170 Episodes

  1. Faux behavior expert Jack Brown analyzes Trump's behavior at press conference

    Published: 8/19/2024
  2. A sad cry for help from failed podcast host and author Zachary Elwood

    Published: 8/13/2024
  3. How magicians misdirect attention and manipulate audiences, with Anthony Barnhart

    Published: 8/5/2024
  4. Tackling objections to reducing political polarization

    Published: 7/31/2024
  5. How small changes in language patterns can influence us, with Liz Stokoe

    Published: 7/21/2024
  6. Why are lie detectors used if they don't work?, with Leonard Saxe

    Published: 7/14/2024
  7. Examining indicators that a video showing harassment was staged

    Published: 7/3/2024
  8. The awe and horror of existence: a talk with psychologist Kirk Schneider

    Published: 6/24/2024
  9. The strangeness of life and existential psychology

    Published: 6/16/2024
  10. Psychology in waiting tables and running a restaurant, with Robin Dibble

    Published: 6/1/2024
  11. Two former congresspeople, a Democrat and a Republican, discuss toxic polarization

    Published: 5/21/2024
  12. The complexity and ambiguity of aphantasia and other inner experiences, with Russell Hurlburt

    Published: 5/13/2024
  13. How a bus driver predicts the behavior of drivers and passengers, with Brendan Bartholomew

    Published: 5/7/2024
  14. To reduce polarization, is it optimal to work on systemic change or cultural change?, with David Foster

    Published: 4/5/2024
  15. Do simplistic ideas of power (e.g., oppressed/oppressor framings) reduce empathy? with Elizaveta Friesem

    Published: 3/26/2024
  16. What's life like when you don't believe in free will?, with physicist Daniel Whiteson

    Published: 3/12/2024
  17. News media tends to deepen our divides. Does Isaac Saul have a solution?

    Published: 3/4/2024
  18. The allure of deciphering behavior, with Rounders screenwriter Brian Koppelman

    Published: 3/1/2024
  19. How a pro poker player makes use of poker tells, with Dara O'Kearney

    Published: 2/18/2024
  20. Tips on interrogating people for information and confessions, with David Zulawski

    Published: 2/5/2024

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This is a podcast about deciphering human behavior and understanding why people do the things they do. I, Zach Elwood, talk with people from a wide range of fields about how they make sense of human behavior and psychology. I've talked to jury consultants, interrogation professionals, behavior researchers, sports analysts, professional poker players, to name a few. There are more than 135 episodes, many of them quite good (although some say I'm biased). To learn more, go to PeopleWhoReadPeople.com.