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.

Episode Date
58: The Social Robots are Coming! (with Kerstin Dautenhahn)
Nov 02, 2023
57: The Epic Challenge of Knowing Thyself (with David Dunning)
Oct 07, 2023
56: Awe Reloaded (with Dacher Keltner)
Aug 29, 2023
55: Wise of the Machines (with Sina Fazelpour)
Aug 05, 2023
54: Emotions Are Not What You Think (with Lisa Feldman Barrett )
May 30, 2023
53: Moral Reframing and The Science of Political Persuasion (with Robb Willer)
Apr 10, 2023
52: World Wide Wisdom (with Deepak Ramola)
Jan 05, 2023
51: Tricky Colleagues and Contagious Emotions (with Tessa West)
Nov 16, 2022
50: Morality Meets World (with Joshua Greene)
Oct 10, 2022
49: Wise Goals (with Ayelet Fishbach)
Aug 31, 2022
48: A Joyous Journey from Black-and-White to Grey (with Tom Gilovich)
Aug 01, 2022
47: Charting Pandemic Waters: A Common Wisdom Model for Uncertain Times (with Howard Nusbaum) - Rebroadcast
Jul 20, 2022
46: Antifragility, Gut Feelings, and the Myth of Pure Evil (with Jonathan Haidt) - Rebroadcast
Jun 27, 2022
45: Wisdom at Work (with Barry Schwartz) - Rebroadcast
Jun 07, 2022
44: A Special Announcement
May 24, 2022
43: Invisible to Ourselves: A Life of a Psychological Scientist (with Richard Nisbett)
Dec 04, 2021
42: Reflections on Wisdom in the World after Covid
Oct 24, 2021
41: Wisdom for Negative Consequences (Pt. I) - Social Support, Sympathy & Compassion, Acknowledging Uncertainty, and Balancing Diverse Interests
Oct 05, 2021
40: World After Covid series: Negative Consequences (Part II) - Autobiographical Memory, Estrangement, Political Conflict, and Prejudice
Aug 04, 2021
39: World After Covid series: Negative Consequences (Part I) - Social Inequality, Loneliness, Economic Hardships, and Despair
Jul 11, 2021
38: World After Covid series: Wisdom for Positive Consequences (Pt. II) - Critical Thinking, Intellectual Humility, Political Cooperation, and Solidarity
Jun 30, 2021
37: World After Covid series: Wisdom for Positive Consequences (Pt. I) - Sympathy and Compassion, Self-distancing, Perspective-taking, and Learning from pandemics
Jun 03, 2021
36: World After Covid series: Positive Consequences (Part II) - Political cooperation, Nature, Solidarity, and Prosocial behaviours
Apr 13, 2021
35: World After Covid series: Positive Consequences (Part I) - Political and structural change, Care for elders, Social connectedness, and Reconsidering habits
Feb 09, 2021
34: World After Covid series: Wisdom for Now (Part II) - What's important, Living in the moment, Social connectedness, and Shared humanity
Jan 19, 2021
33: World After Covid series: Wisdom for Now (Part I)
Jan 07, 2021
32: Shifting Gears: Wisdom in the 'World After Covid'
Dec 01, 2020
31: The Meaning of Wisdom Before and During the Pandemic (with Ricca Edmondson)
Nov 11, 2020
30: Emotions, Attention, and Decision Making in the Aging Brain (with Mara Mather)
Aug 16, 2020
29: Charting Pandemic Waters: A Common Wisdom Model for Uncertain Times (with Howard Nusbaum)
Jun 21, 2020
28: Pandemic Happiness (with Sonja Lyubomirsky)
Apr 24, 2020
27: The Wisdom of a Modern Elder (with Chip Conley)
Apr 06, 2020
26: Wicked Problems (with Judith Glück)
Mar 05, 2020
25: 'This is Basically a Revolution': Self-Knowledge and The Battle for Better Science (with Simine Vazire)
Feb 12, 2020
24: Misbehavioral Economics: Choosing irrationality
Jan 14, 2020
23: Antifragility, Gut Feelings, and the Myth of Pure Evil (with Jonathan Haidt)
Nov 04, 2019
22: The Epistemic Tightrope: Walking The Line of Doubt (with Scott Lilienfeld)
Oct 07, 2019
21: The Art and Science of Knowing You Don't Know (with Mark Alfano)
Sep 13, 2019
Episode 20: The Science of Awe (with Dacher Keltner)
Aug 20, 2019
Episode 19: The Individual and The Culture (with Adam Grant)
Jul 30, 2019
Episode 18: The End of the World is Nigh: Polarised Tribes, Passionate Words, and the Partisan Brain (with Jay Van Bavel)
Jun 29, 2019
Episode 17: The Metaphysics of Email and The Perils of Productivity (with Oliver Burkeman)
May 28, 2019
Episode 16: Beware the Intelligence Trap! (with David Robson)
Apr 28, 2019
Episode 15: Wisdom, Bullshit & Beliefs (with Gordon Pennycook)
Apr 07, 2019
Episode 14: Wisdom & Social Norms (with Michele Gelfand)
Mar 13, 2019
Episode 13: Can Wisdom be Taught?
Feb 21, 2019
Episode 12: Social and Emotional Aging (with Laura Carstensen)
Jan 23, 2019
Episode 11: Wisdom at Work (with Barry Schwartz)
Dec 28, 2018
Episode 10: Wise Bodies, Wise Brains (with Wendy Berry Mendes)
Nov 22, 2018
Episode 9: Dangerous Reflections (with Valerie Tiberius)
Oct 29, 2018
Episode 8: The Dark Side (with Paul Bloom)
Sep 27, 2018
Episode 7: Why We Tell Stories (with Nic Weststrate)
Aug 24, 2018
Episode 6: Wisdom, Class & Inequality (with Michael Kraus)
Jul 16, 2018
Episode 5: The Foolish Sage (with Eranda Jayawickreme)
Jun 24, 2018
Episode 4: Yoda vs Spock (with Stéphane Côté)
May 11, 2018
Episode 3: On Death (with Laura Blackie)
Apr 25, 2018
Episode 2: The Paradox of Ageing
Apr 22, 2018
Episode 1: Wisdom vs Intelligence
Apr 20, 2018