Hosted by Dr. Scott Barry Kaufman, the chart-topping psychology podcast helps listeners unlock their greater potential through science-backed tools and knowledge

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NEW YORK – January 11, 2024– iHeartPodcasts, the No. 1 podcast publisher globally according to Podtrac, and Dr. Scott Barry Kaufman, today announced that the chart-topping psychology podcast, “The Psychology Podcast,” will join iHeartPodcasts beginning January 18. New episodes will launch every Thursday and fans can binge previous seasons and episodes now on the iHeartRadio app and everywhere podcasts are heard.  

With over 30 million listeners since its inception, “The Psychology Podcast” is a chart-topping podcast series that consistently ranks among the top of all psychology podcasts in the world. The show brings fascinating science-backed conversations that helps listeners reach their full potential. Prior guests have included neuroscientists Andrew Huberman, Antonio Damasio, and Lisa Feldman Barrett; Linguist Noam Chomsky, psychologist Angela Duckworth, therapist Esther Perel, Nobel-prize winner Daniel Kahneman, and organizational psychologist Adam Grant.

“The Psychology Podcast is on a mission to help people live a more meaningful, self-actualized, and fulfilling life,” said Dr. Kaufman. “Through conversations with some of the world’s top scientists and self-actualizing people from a wide range of fields, the show provides listeners with the scientific tools and knowledge for self-improvement. As the podcast has grown, it has made sense to join forces with the number one podcast publisher—iHeartPodcasts. We are pumped up for this next chapter of the podcast.”

“The Psychology Podcast” will join the iHeartPodcasts’ existing roster of highly popular shows focused on the topic including “On Purpose with Jay Shetty”, "Therapy for Black Girls” with Dr. Joy Harden Bradford, Pushkin’s “The Happiness Lab with Dr. Laurie Santos,"  and “A Slight Change of Plans” with Dr. Maya Shankar, “Navigating Narcissism with Dr. Ramani,” “Ice-T’s Daily Game,” “Unbreakable with Jay Glazer” and a dozen others as listeners increasingly seek resources for self-improvement and mental wellbeing through audio.

“The Psychology Podcast” is distributed by iHeartPodcasts and will be available on the iHeartRadio app and everywhere podcasts are heard.

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About Dr. Scott Barry Kaufman
Scott Barry Kaufman, Ph.D., is among the top 1% most cited scientists in the world for his groundbreaking research on intelligence, creativity, and human potential. He is founder of the Center for Human Potential and founder of Self-Actualization Coaching. Dr. Kaufman has authored 10 books, including Choose Growth (with Jordyn Feingold), Transcend: The New Science of Self-Actualization, Wired to Create: Unraveling the Mysteries of the Creative Mind (with Carolyn Gregoire), and Ungifted: Intelligence Redefined. Dr. Kaufman received a Ph.D. in cognitive psychology from Yale University and has been a professor at Columbia University, Yale, NYU, and the University of Pennsylvania. Dr. Kaufman is also host of “The Psychology Podcast”— which has received over 30 million downloads and was included in Business Insider’s list of “9 podcasts that will change how you think about human behavior.” Dr. Kaufman is interested in using his research to help all kinds of minds live a creative, fulfilling, and self-actualized life. In 2015, he was named one of “50 groundbreaking scientists who are changing the way we see the world” by Business Insider.