What Will Help You Persuade Your Political Opponents?
Just in time for the midterm elections, a new study finds that believing in empathy makes your political arguments more persuasive.
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How Learning to Bridge Differences Can Help Students Succeed in College
A college professor set out to transform the tense climate in her classroom and create a more compassionate space for learning.
How to Resist Manipulation by Embracing All Your Identities
Learning to celebrate complex identities in ourselves and others could help make the world a better place.
What We Learned About Human Behavior from the Pandemic
Many COVID-19 policies backfired because governments didn't have enough trust in the goodness of their citizens.
Just Thinking About Cooperation Can Make You Less Prejudiced
A new study suggests that imagining we’ll be cooperating with people outside our social groups reduces bias.
How Can We Cooperate When the Pandemic Is Driving Us Apart?
Paul Atkins, coauthor of Prosocial, explains what will help us work together in the face of disaster.
What Happens When Political Opponents Get to Know Each Other?
Two people from opposite sides of the political spectrum find what they have in common.
Episode 47: Can You Humanize a Zombie?
Should we try to find common ground with the villains in our lives? Comedian Zahra Noorbakhsh tries to understand a "zombie" from her past.