https://bsky.app/profile/fourbeerspod.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/fourbeerspod.bsky.social/post/3ml4pfp7n2s2sNew episode! Researcher, professor, and former Division III football player Nick Epley joins the show to talk about why we underestimate the benefits of social connections and how we can all be a bit more social. www.fourbeers.com/130 https://www.fourbeers.com/13005 May 2026 17:26 +0000at://did:plc:zoslmp3x5qxfcwfsxdfn53nm/app.bsky.feed.post/3ml4pfp7n2s2shttps://bsky.app/profile/fourbeerspod.bsky.social/post/3mivrzdvi222sThis month's episode will be a re-run (posting shortly); the podcast will be back with a new episode for May! In the meantime, please enjoy this playlist I made of every break music song. https://open.spotify.com/playlist/2KCAeOFwHJqsMZC8ogonL3?si=bf6098c796e4481407 Apr 2026 12:33 +0000at://did:plc:zoslmp3x5qxfcwfsxdfn53nm/app.bsky.feed.post/3mivrzdvi222shttps://bsky.app/profile/fourbeerspod.bsky.social/post/3mgfvxc425s2cMany academics care about diversity in faculty hiring, but why? @azimshariff.bsky.social joins the show to talk about different rationales for diversity in hiring (and how well they hold up to scrutiny). https://share.fireside.fm/episode/Ah1OZyuo+K6nf1wvb06 Mar 2026 18:11 +0000at://did:plc:zoslmp3x5qxfcwfsxdfn53nm/app.bsky.feed.post/3mgfvxc425s2chttps://bsky.app/profile/fourbeerspod.bsky.social/post/3mehf3f55oc2oNew episode! Mickey and Yoel talk about Canada's controversial euthanasia law (called MAID: medical assistance in dying). We also discuss a new paper that finds (or does it?) that ego depletion is not as dead as people think. https://share.fireside.fm/episode/Ah1OZyuo+hHi346Uq09 Feb 2026 21:24 +0000at://did:plc:zoslmp3x5qxfcwfsxdfn53nm/app.bsky.feed.post/3mehf3f55oc2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/fourbeerspod.bsky.social/post/3ma25rfkeis2fThe show is taking a little break for the holidays. No new episode this month, but keep an eye out for a fresh one in early January!15 Dec 2025 17:27 +0000at://did:plc:zoslmp3x5qxfcwfsxdfn53nm/app.bsky.feed.post/3ma25rfkeis2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/fourbeerspod.bsky.social/post/3m4tqc6rpmk2bNew episode! @minzlicht.bsky.social is back and fired up about citation diversity staments. We discuss the much-criticised Nature Reviews Psychology editorial encouraging authors to include them in their articles, as well as Mickey's very problematic beer tastes. https://share.fireside.fm/episode/Ah1OZyuo+5qP0L3vL04 Nov 2025 23:55 +0000at://did:plc:zoslmp3x5qxfcwfsxdfn53nm/app.bsky.feed.post/3m4tqc6rpmk2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/fourbeerspod.bsky.social/post/3m2sidvqs5s2gNew episode! David Tannenbaum joins the show to talk about one of Yoel's favorite papers: a massive field study of honesty in 40 countries that had some unexpected results. Also, we talk about hiking and David actually drinks two beers. https://share.fireside.fm/episode/Ah1OZyuo+uN-1BEQB10 Oct 2025 01:10 +0000at://did:plc:zoslmp3x5qxfcwfsxdfn53nm/app.bsky.feed.post/3m2sidvqs5s2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/fourbeerspod.bsky.social/post/3lr3p5iyou22fNew episode! Returning guest Spencer Greenberg (spencrgreenberg.bsky.social) joins the show to talk replications, what psychologist think of controversial topics, and an AI tool he developed to predict correlations between psychological traits and survey questions. https://share.fireside.fm/episode/Ah1OZyuo+yyzPHhT-08 Jun 2025 10:53 +0000at://did:plc:zoslmp3x5qxfcwfsxdfn53nm/app.bsky.feed.post/3lr3p5iyou22fhttps://bsky.app/profile/fourbeerspod.bsky.social/post/3lomg27dwr223New episode! UBC's Amori Mikami rejoins the show to talk to Yoel about DEI. Many prominent universities are rethinking DEI policies that once seemed unquestionable. So what is the future of DEI in higher ed, and what should it be? https://share.fireside.fm/episode/Ah1OZyuo+Z3fFthJu07 May 2025 22:10 +0000at://did:plc:zoslmp3x5qxfcwfsxdfn53nm/app.bsky.feed.post/3lomg27dwr223https://bsky.app/profile/fourbeerspod.bsky.social/post/3llqyrfhmks2pNew episode! David Pizarro (@peez.bsky.social) joins the show to talk about the concept of "purity" in moral psychology. Is there really a unified psychology of handwashing, pet-eating, and baby Jesus buttplugs, or is purity just a chimera? https://share.fireside.fm/episode/Ah1OZyuo+wpZdF4Ia01 Apr 2025 13:40 +0000at://did:plc:zoslmp3x5qxfcwfsxdfn53nm/app.bsky.feed.post/3llqyrfhmks2phttps://bsky.app/profile/fourbeerspod.bsky.social/post/3ljpy5rkou222New episode! @minzlicht.bsky.social is back to talk about cannabis research, empathic AI, and some stuff we saw at SPSP. https://share.fireside.fm/episode/Ah1OZyuo+DWffg-MH06 Mar 2025 17:06 +0000at://did:plc:zoslmp3x5qxfcwfsxdfn53nm/app.bsky.feed.post/3ljpy5rkou222https://bsky.app/profile/fourbeerspod.bsky.social/post/3lhtsoueqes25There will be no new episode in February (mostly because of travel)--but we'll be back in March with a special guest!10 Feb 2025 18:49 +0000at://did:plc:zoslmp3x5qxfcwfsxdfn53nm/app.bsky.feed.post/3lhtsoueqes25https://bsky.app/profile/fourbeerspod.bsky.social/post/3lggci2oafc2zBetter late than never, it’s out! https://share.fireside.fm/episode/Ah1OZyuo+S9yEUX4n [contains quote post or other embedded content]23 Jan 2025 16:29 +0000at://did:plc:zoslmp3x5qxfcwfsxdfn53nm/app.bsky.feed.post/3lggci2oafc2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/fourbeerspod.bsky.social/post/3lggci2oafc2zBetter late than never, it’s out! https://share.fireside.fm/episode/Ah1OZyuo+S9yEUX4n [contains quote post or other embedded content]23 Jan 2025 16:29 +0000at://did:plc:zoslmp3x5qxfcwfsxdfn53nm/app.bsky.feed.post/3lggci2oafc2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/fourbeerspod.bsky.social/post/3leuvocptpc22January's episode will be late due to Yoel packing the wrong mic to Vancouver 🤦‍♂️ The episode (featuring @syeducation.bsky.social) will be out by Monday the 20th. Sorry about the delay, all!04 Jan 2025 00:59 +0000at://did:plc:zoslmp3x5qxfcwfsxdfn53nm/app.bsky.feed.post/3leuvocptpc22https://bsky.app/profile/fourbeerspod.bsky.social/post/3lclzpmkj6c2mNew episode! Mickey returns to talk about the 2024 election, Bluesky, and his crusade against yard signs. We discuss prediction markets, Democratic declines with non-college voters, and whether Bluesky is a left-wing bubble (and if so, if that's a problem). https://share.fireside.fm/episode/Ah1OZyuo+0uI2U_b106 Dec 2024 01:27 +0000at://did:plc:zoslmp3x5qxfcwfsxdfn53nm/app.bsky.feed.post/3lclzpmkj6c2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/fourbeerspod.bsky.social/post/3lb3flfphbt2sNew episode! Paul Bloom joins the show to talk about whether much of developmental psychology is not worth doing, where he thinks psychology has succeeded, and whether we should be more skeptical of progressive-friendly social science findings. https://share.fireside.fm/episode/Ah1OZyuo+_-fTSSU316 Nov 2024 17:19 +0000at://did:plc:zoslmp3x5qxfcwfsxdfn53nm/app.bsky.feed.post/3lb3flfphbt2s