{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/4ca34052-7209-4d0b-ba7f-8380dea2dc89/e342f8e9-cee3-48f5-9e11-4c82cfe586a8?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"#21: Love Games and First Impressions","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/61004fe4a4d9fae972ef6d30/61005032d9f77c001213591a.png?height=200","description":"Psychologist Alexander Todorov tells us how we’ve got it all wrong on the science of first impressions—and warns of physiognomy’s dangerous return—while Elizabeth Wilson gives us a glimpse into the secret, sexy history of tennis, just in time for the Wimbledon finals.\n\n<hr />\n\n<strong>Go beyond the episode:</strong>\n\n<ul class=\"\">\n\t<li class=\"\">Alexander Todorov’s <i class=\"\"><a class=\"\" href=\"http://press.princeton.edu/titles/10923.html\">Face Value: The Irresistible Influence of First Impressions </a></i></li>\n\t<li class=\"\">Explore the <a class=\"\" href=\"http://tlab.princeton.edu/demonstrations/\">Social Perception Lab</a> at Princeton, where you can watch videos of how our visual stereotypes map onto faces</li>\n\t<li class=\"\">Watch <a class=\"\" href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F-TyPfYMDK8\">how bias shapes photographic portraits</a> in this experiment from Canon Australia</li>\n\t<li class=\"\">Elizabeth Wilson’s <a class=\"\" href=\"http://press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book/chicago/L/bo23508263.html\"><i class=\"\">Love Game: A History of Tennis from Victorian Pastime to Global Phenomenon</i></a></li>\n\t<li class=\"\">And, of course: <a class=\"\" href=\"http://www.wimbledon.com/index.html\">live updates from Wimbledon</a></li>\n</ul>\n\n<hr />\n\nTune in every two weeks to catch interviews with the liveliest voices from literature, the arts, sciences, history, and public affairs; reports on cutting-edge works in progress; long-form narratives; and compelling excerpts from new books. Hosted by Stephanie Bastek.\n\n<strong>Subscribe</strong>: <a href=\"http://itun.es/us/XPR6cb.c\" target=\"_blank\">iTunes</a> • <a href=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/smarty_pants\" target=\"_blank\">Feedburner </a>• <a href=\"http://www.stitcher.com/s?fid=92290&amp;refid=stpr\" target=\"_blank\">Stitcher</a> • <a href=\"https://play.google.com/music/m/Iyowbdfmirqgn33nmdrhywqqeim?t=Smarty_Pants_from_The_American_Scholar\" target=\"_blank\">Google Play</a> • <a href=\"https://www.acast.com/smartypants\" target=\"_blank\">Acast</a>\n\nHave suggestions for projects you’d like us to catch up on, or writers you want to hear from? Send us a note: podcast [at] theamericanscholar [dot] org.","author_name":"The American Scholar"}