154 - Judith Fan: The wonders of playing with blocks (REAIR)

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174 - Amit Goldenberg: Collective Emotions and Social Media (REAIR)

In this reair episode from 2023, Eric chats with Amit Goldenberg, Assistant Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School. Amit studies emotions in social interactions, for example in political contexts and on social media. He was a journalist and author before ...  Show more

173 - Juliana Schroeder: Mistakenly Seeking Solitude (REAIR)

In this reair episode, Eric chats with Juliana Schroeder, Associate Professor in the Management of Organizations at Berkeley Haas. She studies how people think about the minds of other people, and how they are often wrong trying to understand what others are up to. Her work has b ...  Show more

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