64 Episodes

  1. 24: Misbehavioral Economics: Choosing irrationality

    Published: 1/14/2020
  2. 23: Antifragility, Gut Feelings, and the Myth of Pure Evil (with Jonathan Haidt)

    Published: 11/4/2019
  3. 22: The Epistemic Tightrope: Walking The Line of Doubt (with Scott Lilienfeld)

    Published: 10/7/2019
  4. 21: The Art and Science of Knowing You Don't Know (with Mark Alfano)

    Published: 9/13/2019
  5. Episode 20: The Science of Awe (with Dacher Keltner)

    Published: 8/20/2019
  6. Episode 19: The Individual and The Culture (with Adam Grant)

    Published: 7/30/2019
  7. Episode 18: The End of the World is Nigh: Polarised Tribes, Passionate Words, and the Partisan Brain (with Jay Van Bavel)

    Published: 6/29/2019
  8. Episode 17: The Metaphysics of Email and The Perils of Productivity (with Oliver Burkeman)

    Published: 5/28/2019
  9. Episode 16: Beware the Intelligence Trap! (with David Robson)

    Published: 4/28/2019
  10. Episode 15: Wisdom, Bullshit & Beliefs (with Gordon Pennycook)

    Published: 4/7/2019
  11. Episode 14: Wisdom & Social Norms (with Michele Gelfand)

    Published: 3/13/2019
  12. Episode 13: Can Wisdom be Taught?

    Published: 2/21/2019
  13. Episode 12: Social and Emotional Aging (with Laura Carstensen)

    Published: 1/23/2019
  14. Episode 11: Wisdom at Work (with Barry Schwartz)

    Published: 12/28/2018
  15. Episode 10: Wise Bodies, Wise Brains (with Wendy Berry Mendes)

    Published: 11/22/2018
  16. Episode 9: Dangerous Reflections (with Valerie Tiberius)

    Published: 10/29/2018
  17. Episode 8: The Dark Side (with Paul Bloom)

    Published: 9/27/2018
  18. Episode 7: Why We Tell Stories (with Nic Weststrate)

    Published: 8/24/2018
  19. Episode 6: Wisdom, Class & Inequality (with Michael Kraus)

    Published: 7/16/2018
  20. Episode 5: The Foolish Sage (with Eranda Jayawickreme)

    Published: 6/24/2018

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On Wisdom features a social and cognitive scientist in Toronto and an educator in London discussing the latest empirical science regarding the nature of wisdom. Igor Grossmann runs the Wisdom & Culture Lab at the University of Waterloo in Canada. Charles Cassidy runs the Evidence-Based Wisdom project in London, UK. The podcast thrives on a diet of freewheeling conversation on wisdom, decision-making, wellbeing, and society and includes regular guests spots with leading behavioral scientists from the field of wisdom research and beyond. Welcome to The On Wisdom Podcast.