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Interviews mainly about science and academia, with psychologists, neuroscientists, economists, and anyone else I find interesting. By Ben Kuper-Smith bjks.bsky.social https://bjks.buzzsprout.com/

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Update on the transition to video:

First 2 video episodes are recorded, the next one tomorrow.

Will take some time to redo the podcast (including website), and start releasing video interviews from January. Will be published in normal venues, and as video on YouTube and Spotify

13.11.2025 09:47 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

And for the love of god, @jamesheathers.bsky.social specifically requested to not listen to @dsquintana.bsky.social episodes. Please stick to this recommendation, several Hertzies seem to have listened to his episodes, let's not extend this error

13.11.2025 09:43 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Thanks @dsquintana.bsky.social for the shoutout on @everythinghertz.com, I was wondering why I've received more downloads than normal since Monday!

Nervous what @jamesheathers.bsky.social was going to say, but when he described the podcast's name as 'serial killer', I knew he'd like it very much

13.11.2025 09:38 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
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119. This (audio only) podcast is dead - long live the podcast? With Dan Quintana - BJKS Podcast This is a special episode: this podcast will change after this episode, from remote audio-only interviews to exclusively in-person video interviews. Dan Quintana, professor at the University of Oslo a...

New episode!

My podcast is changing format, from remote audio-only, to exclusively in-person video interviews. To review the past & discuss its future, I talked to @dsquintana.bsky.social

geni.us/bjks-new

There'll be a bit of a gap. In a month or two, new episodes with the new format will drop.

29.09.2025 11:01 — 👍 3    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 1

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- @camillopadoasch.bsky.social (value & causation in neuroscience)
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- @efouragnan.bsky.social (non-invasive stimulation of human brains)
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- Lynn Nadel (hippocampus as a cognitive map)
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22.09.2025 10:57 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

As always, my conversation with @laurennross.bsky.social can be found on all podcasting platforms (Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Overcast, etc.) and on the website:

geni.us/bjks-ross

See show notes for time stamps for different topics, references, links, etc.

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22.09.2025 10:57 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

New episode!

I talked to @laurennross.bsky.social about causation, mechanisms, and explanations in neuroscience, her path from medicine to philosophy of science, causal structures and varieties, & much more.

Thanks Lauren for being a guest!

1/3

22.09.2025 10:57 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

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- @damianblasi.bsky.social (over-reliance on English hinders cognitive science)
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- Adeyemi Adetula (ManyLabs Africa)
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- @jkflake.bsky.social (making stats fun & @psysciacc.bsky.social)
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15.09.2025 12:10 — 👍 3    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

As always, my conversation with @ruggeri.bsky.social can be found on all podcasting platforms (Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Overcast, etc.) and on the website:

geni.us/bjks-ruggeri

See show notes for time stamps for different topics, references, links, etc.

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15.09.2025 12:10 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

New episode!

I talked to Kai @ruggeri.bsky.social about his global collaborations on Prospect Theory and temporal discounting, how to run these global studies, how to run studies in languages you don't speak, & much more.

Thanks Kai for being a guest!

1/3

15.09.2025 12:10 — 👍 2    🔁 1    💬 1    📌 1

Also, RIP @gordpennycook.bsky.social record for having the most remote upbringing of my podcast guests - it lasted a good 4 episodes...

08.09.2025 10:47 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

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- Nanthia @suthanalab.bsky.social (invasive recordings in humans)
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- Gareth Barnes (MEG)
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- Renzo Huber @layerfmri.bsky.social (layer-fMRI)
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08.09.2025 10:45 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

As always, my conversation with @efouragnan.bsky.social can be found on all podcasting platforms (Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Overcast, etc.) and on the website:

geni.us/bjks-fouragnan

See show notes for time stamps for different topics, references, links, etc.

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08.09.2025 10:45 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

New episode!

I talked to @efouragnan.bsky.social about transcranial ultrasound stimulation: what it is, how it works, what you can do with it, etc. We also discuss seeing live brains during surgery, Elsa's childhood in French Polynesia, & much more.

Thanks Elsa for being a guest!

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08.09.2025 10:45 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

Thanks, glad you enjoyed it!

23.07.2025 15:29 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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56. Mary Elizabeth Sutherland: scientific editing, behavioural sciences at Nature, and how to improve submissions - BJKS Podcast Mary Elizabeth Sutherland is senior editor at Nature, where she edits submissions in the behavioural sciences and cognitive neuroscience. In this conversation, we talk about how she became an editor, ...

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- @syeducation.bsky.social (editing a journal)
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- @jessicapolka.bsky.social (preprints)
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- @tomhardwicke.bsky.social (post-publi. critique)
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24.06.2025 14:46 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

As always, my conversation with @mbaldwin.bsky.social can be found on all podcasting platforms (Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Overcast, etc.) and on the website:

geni.us/bjks-baldwin

See show notes for time stamps for different topics, references, links, etc.

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24.06.2025 14:46 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

New episode!

I talked to @mbaldwin.bsky.social about the histories of @nature.com, scientific journals, peer review, and what it means to be a scientist, & much more.

Thanks Melinda for being a guest!

1/3

24.06.2025 14:46 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 2    📌 1
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70. Mona Garvert: Cognitive maps, fMRI adaptation, and computational psychiatry - BJKS Podcast Mona Garvert is Lead Research Scientist at Alena where she uses her background in cognitive neuroscence to advance computational psychiatry. In this episode, we talk about her academic research on the...

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- @gordpennycook.bsky.social
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- Gareth Barnes
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27.05.2025 11:28 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

As always, my conversation with @smfleming.bsky.social can be found on all podcasting platforms (Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Overcast, etc.) and on the website:

geni.us/bjks-fleming

See show notes for time stamps for different topics, references, links, etc.

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27.05.2025 11:28 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

New episode!

I talked to @smfleming.bsky.social about how he ran his lab in London from Croatia for a few years, building a lab culture, learning new techniques as a PI, applying for funding, Steve's background in music, why he became a scientist, & much more.

Thanks Steve for being a guest!

1/3

27.05.2025 11:28 — 👍 2    🔁 1    💬 1    📌 1
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63. Adeyemi Adetula: ManyLabs Africa, psychology should generalise from Africa, and multicultural collaborations - BJKS Podcast Adeyemi Adetula is a PhD student at the University of Grenoble, where he is leading the ManyLabs Africa project. In this conversation, we talk about that project, his recent commentary 'Psychology sho...

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- @evakrockow.bsky.social (qualitative data)
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- @bryanbruns.bsky.social (applied sociology)
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11.03.2025 13:42 — 👍 1    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

As always, my conversation with @damianblasi.bsky.social can be found on all podcasting platforms (Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Overcast, etc.) and on the website:

geni.us/bjks-blasi

See show notes for time stamps for different topics, references, links, etc.

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11.03.2025 13:42 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

New episode!

I talked to @damianblasi.bsky.social about his recent paper 'Over-reliance on English hinders cognitive science', linguistic diversity, how to study languages you don't speak, why New Guinea is so diverse, Damian's career trajectory, & much more.

Thanks Damian for being a guest!

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11.03.2025 13:42 — 👍 5    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 1

@gordpennycook.bsky.social also clarifies his pivotal role in a tragic case: how a once promising researcher on cooperation ( @dgrand.bsky.social ) got lost to misinformation and fake news.

[as someone interested in cooperation, I'm totally not bitter that David Rand changed directions ;) ]

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18.02.2025 12:18 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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56. Mary Elizabeth Sutherland: scientific editing, behavioural sciences at Nature, and how to improve submissions - BJKS Podcast Mary Elizabeth Sutherland is senior editor at Nature, where she edits submissions in the behavioural sciences and cognitive neuroscience. In this conversation, we talk about how she became an editor, ...

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18.02.2025 12:18 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
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112. Gordon Pennycook: From Carrot River to Cornell, misinformation, and reducing conspiracy beliefs - BJKS Podcast Gordon Pennycook is an Associate Professor at Cornell University. We talk about his upbringing in rural Northern Canada, how he got into academia, and his work on misinformation: why people share it a...

As always, my conversation with @gordpennycook.bsky.social can be found on all podcasting platforms (Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Overcast, etc.) and on the website:

geni.us/bjks-pennycook

See show notes for time stamps for different topics, references, links, etc.

2/3

18.02.2025 12:18 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

New episode!

I talked to @gordpennycook.bsky.social about his path from Carrot River to becoming a scientist, reducing misinformation & conspiracy beliefs, exploring vs exploiting research topics, the unmatched creativity of Canadian town names & much more.

Thanks Gord for being a guest!

1/3

18.02.2025 12:18 — 👍 6    🔁 2    💬 1    📌 1
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85. Peter Bandettini: The history, present, and future of fMRI - BJKS Podcast Peter Bandettini is director of the fMRI core facility at the National Institute of Mental Health. In this episode, we talk about the history, present, and future of fMRI, alongside Peter's career.Sup...

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20.01.2025 11:38 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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111. Renzo Huber: Layer-fMRI, high-resolution fMRI, and the delicate balance between gourmet chef and janitor - BJKS Podcast Renzo Huber is a staff scientist at NIH. We talk about his work on layer-fMRI: what it  is, how Renzo got into it, how to do it, when it makes sense to do it, what the future holds, and much more...

As always, my conversation with @layerfmri.bsky.social can be found on all podcasting platforms (Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Overcast, etc.) and on the website:

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See show notes for time stamps for different topics, references, links, etc.

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20.01.2025 11:38 — 👍 7    🔁 2    💬 1    📌 0