On Wisdom

Charles Cassidy and Igor Grossmann
onwisdompodcast.com
Monthly podcast. Next episode on Wednesday, November 18.
What does it actually take to think wisely? On Wisdom digs into the empirical science of wisdom, judgment, and decision-making, and what it means for how we live. Igor Grossmann runs the Wisdom & Culture Lab at the University of Waterloo. Charles Cassidy runs the Evidence-Based Wisdom project in London. Each episode pairs freewheeling conversation with guest spots from leading behavioural scientists working on reasoning, wellbeing, culture, and society. Past guests include Adam Grant, Jonathan Haidt, Paul Bloom, Shannon Vallor, Lisa Barrett, David Dunning, Mara Mather, Tom Gilovich, Laura Carstensen, Oliver Burkeman, Simine Vazire, Dacher Keltner, and more. This autumn: a five-episode special series built around the first Annual Review of Psychology chapter on wisdom since 2011, featuring fifteen scholars on narrative, metacognition, measurement, training, and the neuroscience of wise decisions.
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E71
Special Series Episode 3: Measuring Wisdom
E71·
October 12
October 12
55 mins
E69
Special Series Episode 1: Exemplars and Narratives
E69·
September 28
September 28
41 mins
Trailer
Special Series Trailer: 5 Episodes on the Science of Wisdom
Trailer·
September 16
September 16
2 mins
E67
The Wisdom Turing Test - Part Two (with Steve Rathje)
E67·
Nov 16, 2025
Nov 16, 2025
49 mins
E66
The Wisdom Turing Test - Part One
E66·
Oct 26, 2025
Oct 26, 2025
40 mins
E65
Religion as Make-Believe (with Neil Van Leeuwen)
E65·
May 8, 2025
May 8, 2025
58 mins