Rounders and Billions screenwriter Brian Koppelman on poker tells and reading behavior
A 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 ...
1 Mar 202454min
The psychology of poker tells: A talk with pro poker player Dara O'Kearney
A 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 s...
18 Feb 20241h 9min
Psychological tactics in interrogations and getting confessions, with David Zulawski
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-...
5 Feb 20241h 17min
The Robbi Jade Lew poker scandal: reading behaviors and motivations, with Yakov Hirsch
A 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 gi...
28 Jan 20241min
Understanding Republican-side animosity towards the media, with Yakov Hirsch
A talk about trying to understand Trump's anger at the American media, Republicans' anger at the media, and how this relates to toxic polarization in America. This is from a talk I had with Yakov Hirs...
20 Jan 202445min
The exaggeration of antisemitism, and the importance of understanding the "other side," with Yakov Hirsch
A 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...
14 Jan 202444min
The psychology behind the "need for chaos," a desire to "burn it all down"
A 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 soci...
4 Jan 20241h 1min
Psychology and behavioral clues in football, baseball, and other sports, with Jon Hoefling
A 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 Roethli...
21 Des 202330min
