Nick Epley
Special guest
Nicholas Epley is the John Templeton Keller Distinguished Service Professor of Behavioral Science, and Director of the Roman Family Center for Decision Research, at the University of Chicago Booth School of Business. He studies social cognition—how thinking people think about other thinking people—to understand why smart people so routinely misunderstand each other.
Nick Epley has been a guest on 1 episode.
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Episode 130: You Should Be Talking to Strangers (with Nick Epley)
May 5th, 2026 | 1 hr 12 mins
connection, extraversion, gratitude, sociality, talking to strangers
Researcher, professor, and former Division III football player Nick Epley joins the show to talk about why we underestimate the benefits of social connections—and how we can change our behavior to connect more with others.