The Ignorance Podcast

The Ignorance Podcast presents a new way to communicate science and research that emphasizes questions and curiosity. It immerses listeners in a researcher's way of thinking: how they grew to become who they are, why they think what they think, how their research shapes them, and their vision for the world. theignoranceinstitute.org

The Ignorance Podcast is a science podcast hosted by The Ignorance Institute, with 21 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80. PitchCentric scores this show on Booking Probability, Listen Score, and live audience signals refreshed every 24 hours.

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  Episode #18

  What Makes Us Love Physical Places? The Ignorance Podcast Episode 18 with Brian Schermer

  Aug 30, 202656 minS1

  Join Mayla Boguslav as she interviews this episode’s guest Brian Schermer who is asking, “What makes us love physical places?” Follow Mayla Boguslav: Bluesky: @drmaylab.bsky.social https://bsky.app/profile/drmaylab.bsky.social LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mayla-boguslav-phd-30402239 ResearchGate: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Mayla-Boguslav Follow this episode’s guest Brian Schermer: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/brian-schermer-057509a/ ResearchGate: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Brian-Schermer University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee. https://uwm.edu/architecture/directory/schermer-brian/ Workshop Architects. https://www.workshoparchitects.com People, places, and/or citations mentioned in this episode with links to learn more: “Office Buildings and Organisational Change”. Francis Duffy. 1980. https://www.taylorfrancis.com/chapters/edit/10.4324/9780203480755-18/office-buildings-organisational-change-francis-duffy “Green Acres”. CBS television series. 1965–1971. https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0058808/ “The Sorting Task: Its Versatility and Adaptability in Research, Teaching, and Practice”. Linda Groat, Matthew Niermann & Brian Schermer. 2019. https://www.routledge.com/The-Routledge-Companion-to-Games-in-Architecture-and-Urban-Planning-Tools-for-Design-Teaching-and-Research/BrkovicDodig-Groat/p/book/9781138339026 “Maptionnaire”. Online participatory mapping tool. https://www.maptionnaire.com/ “Georgia Tech Campus Center: Reset, Restore, and Refuel”. Workshop Architects. https://www.workshoparchitects.com/project/georgia-institute-of-technology “The Architecture of Belonging: Informing Planning Through Social Research”. Christopher Gluesing, Loren Rullman, Brian Schermer & Lora Strigens. 2024. https://www.scup.org/resource/the-architecture-of-belonging-informing-planning-through-social-research/ “Life Space Over the Life Span”. Leon Pastalan & Valerie Polakow. 1987. https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1300/J081V04N01_07 “Michigan Union Renovation: Honoring the Past to Make the Future”. Workshop Architects. https://www.workshoparchitects.com/project/university-of-michigan-ann-arbor Newton Senior Center. Cooper Center for Active Living. https://www.facebook.com/NewtonSeniorCenter/ “How Buildings Learn: What Happens After They’re Built”. Stewart Brand. 1994. https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/320919/how-buildings-learn-by-stewart-brand/ “Inside the Box”. David Epstein. 2026. https://davidepstein.com/inside-the-box/ “Placemaking: The Art and Practice of Building Communities”. Lynda Schneekloth & Robert Shibley. 1995. https://www.wiley.com/en-us/shop/general-introductory-architecture/placemaking-the-art-and-practice-of-building-communities-p-9780471110262 “Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City.” Matthew Desmond. 2016. https://evictedbook.com Reba Place Fellowship. Evanston, Illinois. https://rebaplacefellowship.org/ Ibasho. Emi Kiyota. https://ibasho.org Producer & editor: Joshua Mendel Bluesky: @jbmendel.bsky.social Questions, comments, want to get in touch? Email theignoranceinstitute@gmail.com The Ignorance Podcast is VerifiedHuman™ Learn more: https://www.iamverifiedhuman.com/ Music: Curious by Ron Gelinas Chill Beats | https://open.spotify.com/artist/03JYfsI9Ke7JFuxHD239m2 Music promoted by https://www.free-stock-music.com #NewWayToCommunicateScience #IgnoranceIsBliss #RebuildingTrustInResearch

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  How to Disagree Without Being Disagreeable? The Ignorance Podcast Episode 17 with Curtis Friedel

  Jul 27, 202643 min

  Join Mayla Boguslav as she interviews this episode’s guest Curtis Friedel who is asking How to Disagree Without Being Disagreeable? Follow Mayla Boguslav: Bluesky: @drmaylab.bsky.social https://bsky.app/profile/drmaylab.bsky.social LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mayla-boguslav-phd-30402239 ResearchGate: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Mayla-Boguslav Follow this episode’s guest Curtis Friedel: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/curtfriedel/ People, places, and/or citations mentioned in this episode: KAI Foundation. (2022). KAI Manual (C. Friedel, M. Seibel, P. Wolfe, Eds., 5th ed.). KAI Foundation. https://kai.foundation/ Dr. Michael Kirton: https://kai.foundation/michael-kirton-kai/ Kirton, M. J. (2011). Adaption and innovation in the context of diversity and change. Routledge (Original work published 2003) Dr. Priscilla Wolfe: https://kai.foundation/dr-priscilla-wolfe/ Dr. Megan Seibel: https://www.alce.vt.edu/about/faculty-staff/m-seibel/seibel-bio.html Dr. James Anderson: https://alec.caes.uga.edu/people/faculty/james-anderson.html Abby Cheng: https://www.alce.vt.edu/about/students/abby-cheng.html Issa, J-P, J., (2015). Distinguishing Originality from Creativity in ADHD: An Assessment of Creative Personality, Self-Perception, and Cognitive Style among Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder Adults. [Master’s Thesis, Buffalo State College]. Digital Commons at Buffalo State. https://digitalcommons.buffalostate.edu/creativetheses/25/ Cheng, A. H. (2025). Examining Relationships Between Problem-Solving Style and the Autism-Spectrum Quotient (AQ): Leveraging Adaption-Innovation Theory to Support Autistic Adults in the Workplace. [Master’s Thesis, Virginia Tech]. VTechWorks. https://hdl.handle.net/10919/140772 College of Agriculture and Life Sciences at Virginia Tech: https://www.cals.vt.edu/ Disagreement about methane production of cows vs. grass: “Do cows produce more methane than rotting grass?” CBC Radio. 2019. https://www.cbc.ca/radio/quirks/mar-2-2019-the-goodness-paradox-secrets-in-poop-converting-carbon-to-coal-and-more-1.5037008/do-cows-produce-more-methane-than-rotting-grass-1.5037019 José I. Gere, Ricardo A. Bualó, Ariel L. Perini, Ricardo D. Arias, Facundo M. Ortega, Adan E. Wulff & Guillermo Berra (2021) Methane emission factors for beef cows in Argentina: effect of diet quality, New Zealand Journal of Agricultural Research, 64:2, 260-268, DOI: 10.1080/00288233.2019.1621355 Ulukardesler, A.H. Anaerobic co-digestion of grass and cow manure: kinetic and GHG calculations. Sci Rep 13, 6320 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-33169-0 2012 meeting of the Southeast Climate Consortium, held in Tifton Georgia. (see https://secasc.ncsu.edu/home/partners/consortium-partners/ Diamond, J. (2011). Collapse: how societies choose to fail or succeed: revised edition . Penguin. “The Vikings, Greenland, and, Climate Change.”Dr. Curtis Friedel. https://kai.foundation/the-vikings-greenland-and-climate-change/ "Toward an understanding of collective intellectual humility." Krumrei-Mancuso, Elizabeth J., et al. 2025. https://www.cell.com/trends/cognitive-sciences/fulltext/S1364-6613(24)00228-6 Producer & editor: Joshua Mendel Bluesky: @jbmendel.bsky.social Questions, comments, want to get in touch? Email theignoranceinstitute@gmail.com The Ignorance Podcast is VerifiedHuman™ Learn more: https://www.iamverifiedhuman.com/ Music: Curious by Ron Gelinas Chill Beats | https://open.spotify.com/artist/03JYfsI9Ke7JFuxHD239m2 Music promoted by https://www.free-stock-music.com #NewWayToCommunicateScience #IgnoranceIsBliss #RebuildingTrustInResearch

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  How Do You Ask A Question? What Question To Ask? Mayla’s Ignorance Thoughts Episode 2

  Jul 13, 20263 min

  Join Mayla Boguslav as she discusses her working theories on research based on the Ignorance Podcast so far. https://theignoranceinstitute.substack.com/p/how-do-you-ask-a-question-what-question Subscribe to The Ignorance Institute Substack for more content like this: @theignoranceinstitute, https://theignoranceinstitute.substack.com/ Follow Mayla Boguslav: Bluesky: @drmaylab.bsky.social https://bsky.app/profile/drmaylab.bsky.social LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mayla-boguslav-phd-30402239 ResearchGate: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Mayla-Boguslav People, places, and/or citations mentioned in this episode with links to learn more: The Ignorance Podcast: theignoranceinstitute.org Micah Voraritskul: How can humans thrive and survive in the AI revolution? https://pod.link/1799118727/episode/NGMxZjViM2YtNWQ3Yi00ZDllLWFiNTUtYmVhZDYzYmFjNGE2 Anne Mook: How do environmental change and society affect each other? https://pod.link/1799118727/episode/NTdmNmFmMWQtZmE3Yy00ZjBjLTlmMmMtNTE3NWYyODRjYTE5 Aaron Greenberg: What is justice and how do we realize it in the world? https://pod.link/1799118727/episode/YjQ1NWZiN2YtZWFjMC00OTE2LWFiYTEtMDM2ZDc0OWJkYTFj Producer & editor: Joshua Mendel Bluesky: @jbmendel.bsky.social Questions, comments, want to get in touch? Email theignoranceinstitute@gmail.com The Ignorance Podcast is VerifiedHuman™ Learn more: https://www.iamverifiedhuman.com/ Music: Curious by Ron Gelinas Chill Beats | https://open.spotify.com/artist/03JYfsI9Ke7JFuxHD239m2 Music promoted by https://www.free-stock-music.com #NewWayToCommunicateScience #IgnoranceIsBliss #RebuildingTrustInResearch

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  Episode #15

  What Is Justice and How Do We Realize It In The World? The Ignorance Podcast Episode 15 with Aaron Greenberg

  May 26, 20261h 4mS1

  Aaron Greenberg is asking “What is justice and how do we realize it in the world?” Mayla: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mayla-boguslav-phd-30402239 ResearchGate: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Mayla-Boguslav Aaron Greenberg: https://www.linkedin.com/in/aaron-greenberg-a5489010/ Citations: "Roger Federer as Religious Experience." David Foster Wallace. 2006. https://www.nytimes.com/2006/08/20/sports/playmagazine/20federer.html "The Children of Light and the Children of Darkness: A Vindication of Democracy and a Critique of Its Traditional Defense." Reinhold Niebuhr. 1944. https://press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book/chicago/C/bo12091283.html "Democracy for Realists: Why Elections Do Not Produce Responsive Government." Christopher Achen and Larry Bartels. 2016. https://press.princeton.edu/books/hardcover/9780691169446/democracy-for-realists?srsltid=AfmBOopAK2Co40seN-2kKh6ulefG0yLbQDNhRY2j9U8tOkeJ8ghWqcFs "The Dispersion of Power: A Critical Realist Theory of Democracy." Samuel Ely Bagg. 2024. https://academic.oup.com/book/55806 "Politics Is for Power How to Move Beyond Political Hobbyism, Take Action, and Make Real Change." Eitan Hirsch. 2020. https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Politics-Is-for-Power/Eitan-Hersh/9781982116798 "The principles of representative government." Bernard Manin. 1995. https://www.cambridge.org/core/books/principles-of-representative-government/B5F086D557F0A0995D6FEB2730C29EC9#fndtn-information "Politics without Politicians: The Case for Citizen Rule." Hélène Landemore. 2026. https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/730879/politics-without-politicians-by-helene-landemore/ "Why Parties? A Second Look." John Aldrich. 2011. https://press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book/chicago/W/bo11315021.html “Full- and Part-Time Legislatures.” National Conference of State Legislatures. 2021. https://www.ncsl.org/about-state-legislatures/full-and-part-time-legislatures “How Have Term Limits Affected the California Legislature?” Public Policy Institute of California. 2004. https://www.ppic.org/wp-content/uploads/content/pubs/rb/RB_1104BCRB.pdf “Senate President Pro Tem Martin Looney will not run for reelection.” Mark Pazniokas. CT Mirror. 2026. https://ctmirror.org/2026/05/02/senate-president-pro-tem-martin-looney-will-not-run-for-reelection/ "A Collective Bargain Unions, Organizing, and the Fight for Democracy." Jane MacAlevey. 2020. https://www.harpercollins.com/products/a-collective-bargain-jane-mcalevey?variant=32138473734178 Dwight D. Eisenhower: "The Rise and Fall of the New Deal Order, 1930-1980." Steve Fraser and Gary Gerstle. 1990. https://press.princeton.edu/books/paperback/9780691006079/the-rise-and-fall-of-the-new-deal-order-1930-1980?srsltid=AfmBOopO4fm_p4svMS9Y446osINdAqk21alGxQ5nWwrx6x8M438cRpTa Bill Clinton: "A Fabulous Failure: The Clinton Presidency and the Transformation of American Capitalism." Nelson Lichtenstein and Judith Stein. 2023. https://press.princeton.edu/books/hardcover/9780691245508/a-fabulous-failure?srsltid=AfmBOoqvHxi18_kWRXR3gT2H_R0RebZuYf_39xlPChufE66752Y0V6Bm "Politics." Aristotle. https://classics.mit.edu/Aristotle/politics.html "Leviathan" (Chapter XI). Thomas Hobbes. https://www.gutenberg.org/files/3207/3207-h/3207-h.htm "Heuristics and Biases in Political Decision Making." Céline Colombo and Marco R Steenbergen. 2020. https://academic.oup.com/edited-volume/62239/chapter-abstract/550820700?redirectedFrom=fulltext "A Theory of Justice." John Rawls. 1971. https://www.hup.harvard.edu/books/9780674000780 "Moral Man and Immoral Society: A Study in Ethics and Politics." Reinhold Niebuhr. 1932. https://www.wjkbooks.com/bookproduct/0664266355-moral-man-and-immoral-society/ theignoranceinstitute@gmail.com The Ignorance Podcast is VerifiedHuman™ https://www.iamverifiedhuman.com/ Music: Curious by Ron Gelinas Chill Beats https://open.spotify.com/artist/03JYfsI9Ke7JFuxHD239m2 https://www.free-stock-music.com #NewWayToCommunicateScience #IgnoranceIsBliss #RebuildingTrustInResearch

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  How Can Humans Thrive and Survive in the AI Revolution? The Ignorance Podcast Episode 14 with Micah Voraritskul

  Apr 26, 202656 min

  Join Mayla Boguslav as she interviews this episode’s guest Micah Voraritskul who is asking how humans can thrive and survive in the AI revolution. Follow Mayla Boguslav: Bluesky: @drmaylab.bsky.social https://bsky.app/profile/drmaylab.bsky.social LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mayla-boguslav-phd-30402239 ResearchGate: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Mayla-Boguslav Follow Micah Voraritskul: https://www.linkedin.com/in/micahvoraritskul/ Website/book: https://micahvoraritskul.com VerifiedHuman: https://verifiedhuman.info LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/micahvoraritskul/ People, places, and/or citations mentioned in this episode with links to learn more: God - Genesis 1-2 https://www.sefaria.org/Genesis.1?lang=bi&aliyot=0 Klaus Luehning — Klaus is a friend and a recurring presence throughout “Human Is the New Vinyl”. Some of his writing is featured on the VerifiedHuman site: https://verifiedhuman.info Lang Lang & Yuja Wang — world-class pianists Vic Damone & Frank Sinatra - world class artists LLM models: Midjourney, DALL·E, ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini Jeremy Cowart — photographer. https://jeremycowart.com The Bakers / Dragon Dictate — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dragon_NaturallySpeaking The ELVIS Act — Tennessee law. "Ensuring Likeness Voice and Image Security Act." 2024. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ELVIS_Act C2PA — Coalition for Content Provenance and Authenticity. https://c2pa.org Paul Bessie Trio — https://paul-biese-trioxq.bandcamp.com/album/in-sweet-september-sweet-sugar-babe John Stobart — Boston maritime artist https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Stobart “Human Is the New Vinyl: Why Human Creativity Still Wins in the AI Revolution.” Micah Voraritskul. 2025. https://micahvoraritskul.com VerifiedHuman — https://verifiedhuman.info Blinkist - https://www.blinkist.com/ Producer & editor: Joshua Mendel Bluesky: @jbmendel.bsky.social Questions, comments, want to get in touch? Email theignoranceinstitute@gmail.com The Ignorance Podcast is VerifiedHuman™ Learn more: https://www.iamverifiedhuman.com/ Music: Curious by Ron Gelinas Chill Beats | https://open.spotify.com/artist/03JYfsI9Ke7JFuxHD239m2 Music promoted by https://www.free-stock-music.com #NewWayToCommunicateScience #IgnoranceIsBliss #RebuildingTrustInResearch

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