More of a Comment Than a Question

Nov 02 2023 58 ep. 84 mins 102

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A podcast about psychology, academia, culture, and politics, hosted by Rachel Hartman and Paul Connor.

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Final Final Comments!

Nov 02 2023 62 mins

Super top secret bonus episode because Paul misses Rachel and because we can do what we want you're not the boss of us.

Final Comments!

May 11 2023 54 mins

Rachel is leaving academia, and Paul is moving on to a new career stage, so we've decided to put the pod to rest. In this, our last pod, we make some final comments and send out some final thankyous as we cast MOACTAQ gently down the river. Be well, everyone.If you'd like to keep in touch you can contact us at:[email protected], Twitter: @RachelXHartmanpaulrobertconnor@gmail

Letting the Chat Out of the Bag (with Alex Kogan and Luke Hartman)

Mar 02 2023 93 mins

Like almost everyone else, we are impressed and a little freaked out by recent advances in AI, particularly in the context of large language models like ChatGPT, so we invited our most AI-obsessed friends and family members (Luke Hartman from Tumult Labs Alex Kogan of Scholar Exchange) on the pod to talk about it. If you missed Alex's back story here's his wikipedia page: https://e

Waste Management (with Daniël Lakens)

Jan 08 2023 90 mins

We chatted with Professor Daniël Lakens from TU Eindhoven about his recent proposal for universities to require scientists to submit their proposed research to methodological review boards before data collection. Read Daniël's proposal hereAnd check out the recent PNAS on the surprising generalizability of results from non-representative samples here

The Rath of Steve (with Steve Rathje)

Oct 11 2022 50 mins

In this episode we were joined by Steve Rathje, a postdoc at NYU, to discuss his research on how intergroup animosity drives virality on social media. Read Steve's work here, Facebook's response here, and Steve's response to the response here.

Should scientists be activists? (with Annalisa Myer & Carlos Rebollar)

Sep 24 2022 98 mins

We were joined by Annalisa Myer, a grad student from CUNY graduate center, and Carlos Rebollar, lab manager of the Deepest Beliefs lab at UNC, to discuss mixing activism and science, and whether Carlos should go to grad school.The 80,000 hours website Rachel mentioned is hereJennifer Eberhart's book 'Biased: Uncovering the Hidden Prejudice That Shapes What We See, Think, and Do' is

Science is Dead, Long Live Science! (With Stuart Ritchie)

Sep 10 2022 65 mins

We chatted with Professor Stuart Ritchie from Kings College London about the Queen's passing and the journal Nature Human Behaviour's plans to protect the world from harmful scientific findings. Follow Stuart on his substack or twitterRead about Nature Human Behaviour's new ethical guidelines here

Gill-Gate!

Aug 26 2022 84 mins

In this episode we discuss academic Twitter's enfant terrible Tim Gill, and wade into some complex questions considering the Safe Faculty Project and student loan forgiveness. Follow Professor Gill (at your own risk) here: https://twitter.com/timgill924Check out the Safe Faculty Project here: https://www.safefacultyproject.org/about

Catastrophe!: How Good People Make Bad Podcasts (with Chris Ferguson)

Aug 13 2022 90 mins

We were joined by Professor Chris Ferguson of Stetson University to discuss his upcoming new book 'Catastrophe!: How Psychology Explains Why Good People Make Bad Situations Worse' and whether Paul can join his Dungeons and Dragons game. Thankfully we (mostly) avoided discussing *that* Qualitative Research paper.

Littrell Violence (with Shane Littrell)

Jul 30 2022 96 mins

We welcome University of Miami postdoc Shane Littrell on the pod to discuss his research on bullshitting, Paul's pretentious website, and Thomas Chatterton Williams' bad week online.Find out more about Shane's research on his website here