The Monkey Dance

When living under an autocratic regime, should we continue voting or abstain in protest? Zoltan Miklosi joins the podcast to talk about the political obligations of democrats who live under autocratic regimes. We...

<p>What determines whether a particular event is classified as part of an existing conflict or a random act of violence?</p> <p>Niraj Kushwaha joins the podcast to talk about modeling instances of armed conflict using...

<p>Can any interaction between two people ever really be fair?</p> <p> </p> <p>In this episode from February 2024, we sit down with Angarika Deb to chat about how to understand fairness, and what it means in relation to...

Every human has the same fundamental rights. That might sound trivial, but the universal access to human rights is being actively debated in courts around the world as well as in public and political discourse. Lena...

<p>What happens when gangs step in to provide services for communities that governments aren't able or willing to provide?</p> <p>David Cerero Guerra joins the podcast to talk about his ethnographic work chronicling the...

<p>We refer to morality a lot when judging behavior, but what exactly are we referring to?</p> <p> </p> <p>Emese Havadtői joins us to talk about the structure and emergence of moral frameworks. We chat about whether...

<p>What is the brain's relationship to information?</p> <p> </p> <p>Francesco Poli joins to talk about the brain, the mind, and the individual differences that amount to human curiosity.</p> <p>We talk about adaptivity...

<p>How do we choose which norms to follow? And how do we change them for a more equitable society?</p> <p> </p> <p>Camilo Martinez joins to talk about how we learn, communicate, and enforce social norms. We also chat...

<p>How can we make sense of the variety of beliefs that are prevalent in society?</p> <p> </p> <p>Peter Steiglechner joins the podcast to talk about the role of identity and group belonging in understanding why people...

<p>Why do we engage with information online?</p> <p> </p> <p>Hannah Metzler joins the podcast to talk about the role of emotions and personal identity when investigating the spread of misinformation. We chat about a lot...

<p>Why do some resistance groups resort to armed struggle? And when do those groups decide it's time to put down arms?</p> <p>Barbora Valik joins to talk about the factors that can lead to the violent mobilization of...

<p>From the Archive: Episode 2</p> <p>Inequality seems to be a fundamental aspect of the society we've created. Is an unequal power dynamic endemic to any interaction between a set of individuals?</p> <p>In this episode...

<p>How do infants treat information they come across?</p> <p> </p> <p>I sit down with Velisar Manea to chat about how the infant mind develops, the types of biases evolution might have built in, and how they manage to...

<p>Nicolas Goupil joins me to chat about his work spanning everything from forming early childhood memories, to visual cognition, to hierarchies in groups. It's a fun, wide ranging conversation and we cover a good bit...

<p>How do our biases interfere with our willingness to learn?</p> <p>Pelin Kasar and Juliette Vazard both return to the podcast for a chat at the intersection of beliefs, biases, and curiosity.</p> <p>We talk about...