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Signup to Generate a PitchWelcome to the Cognitive Engineering podcast. Occasionally coherent musings of Aleph Insights. We hope you like listening to them as much as we like recording them.
Recent episodes include "Swiss Army Knives" (14 October 2026, 39 minutes), "Luck or Judgement?" (23 September 2026, 36 minutes), and "Future Communication" (9 September 2026, 42 minutes).
Cognitive Engineering publishes roughly every two weeks, with episodes averaging 40 minutes across 412 episodes.
Booking probability for Cognitive Engineering is 53%, and the host is rated Selective on guests. Cognitive Engineering requires a Pod Score of 87 or higher. Cognitive Engineering's contact route on record: verified email.
The strongest fits for Cognitive Engineering are IT Services & Software Development and Scientific Research & Development. Cognitive Engineering has a science audience.
Cognitive Engineering is a science podcast with 412 episodes published.
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Episode #414
Whatever happened to the Swiss army knife? Fraser, Nick and Peter explore the history and appeal of the pocket-sized multi-tool. From the Swiss army knife to printers, sporks and cycling tools, the team considers what...
Episode #409
Did Mark Zuckerberg build one of the world's greatest companies through extraordinary skill, or was he simply in the right place at the right time? Using Meta's $77 billion Metaverse gamble as a starting point, Fraser...
Episode #407
As large language models become a routine part of office life, a curious workflow is emerging: people ask AI to expand a handful of bullet points into polished reports or emails, only for someone else to ask AI to...
Episode #409
"Fake it till you make it" is one of the most repeated pieces of career advice, but does it actually work? In this episode, the team explores the origin of the idea, when it genuinely helps people succeed, and where it...
Episode #408
Elon Musk has become the world's first trillionaire. But is this simply the result of inflation and economic growth, or does it signal that we're entering a new era of wealth creation? In this episode, Nick, Peter and...
Episode #406
Why do people spend extraordinary amounts of money on objects that seem to serve no practical purpose? And what exactly separates luxury from quality? Inspired by the case of former SNP chief executive Peter Murrell's...
Episode #405
In this episode, we explore the phenomenon of AI slop - the flood of bland, over-polished, formulaic content generated by chatbots and their ilk - and ask how AI content has gone from cool, to naff, to actively...
Episode #404
Why do days filled with quick, easy tasks leave us feeling as though we've achieved nothing? In this episode, we explore the psychology of the "five-minute job": the seemingly trivial administrative tasks that can...
Episode #403
Every great power eventually faces decline—but does decline inevitably lead to collapse? In this episode, Fraser, Nick and Peter examine what it really means for a nation, empire or civilisation to decline. Is America's...
Episode #397
<p>In this episode, we explore the idea of “evil corporations,” prompted by a legal case in which a woman successfully sued social media companies for making their platforms addictive. We examine whether corporations...
Episode #398
<p>In this episode, we ask how we know when something has really ended, starting with the much-criticised finale of Game of Thrones. We explore why some endings feel satisfying while others feel rushed, artificial or...
Episode #396
<p>In this episode of the Cognitive Engineering Podcast, the team responds to a listener’s question about how to buy a car, using it as a springboard into wider ideas about decision-making. They explore the tension...
Episode #395
<p>In this episode, we explore why some older media remain surprisingly accessible while other, much newer works become almost impossible to experience. We compare a 300-year-old piece of music that can still be played...
Episode #394
<p>In this episode, we discuss a forthcoming board game about the Troubles in Northern Ireland and ask why some subjects feel uncomfortable when turned into games. We explore whether the controversy comes from the topic...
Episode #393
<p>In this episode we discuss training: what it can realistically achieve, why it often fails and how people actually become good at things.</p><p>The conversation begins with Aleph’s past experience delivering...
Episode #392
<h3>Episode summary</h3><p>In this episode, the team explores what prizes are actually for. Starting with a discussion of FIFA’s much-mocked “Peace Prize” and the longer pedigree of the Nobel Peace Prize, they examine...
Episode #396
<p>In this episode, Fraser McGruer, Nick Hare, Chris Wragg and Peter Coghill explore one of modern life’s most persistent irritations: being asked to create yet another username and password.</p><p>The conversation...
Episode #391
<p>In this episode, Fraser McGruer, Nick Hare, Peter Coghill and Chris Wragg explore one of the most enduring pieces of technical advice: have you tried turning it off and on again?</p><p>What begins with a glitchy...
Episode #390
<p>In this episode, we explore a deceptively simple question: what makes a death culturally significant?</p><p>The conversation begins with an unsatisfying Reddit-style list of famous deaths by decade and quickly turns...
Episode #389
<p>Where did all the eccentric inventors go? The men (and women) in sheds, the gadgets with flashing lights, the sense that the future was arriving one bizarre prototype at a time. In this episode of the Cognitive...
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