The Studies Show Podcast
1) Episode 58: Psychopathy
Patrick Bateman. Hannibal Lecter. Ted Bundy. The guy who used to live downstairs from me. Psychopaths, every one. Except defining psychopathy, let alone measuring it, turns out to be surprisingly cont...Show More
2) Paid-only episode 25: The menopause and hormone replacement therapy
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit sciencefictionspod.substack.comDoes the evidence support the use of hormone replacement therapy (HRT)? Depends on when you asked the quest...Show More
3) Unpaywalled: Jonathan Haidt vs. social media
Hello everyone! We werenât able to record a podcast this week, because 1) Stuart was busy and 2) itâs Tomâs birthday. So by way of apology weâre re-releasing this one about some drama last year betwee...Show More
4) Episode 91: Entangled Life and the wood wide web
Everyone has read Entangled Life, the wonderfully-written book aboit fungi that took the world by storm about 5 years ago. Among many other things, it popularised the âwood wide webââthe idea that tre...Show More
5) Episode 90: Cognitive dissonance
It has happened again. A new paper, based on a tranche of unsealed historical documents, casts serious doubt on a piece of social psychology research from the mid-20th Century. Shocker!This time itâs ...Show More
6) Paid-only episode 24: Creatine
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit sciencefictionspod.substack.comCreatine is the supplement of the moment, but both of us had vaguely heard that this one might actually not...Show More
7) Episode 89: Halloween special on reincarnation
Around these parts, we have a tradition to do a paranormal episode at Halloween. Weâve done psychic powers, ghosts, and now⊠reincarnation. What are we to make of the storiesâsometimes told in NYT-bes...Show More
8) Episode 88: Wellbeing
Maybe itâs the most important thing any scientist can study: what makes people happy? The trouble is, despite the importance, a lot of the science on âwellbeingâ tends to be very rickety.But did you k...Show More
9) Episode 87: Does Tylenol cause autism?
You requested; we delivered. Lots of Science Fictions listeners have asked us to take a look into Donald Trump and RFK, Jr.âs recent claims about Tylenol (that is, paracetamol or acetaminophenâall the...Show More
10) Paid-only episode 23: Suicide contagion
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit sciencefictionspod.substack.comWarning: As you can tell from the title, this podcast covers a potentially distressing topic.Recent events ...Show More