
Bite-sized interviews with top social scientists
| Publishes | Monthly | Episodes | 120 | Founded | 14 years ago |
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| Number of Listeners | Categories | Social SciencesSociety & CultureScience | |||

This Social Science Bites podcast offers a dollop of good news and heaping helping of bad. The good news is that since the end of American Civil War the economic condition of Back Americans has improved, using as a comparison the presumed status quo ... more
There is a value to shared knowledge that tends to go unrecognized because it's so ubiquitous. Nonetheless, experimental psychologist Steven Pinker explains in this Social Science Bites podcast, common knowledge underlies things like paper money, gov... more
A key insight social anthropologist Mukulika Banerjee had while observing electoral behavior in a Bengali village was that -- at least in the India of that moment -- elections were sacred. This was not a religious epiphany but a cultural one; at the ... more
In 2016 psychologist Paul Bloom wrote a book titled Against Empathy: The Case for Rational Compassion (a naming decision he still wrestles with). In the book, as in his career and in this Social Science Bites podcast, Bloom deconstructs what is popu... more
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Will Hutton talking of covid in the past tense is something to behold. Allowing someone so divorced from reality to ascend to the top of the Social Sciences probably, in itself, tells us all we need to know about the state the social sciences are in.
500 people every WEEK are dying of covid in the U.K. Will Hutton’s blindness to this is callous in the extreme.
As someone who’s field uses ideas from psychology and sociology, I really like hearing scholars from other domains talk about there work. It seems like a good way to bump into useful concepts that I might not find in my usual reading.
Really appreciating the format of the podcast.
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The podcast features concise interviews with prominent social scientists, providing listeners with insights into various aspects of social science, including psychology, anthropology, democracy, and public health. The discussions cover a wide array of topics ranging from the complexities of empathy and the dynamics of accents to the implications of antibiotic resistance and the significance of public spaces. This format allows guests to articulate their research findings and opinions succinctly, often highlighting their relevance to contemporary issues. Notably, the emphasis on interdisciplinary dialogue encourages listeners to connect concepts from different fields, making the content engaging and thought-provoking for both academia-focuse... more
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Social Science Bites launched 14 years ago and published 120 episodes to date. You can find more information about this podcast including rankings, audience demographics and engagement in our podcast database.
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Recent guests on Social Science Bites include:
1. Steven Pinker
2. Mukulika Banerjee
3. Paul Bloom
4. Devyani Sharma
5. Frank Keil
6. Setha Low
7. Victor Buchli
8. Ramanan Laxminarayan
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