The People Nerds Podcast
From the folks behind dscout’s People Nerds blog, the People Nerds Podcast provides unexpected sources of wisdom for human-centered thinkers. In each episode, Ben and Karen speak to folks across a multitude of industries in an effort to expand the conversation around user research practices. Learn from artists, activists, chefs, professors, and more to find inspiration for your work and widen your approach to research. Join the conversation and subscribe today.
Episodes
8 episodes
Emerging UX Trends (w/ Ben from People Nerds)
We’ve made it to the end of Season 1 of the People Nerds Podcast! To celebrate, we’re turning the spotlight on one of our own.That’s right—this week we’re talking to the one and only Ben from People Nerds. You might know Dr. Ben Wiedmai...
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The Power of Sociolinguistic Bias (w/ Dr. Nicole Holliday)
Language undergirds so much of the experience research process: The designs we're evaluating (e.g., button text, UI, a chatbot's mannerisms), the studies we're creating (e.g., survey questions, interview guides), and certainly the data we colle...
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Our Role as Storytellers (w/ Dr. Umi Hsu)
Storytelling is a superpower of human-centered practitioners (among many others!). Capturing the richness of another's experience and the process of rendering it in an empathic, honest, and actionable way is core to our work. Core, and also com...
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46:20
Salt, Fat, Acid, UXR?! (w/ Samin Nosrat)
When we started People Nerds, it was with the ethos that lots and lots of people—from artists and activists to authors—might leverage design, research, and human-centered principles to inform their work. But what about food? And specifically, t...
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36:44
Data Decisions (w/ Dr. Peter Enns)
Big sample, big impact...right? It's not so simple...Large samples don't automatically produce more valid, useful outcomes. Survey design, sample representativeness, participant incentive structures, and analysis plan all impact the resu...
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50:52
Designing a Design Museum (w/ Tanner Woodford)
What isn't designed? Can design's ubiquity harm its educational and storytelling potential? What might a space dedicated to design look like? How might it be experienced?To begin unpacking some of these questions, we're joined b...
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