This is a seven-minute video about Molly Moon Neitzel’s ice cream company, which she built with the goal in mind to “build a company that practiced progressive values” (Vice). The company has implemented the practice of “pay transparency”, where all employee salaries are visible for their coworkers to see. This business practice keeps the company accountable to ensure that there is no income inequality between coworkers who work the same job for the same number of hours.

7 minutes.

Submitted with permission by James L.

What it’s like working at a company where everyone knows your salary, VICE

In this Academic Minute podcast clip, graduate student Shadrzad Goudarzi discusses a recent multi-part psychological study which examines Americans responses to and opinions of economic inequality. Goudarzi and collaborators found that for participants who endorsed "system-justifying ideology" had a "less negative" emotional response to a video of a houseless person describing their struggles.

Shahrzad Goudarzi, New York University – Economic Inequality

In this Academic Minute podcast clip, Assistant Professor of Psychology, Katie Nelson-Coffee discusses their research (three studies) on happiness amongst parents. In all three studies, they found that mothers were not as happy as fathers.

2 mins 30 secs

Katie Nelson-Coffey, University of the South – Happiness Gap for Mothers

In this Academic Minute podcast clip, Associate Professor of Education, Kevin Doyle argues that our society needs to change the way we look at addiction, and those with substance abuse disorders. A positive side effect to considering those with substance use disorders as having medical conditions rather than as considering them as criminals- is that those with substance abuse disorders will get the full help they need instead of trying to cure themselves in isolation due to stigma.

2min 30sec

Kevin Doyle, Longwood University - Substance Abuse Disorders

In an Academic Minute podcast clip, Associate Professor of Psychology, Jennifer Groscup discusses their research on individual consent to search even when legally they are allowed to say no. Groscop found that for those who were told they can legally say "no" to a search, still agreed to a search at the same high rate as those who weren't aware they could say no. They argue that the warnings did help the individuals feel better about the search.

2 mins 30 secs

Jennifer Groscop: Consent to Search

In an Academic Minute podcast clip, environmental science professor Branwen Williams discusses their research on climate change and found that "at least half" of global warming "over the past century" can be attributed to humans. Williams discusses their research methods for collecting environmental data.

2 minutes 30 seconds

Branwen Williams: Global Warming

Cantron, a writer, discusses psychological studies aimed at figuring out how folks fall in love and/or build connections and trust with others. She discusses her personal experiment with one of the studies where two strangers ask each other 36 questions that require both participants to reveal personal information and be vulnerable to each other in order to build a connection with each other.

13 minutes 45 seconds

Mandy Len Cantron: Falling in love is the easy part

This sound clip from APA Journals Dialogue podcast covers Dr. Veronica Hefner's research. In general, Dr Hefner is interested in the effects of exposure to mass media and how it shapes self-perceptions. This research uses the theory of Uses and gratification to examine "why people watch" wedding reality tv shows, and what effects these different reasons have on the viewer.

11 minutes, 26 seconds

Motivations for and Effects of Watching Wedding Reality Television

This video explores theories (the magic bullet theory/hypodermic needle model, two-step flow, uses and gratification) about how we process and respond to messages from the media.

12 minutes 34 seconds total, though content only lasts through 10 minutes 30 seconds.

“But Wait: How DOES the media tell you what to think?”

Diversity Advocate Vernā Myers discusses racial and racist violence. She suggests three actions for individuals to counter their own biases: (1) "Acknowledge your biases," (2) "...move toward, not away from, the groups that make you uncomfortable," (3) get better at confronting those around us- even our families, even when it makes us uncomfortable.

17 minutes 41 seconds

CW: racism, violence

Verna Myers: How to overcome our biases? Walk boldly towards them