Is Facebook amplifying polarization and contempt?, with Jaime Settle
A talk with Dr. Jaime Settle, a political scientist who has studied how social media may be increasing political animosity and division. She's the author of "Frenemies: How Social Media Polarizes Amer...
22 Okt 202042min
How extreme polarization plays out, here and in other countries, with Jennifer McCoy
Jennifer Lynn McCoy, a specialist on political polarization, talks about polarization in the U.S. and how our problem compares to other polarized countries. Topics discussed include: the causes and dy...
9 Okt 20201h 13min
Does militant protesting and rioting make people vote more conservatively?
An interview with Omar Wasow, author of a paper titled "Agenda Seeding: How 1960s Black Protests Moved Elites, Public Opinion and Voting," in which he found that civil rights-related violent activity ...
17 Sep 20201h 8min
Why they riot: A Portland-based antifa explains their militant actions
An interview with a self-described anti-fascist who has taken part in the more militant and unlawful aspects of the BLM-focused protests and riots that have occurred in Portland, Oregon in the wake of...
2 Sep 20201h 42min
Was the Cambridge Analytica scandal mostly bullshit?
You've probably heard about how Cambridge Analytica used access to the Facebook data of millions of U.S. citizens and advanced digital advertising wizardry to essentially “hack” Americans’ minds and d...
22 Aug 20201h 18min
How ER psychiatrists figure out what's wrong, with Dr. Rob Tarzwell
Dr. Rob Tarzwell talks about his experience being a psychiatric doctor in ER (emergency room) settings, and the challenges of evaluating and diagnosing patients. Topics include: strategies for disting...
9 Aug 20201h 18min
From Tourette's to personality disorders: Examining offensive, taboo speech factors
A talk with psychologist and expert on cursing Timothy Jay about some lesser known factors involved in people saying offensive things. This episode has a focus on the phenomenon of videos widely share...
2 Aug 202059min
Can you predict schizophrenia by studying language?
An interview with psychology researcher Neguine Rezaii about her work using machine learning to predict conversion in teenagers from prodromal symptoms to psychotic episodes. The two language patterns...
17 Juli 202045min
