4. Cody Kommers: Podcasting as a PhD student, intuitive anthropology, and finding a good problem

Cody Kommers is a PhD student in experimental psychology at the University of Oxford, focussing on social cognition. He also writes popular science and hosts two podcasts: Cognitive Revolution and Notes From The Field.

In this conversation, we talk about a variety of topics, including how to start a podcast, how to run a podcast while doing a PhD, Cody's new travel-podcast, his preprint on intuitive anthropology, and the problem of finding a good problem.

BJKS Podcast is a podcast about neuroscience, psychology, and anything vaguely related, hosted by Benjamin James Kuper-Smith. New long-form conversations every other Friday. You can find the podcast on all major podcasting platforms (e.g., Apple/Google Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher, etc.) and on YouTube.

Timestamps
0:00:05: Inviting guests onto a podcast
0:09:45-0:16:30: An interlude on Steven Pinker
0:30:57: Building a podcast
0:41:00: Conversation or interview?
0:47:00: How to conduct a good interview
1:05:00: Combining PhD work with podcasting
1:17:34: A brief interlude on Cody's interview with Mark Granovetter
1:23:15: Jobs after PhD
1:30:54: Cody's new podcast 'Notes from the Field'
1:37:37: Cody's not-so-secret obsession with anthropology
1:44:19: Cody's preprint 'The intuitive anthropologist'
2:10:42: Finding a problem for your PhD, and finding a path as a scientist


Links
Podcast links

• Website: https://bjks.buzzsprout.com/
• Twitter: https://twitter.com/BjksPodcast

Cody's links

• Website: www.codykommers.com/
• Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.de/citations?user=ImTtx_kAAAAJ&hl=en&oi=ao
• Twitter: https://twitter.com/codykommers
• Preprint: https://psyarxiv.com/3sc96/

Ben's links

• Website: www.bjks.blog/
• Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.co.uk/citations?user=-nWNfvcAAAAJ

References
Geertz, C. (1973). The interpretation of cultures. Basic books.
Kommers, C. (2020). The Intuitive Anthropologist: Why “Intuitive Psychology” Falls Short for Making Sense of Those Who Are Different. PsyArXiv.