psychology

#1299 Amy Baldwin: Shameless Sex

Aug 28, 2026

Amy Baldwin is co-host of the Shameless Sex podcast (@ShamelessSexPodcast), a sex educator and sex and relationship coach trained in both the Somatica and Hakomi Methods. Amy is also the lead educator for überlube, co-owner of a mother-daughter owned online pleasure boutique called Pure Pleasure Shop, and was voted Sexpert of the Year within the pleasure products industry. She is the author (together with April Lampert) of Shameless Sex: Choose Your Own Pleasure Path to Unlock the Sex Life You've Been Waiting For. More»
#1294 Harry Reis - How to Feel Loved: The Five Mindsets That Get You More of What Matters Most

Aug 17, 2026

Dr. Harry Reis is Dean’s Professor in Arts and Sciences, and Professor of Psychology at the University of Rochester. Dr. Reis' research interests involve social interaction and close relationships. Dr. Reis studies the factors that influence the quantity and closeness of social interaction, and the consequences of different patterns of socializing for health and psychological well-being. He is the author (together with Dr. Sonja Lyubomirsky) of How to Feel Loved: The Five Mindsets That Get You More of What Matters Most. More»
#1289 Wataru Toyokawa: Social Learning, Collective Decision-Making, and the Wisdom/Madness of Crowds

Aug 6, 2026

Dr. Wataru Toyokawa is Unit Leader at the Computational Group Dynamics (COGNAC) Collaboration Unit at RIKEN CBS, Tokyo, and Visiting Scientist at Center for Advanced Study of Collective Behaviour at the University of Constance. His research focuses on the computational underpinnings and eco-evolutionary implications of human social learning and their relationships with group decision-making and collective behavior. Using computational modelling and Bayesian statistical methods, coupled with online real-time behavioral experimentation, he is quantitatively approaching human social behavior and group dynamics. He also uses mathematical models to study population dynamics and evolutionary games. More»
#1287 Audun Dahl - Between Fixed and Fickle: Why Our Moral Views Keep Changing

Jul 31, 2026

Dr. Audun Dahl is Associate Professor of Psychology at Cornell University. He is interested in development of morality across the lifespan. He is the author of Between Fixed and Fickle: Why Our Moral Views Keep Changing. More»
#1284 Lars Penke: Do Women's Mate Preferences Change During Ovulation?

Jul 24, 2026

Dr. Lars Penke is Full Professor of Biological Personality Psychology at the Georg August University of Göttingen. His research interests include the evolutionary significance of individual differences, social endocrinology, links of somatometric measures of the body and face with psychological traits, the evolutionary psychology of mate choice, romantic relationships and sexuality, neurostructural indicators of intelligence and cognitive ageing, behavior genetics, and life history theory. More»
#1283 Stijn Vanheule: Why Psychosis Is Not So Crazy

Jul 23, 2026

Dr. Stijn Vanheule is a clinical psychologist, professor at Ghent University, and psychoanalyst in private practice. He is the author of the books "The Subject of Psychosis: A Lacanian perspective" and "Diagnosis and the DSM: A Critical Review", and of multiple papers on Lacanian and Freudian psychoanalysis, psychoanalytic research into psychopathology, and clinical diagnosis. His latest book is Why Psychosis Is Not So Crazy: A Road Map to Hope and Recovery for Families and Caregivers. More»
#1282 Turi Munthe - Why We Think What We Think: The Unexpected Origins of Our Deepest Beliefs

Jul 20, 2026

Turi Munthe is a journalist and policy analyst turned media entrepreneur and writer. As a journalist and Middle East policy analyst, Turi has written for the Economist, Guardian, TLS, THES, the Nation, Spectator, and many others. He has appeared on the BBC, Fox, CNN, al-Jazeera, NBC and others, and given lectures at universities all over the world - Oxford, Sciences Politiques Paris, CUNY, and elsewhere. He has also advised governments across Europe and the Middle East. He is the author of Why We Think What We Think: The Unexpected Origins of Our Deepest Beliefs. More»
#1270 Paul Eastwick: Evolutionary Psychology Is Wrong About Mating

Jun 22, 2026

Dr. Paul Eastwick is Professor of Psychology at the University of California, Davis. Dr. Eastwick’s research investigates how people initiate romantic relationships and the psychological mechanisms that help romantic partners to remain committed and attached. One of his research programs examines how the qualities that people say are critically important to them in a romantic partner—their ideal partner preferences—direct romantic partner selection and retention. He is the author of Bonded by Evolution: The New Science of Love and Connection. More»
#1264 Steve Stewart-Williams: A Billion Years of Sex Differences

Jun 8, 2026

Dr. Steve Stewart-Williams is Professor of Psychology at University of Nottingham Malaysia. His research revolves around the idea that theories from evolutionary biology can shed light on human psychology. In particular, he’s interested in the evolutionary origins of altruistic behavior and human sex differences. His latest book is A Billion Years of Sex Differences: How Evolution Shaped the Minds of Men and Women. More»
#1258 Nuno Pessoa Gil: Uma Conversa Honesta Sobre Suicídio e Eutanásia Com Um Psiquiatra

May 25, 2026

THIS INTERVIEW IS IN PORTUGUESE. More»