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Stanford Psychology Podcast

Stanford Psychology Podcast

Stanford Psychology 177 episodes Latest May 29, 2026

The student-led Stanford Psychology Podcast invites leading psychologists to discuss their latest work. Hosted by Eric Neumann, Anjie Cao, and others, each episode explores new findings in psychological science and their real-world applications. The podcast aims to make psychology accessible and engaging for everyday listeners.

Episodes

177 - Alison Gopnik: How Can Understanding Childhood Help Us Build Better AI? (REAIR) Jun 12, 2026 2434 In this re-air (but more timely than ever!) episode from 2021, Anjie chats with Alison Gopnik, Professor at the Department of Psychology and Affiliate Professor at Department of Philosophy at UC Berkeley. Alison is not only a great cognitive scientist and philosopher who has made many groundbreaking contributions to the field, but also a great science communicator. Alison authored multiple bestsel
176 - Elizabeth Bonawitz: How to Have Fun While Studying How Children Learn so Much From so Little May 30, 2026 2789 Adani chats with Elizabeth Bonawitz, Professor of Learning Sciences at Harvard Graduate School of Education. Elizabeth’s work focuses on basic theories of learning with the broader goal of informing educational practice. She uses computational, behavioral, and neural methods to study a broad variety of things within cognitive development, from children’s curiosity and belief revision to their expl
175 - Nicholas Epley: A Little More Social May 14, 2026 3367 Nick Epley is the John Templeton Keller Distinguished Service Professor of Behavioral Science at the University of Chicago's Booth School of Business. He studies social cognition—how thinking people think about other thinking people—to understand why smart people so routinely misunderstand each other. Nick is one of the “World’s Best 40 under 40 Business School Professors” by Poets and Quants
174 - Amit Goldenberg: Collective Emotions and Social Media (REAIR) Apr 17, 2026 2901 In this reair episode from 2023, Eric chats with Amit Goldenberg, Assistant Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School. Amit studies emotions in social interactions, for example in political contexts and on social media. He was a journalist and author before becoming an academic.In this episode, Eric and Amit talk about how emotions operate in groups. Do crowds easily go “mad”
173 - Juliana Schroeder: Mistakenly Seeking Solitude (REAIR) Apr 3, 2026 2810 In this reair episode, Eric chats with Juliana Schroeder, Associate Professor in the Management of Organizations at Berkeley Haas. She studies how people think about the minds of other people, and how they are often wrong trying to understand what others are up to. Her work has been discussed in outlets ranging from Vice to The Atlantic and Forbes.Eric and Juliana review her exciting recent work o
172 - Julia Chatain: Embodied Learning and Educational Technology in Mathematics and Beyond (REAIR) Mar 20, 2026 2251 Adani chats with Dr. Julia Chatain, Senior Scientist at the Singapore-ETH Centre of ETH Zürich. Julia is a computer scientist and learning scientist responsible for building a new research program, “Future Embodied Learning Technologies” (FELT), focusing on exploring AI-powered embodied learning interventions to support low-progress learners and learners with special needs, both at the cognitive a
171 - Casey Kenyon Brown: Can Your Relationships Make You Depressed? (REAIR) Mar 6, 2026 2370 This week, Enna chats with Dr. Casey Kenyon Brown, Professor at Georgetown University in the Department of Psychology and the Interdisciplinary Program in Neuroscience. She has received numerous honors and awards, including the prestigious Pathway to Independence Award from the National Institute on Aging and the Rising Star Award from the Association for Psychological Science.Casey’s research exa
170 - Marginalia Episode: Erica Bailey on Authenticity (REAIR) Feb 20, 2026 3029 Marginalia Episodes are in collaboration with Marginalia Science! Marginalia Science is a community committed to promoting the work of scholars who are traditionally underrepresented in academia. In each Marginalia Episode, we feature a guest who has been featured in the Marginalia Science Monthly Newsletter.In this re-air episode from 2025, Enna chats with Professor Erica Bailey at UC Berkeley Ha
169 - Tamar Kushnir: The Power of Imagination Feb 6, 2026 2826 Adani chats with Tamar Kushnir, Professor of Psychology and Neuroscience at Duke University. Tamar’s research spans pretty much everything you can imagine: Cognitive development, causal learning, social cognition, moral cognition, cultural psychology, free will, imagination, counterfactual thinking, self-control, and more! In this conversation, we discuss Tamar’s fascinating review on imagination
168 - Robin Dunbar: How Many People Can You Be Friends With? (REAIR) Jan 23, 2026 4366 In this re-air episode from 2022, Eric chats with Robin Dunbar, Emeritus Professor of Evolutionary Psychology at Oxford. Robin has famously studied the evolution of the human brain, arguing that our brain developed to understand the complex social world we have created for ourselves. Most know him for “Dunbar’s number,” or the limit to the number of individuals we can maintain stable relationships
167 - Nicky Sullivan: Bridging the Gap Between Academic Research and Real-World Impact Jan 8, 2026 2287 Anjie chats with Dr. Nicky Sullivan, senior researcher at Impact Justice, a national non-profit innovation and research center focused on transforming the U.S. criminal justice system. Dr. Sullivan received his PhD from Stanford Psychology Department in 2024. During his PhD, he studied parents' and children's beliefs about race and racial inequality. In this episode, Nicky shares his jou
166 - Steve Rathje: The Psychology of Virality Dec 19, 2025 3960 Su chats with Dr. Steve Rathje. Dr. Rathje is an incoming Assistant Professor of Human-Computer Interaction in the School of Computer Science at Carnegie Mellon University. He is an NSF and AXA postdoctoral fellow at New York University. Steve’s work centers on the psychology of technology. He studies how core psychological phenomena like polarization, intergroup conflict, the spread of informatio

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