Opinion Science
A show about the psychology of opinions, where they come from, and how they change. Interviews with experts and deep dives into areas of research uncover the basic psychology of persuasion, communication, and public opinion. Hosted by social psychologist, Andy Luttrell.
Episodes
156 episodes
SciComm Summer #26: Lulu Miller on Leading with Story
Lulu Miller has done a lot of things and done them very well. She is currently the co-host of Radiolab and its family-friendly spinoff,
•
52:48
SciComm Summer #25: Sarah McAnulty on Art and Community in Science Communication
Sarah McAnulty is a squid biologist and a science communicator. She's come up with all sorts of creative ways to bring science to the people, especially through local community engagement i...
•
51:45
SciComm Summer #24: Joe Palca on NPR Science Reporting
Joe Palca reported on science for NPR for years. He found his sweet spot, capturing people's interest and filling them in on curious new findings in just a few minutes. His path to this job wasn't all that direct, and in our conversation...
•
51:38
SciComm Summer #23: Alison Fragale on Giving Keynote Talks
Alison Fragale is an organizational psychologist who gives keynote talks and leads workshops outside academia. She talks frankly about what it takes to book speaking engagements, design powerful talks that make a difference, and juggle a...
•
54:40
SciComm Summer #22: Alex Dainis on Producing Online Videos
Alex Dainis is a freelance science communicator and video producer. She's been making science videos on YouTube for years, including recent work for the American Chemical Society. In 2024, she...
•
1:01:05
SciComm Summer #21: Joel Bervell on Short Form Video
Joel Bervell recently graduated from medical school, which is when he gained fame as an influencer helping the public navigate good medical science. He’s out there breaking down myths about medicine...
•
52:13
SciComm Summer #20: Adam Cole on Making "Howtown"
Kicking off the 3rd season of Hot SciComm Summer is Adam Cole. Adam started at NPR’s Science Desk in 2011 where he started making short videos and radio pieces. In 2014, he launched the YouTube channel
•
55:30
Introducing "Hot SciComm Summer"...Season 3!
You didn't think #HotSciCommSummer was done, did you?Join me for a whole new season of Hot SciComm summer, a special laid-back podcast series featuring writers, podcast producers, video producers, speakers, and more. Get ready to hear fr...
•
1:59
#108: Characters Matter with Matt Grizzard
Matt Grizzard is a communication scholar who studies how people relate to characters in entertainment media as a sign of how much they enjoy one story versus another. A guiding framework behind t...
•
Season 7
•
Episode 9
•
57:23
#107: Showing Open-Mindedness with Mohamed Hussein
Mohamed Hussein studies how the psychology of persuasion and politics interact. He is an assistant professor of marketing at Columbia Business School. On the podc...
•
Season 7
•
Episode 8
•
51:22
#106: Moral Outrage with Kurt Gray
Kurt Gray studies our moral minds and how we grapple with everyday ethics. In his new book, Outraged, he explores the deep psychology of human natu...
•
Season 7
•
Episode 7
•
52:32
#105: Targeted Messaging Online with Sandra Matz
Sandra Matz is a computational social scientist at Columbia Business School. She uses big data to understand people and what motivates them to act. And she has a new book out! It's
•
Season 7
•
Episode 6
•
58:34
#104: Posters as Persuasion with Angelina Lippert (ft. Amos Paul Kennedy, Jr.)
Angelina Lippert is the Executive Director and Curator at Poster House in New York City. She is an expert when it comes to the use of posters as a tool for mass communication and p...
•
Season 7
•
Episode 5
•
59:59
#103: Taking Extreme Action with Joe Siev
Joe Siev studies extreme political behavior and its appeal. He's a postdoctoral fellow at the Darden School of Business at the University of Virginia. In our conversation, we talk about his resea...
•
Season 7
•
Episode 4
•
45:06
#102: Protest with Colin Wayne Leach
*If you downloaded this episode early, the wrong file was uploaded. Sorry! We're all good now.Colin Wayne Leach is a social psychologist who also wears a bunch of other soc...
•
Season 7
•
Episode 3
•
53:17
#101: Studying Persuasion with Rich Petty
Dr. Richard Petty is a professor of psychology at Ohio State University. He's probably best known for co-developing the Elaboration Likelihood Model (ELM) of persuasion (but he's don...
•
Season 7
•
Episode 2
•
1:12:18
#100: A Unified Model of Persuasion
In the 1980s, two social psychologists--Rich Petty and John Cacioppo--devised a new way to make sense of persuasion: the Elaboration Likelihood Model. Their work came on the heels of an era in psychology when people were fed up ...
•
Season 7
•
Episode 1
•
52:54
#99 The Power of Random Roommates with Sarah Gaither and Analia Albuja
Drs. Sarah Gaither and Analia Albuja study racial identity and how we can overcome racial biases. They just published an important new stud...
•
Season 6
•
Episode 20
•
51:07
#98: Deep Canvassing with Dave Fleischer
Dave Fleischer is a political organizer who led the team that pioneered “deep canvassing,” which is a particularly effective form of face-to-face persuasion. It was developed on the ground, but when political scientists put it to a rigorous tes...
•
Season 6
•
Episode 19
•
1:09:35
#97: Opinions and Reputations with Christian Wheeler
Christian Wheeler studies the intersection of opinions, communication, and personal identity. He’s a professor of management and marketing at the Sta...
•
Season 6
•
Episode 18
•
59:45
#96: Anti-Science Views with Aviva Philipp-Muller
Aviva Philipp-Muller studies why people might pass on science. She’s an Assistant Professor of marketing at the Beedie School of Business at Simon Fraser University. We talked about her r...
•
Season 6
•
Episode 17
•
58:17
#95: Marketing Across Cultures with Aaron Barnes
Aaron Barnes is an Assistant Professor of Marketing at the University of Louisville College of Business. He studies how persuasion, bra...
•
Season 6
•
Episode 16
•
1:01:58
#94: Bringing Behavioral Science to Government with David Halpern
David Halpern is the President & Founding Director of the Behavioral Insights Team. It started as a "nudge uni...
•
Season 6
•
Episode 15
•
50:29