You Are Not So Smart is a show about psychology that celebrates science and self delusion. In each e
Priors are what neuroscientists and philosophers call the years of experience and regularity leading
Back in 2015, before Brexit, before Clinton vs. Trump, before weaponized Macedonian internet trolls,
In this episode, we sit down with vaccine expert Dr. Paul Offit to discuss his new book, Bad Advice
In this episode, we sit down with psychologist Michele Gelfand and discuss her new book: Rule Makers
In this episode of the You Are Not So Smart Podcast we sit down with one of the original cyberpunks,
Jay Van Bavel studies “from neurons to social networks...how collective concerns -- group identities
In October of 2019 I sat down with prominent Flat Earther Mark Sargent in Stockholm, Sweden at the G
Moira Dillon studies how “the physical world in which we live shapes the abstract world in which we
Our guest in this episode of the You Are Not So Smart Podcast is Dave Levitan, a science journalist
In this episode, we sit down with negotiation expert Misha Glouberman who explains how to talk to pe
In this episode we explore prevalence induced concept change. In a nutshell, when we set out to chan
On this episode, we welcome journalist Kate Leaver to talk about her new book The Friendship Cure in
You probably hate meetings -- most people do -- and much of their awfulness feels inevitable which m
In this episode we welcome Yale psychologist Laurie Santos who discusses her new podcast, The Happin
In this episode we sit down with psychology legend Richard Petty to discuss the Elaboration Likeliho
In this episode, Dr. Jud Brewer, a neuroscientist and addiction psychiatrist, discusses bad habits a
In Lori Gottlieb's new book, Maybe You Should Talk to Someone, she opens with a quote from James Bal
In this episode, we welcome Lilliana Mason on the program to discuss her new book, Uncivil Agreement
So, you might think that, in general, as an idea, as a practice, the A/B test would be beloved, supp
There are several ways to define pluralistic ignorance, and that’s because it’s kind of a brain twis
