170 Episodes

  1. Why do people believe the U.S. election was stolen?, with Peter Wood

    Published: 3/17/2022

  2. Detecting lies via facial muscles and machine learning, with Dino Levy

    Published: 3/16/2022

  3. How many Americans actually support political violence?, with Thomas Zeitzoff

    Published: 3/5/2022

  4. Studying poker tells scientifically, with Brandon Sheils

    Published: 2/16/2022

  5. On how distance makes it easier to kill (and do other things), with Abe Rutchick

    Published: 2/9/2022

  6. On American polarization and being a black conservative, with John Wood Jr.

    Published: 2/3/2022

  7. The awe and the horror of existence, with existential psychologist Kirk Schneider

    Published: 1/28/2022

  8. Using conversation analysis to make your language more persuasive, with Elizabeth Stokoe

    Published: 1/15/2022

  9. How many Trump supporters really believe the election was rigged?, with Tom Pepinsky

    Published: 1/6/2022

  10. Inherent aspects of social media that amplify divides and bad thinking

    Published: 12/28/2021

  11. Artificial intelligence and the nature of consciousness, with Hod Lipson

    Published: 12/21/2021

  12. Does video surveillance decrease crime?, with Eric Piza

    Published: 12/4/2021

  13. Rittenhouse verdict reactions and political polarization

    Published: 11/22/2021

  14. Conversation analysis and ethnomethodology, with Saul Albert

    Published: 11/12/2021

  15. Tracking people over land, aka "sign cutting," with Rob Speiden

    Published: 10/28/2021

  16. What does research say about how social media affects polarization?, with Emily Kubin

    Published: 10/14/2021

  17. Understanding behavior and psychology as a professional musician, with Ben Tyler (aka Small Skies)

    Published: 10/3/2021

  18. Nostalgia and our attraction to the past, with Jannine Lasaleta

    Published: 9/16/2021

  19. Is paying excessive attention to politics hurting us?, with Chris Freiman

    Published: 9/8/2021

  20. How has polarization affected beliefs about election security?, with Jennifer Cohn

    Published: 8/31/2021

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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.