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How the World Works

19 Episodes

28 minutes | a month ago
Your Maps App Would Like to Use Your Location
Keith Chen and Elisa Long use that data – constructively
26 minutes | a month ago
Would You Rather Have an Award or Some Cash?
The answer might surprise you, as Jana Gallus tells Warren Olney
25 minutes | a month ago
Lobbying and Influence on the Law – Is It Actually for the Public Good?
As professor Henry Friedman explains to Warren Olney, it can be
22 minutes | 3 months ago
What's the Key Ingredient to a Successful Startup?
As Olav Sorenson tells host Warren Olney, it's your longtime location
24 minutes | 3 months ago
When Something We Need Goes Scarce, How Do You Decide Who Has Dibs?
Warren Olney interviews Franklin Shaddy about how to allocate precious items, even vaccines
29 minutes | 3 months ago
Want to Save the Environment? Hope for a Global Treaty
As Ivo Welch and Brad Cornell tell Warren Olney, doing your part will mostly save money
29 minutes | 3 months ago
Forecasting the Economy When The President is Sick and Unpredictable
The director of the UCLA Anderson Forecast, Jerry Nickelsburg, talks with Warren Olney about how they forge ahead with predictions in a time of sheer unpredictability.
35 minutes | 4 months ago
The Systemic Suppression of Native Americans’ Economic Outcomes
Warren Olney interviews Christian Dippel, who found that the property rights on reservations have cost generations of our indigenous peoples their fair shot at economic opportunity.
24 minutes | 4 months ago
How Politicians Handle Uncertainty
Professor Craig Fox caught up with Warren Olney, explaining that when leaders can discern situations with random variables from those with knowable variables, they can better influence and communicate the outcomes.
24 minutes | 4 months ago
What Baseball Teaches Us About Our Own Performance
As Warren Olney examines with Hengchen Dai, the data gleaned from baseball shows that instances of “fresh starts” boost performance – and can be applied to our lives as well.
21 minutes | 4 months ago
If You Think Time Is Money, You’re Forfeiting Happiness
Warren Olney interviewed Sanford Devoe about his critical research on hourly versus salaried earners, and how both look at their time off. The findings are simple — but explain a great deal about our behaviors.
25 minutes | 5 months ago
The Housing Shortage and Homelessness: A Researcher’s Perspective
Warren Olney and leading real estate researcher Stuart Gabriel look at how the housing shortage and homelessness in California has been exacerbated by redlining, systemic failures and now, COVID-19. What are possible solutions?
24 minutes | 5 months ago
The Power of the Immigrant Mindset in America
Warren Olney learns from Paola Giuliano, economist and researcher, how different waves of immigrants to the U.S. have leaned politically and have actually influenced policy.
27 minutes | 5 months ago
Organizations Have Committed to Better Representation, But Really?
Warren Olney speaks with Miguel Unzueta, expert on equity, racial discrimination, biases and microaggressions in the workplace. At a time of higher consciousness about these issues, how can we make our organizations better?
25 minutes | 5 months ago
It’s Not Just What You Say or How You Say It
Warren Olney and assistant dean of equity, diversity and inclusion Heather Caruso discuss how listening to understand is the key to averting conflicts, particularly among people of different backgrounds and cultures.
27 minutes | 8 months ago
Leadership (Or The Lack Thereof) In This Global Crisis
With Sebastian Edwards, faculty director of the Center for Global ManagementWarren Olney and Sebastian Edwards look into the failures of leadership (and one success) as different leading nations navigate the pandemic.
28 minutes | 8 months ago
The Global Economic… Recession?
With Ed Leamer, renowned economic forecaster and Professor EmeritusWarren Olney and Ed Leamer look into what’s ahead in the wake of this pandemic, from an economic and sociological perspective.
28 minutes | 9 months ago
The Difference Between Thinking You'll Do Something And Doing It
 With Hal Hershfield, professor of behavioral decision making and marketingWarren Olney and Hal Hershfield delve into our consumer and life decisions. Hershfield’s research uncovers valuable nuggets about why we decide to make changes — but often never follow through.
29 minutes | 9 months ago
Happiness In COVID Times
With Cassie Mogilner Holmes, professor of behavioral decision making and marketingWarren Olney and Cassie Mogilner Holmes examine happiness during the COVID-19 crisis. Is it achievable? How does research show happiness is within your control?
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