Decision-making expert Annie Duke hosts conversations with prominent guests to help listeners sharpen their decision-making skills
PHILADELPHIA, Jan. 15, 2025 – The Alliance for Decision Education, a national nonprofit leading the effort to integrate decision-making skills into K-12 education, has launched Season 5 of its popular podcast, The Decision Education Podcast. Hosted by bestselling author, speaker, and consultant in decision-making, Annie Duke, the podcast returns with thought-provoking conversations featuring top entrepreneurs, leading academics, and industry trailblazers. This season promises fresh, actionable insights designed to empower listeners to make better decisions.
“On the podcast, we explore how thoughtful decision-making shapes everything from our personal relationships to our careers, all through engaging conversations with a diverse range of guests,” said Duke. “Our guests this season offer practical strategies and examples to help us all better understand the powerful role decision-making plays in every aspect of life.”
Season 5 will feature esteemed guests, including:
- Dr. Laurie Santos, the Chandrika and Ranjan Tandon Professor of Psychology at Yale University and host of The Happiness Lab podcast. Dr. Santos is an expert on the science of happiness. Her Yale course, “Psychology and the Good Life,” recently became Yale’s most popular course in over 300 years.
- Seth Godin, renowned author, entrepreneur, and marketing expert is known for his transformative ideas in business and leadership. A former VP of Direct Marketing at Yahoo!, he has authored 22 bestselling books and inspired millions to rethink how they approach marketing, creativity, and work.
- Dr. David Eagleman, a neuroscientist at Stanford University, internationally bestselling author, and Guggenheim Fellow. Dr. Eagleman’s areas of research include sensory substitution, time perception, vision, and synesthesia; he also studies the intersection of neuroscience with the legal system, and directs the Center for Science and Law. He is CEO and co-founder of Neosensory and the host of the podcast, Inner Cosmos with David Eagleman.
- Josh Kopelman has been an active entrepreneur and investor in the internet industry since its commercialization. He is a co-founder and managing partner of First Round Capital, a premier seed-stage venture capital firm that partners with entrepreneurs to build transformative companies. He founded a number of extremely successful internet businesses including Infonautics, Half.com, and TurnTide.
- Dr. Tali Sharot is a professor of cognitive neuroscience in the department of experimental psychology and The Max Planck UCL Centre for Computational Psychiatry at University College London. She is also on the faculty of the department of brain and cognitive sciences at MIT.
Episodes will explore fascinating topics, such as the science of happiness, how emotions and motivation influence our decisions, the impact of time perception on cognitive biases, and the role of creative thinking in decision-making.
Season 5 of The Decision Education Podcast is sponsored by First Round Capital, a premier seed-stage venture capital firm that partners with entrepreneurs to build transformative companies.
Listen to the podcast on the Alliance website and all major podcast platforms, with new episodes released every other Wednesday through February.
