Behavioral Scientist Reads

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The podcast that explores what it means to be human through conversations at the intersection of science and culture, and books that illuminate who we are and who we can become.  Published by Behavioral Scientist magazine.  behavioralscientist.org

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  1. há 4 dias

    Episode 4: Found in Translation

    What goes into translating a book from one language to another? How do you preserve something when your task is to change everything? What do translation and travel have in common? And why is translation, like travel, such an elusive concept? In this episode, we speak with Jennifer Croft, the English translator of Flights, about the craft of translation and her work as a writer of both fiction and nonfiction. For her work on Flights, Jennifer Croft won The Man Booker International Prize with Olga Tokarczuk in 2018. — For a list of the authors and books discussed in the episode, and a look at some of the postcards from Jennifer Croft’s memoir, Notes on Postcards, head here: https://bookclub.behavioralscientist.org/episode-4-found-in-translation/ Episode 4 features translator and author Jennifer Croft. The episode was produced and edited by Evan Nesterak, and it was mixed by Stephanie Tam. Our theme music was composed by Nina Humphreys. Thank you to the Kahneman-Treisman Center for Behavioral Science & Public Policy at Princeton University for sponsoring Behavioral Scientist Reads and helping to make the podcast possible. Find out more at bookclub.behavioralscientist.org and behavioralscientist.org. Published by Behavioral Scientist magazine.

  2. 13 de ago.

    Episode 3: ‘Seeing Is Knowing’

    In Flights, we encounter human anatomy in a number of ways—body parts in jars, wax figures, and the search for a secret preservation formula. Why did this kind of bodily preservation begin? How did it transform medical science and our understanding of where we come from? And what are the ways we can accurately understand and interpret this work from our modern vantage point? 00:00: Introduction to the episode12:01: Interview with Sara Ray, the senior director of interpretation and engagement at the Mütter Museum, begins12:01–54:51: The history of anatomical preservation54:51–1:22:34: The past and present of the Mütter Museum1:22:34 –1:26:48: Sara Ray answers the three traveler’s questions— Episode 3 features historian Sara Ray, the senior director of interpretation and engagement at the Mütter Museum. The episode was produced and edited by Evan Nesterak, and it was mixed by Stephanie Tam. Our theme music was composed by Nina Humphreys. Thank you to the Kahneman-Treisman Center for Behavioral Science & Public Policy at Princeton University for sponsoring Behavioral Scientist Reads and helping to make the podcast possible. Find out more at bookclub.behavioralscientist.org and behavioralscientist.org. Published by Behavioral Scientist magazine.

  3. 30 de jul.

    Episode 2: What Is Travel Psychology?

    Is “travel psychology” a real thing? How have our definitions of where we’re from changed over history? What do highways, our passports, and the lines and lounges in an airport reveal about travel and movement in the modern world? And what happens when we shift from viewing humans as fixed in place to constantly in motion? — Erratic By Tim Cresswell   Sitting there for all the world as if you owned the place. An error. Bluestone among  chalk. Wanderer. Heretic.  Stowaway, suspended as the world  warmed leaving you upended –  culture-shocked and supersized.  Your crystals milky, opaque, glittering. Brimming with another kind of  winter. Fire and freeze. Ten  thousand years of exile –  now part of the scenery. — Episode 2 features Geographer Tim Cresswell. The episode was produced, edited, and mixed by Stephanie Tam. Our theme music was composed by Nina Humphreys. Thank you to the Kahneman-Treisman Center for Behavioral Science & Public Policy at Princeton University for sponsoring Behavioral Scientist Reads and helping to make the podcast possible. Find out more at bookclub.behavioralscientist.org and behavioralscientist.org. Published by Behavioral Scientist magazine.

  4. 23 de jul.

    Episode 1: Where Did We Come From? Where Are We Going?

    Why did we choose this strange, fragmented novel for the summer book club? What do we know about its author, Olga Tokarczuk? And what are some “reading maps” we can use to start finding our way in this very different kind of story? — Episode 1 was produced and edited by Stephanie Tam, and mixed by Phil Bodger. Our theme music was composed by Nina Humphreys. Thank you to the Kahneman-Treisman Center for Behavioral Science & Public Policy at Princeton University for sponsoring Behavioral Scientist Reads and helping to make the podcast possible. Find out more at bookclub.behavioralscientist.org and behavioralscientist.org. Published by Behavioral Scientist magazine.

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    Trailer: Behavioral Scientist Reads ‘Flights’

    Introducing Behavioral Scientist Reads, the podcast that explores what it means to be human through conversations at the intersection of science and culture, and books that illuminate who we are and who we can become.  This summer, we’re reading Flights by Polish author Olga Tokarczuk, the recipient of the 2018 Nobel Prize in literature. Flights explores the human impulse toward movement—the perpetual tension between traveling somewhere new or staying put. At times playful and surprising, at others morbid and mysterious, Flights offers us a chance to explore our own journeys—through space and time, in our minds, and over the course of our lives. New this year, the Book Club will include:  A five-part podcast exploring themes from the book with guest expertsCollaborative memory map of the places and travels that have changed usLive and asynchronous group discussions Find out more at bookclub.behavioralscientist.org and behavioralscientist.org. Published by Behavioral Scientist magazine.

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The podcast that explores what it means to be human through conversations at the intersection of science and culture, and books that illuminate who we are and who we can become.  Published by Behavioral Scientist magazine.  behavioralscientist.org

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  • Criado por
    Behavioral Scientist
  • Anos de atividade
    2026
  • Episódios
    5
  • Classificação
    Livre
  • Copyright
    © 2026 Behavioral Scientist Reads
  • Site do podcast
    Behavioral Scientist Reads