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The Psychology Podcast
by Scott Barry Kaufman
Today: #172 in Science on our combined chart.
Today: #150 in Science, United Kingdom on our combined chart.
Today: #90 in Science, Canada on our combined chart.
Today: #93 in Science, Australia on our combined chart.
Today: #28 in Science, New Zealand on our combined chart.
Today: #150 in Science, Ireland on our combined chart.
Today: #60 in Science, India on our combined chart.
Today: #73 in Science, Philippines on our combined chart.
Today: #77 in Science, South Africa on our combined chart.
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Ranking history · United States
Latest daily rankings: Oct 27. New rankings will appear after the next update.
Position on the Science combined chart over the last 14 days. Toggle platforms to compare their positions. Lower rank numbers are better.
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| Date | Combined Rank | Apple Podcasts | Pocket Casts | Castbox |
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| Oct 27 | #172 | #157 | — | — |
| Oct 26 | #195 | #182 | — | — |
| Oct 25 | #181 | #167 | — | — |
| Oct 24 | — | #199 | — | — |
| Oct 23 | #184 | #171 | — | — |
| Oct 22 | #156 | #142 | — | — |
| Oct 21 | #159 | #146 | — | — |
| Oct 20 | #144 | #128 | — | — |
| Oct 19 | #152 | #136 | — | — |
| Oct 18 | #139 | #127 | — | #100 |
| Oct 17 | #116 | #99 | — | #64 |
| Oct 16 | #82 | #58 | #50 | #50 |
| Oct 15 | #84 | #58 | — | #78 |
| Oct 14 | #101 | #80 | — | #80 |
Latest episodes
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Welcome to Human Potential Lab
October 14, 2026 · 2 minAfter 12 years, The Psychology Podcast has become the Human Potential Lab. New conversations with the scientists, philosophers and technologists whose work is actively deciding the future of humanity. The first three episodes drop October…
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End of an Era — Reflections on 11 Years of The Psychology Podcast w/ Annie Murphy Paul
December 4, 2025 · 47 minAfter 11 years, 478 episodes, and countless conversations exploring the depths of human potential, this episode marks the final chapter of The Psychology Podcast in its current form. In this deeply meaningful farewell episode for Scott…
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How Mindsets Shape Reality w/ Dr. Alia Crum
November 20, 2025 · 1 hr 0 minThis week, Scott sits down with his longtime friend and colleague, Dr. Alia Crum—one of the world’s leading researchers on the science of mindsets. Dr. Crum’s groundbreaking work investigates how our subjective beliefs and interpretations…
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The Gentle Power of Sisu w/ Dr. Elisabet Lahti
November 6, 2025 · 49 minThis week, Scott welcomes Dr. Elisabet Lahti—educator, applied psychology researcher, and founder of the Sisu Lab. Dr. Lahti is the world’s leading expert on sisu, a Finnish concept that embodies extraordinary courage, resilience, and…
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From Coping to Capacity w/ RaQuel Hopkins
October 23, 2025 · 54 minThis week, Scott speaks with RaQuel Hopkins, a certified coach with a master’s degree in clinical mental health counseling. RaQuel shares her personal and professional journey—from mastering the art of coping to discovering the…
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Why Brains Need Friends w/ Dr. Ben Rein
October 9, 2025 · 1 hr 4 minThis week, Scott sits down with Dr. Ben Rein, a Stanford neuroscientist and one of today’s most engaging science communicators. Dr. Rein has spent over a decade studying the neuroscience of social interaction, and his new book, Why Brains…
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Busting Viral Mental Health Myths w/Joe Nucci
September 25, 2025 · 1 hr 9 minThis week, Scott speaks with psychotherapist and writer Joe Nucci, whose work tackles the intersection of mental health, misinformation, and pop psychology. Joe has built a large following by debunking viral myths and bringing nuance to…
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The Psychology of Athletic Excellence w/Dr. Alex Auerbach
September 11, 2025 · 55 minThis week, Scott Barry Kaufman sits down with Dr. Alex Auerbach, a licensed counseling and sport performance psychologist who works with some of the world’s top performers—from Olympic champions to NBA, NFL, and MLB athletes, as well as…
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Dealing with Feelings w/ Dr. Marc Brackett
August 28, 2025 · 56 minThis week, Scott sits down with Dr. Marc Brackett, founding director of the Yale Center for Emotional Intelligence and author of Dealing with Feelings: Use Your Emotions to Create the Life You Want. Together, they explore why so many of us…
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Rethinking Time and the Myth of Urgency w/ Chris Guillebeau
August 14, 2025 · 43 minThis week Scott speaks with author, entrepreneur, and world traveler Chris Guillebeau, best known for The Art of Non-Conformity and his latest book, Time Anxiety: The Illusion of Urgency and a Better Way to Live. Chris unpacks the concept…
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Can You Really Change Your Personality? w/ Olga Khazan
July 31, 2025 · 48 minThis week Scott speaks with journalist and Atlantic staff writer Olga Khazan about her latest book, Me, But Better: The Science and Promise of Personality Change. Olga shares her personal journey experimenting with ways to reshape her own…
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Debunking the Genius Myth w/ Helen Lewis
July 17, 2025 · 1 hr 7 minThis week, Scott sits down with acclaimed journalist and Atlantic staff writer Helen Lewis to explore her latest book, The Genius Myth: A Curious History of a Dangerous Idea. Together, they examine how society defines—and often…
About the show
For eleven years and 478 episodes, Dr. Scott Barry Kaufman hosted The Psychology Podcast, one of the most listened-to psychology shows in the world, with more than 30 million downloads. Human Potential Lab is what that show has become.
The questions have moved. What is a mind? What makes something conscious? What happens to being human when the things we build start to look like minds themselves? Too much of the work is happening out of public view. In this new show, Dr. Scott Barry Kaufman sits down with the scientists, philosophers and technologists working at the frontier — the people whose work is actively deciding what we could become as a species.
Scott Barry Kaufman is a cognitive scientist and the founder of the Center for Human Potential. He holds a Ph.D. from Yale and an M.Phil. from Cambridge, has taught at Columbia, NYU and the University of Pennsylvania, and is the author or editor of twelve books, including Transcend, Ungifted, Wired to Create and Rise Above. New episodes every other week from October 28, 2026.