Cognitive Biases

Type: Concept

Cognitive Biases

As of November 2026, Cognitive Biases has been mentioned in 22 episodes across 19 podcasts, first heard Jun 2024 on PowerfulJRE. Central theme of the episode, discussing various cognitive biases and their impact on human decision-making.

A cognitive bias is a systematic pattern of deviation from norm or rationality in judgment. Individuals create their own "subjective reality" from their perception of the input. An individual's construction of reality, not the objective input, may dictate their behavior in the world. Thus, cognitive biases may sometimes lead to perceptual distortion, inaccurate judgment, illogical interpretation, and irrationality.

Cognitive Biases at a glance
Mentioned in22 episodes on 19 podcasts (as of November 2026)
First heardJun 2024 on PowerfulJRE
FieldPsychology

What do podcasts say about Cognitive Biases?

4 quotes, recorded on Stuff You Should Know and PowerfulJRE.

  • We're talking about mostly today are unconscious biases...
    Stuff You Should Know · · Hear it
  • It can extrapolate from what we do know and it can run experiments to figure out what we don't know and that creates an advantage for it in well under its own power or in the hands of people who are h.
    PowerfulJRE · · Hear it
  • Lindy Effect, Power Law, Network Effects, Cognitive Biases, Second-Order Thinking.
    Stuff You Should Know · · Episode
  • Cognitive biases are part of the big story here.
    The Ezra Klein Show · · Episode

How do different shows talk about Cognitive Biases?

5 shows discussed Cognitive Biases in these episodes.

Who talks about Cognitive Biases on podcasts?

Cognitive Biases came up; the most recent mention was Feb 2026 on Tommy Mello.

Which podcasts mention Cognitive Biases most?

Table Read Tuesdays (2 episodes), Stuff You Should Know (2 episodes) and PowerfulJRE (2 episodes) mention Cognitive Biases most.

  1. Table Read Tuesdays — 2 episodes · More topics from Table Read Tuesdays
  2. Stuff You Should Know — 2 episodes · More topics from Stuff You Should Know
  3. PowerfulJRE — 2 episodes · More topics from PowerfulJRE
  4. Pod Save America — 1 episode · More topics from Pod Save America
  5. The Ezra Klein Show — 1 episode · More topics from The Ezra Klein Show

More podcast appearances

What is Cognitive Biases mentioned alongside?

Cognitive Biases is most often mentioned alongside AWS re:Invent, North America and Manhattan.

Mentioned together: AWS re:Invent, North America, Manhattan, Stoicism, Bali, Netflix, Inc., 911, Uber, Ted Talks, Houston