Sociologist Joel Best--Mr. Halloween, himself!--joins James and Guy to calm our worst societal fears! Kids aren't getting dumber, crime is not getting worse, psychotic neighbors are not poisoning your children's Halloween candy, and "social construction" is not a bad word. We are, however, generally pretty bad at math.

Artificial Intelligence Professor, Michael Hanegan, joins James and Guy to discuss how AI will affect work, learning, medicine, education, and more!

Psychologist Elizabeth Loftus joins Guy and special guest co-host Jerry Green to talk about misremembering, rich false memories, the Satanic Panic, deep fakes, lifetime movies, and getting swatted with a magazine by a woman on an airplane.

Political scientist Emily Stacey and historian Aaron Bachhoffer discuss the history of subversive humor concerning race and sexual orientation.

Also, check out Dr. Stacey's podcast Not My Generation: https://notmygeneration.captivate.fm/

The hosts of the podcast Decoding the Gurus join James and Guy to talk about galaxy brain, pseudo-profound bullshit, and Jordan Peterson.

In this episode, Guy and James visit with Dr. Benjamin Goldman, assistant professor of economics at Cornell University, regarding his research into economic mobility. In addition to his position at Cornell, Dr. Goldman is a research affiliate with Opportunity Insights, the Wilson Sheehan Lab for Economic Opportunities and EdRedesign. Their conversation focuses on research Dr. Goldman conducted with several other researchers at Opportunity Insights on the changing nature of economic mobility in the U.S.

Along the way, they also discuss Dr. Goldman's research into changing marriage rates for both college- and non-college educated individuals, and what those rates have meant for family formation and economic prospects.

To learn more about Dr. Benjamin Goldman, click here: https://www.benjamindgoldman.com/

To review the research he and his research partners at Opportunity Insights conducted on economic mobility, click here: https://opportunityinsights.org/paper/changingopportunity/

To review Dr. Goldman's paper on the changes in married rates among the college-educated and non-college educated, click here: https://benjamindgoldman.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/papers/education_marriage/education_marriage.pdf

To learn more about Dr. Guy Crain, click here: https://www.rose.edu/staff/humanities-department/crain-guy/

To learn more about Professor James Davenport, click here: https://www.rose.edu/staff/social-sciences-department/davenport-james/

Contact us at curprn@gmail.com with suggestions for guests, comments on this episode, or questions you'd like us to ask or answer.

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Although Guy and James are both professors at Rose State College, the views expressed on this podcast are solely the views of Guy & James and their guests, and do not represent the views of Rose State College, its administration, faculty or students.

James and Guy look back on the episodes they've done so far--the good, the bad, and the ugly. Find out who their dream guests would be, what they're still curious about, and their favorite guest answer to their special question.

In this episode, Dr. Bryan Caplan, economist at George Mason University, discusses his book, The Case Against Education, with Guy & James. Caplan explains why he thinks most of the gains from education are from signaling rather than human capital development, and how this distorts the education process.

Along the way, we also discuss Caplan's views on immigration and why he has developed a preference for graphic novels as a means of communicating his ideas.

To learn more about Dr. Bryan Caplan, go here: https://economics.gmu.edu/people/bcaplan; and here: http://www.bcaplan.com/

To check out his book, The Case Against Education, go here: https://www.amazon.com/Case-against-Education-System-Waste/dp/0691174652/ref=as_sl_pc_qf_sp_asin_til?tag=bryacaplwebp-20&linkCode=w00&linkId=2a0c58e873ed68d8abd86c1449dd0968&creativeASIN=0691174652

To follow his blog, "Bet on It," go here: https://www.betonit.ai/

To learn more about Dr. Guy Crain, go here: https://www.rose.edu/staff/humanities-department/crain-guy/

To learn more about Professor James Davenport: go here: https://www.rose.edu/staff/social-sciences-department/davenport-james/

Contact us at curprn@gmail.com with suggestions for guests, comments on this episode, or questions you'd like us to ask or answer.

You can follow Curiosity Porn on X (Twitter) at curprn_podcast and on Facebook.

Although Guy and James are both professors at Rose State College, the views expressed on this podcast are solely the views of Guy & James and their guests, and do not represent the views of Rose State College, its administration, faculty, or students.