121 Episodes

  1. #94: Anxiety and the Hard Work of Being Human (feat. Tracy Dennis-Tiwary)

    Published: 8/2/2022
  2. #93: Debate is a Battle of Beliefs — But Does It Have The Power To Change Them? (feat. Bo Seo)

    Published: 7/26/2022
  3. #92: People Don't Often Change Their Minds on Big Topics. Why? (feat. David McRaney)

    Published: 7/19/2022
  4. #90: Stephen Kosslyn on How We Conceptualize the World

    Published: 4/26/2022
  5. #89: Tom Griffiths on Formalizing the Mind

    Published: 4/25/2022
  6. #88: Leyla Isik on Combining the Rigorous with the Realistic

    Published: 4/20/2022
  7. #87: Antonio Damasio on When Self Comes to Mind

    Published: 4/12/2022
  8. #86: Tom Pettigrew on How Experience Shapes Belief

    Published: 4/4/2022
  9. #85: Alan Fiske on Why It's Hard to Understand Humans

    Published: 3/8/2022
  10. #84: Elizabeth Loftus on the Societal Implications of Psychology

    Published: 3/1/2022
  11. #83: George Lakoff on a Life Lived by Metaphor

    Published: 2/22/2022
  12. #82: Annie Murphy Paul on Where the Mind Ends and the World Begins

    Published: 2/15/2022
  13. #81: Kevin Birmingham on Where Great Books Come From

    Published: 2/8/2022
  14. #80: Sam Gershman on the Structure of Cognitive Revolutions

    Published: 2/1/2022
  15. #79.5: Randy Gallistel on Upsetting Neuroscientists (The Story)

    Published: 1/27/2022
  16. #79: Randy Gallistel on Upsetting Neuroscientists (The Theory)

    Published: 1/25/2022
  17. #78: Philip Johnson-Laird on How Cognitive Scientists Improvise

    Published: 1/18/2022
  18. #77: Brian Christian on AI as a Human Problem, Part 2

    Published: 1/11/2022
  19. #76: Charles King on Taking the Outsider Perspective

    Published: 12/21/2021
  20. #75: Susanna L. Harris on Building Community through Communication

    Published: 12/14/2021

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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