# Stanford Psychology Podcast

A podcast by Stanford Psychology. The student-led Stanford Psychology Podcast invites leading psychologists to talk about what’s on their mind lately. Join Eric Neumann, Anjie Cao, Kate Petrova, Bella Fascendini, Joseph Outa and Julia Rathmann-Bloch as they chat with their guests about their latest exciting work. Every week, an episode will bring you new findings from psychological science and how they can be applied to everyday life. The opinions and views expressed in this podcast represent those of the speaker and not necessarily Stanford's. Subscribe at stanfordpsypod.substack.com. Let us hear your thoughts at stanfordpsychpodcast@gmail.com. Follow us on Twitter @StanfordPsyPod. Visit our website https://stanfordpsychologypodcast.com. Soundtrack: Corey Zhou (UCSD). Logo: Sarah Wu (Stanford)

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## Latest episodes

- [186 - Ian Gotlib: Understanding Depression](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1574802514/d6a6b6d11bc5) (2026-10-23, 49 min): audio https://www.buzzsprout.com/1801436/episodes/20007147-186-ian-gotlib-understanding-depression.mp3
- [185 - Brian Knutson: What Neuroscience Reveals About Our Decisions](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1574802514/1af8830571dc) (2026-10-09, 56 min): audio https://www.buzzsprout.com/1801436/episodes/19933105-185-brian-knutson-what-neuroscience-reveals-about-our-decisions.mp3
- [184 - Tamar Schapiro: What Philosophy Can(not) Tell us About Children, Adults, and the Root of All Evil](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1574802514/d246ea05e279) (2026-09-18, 49 min): audio https://www.buzzsprout.com/1801436/episodes/19824699-184-tamar-schapiro-what-philosophy-can-not-tell-us-about-children-adults-and-the-root-of-all-evil.mp3
- [183 - William Damon: How to Live a Purposeful Life](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1574802514/8c1240238896) (2026-09-03, 51 min): audio https://www.buzzsprout.com/1801436/episodes/19752203-183-william-damon-how-to-live-a-purposeful-life.mp3
- [182 - Bill Burnett: How to Design a Meaningful Life](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1574802514/9c2c0c114a96) (2026-08-21, 69 min): audio https://www.buzzsprout.com/1801436/episodes/19679049-182-bill-burnett-how-to-design-a-meaningful-life.mp3
- [181 - Nomisha Kurian: Critical Hope for the Future of Children & AI](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1574802514/fe74cd7574c0) (2026-08-07, 51 min): audio https://www.buzzsprout.com/1801436/episodes/19612474-181-nomisha-kurian-critical-hope-for-the-future-of-children-ai.mp3
- [180 - Andrew Lampinen: Translating Cognitive Psychology to AI](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1574802514/fe4739e34227) (2026-07-24, 40 min): audio https://www.buzzsprout.com/1801436/episodes/19542256-180-andrew-lampinen-translating-cognitive-psychology-to-ai.mp3
- [179 - Cynthia Osborne: Translating Evidence Into Early Childhood Policy](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1574802514/b68dfc18a6cd) (2026-07-09, 53 min): audio https://www.buzzsprout.com/1801436/episodes/19468236-179-cynthia-osborne-translating-evidence-into-early-childhood-policy.mp3
- [178 - Julia Nolte: Why We Avoid Difficult Decisions](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1574802514/0b24bd39f905) (2026-06-26, 62 min): audio https://www.buzzsprout.com/1801436/episodes/19405544-178-julia-nolte-why-we-avoid-difficult-decisions.mp3
- [177 - Alison Gopnik: How Can Understanding Childhood Help Us Build Better AI? (REAIR)](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1574802514/513a4eb59d5b) (2026-06-12, 41 min): audio https://www.buzzsprout.com/1801436/episodes/19334207-177-alison-gopnik-how-can-understanding-childhood-help-us-build-better-ai-reair.mp3
- [176 - Elizabeth Bonawitz: How to Have Fun While Studying How Children Learn so Much From so Little](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1574802514/0b3e920218ea) (2026-05-30, 47 min): audio https://www.buzzsprout.com/1801436/episodes/19263896-176-elizabeth-bonawitz-how-to-have-fun-while-studying-how-children-learn-so-much-from-so-little.mp3
- [175 - Nicholas Epley: A Little More Social](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1574802514/580b9f4ba00f) (2026-05-14, 57 min): audio https://www.buzzsprout.com/1801436/episodes/19178243-175-nicholas-epley-a-little-more-social.mp3
- [174 - Amit Goldenberg: Collective Emotions and Social Media (REAIR)](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1574802514/a016170e4d05) (2026-04-17, 49 min): audio https://www.buzzsprout.com/1801436/episodes/19030583-174-amit-goldenberg-collective-emotions-and-social-media-reair.mp3
- [173 - Juliana Schroeder: Mistakenly Seeking Solitude (REAIR)](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1574802514/5adea9a371e9) (2026-04-03, 47 min): audio https://www.buzzsprout.com/1801436/episodes/18956419-173-juliana-schroeder-mistakenly-seeking-solitude-reair.mp3
- [172 - Julia Chatain: Embodied Learning and Educational Technology in Mathematics and Beyond (REAIR)](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1574802514/154c1c416fad) (2026-03-20, 38 min): audio https://www.buzzsprout.com/1801436/episodes/18878355-172-julia-chatain-embodied-learning-and-educational-technology-in-mathematics-and-beyond-reair.mp3
- [171 - Casey Kenyon Brown: Can Your Relationships Make You Depressed? (REAIR)](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1574802514/b29e20b5dd5c) (2026-03-06, 40 min): audio https://www.buzzsprout.com/1801436/episodes/18799903-171-casey-kenyon-brown-can-your-relationships-make-you-depressed-reair.mp3
- [170 - Marginalia Episode: Erica Bailey on Authenticity (REAIR)](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1574802514/200d42e7aafe) (2026-02-20, 51 min): audio https://www.buzzsprout.com/1801436/episodes/18715964-170-marginalia-episode-erica-bailey-on-authenticity-reair.mp3
- [169 - Tamar Kushnir: The Power of Imagination](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1574802514/8d84d1e96155) (2026-02-06, 48 min): audio https://www.buzzsprout.com/1801436/episodes/18633419-169-tamar-kushnir-the-power-of-imagination.mp3
- [168 - Robin Dunbar: How Many People Can You Be Friends With? (REAIR)](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1574802514/cabd359a7e81) (2026-01-23, 73 min): audio https://www.buzzsprout.com/1801436/episodes/18556752-168-robin-dunbar-how-many-people-can-you-be-friends-with-reair.mp3
- [167 - Nicky Sullivan: Bridging the Gap Between Academic Research and Real-World Impact](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1574802514/f1818c999e59) (2026-01-08, 39 min): audio https://www.buzzsprout.com/1801436/episodes/18475457-167-nicky-sullivan-bridging-the-gap-between-academic-research-and-real-world-impact.mp3
- [166 - Steve Rathje: The Psychology of Virality](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1574802514/a881ff170ab3) (2025-12-19, 66 min): audio https://www.buzzsprout.com/1801436/episodes/18387251-166-steve-rathje-the-psychology-of-virality.mp3
- [165 – Ying Wong: From Cultural Psychology to Global Business](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1574802514/4c434e003dfa) (2025-12-04, 30 min): audio https://www.buzzsprout.com/1801436/episodes/18300142-165-ying-wong-from-cultural-psychology-to-global-business.mp3
- [164 - Susan Engel: Do We Become Less Curious As We Grow Older?](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1574802514/938297bcd128) (2025-11-21, 49 min): audio https://www.buzzsprout.com/1801436/episodes/18229030-164-susan-engel-do-we-become-less-curious-as-we-grow-older.mp3
- [163 - Roger Levy: The Science of Language in the Era of AI](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1574802514/31f081b997ce) (2025-11-14, 41 min): audio https://www.buzzsprout.com/1801436/episodes/18189030-163-roger-levy-the-science-of-language-in-the-era-of-ai.mp3
- [162 - Adam Benforado: How prioritizing kids benefits us all](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1574802514/d141b17234d5) (2025-11-06, 51 min): audio https://www.buzzsprout.com/1801436/episodes/18146375-162-adam-benforado-how-prioritizing-kids-benefits-us-all.mp3
- [161 - Yuan Chang (YC) Leong: Emotional arousal & dynamic brain connectivity](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1574802514/eadf346b0d2b) (2025-10-30, 41 min): audio https://www.buzzsprout.com/1801436/episodes/18106378-161-yuan-chang-yc-leong-emotional-arousal-dynamic-brain-connectivity.mp3
- [160 - Jennifer Hu: From Human Minds to Artificial Minds](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1574802514/d4904236fcec) (2025-10-24, 36 min): audio https://www.buzzsprout.com/1801436/episodes/18066946-160-jennifer-hu-from-human-minds-to-artificial-minds.mp3
- [159 - Dawn Finzi: From Vision Neuroscience to ML Engineering (Psychologist in the Wild Series)](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1574802514/9e2bc79ad164) (2025-10-16, 27 min): audio https://www.buzzsprout.com/1801436/episodes/18025373-159-dawn-finzi-from-vision-neuroscience-to-ml-engineering-psychologist-in-the-wild-series.mp3
- [158 - David Almeida: Can Stress Be Good For You?](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1574802514/5e8dc984496c) (2025-10-09, 45 min): audio https://www.buzzsprout.com/1801436/episodes/17983762-158-david-almeida-can-stress-be-good-for-you.mp3
- [157 - Diyi Yang: Socially Aware Large Language Models](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1574802514/320c2b3892d0) (2025-10-02, 43 min): audio https://www.buzzsprout.com/1801436/episodes/17946404-157-diyi-yang-socially-aware-large-language-models.mp3
- [156 - Katy Milkman: The Art and Science of Lasting Behavior Change](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1574802514/933568d2a2fc) (2025-07-04, 51 min): audio https://www.buzzsprout.com/1801436/episodes/17446990-156-katy-milkman-the-art-and-science-of-lasting-behavior-change.mp3
- [155 - Julian Jara Ettinger: How we understand other minds](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1574802514/818532d150d9) (2025-06-20, 39 min): audio https://www.buzzsprout.com/1801436/episodes/17367782-155-julian-jara-ettinger-how-we-understand-other-minds.mp3
- [154 - Judith Fan: The wonders of playing with blocks (REAIR)](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1574802514/4997f385c1c3) (2025-06-06, 38 min): audio https://www.buzzsprout.com/1801436/episodes/17294455-154-judith-fan-the-wonders-of-playing-with-blocks-reair.mp3
- [153 - Mike North: Too old, too young—Is ageism the last acceptable bias?](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1574802514/7c59209c0c79) (2025-05-22, 64 min): audio https://www.buzzsprout.com/1801436/episodes/17213429-153-mike-north-too-old-too-young-is-ageism-the-last-acceptable-bias.mp3
- [152 - Laura Schulz: The journey of becoming a cognitive scientist and what babies and children have taught us about their cognition (REAIR)](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1574802514/d2a3ebd2d312) (2025-05-09, 61 min): audio https://www.buzzsprout.com/1801436/episodes/17133281-152-laura-schulz-the-journey-of-becoming-a-cognitive-scientist-and-what-babies-and-children-have-taught-us-about-their-cognition-reair.mp3
- [151 - Robert Hawkins: Language, Collaboration, and Social Reasoning](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1574802514/0e5e6fd61282) (2025-04-24, 51 min): audio https://www.buzzsprout.com/1801436/episodes/17038930-151-robert-hawkins-language-collaboration-and-social-reasoning.mp3
- [150 - Kendrick Kay: Large-scale fMRI Datasets and What to Consider](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1574802514/164f7c19cf55) (2025-04-10, 38 min): audio https://www.buzzsprout.com/1801436/episodes/16954263-150-kendrick-kay-large-scale-fmri-datasets-and-what-to-consider.mp3
- [149 - Jenna Wells: How Micro-Moments of Connection Shape Health and Happiness](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1574802514/7be4cbceff91) (2025-03-27, 54 min): audio https://www.buzzsprout.com/1801436/episodes/16871982-149-jenna-wells-how-micro-moments-of-connection-shape-health-and-happiness.mp3
- [148 - Dorsa Amir: How Culture Shapes Cognition](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1574802514/44c06c1051e5) (2025-02-27, 36 min): audio https://www.buzzsprout.com/1801436/episodes/16704460-148-dorsa-amir-how-culture-shapes-cognition.mp3
- [147 - Geoff Hinton & Jay McClelland: Two AI Pioneers in Conversation](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1574802514/d4b7e28fdb26) (2025-02-13, 49 min): audio https://www.buzzsprout.com/1801436/episodes/16617046-147-geoff-hinton-jay-mcclelland-two-ai-pioneers-in-conversation.mp3
- [146 - Alex Shaw: The Price of Neutrality](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1574802514/35ae86843718) (2025-01-30, 51 min): audio https://www.buzzsprout.com/1801436/episodes/16535387-146-alex-shaw-the-price-of-neutrality.mp3
- [145 - Marginalia Episode: Erica Bailey on Authenticity](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1574802514/03a289564d69) (2025-01-17, 51 min): audio https://www.buzzsprout.com/1801436/episodes/16451482-145-marginalia-episode-erica-bailey-on-authenticity.mp3
- [144 - Sandra Matz: AI, Social Media, And Data Privacy](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1574802514/0807a2870f70) (2025-01-09, 55 min): audio https://www.buzzsprout.com/1801436/episodes/16408936-144-sandra-matz-ai-social-media-and-data-privacy.mp3
- [143 - Casey Kenyon Brown: Can Your Relationships Make You Depressed?](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1574802514/fc6c2d6de2bb) (2024-12-05, 40 min): audio https://www.buzzsprout.com/1801436/episodes/16227486-143-casey-kenyon-brown-can-your-relationships-make-you-depressed.mp3
- [142 - Meet the Hosts: Kate Petrova](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1574802514/9e7550edea7c) (2024-11-22, 51 min): audio https://www.buzzsprout.com/1801436/episodes/16152298-142-meet-the-hosts-kate-petrova.mp3
- [141 - Michael Schwalbe and Geoff Cohen: When Politics Trumps Truths](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1574802514/51e6159cf2ec) (2024-11-07, 38 min): audio https://www.buzzsprout.com/1801436/episodes/16066803-141-michael-schwalbe-and-geoff-cohen-when-politics-trumps-truths.mp3
- [140 - Julia Chatain: Embodied Learning and Educational Technology in Mathematics and Beyond](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1574802514/7e0e7f8b634f) (2024-10-25, 38 min): audio https://www.buzzsprout.com/1801436/episodes/15988302-140-julia-chatain-embodied-learning-and-educational-technology-in-mathematics-and-beyond.mp3
- [139 - Susan Carey: Becoming a Cognitive Scientist](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1574802514/21c9216133db) (2024-10-10, 43 min): audio https://www.buzzsprout.com/1801436/episodes/15903829-139-susan-carey-becoming-a-cognitive-scientist.mp3
- [138 - Hal Hershfield: Connecting with Your Future Self for a Better Tomorrow](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1574802514/d99f9c54ea51) (2024-09-26, 38 min): audio https://www.buzzsprout.com/1801436/episodes/15822132-138-hal-hershfield-connecting-with-your-future-self-for-a-better-tomorrow.mp3
- [137 - Kelsey Lucca: Unpacking the Development of Exploration and Exploitation](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1574802514/cf99c2566885) (2024-07-26, 38 min): audio https://www.buzzsprout.com/1801436/episodes/15478479-137-kelsey-lucca-unpacking-the-development-of-exploration-and-exploitation.mp3

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