On Wisdom
By Charles Cassidy and Igor Grossmann
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On Wisdom features a social and cognitive scientist in Toronto and an educator in London discussing the latest empirical science regarding the nature of wisdom. Igor Grossmann runs the Wisdom & Culture Lab at the University of Waterloo in Canada. Charles Cassidy runs the Evidence-Based Wisdom project in London, UK. The podcast thrives on a diet of freewheeling conversation on wisdom, decision-making, wellbeing, and society and includes regular guests spots with leading behavioral scientists from the field of wisdom research and beyond. Welcome to The On Wisdom Podcast.
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65: Religion as Make-Believe (with Neil Van Leeuwen)
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May 08, 2025 |
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64: The Potency and Potential of Social Networks (with Nicholas Christakis)
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Mar 12, 2025 |
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63: The AI Mirror: Why Machines Reflect Us More Than They Think (with Shannon Vallor)
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Feb 23, 2025 |
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62: Experimental Philosophy: Testing the Limits of Wisdom and Knowledge (with Edouard Machery)
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Dec 09, 2024 |
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61: Beyond Bias: Group Identity, Wisdom, and the Climate Crisis (with Leaf Van Boven and David Sherman)
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Nov 10, 2024 |
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60: Wisdom, Love, and the Lexical Fallacy (with Alan Fiske)
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Oct 20, 2024 |
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59: Shaping Reality and Relationships: The Science of Connection and Expectation (with David Robson)
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Sep 23, 2024 |
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58: The Social Robots are Coming! (with Kerstin Dautenhahn)
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Nov 02, 2023 |
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57: The Epic Challenge of Knowing Thyself (with David Dunning)
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Oct 07, 2023 |
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56: Awe Reloaded (with Dacher Keltner)
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Aug 29, 2023 |
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55: Wise of the Machines (with Sina Fazelpour)
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Aug 05, 2023 |
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54: Emotions Are Not What You Think (with Lisa Feldman Barrett )
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May 30, 2023 |
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53: Moral Reframing and The Science of Political Persuasion (with Robb Willer)
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Apr 10, 2023 |
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52: World Wide Wisdom (with Deepak Ramola)
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Jan 05, 2023 |
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51: Tricky Colleagues and Contagious Emotions (with Tessa West)
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Nov 16, 2022 |
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50: Morality Meets World (with Joshua Greene)
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Oct 10, 2022 |
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49: Wise Goals (with Ayelet Fishbach)
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Aug 31, 2022 |
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48: A Joyous Journey from Black-and-White to Grey (with Tom Gilovich)
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Aug 01, 2022 |
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47: Charting Pandemic Waters: A Common Wisdom Model for Uncertain Times (with Howard Nusbaum) - Rebroadcast
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Jul 20, 2022 |
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46: Antifragility, Gut Feelings, and the Myth of Pure Evil (with Jonathan Haidt) - Rebroadcast
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Jun 27, 2022 |
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45: Wisdom at Work (with Barry Schwartz) - Rebroadcast
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Jun 07, 2022 |
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44: A Special Announcement
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May 24, 2022 |
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43: Invisible to Ourselves: A Life of a Psychological Scientist (with Richard Nisbett)
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Dec 04, 2021 |
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42: Reflections on Wisdom in the World after Covid
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Oct 24, 2021 |
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41: Wisdom for Negative Consequences (Pt. I) - Social Support, Sympathy & Compassion, Acknowledging Uncertainty, and Balancing Diverse Interests
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Oct 05, 2021 |
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40: World After Covid series: Negative Consequences (Part II) - Autobiographical Memory, Estrangement, Political Conflict, and Prejudice
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Aug 04, 2021 |
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39: World After Covid series: Negative Consequences (Part I) - Social Inequality, Loneliness, Economic Hardships, and Despair
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Jul 11, 2021 |
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38: World After Covid series: Wisdom for Positive Consequences (Pt. II) - Critical Thinking, Intellectual Humility, Political Cooperation, and Solidarity
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Jun 30, 2021 |
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37: World After Covid series: Wisdom for Positive Consequences (Pt. I) - Sympathy and Compassion, Self-distancing, Perspective-taking, and Learning from pandemics
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Jun 03, 2021 |
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36: World After Covid series: Positive Consequences (Part II) - Political cooperation, Nature, Solidarity, and Prosocial behaviours
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Apr 13, 2021 |
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35: World After Covid series: Positive Consequences (Part I) - Political and structural change, Care for elders, Social connectedness, and Reconsidering habits
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Feb 09, 2021 |
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34: World After Covid series: Wisdom for Now (Part II) - What's important, Living in the moment, Social connectedness, and Shared humanity
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Jan 19, 2021 |
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33: World After Covid series: Wisdom for Now (Part I)
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Jan 07, 2021 |
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32: Shifting Gears: Wisdom in the 'World After Covid'
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Dec 01, 2020 |
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31: The Meaning of Wisdom Before and During the Pandemic (with Ricca Edmondson)
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Nov 11, 2020 |
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30: Emotions, Attention, and Decision Making in the Aging Brain (with Mara Mather)
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Aug 16, 2020 |
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29: Charting Pandemic Waters: A Common Wisdom Model for Uncertain Times (with Howard Nusbaum)
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Jun 21, 2020 |
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28: Pandemic Happiness (with Sonja Lyubomirsky)
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Apr 24, 2020 |
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27: The Wisdom of a Modern Elder (with Chip Conley)
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Apr 06, 2020 |
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26: Wicked Problems (with Judith Glück)
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Mar 05, 2020 |
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25: 'This is Basically a Revolution': Self-Knowledge and The Battle for Better Science (with Simine Vazire)
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Feb 12, 2020 |
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24: Misbehavioral Economics: Choosing irrationality
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Jan 14, 2020 |
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23: Antifragility, Gut Feelings, and the Myth of Pure Evil (with Jonathan Haidt)
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Nov 04, 2019 |
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22: The Epistemic Tightrope: Walking The Line of Doubt (with Scott Lilienfeld)
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Oct 07, 2019 |
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21: The Art and Science of Knowing You Don't Know (with Mark Alfano)
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Sep 13, 2019 |
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Episode 20: The Science of Awe (with Dacher Keltner)
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Aug 20, 2019 |
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Episode 19: The Individual and The Culture (with Adam Grant)
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Jul 30, 2019 |
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Episode 18: The End of the World is Nigh: Polarised Tribes, Passionate Words, and the Partisan Brain (with Jay Van Bavel)
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Jun 29, 2019 |
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Episode 17: The Metaphysics of Email and The Perils of Productivity (with Oliver Burkeman)
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May 28, 2019 |
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Episode 16: Beware the Intelligence Trap! (with David Robson)
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Apr 28, 2019 |
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Episode 15: Wisdom, Bullshit & Beliefs (with Gordon Pennycook)
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Apr 07, 2019 |
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Episode 14: Wisdom & Social Norms (with Michele Gelfand)
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Mar 13, 2019 |
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Episode 13: Can Wisdom be Taught?
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Feb 21, 2019 |
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Episode 12: Social and Emotional Aging (with Laura Carstensen)
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Jan 23, 2019 |
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Episode 11: Wisdom at Work (with Barry Schwartz)
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Dec 28, 2018 |
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Episode 10: Wise Bodies, Wise Brains (with Wendy Berry Mendes)
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Nov 22, 2018 |
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Episode 9: Dangerous Reflections (with Valerie Tiberius)
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Oct 29, 2018 |
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Episode 8: The Dark Side (with Paul Bloom)
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Sep 27, 2018 |
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Episode 7: Why We Tell Stories (with Nic Weststrate)
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Aug 24, 2018 |
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Episode 6: Wisdom, Class & Inequality (with Michael Kraus)
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Jul 16, 2018 |
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Episode 5: The Foolish Sage (with Eranda Jayawickreme)
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Jun 24, 2018 |
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Episode 4: Yoda vs Spock (with Stéphane Côté)
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May 11, 2018 |
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Episode 3: On Death (with Laura Blackie)
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Apr 25, 2018 |
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Episode 2: The Paradox of Ageing
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Apr 22, 2018 |
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Episode 1: Wisdom vs Intelligence
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Apr 20, 2018 |