On Wisdom
By Charles Cassidy and Igor Grossmann
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What does it actually take to think wisely? On Wisdom digs into the empirical science of wisdom, judgment, and decision-making, and what it means for how we live. Igor Grossmann runs the Wisdom & Culture Lab at the University of Waterloo. Charles Cassidy runs the Evidence-Based Wisdom project in London. Each episode pairs freewheeling conversation with guest spots from leading behavioural scientists working on reasoning, wellbeing, culture, and society. Past guests include Adam Grant, Jonathan Haidt, Paul Bloom, Shannon Vallor, Lisa Barrett, David Dunning, Mara Mather, Tom Gilovich, Laura Carstensen, Oliver Burkeman, Simine Vazire, Dacher Keltner, and more. This autumn: a five-episode special series built around the first Annual Review of Psychology chapter on wisdom since 2011, featuring fifteen scholars on narrative, metacognition, measurement, training, and the neuroscience of wise decisions.
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73: Special Series Episode 5: Wisdom Frontiers
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Oct 26, 2026 |
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72: Special Series Episode 4: Interventions and Training
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Oct 19, 2026 |
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71: Special Series Episode 3: Measuring Wisdom
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Oct 12, 2026 |
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70: Special Series Episode 2: Metacognition and Judgment
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Oct 05, 2026 |
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69: Special Series Episode 1: Exemplars and Narratives
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Sep 28, 2026 |
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68: Special Series Trailer: 5 Episodes on the Science of Wisdom
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Sep 16, 2026 |
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67: The Wisdom Turing Test - Part Two (with Steve Rathje)
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Nov 16, 2025 |
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66: The Wisdom Turing Test - Part One
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Oct 26, 2025 |
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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 |