Podcast Recommendations

I am a podcast fiend. I enjoy following conversations in psychology, philosophy, research and statistics, as well as current events. Here are some of my favorites. I have found many of these to be phenomenal resources in my scientific and professional development.

Everything Hertz

A podcast by scientists, for scientists. Methodology, scientific life, and bad language. Co-hosted by Dr. Dan Quintana (University of Oslo) and Dr. James Heathers (Northeastern University)

Very Bad Wizards

Very Bad Wizards is a podcast featuring a philosopher (Tamler Sommers) and a psychologist (David Pizarro), who share a love for ethics, pop culture, and cognitive science, and who have a marked inability to distinguish sacred from profane.

The Black Goat

Three psychologists talk about doing science. Hosted by Sanjay Srivastava, Alexa Tullett, and Simine Vazire.

Two Psychologists Four Beers

Two psychologists drink at least four beers (allegedly) while discussing news and controversies in science, academia, and beyond.

Quantitude

A podcast dedicated to all things quantitative, ranging from the relevant to the highly irrelevant. Co-hosts Patrick Curran and Greg Hancock talk about serious statistical topics, but without taking themselves too seriously.

Hello PhD

Joshua Hall and Daniel Arneman discuss navigating science and the academy as a trainee, all over a cold beer.

Research Matters

In the Research Matters Podcast, Jason Luoma interviews leading researchers in psychology and other social sciences in an effort to understand what they do that makes them productive. This podcast is intended to help graduate students, professors, and scientists learn actionable strategies that can help them in their own research endeavors.

Casual Inference

Keep it casual with the Casual Inference podcast. Your hosts Lucy D’Agostino McGowan and Ellie Murray talk all things epidemiology, statistics, data science, causal inference, and public health. Sponsored by the American Journal of Epidemiology.

You Can Grad School

Co-hosts Kathleen McCormick & Dustin Haraden demystify some processes related to graduate school and to help provide tools to open doors for graduate students (new & old)