BJKS Podcast
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BJKS Podcast
@bjkspod.bsky.social
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
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
November 13, 2025 at 9:47 AM
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
November 13, 2025 at 9:38 AM
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.
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...
geni.us
September 29, 2025 at 11:01 AM
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
September 22, 2025 at 10:57 AM
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!

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September 15, 2025 at 12:10 PM
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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September 8, 2025 at 10:45 AM
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!

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June 24, 2025 at 2:46 PM
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!

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May 27, 2025 at 11:29 AM
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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March 11, 2025 at 1:42 PM
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
February 18, 2025 at 12:19 PM
New episode!

I talked to Renzo Huber (@layerfmri.bsky.social) about layer fMRI, how to make layer fMRI reproducible, high-resolution fMRI, Renzo's fine balance between being a gourmet chef and a janitor, differences between 3T and 7T MRI scanners, & much more.

Thanks Renzo for being a guest!

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January 20, 2025 at 11:38 AM
New episode!

I talked to @ella-maru.bsky.social about scientific illustrations, digital vs classic art, what not to ask from a scientific illustrator, how to improve scientific figures, & much more.

Thanks Ella for being a guest!

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December 19, 2024 at 2:06 PM
New episode!

I talked to Roberto Bottini about cognitive maps, image spaces, how blind people have altered grid-like coding, egocentric and all-centric perspectives, some tips for grant writing & much more.

Thanks Roberto for being a guest!

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December 11, 2024 at 12:28 PM
New episode!

I talked to @doctor-bob.bsky.social about his (w/ Anne Collins) 10 simple rules for computational modelling, the importance of a good experiment, how modelling can help with reproducibility, his recent work on phishing, & much more.

Thanks Bob for being a guest!

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November 25, 2024 at 10:53 AM
New episode!

I talked to @nhwise.bsky.social about publication fraud, tortured phrases, buying authorships and reviewers, 'special' issues, how he does his detective work, what we can do about it, & much more.

Thanks Nick for being a guest!

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November 18, 2024 at 10:42 AM
New episode!

Part 2 with @eugenie-reich.bsky.social, in which we discuss the legalities of scientific fraud, why fraudsters rarely go to prison, what whistleblowers are allowed to do, Eugenie's path from journalism to lawyer, & much more.

Thanks again Eugenie for being a guest!

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November 11, 2024 at 4:52 PM
New episode!

I talked to @eugenie-reich.bsky.social about Plastic Fantastic, her book about the biggest fraud case in physics (Jan Hendrick Schön) & what we can learn from it.

Thanks @simine.com & @elisabethbik.bsky.social for recommend. the book on my pod.

Thanks Eugenie for being a guest!

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November 4, 2024 at 1:14 PM
New episode!

I talked to @macshine.bsky.social about using fMRI to integrate neuroscience, the role of great editors, collaboration and multidisciplinary, lessons from sports, the value of being annoyed (constructively, and with curiosity), & much more.

Thanks Mac for being a guest!

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October 28, 2024 at 11:39 AM
New episode!
I talked to Brandon Brown about his career columns in
Nature & Science: how to have a career without large grants, different academic contributions, academic negotiations, his farm, sabbaticals, & much more.

Thanks Brandon for being a guest!

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October 18, 2024 at 11:37 AM
New episode!

I talked to Soledad Gonzalo Cogno about her work on ultraslow oscillatory sequences in medial entorhinal cortex, her journey from Argentina to Norway, interdisciplinary approaches to neuroscience, mentoring, & much more.

Thanks Soledad for being a guest!

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October 11, 2024 at 11:50 AM
Really liked the publishing schedule I did in the past 12 months, so will repeat it this year:

- Weekly episodes from October until ~Easter
- Only occasional episodes from ~Easter until October
October 4, 2024 at 10:45 AM
New episode!

I talked to Julie Old about Wombats, saving critically endangered species, threats to wombats, working with wild animals, translocating wombats colonies, Australian mammals, & much more.

Thanks Julie for being a guest!

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October 4, 2024 at 9:50 AM
New episode!

I talked to @tomchivers.bsky.social about his new book (Everything is Predictable) on Thomas Bayes, Bayesian statistics, the history of probability, how Bayes can help with the replication crisis, science journalism, & much more.

Thanks Tom for being a guest!

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August 19, 2024 at 7:00 AM
New episode!

I talked to Laura Luebbert about finding & reporting questionable data in classic honeybee-dance studies, how she developed gget with no prior coding experience, her work hunting viruses, & much more.

Thanks Laura for being a guest!

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August 2, 2024 at 11:42 AM
New episode!

I talked to Laura Wesseldijk about her work on the behavioural genetics of music, critical periods in music acquisition, methods in behavioural genetics, why geneticists love twins, gene x environment interactions, & much more.

Thanks Laura for being a guest!

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July 19, 2024 at 10:50 AM