BJKS Podcast

4. Cody Kommers: Podcasting as a PhD student, intuitive anthropology, and finding a good problem

13 Nov 2020

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Cody Kommers is a PhD student in experimental psychology at the University of Oxford, focussing on social cognition. He also writes popular science and hosts two podcasts: Cognitive Revolution and Notes From The Field.In this conversation, we talk about a variety of topics, including how to start a podcast, how to run a podcast while doing a PhD, Cody's new travel-podcast, his preprint on intuitive anthropology, and the problem of finding a good problem.BJKS Podcast is a podcast about neuroscience, psychology, and anything vaguely related, hosted by Benjamin James Kuper-Smith. New long-form conversations every other Friday. You can find the podcast on all major podcasting platforms (e.g., Apple/Google Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher, etc.) and on YouTube.Timestamps0:00:05: Inviting guests onto a podcast0:09:45-0:16:30: An interlude on Steven Pinker0:30:57: Building a podcast0:41:00: Conversation or interview?0:47:00: How to conduct a good interview1:05:00: Combining PhD work with podcasting1:17:34: A brief interlude on Cody's interview with Mark Granovetter1:23:15: Jobs after PhD1:30:54: Cody's new podcast 'Notes from the Field'1:37:37: Cody's not-so-secret obsession with anthropology1:44:19: Cody's preprint 'The intuitive anthropologist'2:10:42: Finding a problem for your PhD, and finding a path as a scientistLinksPodcast linksWebsite: https://bjks.buzzsprout.com/Twitter: https://twitter.com/BjksPodcastCody's linksWebsite: www.codykommers.com/Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.de/citations?user=ImTtx_kAAAAJ&hl=en&oi=aoTwitter: https://twitter.com/codykommersPreprint: https://psyarxiv.com/3sc96/Ben's linksWebsite: www.bjks.blog/Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.co.uk/citations?user=-nWNfvcAAAAJReferencesGeertz, C. (1973). The interpretation of cultures. Basic books.Kommers, C. (2020). The Intuitive Anthropologist: Why “Intuitive Psychology” Falls Short for Making Sense of Those Who Are Different. PsyArXiv.

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