121 Episodes

  1. #74: Nicole Barbaro on Judging a Book by its Cover

    Published: 11/30/2021

  2. #73: Tara Thiagarajan on Brains—All 7 Billion of Them

    Published: 11/23/2021

  3. #72: Andy Luttrell on Consistent Quality

    Published: 11/16/2021

  4. #71: David Edmonds on Turning Philosophy into a Career

    Published: 11/9/2021

  5. #70: Salma Mousa on Investing in Big Projects

    Published: 10/26/2021

  6. #69: Coltan Scrivner on First-Gen to Fame

    Published: 10/19/2021

  7. #68: Alexandra Chesterfield on Being a Conservative in a Liberal Environment

    Published: 10/12/2021

  8. #67: Rebecca Saxe on the Beauty of the Mind

    Published: 10/5/2021

  9. #66: Gordon Allport, the 20th Century's Psychologist

    Published: 9/28/2021

  10. #65: Elizabeth Ricker on Personalizing Your Creative Process

    Published: 9/21/2021

  11. #64: Azeem Azhar on the Exponential Age

    Published: 9/14/2021

  12. #63: Jay Van Bavel on the Power of Us

    Published: 9/7/2021

  13. #62: Edward Slingerland on How to Drink Well

    Published: 6/8/2021

  14. #61: Scott Atran on the Risks We're Willing to Take

    Published: 6/1/2021

  15. #60: Wade Davis on Becoming an Entrepreneur of Knowledge

    Published: 5/25/2021

  16. #59: Christopher Bail on How Social Media Shapes Our Identity

    Published: 5/18/2021

  17. #58: Jeff Hawkins on Tackling the Big Problems

    Published: 5/11/2021

  18. #57: Nancy Kanwisher on Finding Your Niche

    Published: 5/4/2021

  19. #56: Louis Menand on How to Write about Everything

    Published: 4/27/2021

  20. #55: Brian Christian on AI as a Human Problem, Part 1

    Published: 4/20/2021

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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