m
Waiting, worrying and dealing with uncertainty, with Kate Sweeny, PhD 2021-10-20 · 28m
Men, masculinity and mental health, with Ronald F. Levant, EdD 2021-10-13 · 37m
ADHD among children and adults, with Margaret Sibley, PhD 2021-10-06 · 27m
The psychology of science denial, doubt and disbelief, with Gale Sinatra, PhD, and Barbara Hofer, PhD 2021-09-29 · 37m
How science can help you change your behavior for the better with Katy Milkman, PhD 2021-09-22 · 42m
The seven sins of memory, with Daniel Schacter, PhD 2021-09-15 · 42m
Twenty years after 9/11, what have we learned about collective trauma? With Roxane Cohen Silver, PhD 2021-09-08 · 38m
Power: How you get it, how it can change you, with Dacher Keltner, PhD 2021-09-01 · 37m
Sport psychology, peak performance and athletes’ mental health, with Jamie Shapiro, PhD 2021-08-25 · 37m
Creativity, insight and “eureka moments,” with John Kounios, PhD 2021-08-18 · 44m
The psychology of superstition, with Stuart Vyse, PhD 2021-08-11 · 39m
Encore: How children’s amazing brains shaped humanity, with Alison Gopnik, PhD 2021-08-04 · 46m
Why we’re burned out and what to do about it, with Christina Maslach, PhD 2021-07-28 · 30m
Tasty words, colorful sounds: How people with synesthesia experience the world, with Julia Simner, PhD 2021-07-21 · 39m
Can a personality test determine if you’re a good fit for a job? With Fred Oswald, PhD 2021-07-14 · 44m
How to overcome feeling like an impostor, with Lisa Orbé-Austin, PhD, and Kevin Cokley, PhD 2021-07-07 · 34m
Back to the office? The future of remote and hybrid work, with Tsedal Neeley, PhD 2021-06-30 · 35m
The history of LGBTQ psychology from Stonewall to now, with Peter Hegarty, PhD 2021-06-23 · 49m
How ‘open science’ is changing psychological research, with Brian Nosek, PhD 2021-06-16 · 42m
What do we know about preventing gun violence? With Susan Sorenson, PhD 2021-06-09 · 32m
COVID 19, Insomnia, and the Importance of Sleep, with Jennifer Martin, PhD 2021-06-02 · 30m
The future of policing one year after George Floyd's death, with Cedric Alexander, PsyD 2021-05-26 · 38m
Technology is changing how we talk to each other, with Jeff Hancock, PhD 2021-05-19 · 33m
Can a “growth mindset” help students achieve their potential? With David Yeager, PhD 2021-05-12 · 32m
What is it like to remember every day of your life? With Michael Yassa, PhD, and Markie Pasternak 2021-05-05 · 39m
Your Brain Is Not What You Think It Is, with Lisa Feldman Barrett, PhD 2021-04-28 · 39m
How to cope with climate anxiety, with Thomas Doherty, PsyD, and Ashlee Cunsolo, PhD 2021-04-21 · 36m
Why you should talk to strangers, with Gillian Sandstrom, PhD, and Jon Levy 2021-04-14 · 42m
Suicide prevention, with Jill Harkavy-Friedman, PhD 2021-04-07 · 33m
What Makes Things Funny? With Peter McGraw, PhD 2021-03-31 · 41m
How the threat of disease has shaped human behavior, with Mark Schaller, PhD 2021-03-24 · 30m
What COVID-19 is teaching us about the importance of smell, with Pamela Dalton, PhD 2021-03-17 · 34m
How We’re Coping One Year into the Pandemic, with Vaile Wright, PhD 2021-03-10 · 25m
How meditation can help you live a flourishing life, with Richard Davidson, PhD 2021-03-03 · 31m
What studying twins can teach us about ourselves, with Nancy Segal, PhD 2021-02-24 · 27m
How children's amazing brains shaped humanity, with Alison Gopnik, PhD 2021-02-17 · 46m
The science of relationships, with Gary Lewandowski, PhD 2021-02-10 · 24m
Can “brain training” games sharpen your mental skills? With Aaron Seitz, PhD 2021-02-03 · 26m
What is it like to be face blind? With Joe DeGutis, PhD, and Sadie Dingfelder 2021-01-27 · 42m
Positive Psychology in a Pandemic, with Martin Seligman, PhD 2021-01-20 · 48m
Why people believe in conspiracy theories, with Karen Douglas, PhD 2021-01-13 · 36m
How the Science of Habits Can Help Us Keep Our New Year’s Resolutions, with Wendy Wood, PhD 2021-01-06 · 34m
Encore: Why boredom is surprisingly interesting, with Erin Westgate, PhD 2020-12-30 · 41m
Why America's bitter politics are like a bad marriage, with Eli Finkel, PhD 2020-12-16 · 28m
Exploring psychology’s colorful past, with Dr. Cathy Faye, PhD 2020-12-02 · 33m
The Holiday Blues, with Elaine Rodino, PhD 2020-11-24 · 18m
Does Diversity Training Work? With Calvin Lai, PhD 2020-11-18 · 29m
Why Gen Z is Feeling So Stressed, with Emma Adam, PhD 2020-11-04 · 30m
How to recognize and combat ‘fake news,’ with Dolores Albarracin, PhD 2020-10-28 · 31m
Will People Accept a COVID-19 Vaccine? With Gretchen Chapman, PhD 2020-10-21 · 27m
What Drives Voter Behavior? With Jon Krosnick, PhD 2020-10-07 · 50m
How to Choose Effective, Science-based Mental Health Apps, with Stephen Schueller, PhD 2020-09-23 · 31m
The Challenges Faced by Women in Leadership with Alice Eagly, PhD 2020-09-09 · 35m
How to Have Meaningful Dialogues Despite Political Differences with Tania Israel, PhD 2020-08-26 · 26m
Survival of the Friendliest with Brian Hare, PhD 2020-08-12 · 26m
Reopening schools in a pandemic with Heidi Schweingruber, PhD 2020-07-29 · 31m
Psychedelic Therapy with Roland Griffiths, PhD 2020-07-15 · 45m
The Invisibility of White Privilege with Brian Lowery, PhD 2020-07-01 · 25m
The Challenge of Telework During COVID-19 with Kristen Shockley, PhD 2020-06-17 · 28m
The Psychology of Protest and Activism with Lauren Duncan, PhD 2020-06-10 · 37m
Bonus Episode: How the Social and Behavioral Sciences Explain Our Reactions to COVID-19 with Jay Van Bavel, PhD 2020-05-27 · 32m
Parenting Through the Pandemic with Erlanger Turner, PhD 2020-05-20 · 25m
Bonus Episode: How to Obtain Teletherapy During the Pandemic with Jared Skillings, PhD 2020-05-13 · 22m
COVID-19 and the Loss of Rituals, Formation of New Ones with Michael Norton, PhD 2020-05-06 · 23m
Bonus Episode: How Students and Academia Are Navigating COVID-19 with Sian Beilock, PhD 2020-04-29 · 23m
The Role of Resilience in the Face of COVID-19 with Ann Masten, PhD 2020-04-22 · 33m
Bonus Episode: Why is COVID-19 Disproportionately Affecting Black and Latino Americans with Brian Smedley, PhD 2020-04-17 · 23m
Bonus Episode: The Most Boring Podcast Ever (Or, What to Do With Yourself During COVID-19) with Erin Westgate, PhD 2020-04-15 · 41m
Coping with Financial Anxiety During COVID-19 with Bradley T. Klontz, PsyD, CFP 2020-04-08 · 27m
Bonus Episode: Coronavirus Anxiety (Part 2) with Baruch Fischhoff, PhD 2020-04-02 · 28m
Bonus Episode: Managing Your Mental Health during COVID 19 with Lynn Bufka, PhD 2020-03-30 · 28m
Inner Monologues with Ethan Kross, PhD 2020-03-25 · 41m
Psychologically Sound Tips for Better Sleep with Robin Haight, PsyD 2020-03-11 · 38m
Sober Curious? with Katie Witkiewitz, PhD 2020-02-26 · 43m
What to Do When You've Been Ghosted with Jennice Vilhauer, PhD 2020-02-12 · 36m
Bonus Episode : Coronavirus Anxiety with Baruch Fischhoff, PhD 2020-02-10 · 26m
How to Know if You Have Seasonal Affective Disorder with Kelly Rohan, PhD 2020-01-29 · 40m
Why People Hoard with Julie Pike, PhD 2020-01-15 · 34m
How to Keep Your New Year's Resolutions 2020-01-01 · 40m
Bonus Episode: Psychologists Address Climate Change - Special Report with Kim Mills 2019-12-24 · 7m
Transformation After Trauma 2019-12-18 · 52m
The Decline of Empathy and the Rise of Narcissism with Sara Konrath, PhD 2019-12-04 · 46m
Veterans' Mental Health with Terri Tanielan, MA, and Rajeev Ramchand, PhD 2019-11-20 · 58m
Bonus Episode: Using Virtual Reality to Train Law Enforcement Officers with Gregory Kratzig, Phd 2019-11-13 · 19m
Bonus Episode: Your Boss is Watching You. Is that OK? with Dave Tomczak 2019-11-11 · 20m
Does Nostalgia Have a Psychological Purpose? with Krystine Batcho, PhD 2019-11-06 · 43m
Bonus Episode: How Virtual Reality Can Help Detect Racial Bias in Police Shootings with John Tawa, PhD 2019-11-04 · 34m
Bonus Episode: How a Virtual Buffet Can Help Kids Learn to Eat Better with Susan Persky, PhD 2019-10-30 · 24m
Bonus Episode: The Role of Body and Dash Cams in Policing with Nick Camp, PhD 2019-10-28 · 18m
The Psychology of Design 2019-10-23 · 38m
Bonus Episode: Driverless Cars and Body-less Therapy with Arnon Rolnick, PhD 2019-10-21 · 28m
The Psychology of Esports with Kaitlyn Roose and Shawn Doherty, PhD 2019-10-16 · 46m
How Memory Can Be Manipulated 2019-10-09 · 18m
Bonus Episode: Human Trafficking with Kalyani Gopal, PhD, HSPP 2019-10-02 · 36m
Future of Work 2019-09-25 · 39m
Understanding Racial Inequities in School Discipline 2019-09-11 · 70m
Bonus Episode Live from APA 2019 - Debunking Myths About Fertility with Angela Lawson, PhD 2019-09-04 · 36m
What Guides Our Buying Behaviors 2019-08-28 · 48m
Bonus Episode: Fake News with Chrysalis Wright, PhD 2019-08-21 · 29m
Why Popularity Matters 2019-08-14 · 34m
Why We Like the Foods We Like 2019-07-31 · 53m
On the Front Lines of the Immigration Crisis 2019-07-17 · 43m
Suicide Science 2019-07-03 · 41m
Psychology of Fashion 2019-06-19 · 35m
How Psychologists Can Do More to Address the Opioid Crisis 2019-06-05 · 39m
The Dark Side of Screen Time 2019-05-22 · 28m
Anxiety and Teen Girls 2019-05-08 · 47m
The Psychology of Climate Change 2019-04-24 · 36m
The Mind-Gut Connection 2019-04-10 · 54m
The Psychologically Healthy Workplace 2019-03-27 · 41m
Bonus Episode: After New Zealand - The Spread of Extremism in the Digital Age 2019-03-21 · 35m
Bonus Episode: The College Admissions Scandal and the Psychology of Affluence 2019-03-15 · 28m
The Molecule of More: Dopamine 2019-03-13 · 54m
How to Find Meaning in Life 2019-02-27 · 48m
Living in a Lonely World 2019-02-13 · 46m
Stock Market Anxiety 2019-01-30 · 43m
Giving Away Psychology in the Digital Age 2019-01-16 · 29m
The Science of Dreaming 2019-01-02 · 51m
How to Cope with Political Discussions and Keep it Civil this Holiday Season 2018-12-19 · 34m
Philip Zimbardo, PhD, on Heroism, Shyness and the Stanford Prison Experiment 2018-12-05 · 32m
Stress in America: Generation Z 2018-11-21 · 15m
Using Psychology for Pain Relief and Opioid Reduction 2018-11-07 · 18m
Making Love Last and Dating in the Digital Age 2018-10-17 · 43m
Smartphones Are a Problem: Can They Be a Solution? 2018-10-03 · 19m
Something Happened In Our Town 2018-09-19 · 15m
Social Robots and Deception 2018-09-05 · 21m
The Internet of Things and Consumer Risk 2018-08-15 · 15m
Online Risks 2018-07-25 · 21m
Twitter and ADHD 2018-07-11 · 11m
Big Data 2018-06-20 · 22m
Suicide Contagion 2018-06-06 · 12m
Self-Driving Cars 2018-05-16 · 20m
Raising Children in the Digital Age 2018-05-02 · 19m
The Power of Persuasion 2018-04-23 · 21m
Graying green 2018-03-16 · 14m
Getting teens to eat healthy 2018-02-16 · 13m
How women become leaders 2018-01-19 · 16m
Making talking about death easier 2017-12-22 · 15m
Feminism A to Z 2017-11-03 · 17m
False confessions aren’t always what they seem 2017-09-13 · 34m
Understanding the minds of champions 2017-06-20 · 17m
Children, loss and stress 2017-05-12 · 14m
Living the better single life 2017-03-31 · 18m
Treating anxiety in children 2017-02-17 · 13m
Understanding mass violence 2016-12-16 · 16m
How politics became so uncivilized 2016-10-31 · 18m
How to talk to teen boys about dating and sex 2016-10-14 · 18m
Born bashful? Learning how to manage shyness 2016-09-16 · 16m
Kids and psychologists team up to learn from one another 2016-07-22 · 14m
Improving health care with psychology 2016-07-08 · 8m
How masculinity can hurt mental health 2016-06-10 · 17m
Recognizing a narcissist 2016-05-13 · 15m
Discrimination and stress 2016-04-08 · 15m
Planning for a successful career 2016-03-11 · 12m
Nonverbal communication speaks volumes 2016-02-12 · 14m
Putting an end to bullying and school violence 2016-01-15 · 9m
Psychology’s influence on our digital world 2015-12-14 · 9m
Understanding your racial biases 2015-11-13 · 12m
Helping transgender people thrive 2015-10-05 · 12m
Integrated care for kids 2015-09-08 · 12m
Keeping your brain fit 2015-08-17 · 11m
Dispelling the myth of violence and mental illness 2015-07-09 · 12m
Unlocking the psychology of millennials 2015-06-15 · 12m
Making psychotherapy work for you 2015-05-25 · 11m
Stamping out mental health stigma (SOP24) 2015-05-11 · 10m
Surviving the AIDS epidemic 2015-04-06 · 15m
The stress of money 2015-03-19 · 11m
Using your mind to find love 2015-02-25 · 12m
Treating the whole person 2015-02-09 · 15m
Improving lives through virtual reality therapy 2015-01-12 · 13m
Protecting your aging brain 2014-12-08 · 11m
Protecting your aging brain 2014-11-10 · 11m
The brain changer 2014-10-14 · 16m
Disciplining children effectively 2014-09-24 · 15m
Preventing suicide 2014-09-08 · 13m
Thinking of companies as people 2014-08-18 · 10m
Simple steps to well-being 2014-07-07 · 11m
Music and your health 2014-06-09 · 11m
The neuroscience of creativity 2014-05-05 · 10m
Understanding climate change 2014-04-07 · 14m
Digital altruism and cyberheroes 2014-03-03 · 8m
Better health through integrated care (SOP7) 2014-02-18 · 9m
Molecules and morals: learning the link 2014-02-03 · 8m
Women and smoking 2014-01-13 · 11m
Choosing foods wisely 2013-12-16 · 11m
Getting into a terrorist’s mind 2013-11-04 · 9m
The good and bad of peer pressure 2013-10-04 · 14m
Teaching social skills to autistic teens 2013-09-12 · 14m
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