A Bit More Complicated

In this episode we were joined by Dr. Amy Muise to discuss sex: how couples navigate different sexual desires in relationships, how cuddling improves sexual satisfaction, how much sex is enough sex, and sex in consensual nonmonogamy relationships. We also discuss Amy's recent debunk of "love languages." Resources: Webpage: https://www.amymuise.com/  Lab instagram: https://www.instagram.com/share.research/ Good, Giving, and Game: The Relationship Benefits of Communal Sexual Motivation: https://static1.squarespace.com/static/615a20501ce896399f8d5a13/t/617dda90aed0153084cbb6b3/1635637905317/Good%2C+Giving%2C+and+Game-+The+Relationship+Benefits+of+Communal+Sexual+Motivation.pdf Measurement of communal strength: https://clarkrelationshiplab.yale.edu/sites/default/files/files/Measurement%20in%20communal%20strength.pdf positivity resonance: https://www.taylorfrancis.com/chapters/edit/10.4324/9781315564296-12/broaden-build-theory-meets-interpersonal-neurobiology-lens-compassion-positivity-resonance-barbara-fredrickson-daniel-siegel The costs and benefits of sexual communal motivation for couples coping with vulvodynia: https://psycnet.apa.org/record/2017-05298-001 Post Sex Affectionate Exchanges Promote Sexual and Relationship Satisfaction: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10508-014-0305-3 Sexual Frequency Predicts Greater Well-Being, But More is Not Always Better: https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/1948550615616462 Sexual need fulfillment and satisfaction in consensually nonmonogamous relationships: https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/0265407518774638 Popular Psychology Through a Scientific Lens: Evaluating Love Languages From a Relationship Science Perspective: https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/09637214231217663

This is a first episode about the Israel-Palestine conflict. Our guest, Dr. Steven David is a scholar of international relations and security studies, and he discussed the conflict with us. This conversation largely explores the conflict from an Israeli (specifically a progressive Zionist) perspective. There are many issues we did not discuss, but we will likely explore in future episodes. Note: The episode was recorded on 1/16/2024, and reflects the information that was available at the time. Sources: New York Times coverage of Hamas’s tunnels in Gaza David, S. R. (2012). Existential threats to Israel: learning from the ancient past. Israel Affairs, 18(4), 503-525. David, S. R. (2018). Existential threats to Israel. In Contemporary Israel (pp. 299-316). Routledge. David, S. R. (2019). Coping with an existential threat: Israel and Iran under Netanyahu. In Israel Under Netanyahu (pp. 197-215). Routledge. Israel’s Construction of Iran as an Existential Threat: https://www.jstor.org/stable/26378543 https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/03932729.2013.787829 https://www.jstor.org/stable/23039625

In this episode, Manny and Dylan chat with Dr. Daniel Yudkin, a social psychologist and researcher at the organization More In Common. We talk about how and why people fundamentally misunderstand Americans’ political viewpoints, and what we can do about this problem.  (So sorry about Manny's audio quality! There was a mic issue and we had to use his webcam mic for the episode.) Daniel’s Substack - The Partial Spectator The “Hidden Tribes” of America The Perception Gap quiz More In Common Group 2018 US midterms report Pew Research Typologies Polling that shows high support for progressive policies. “Democratic candidates, on average,are helped by higher turnout.” Hansford and Gomez, 2010 Also, racial minorities (who are more likely to vote democrat) are much less likely to vote, relative to white voters. See Pew  Income and Education predict different things when it comes to voting in 2016 and 2020

In this episode Dylan interviews Manny about his first first-author paper! The paper investigates how people’s socioeconomic status relates to health (it’s a bit more complicated!). Manny’s paper (not pay walled!): ⁠https://academic.oup.com/abm/article/57/11/929/7281567⁠ Kraus episode: https://spotifyanchor-web.app.link/e/29DVydMRzGb Muscatell episode: https://spotifyanchor-web.app.link/e/p6g2VKPRzGb Why does everyone think they are middle class (not pay-walled!)? https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/1948550620934597 Robert Sapolsky writes about health and social hierarchy in primates: https://www.science.org/doi/full/10.1126/science.1106477?casa_token=IpGOTg0oFBwAAAAA%3AX3ig2zog-8VbsVcjnw6Cx_xzupulg4Xf4p-Te35XBdwvnY9Mk6EQZhVj8rCV1Bycb6t2535Bpfc9Fw Marmot writes about health inequality and decision latitude: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/1674771/ Peter Ennes write about how the rich generally determine the political decisions in the US: https://books.google.com/books?hl=en&lr=&id=bM8fEAAAQBAJ&oi=fnd&pg=PT5&dq=info:nOJ4vybD5BoJ:scholar.google.com&ots=_snYeRC9S4&sig=XZCZYUofAmyMZArXoYdtNXlHAU4#v=onepage&q&f=false GINI coefficient (a measure of inequality) among countries that are similar to the US: https://data.oecd.org/inequality/income-inequality.htm Wage inequality is lower in worker cooperatives compared to traditional firms: https://ejce.liuc.it/18242979201702/182429792017140207.pdf Direct democracy initiatives support well being: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11205-015-1085-4 Age and voting behavior: https://medium.com/@PollsAndVotes/age-and-voter-turnout-52962b0884ef

Manny and Dylan chat with Dr. David Karp, Professor in the School of Leadership and Education Sciences at the University of San Diego. We talk about the concept of "restorative justice" and how it can be applied specifically to the ongoing problem of sexual misconduct in colleges and universities. We also talk about some of the challenges to scaling up restorative justice, and address some of the reservations people may have about it compared with the mainstream justice system. Notes: Restorative Justice Approaches to the Informal Resolution of Student Sexual Misconduct The Little Book of Restorative Justice for Colleges and Universitie Addressing individual and community needs in the aftermath of campus sexual misconduct: restorative justice as a way forward in the re-entry process RESTORATIVE JUSTICE AND RESPONSIVE REGULATION IN HIGHER EDUCATION Book, Applying restorative justice to campus sexual misconduct Reckonings podcast episode

As Manny mentioned at the top of our previous episode (#30) featuring Dr. Laura Edwards-Leeper, we continued the conversation a bit to discuss some topics related to gender dysphoric youth, as well as societal attitudes/prejudice towards transgender individuals. Manny and Dylan discuss how we can interpret polling data and what schools should do to support gender diverse students (and their parents). Support for sex change goes down: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/support-national-centre-for-social-research-ehrc-bsa-great-britain-b2415501.html Prejudice against Trans people goes up: https://www.stonewall.org.uk/about-us/news/new-report-tells-us-how-public-actually-feel-about-trans-people https://www.equalityhumanrights.com/en/publication-download/attitudes-transgender-people https://news.stv.tv/world/support-for-self-id-on-birth-certificates-for-transgender-people-falls-survey#:~:text=Looking%20at%20how%20attitudes%20have,in%202019%20to%206.4%25%20last Olympics: https://www.nbcnews.com/nbc-out/nbc-out-proud/olympic-champion-quinn-ushering-new-era-visibility-trans-athletes-rcna28794 UK laws: https://www.scottishtrans.org/our-work/gender-recognition-act-reform-2022/what-is-the-gender-recognition-act/ https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-40709420 Trans people in sports: https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2022/jun/29/sports-trans-participation-transgender-women-swimming#:~:text=one%20of%20them.-,Misinformation%20is%20being%20used%20as%20a%20core%20element%20of%20this,drastically%20underrepresented%20in%20women's%20sports. Trans people in prisons:  https://aninjusticemag.com/are-50-of-trans-women-in-prison-sex-offenders-512f949c365a They/Them video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=46ehrFk-gLk&ab_channel=TomScott LGBT hate crimes: https://www.stonewall.org.uk/about-us/news/new-data-rise-hate-crime-against-lgbtq-people-continues-stonewall-slams-uk-gov- Hate crimes in general: https://www.apa.org/topics/gun-violence-crime/hate-crimes https://fairforall.substack.com/p/fair-news-standing-for-parents-constitutional Gallup Polling on LGBTQ identity

In this episode, we sit down with Dr. Laura Edwards-Leeper, a pioneer in our understanding of youth gender transition. Dr. Edwards-Leeper is a licensed clinical psychologist specializing in gender and Professor Emerita of the School of Graduate Psychology at Pacific University in Oregon. She works with gender diverse and transgender children, adolescents and adults. Dr. Edwards-Leeper was a member of the American Psychological Association Task Force that developed practice guidelines for working with trans individuals. She was the past Chair of the Child and Adolescent Committee for the World Professional Association for Transgender Health (WPATH) and was involved in the WPATH Standards of Care (SOC) 8 revision. Dr. Edwards-Leeper is credited as a pioneer in the field of youth gender medicine in the United States, having served as the founding psychologist at the first pediatric gender clinic in the country, at Boston Children’s Hospital, which helped bring medical transition options for minors starting in the mid 2000s. We are especially grateful to Laura for her patience with us during a recording mishap. Dr. Laura Edwards-Leeper’s webpage  Her piece in the Washington Post and interview for News Nation Our prior conversation with Dr. Erica Anderson is mentioned in this episode.  Should psych eval be necessary for trans healthcare?  https://www.medicalaccidentgroup.co.uk/news/do-you-regret-having-cosmetic-surgery/  https://www.icij.org/investigations/implant-files/breast-implant-injuries-kept-hidden-as-new-health-threats-surface/ https://www.oregon.gov/obo/Documents/minor-rights.pdf https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/support-national-centre-for-social-research-ehrc-bsa-great-britain-b2415501.html  Detransition needs further understanding, not controversy Gallup Polling on LGBTQ identity

We're back! We're kicking off a new season of episodes with an interview with Dr. Paul Bloom to discuss his new book Psych. We discuss science communication, the limits and value of psychology, whether researchers should be siloed in academia, the problem with empathy, if kids are little bigots, and if social psychology isn't paying enough attention to policy. Psych: The Story of The Human Mind Paul’s webpage (with links to other books), Substack “Small Potatoes” and Twitter Research cited by Kiley Hamlin and Karen Wynn:  Hamlin, J. K., & Wynn, K. (2011). Young infants prefer prosocial to antisocial others. Cognitive development, 26(1), 30-39. Hamlin, J. K., Mahajan, N., Liberman, Z., & Wynn, K. (2013). Not like me = bad: Infants prefer those who harm dissimilar others. Psychological science, 24(4), 589-594.

In this episode we talk about Dylan’s newly published study about romantic infidelity in Ashley Madison users. We talk about the ethics of cheating and dishonesty, and whether someone can truly “love” their spouse while having sex with another person. We also talk about what it was like to survey Ashley Madison users about their affairs, and whether we can truly trust them.  This will be our last episode for a bit, while we take a Summer travel break. See you in August! Dylan’s Psychology Today piece about the study. Link to the study in Archives of Sexual Behavior. More of Dylan’s research on infidelity here and here.

In this episode we spoke with 2 experts on the topics of mental health, mindful self-compassion, and leadership. These are topics that are not only important for people’s general well-being, but also for how people function in their workplaces, and in other areas of life. On the research side, we have Dr. Remy Jennings and on the practitioner side, we have Janine Johnston. Dr. Jennings is an Assistant Professor in the College of Business at Florida State University. Janine Johnston is an executive & mindfulness consultant as well as a facilitator, a teacher, and a coach, who specializes in mindful self-compassion.  Papers: Self-compassion at work: A self-regulation perspective on its beneficial effects for work performance and wellbeing Reflecting on one's best possible self as a leader: Implications for professional employees at work When leader self-care begets other care: Leader role self-compassion and helping at work. Leadership Styles Remy on TwitterJanine’s webpage and LinkedIn