Coming Soon: A New Season of Choiceology

Each episode tells true stories involving high-stakes moments and explores the latest research to help you make better judgments and avoid costly mistakes.

Speaker names marked ? are inferred from speaking time and the show’s known hosts — they are not voice-verified.

• 0:02Katy Milkman?

  I'm Katie Milkman, and I'm a behavioral scientist and professor at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. I'm also the author of the bestselling book, How to Change, and I'm here to tell you there's a new season of Choiceology on its way. In each episode, we examine stories behind consequential decisions, from business deals to rescue missions. We meet characters from wildly different walks of life who faced high-stakes choices and grappled with crises.

• 0:29Speaker 01

  The piece of rock many times bigger than the Empire State Building kind of slid like a big gate and just sealed them in there.

• 0:36Katy Milkman?

  Then I sit down with leading researchers in psychology and behavioral economics to unpack the variables that drive daily decisions, like what advice we'll choose to trust.

• 0:46Speaker 02

  We found that by discounting all advice, these experts were actually less accurate than the non-expert sample. I still kind of gasp when I think about those results.

• 0:59Katy Milkman?

  We explore the science behind how choices are made and the many influences that shape them, like the information we prioritize or the events we experience.

• 1:08Speaker 03

  If in your lifetime you experienced a really big crisis in the stock market, is it true that that makes you avoid the stock market like the plague?

• 1:17Katy Milkman?

  And we translate cutting-edge behavioral science research into actionable insights that can help you navigate your work, your financial decisions, and your life with greater clarity.

• 1:28Speaker 04

  And that is the first point in time where I realize I made the wrong decision.

• 1:34Katy Milkman?

  It's a new season of Choiceology, an original podcast from Charles Schwab. New episodes arrive every two weeks. Be sure to follow us in your favorite podcasting app.