Survival of the Friendliest with Brian Hare, PhD
Compared with other animals, dogs are brilliant in one important way: They can understand and communicate with us, their human companions. Brian Hare, PhD, of Duke University, talks about what we know...
12 Aug 202026min
Reopening Schools in a Pandemic with Heidi Schweingruber, PhD
With the start of the 2020-2021 school year just weeks away, politicians, parents, health officials, school officials, teachers’ unions and other groups are debating whether it’s safe for students to ...
29 Juli 202031min
Psychedelic Therapy with Roland Griffiths, PhD
Psilocybin, LSD and other psychedelic drugs were once considered promising treatments for depression, anxiety and other mental health ailments. Now, after a decades-long lull, researchers are once aga...
15 Juli 202045min
The Invisibility of White Privilege with Brian Lowery, PhD
The protests against racial injustice that have made headlines over the past month may be prompting some white Americans to consider—perhaps for the first time--the advantages they've benefited from a...
1 Juli 202025min
The Challenge of Telework During COVID-19 with Kristen Shockley, PhD
Over the past several months, millions of newly remote workers have found themselves juggling work and family responsibilities from hastily improvised home offices. Kristen Shockley, PhD, a professor ...
17 Juni 202028min
The Psychology of Protest and Activism with Lauren Duncan, PhD
For more than a week, protestors have filled the streets of cities and towns across the United States and even around the world, demanding an end to racial injustice and police brutality in the wake o...
10 Juni 202037min
How the Social and Behavioral Sciences Explain Our Reactions to COVID-19 with Jay Van Bavel, PhD
Why are some people more susceptible to conspiracy theories than others? Do people actually panic during disasters, like the pandemic? And are the brains of liberals and conservatives physiologically ...
27 Maj 202032min
Parenting Through the Pandemic with Erlanger Turner, PhD
As we enter month No. 3 of living under the COVID-19 lockdown, parents and their kids may be getting on each other’s nerves. Parents working from home may be battling with their children – and each ot...
20 Maj 202025min
