Reading tells in the video game Apex Legends, with Brandon Singer, aka Nocturnal
An interview with professional gamer Nocturnal (OhNocturnal on Twitch), about reading opponent behavior in Apex Legends and other video games. We also talk about the financial aspects of being a pro v...
26 Kesä 202123min
Psychology and behavioral "tells" in professional tennis, with tennis coach Carlos Goffi
An interview about the role of psychology and understanding behavior in tennis, with experienced tennis player and coach Carlos Goffi. Goffi has coached tennis for more than 30 years, has coached John...
4 Kesä 202157min
A politically liberal police captain talks George Floyd and police violence (part 1)
First of two interviews with James Mitchell, a retired police captain who worked in Prince George's County, Maryland. We talk about the U.S. problem of excessive police violence, with the goal of unde...
19 Huhti 20211h 24min
Living with anxiety, with Scott Stossel, national editor of The Atlantic
I interview Scott Stossel, who is the national editor of the magazine The Atlantic, and the author of the book My Age of Anxiety: Fear, Hope, Dread, and the Search for Peace of Mind. That book is a hi...
14 Huhti 20211h 2min
Psychological and environmental factors in so-called schizophrenia, with Nathan Filer
An interview with Nathan Filer, author of the non-fiction book 'The Heartland: Finding and Losing Schizophrenia' and the fiction book 'The Shock of the Fall'. We talk about environmental, experiential...
27 Maalis 202159min
An 8-year-old kid talks about magical creatures, games she likes, and reading adults
In this episode, I interview an 8-year-old. We talk about such topics as: how she knows other kids want to be her friend, how she knows adults are upset with her, tricks she uses to watch more TV, the...
25 Helmi 202115min
Gina Assaf, who has "long haul" covid, discusses her research on it
An interview with Gina Assaf about her patient-led research on "long haul" Covid, which refers to long term Covid-19 effects. Assaf is not a professional medical researcher; she was motivated to initi...
23 Helmi 202121min
Why hasn't crowdsourcing of medical data from public disrupted healthcare?, with Jamie Heywood
An interview with Jamie Heywood, who got into the medical research field when his brother was diagnosed with ALS and Jamie wanted to do everything he could do to save him. Jamie started an ALS researc...
5 Helmi 20211h 2min
