Cognitive Revolution
A podcast by Cody Kommers
121 Episodes
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#94: Anxiety and the Hard Work of Being Human (feat. Tracy Dennis-Tiwary)
Published: 8/2/2022 -
#93: Debate is a Battle of Beliefs — But Does It Have The Power To Change Them? (feat. Bo Seo)
Published: 7/26/2022 -
#92: People Don't Often Change Their Minds on Big Topics. Why? (feat. David McRaney)
Published: 7/19/2022 -
#90: Stephen Kosslyn on How We Conceptualize the World
Published: 4/26/2022 -
#89: Tom Griffiths on Formalizing the Mind
Published: 4/25/2022 -
#88: Leyla Isik on Combining the Rigorous with the Realistic
Published: 4/20/2022 -
#87: Antonio Damasio on When Self Comes to Mind
Published: 4/12/2022 -
#86: Tom Pettigrew on How Experience Shapes Belief
Published: 4/4/2022 -
#85: Alan Fiske on Why It's Hard to Understand Humans
Published: 3/8/2022 -
#84: Elizabeth Loftus on the Societal Implications of Psychology
Published: 3/1/2022 -
#83: George Lakoff on a Life Lived by Metaphor
Published: 2/22/2022 -
#82: Annie Murphy Paul on Where the Mind Ends and the World Begins
Published: 2/15/2022 -
#81: Kevin Birmingham on Where Great Books Come From
Published: 2/8/2022 -
#80: Sam Gershman on the Structure of Cognitive Revolutions
Published: 2/1/2022 -
#79.5: Randy Gallistel on Upsetting Neuroscientists (The Story)
Published: 1/27/2022 -
#79: Randy Gallistel on Upsetting Neuroscientists (The Theory)
Published: 1/25/2022 -
#78: Philip Johnson-Laird on How Cognitive Scientists Improvise
Published: 1/18/2022 -
#77: Brian Christian on AI as a Human Problem, Part 2
Published: 1/11/2022 -
#76: Charles King on Taking the Outsider Perspective
Published: 12/21/2021 -
#75: Susanna L. Harris on Building Community through Communication
Published: 12/14/2021
Hi there, My name is Cody Kommers. I produced this podcast in graduate school, while doing my PhD in experimental psychology at Oxford. In it, I interviewed over 90+ scientists, authors, and academics about the personal side of their intellectual journey. I wanted to know about the decisions they made when they were in my shoes—just starting their careers—and how those choices impacted the trajectory of their career. I am very thankful to everyone who took the time to share their stories. I'm grateful to have had the opportunity to talk to many of the researchers and writers I admire most. I hope these stories can continue to be a resource for other young academics, especially in the cognitive and behavioral sciences. If you'd like to follow my new work, you can subscribe to Meaning Lab at codykommers.com. codykommers.substack.com