121 Episodes

  1. #54: Pedro Domingos on Making the Textbook Smaller

    Published: 4/13/2021

  2. #53: Liz Neeley on the Foundations of Good Stories

    Published: 4/6/2021

  3. #52: Benjamin Moser on the Performance of Everyday Life

    Published: 3/30/2021

  4. #51: Damon Centola on How Anomalies Drive Scientific Progress

    Published: 3/23/2021

  5. #50: Ethan Kross on Harnessing the Voice in Your Head

    Published: 3/16/2021

  6. #49: Joseph Henrich on What History Can Tell Us About Psychology

    Published: 3/9/2021

  7. #48: Sir Simon Baron-Cohen on Putting Together the Big Picture from the Details

    Published: 3/2/2021

  8. #47: William Labov on What People Actually Say

    Published: 2/23/2021

  9. #46: Nicholas Christakis on Mastering Skills

    Published: 2/16/2021

  10. #45: Tanya Luhrmann on Writing about Culture, Belief, and Life

    Published: 2/9/2021

  11. #44: Anil Seth on Interdisciplinarity in Practice

    Published: 2/2/2021

  12. #43: Denise Sekaquaptewa on How to Make Universities Work For Everyone

    Published: 1/19/2021

  13. #42: Richard Nisbett on Telling More Than He Can Know

    Published: 1/5/2021

  14. #41: Michael McCullough on Why We Give a Damn

    Published: 12/1/2020

  15. Actually Against Academia

    Published: 11/26/2020

  16. #40: Howard Gardner on the Synthesizing Mind

    Published: 11/24/2020

  17. #39: Yael Niv on the Moral Obligations of Scientists

    Published: 11/10/2020

  18. #38: Barry Wellman on the Academic Social Network

    Published: 11/3/2020

  19. #37: Susan Goldin-Meadow on Being a World-Class Listener

    Published: 10/27/2020

  20. #36: Richard Shweder on How to Observe the World

    Published: 10/20/2020

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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