The Big Idea - Cast

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40 cast members

Name	Episodes	Known for
David Edmonds Self - Host (voice) Self - Host (voice) See fewer	39	Wittgenstein's Poker
Nick Bostrom Self - Philosopher (voice) Self - Philosopher (voice) See fewer	1	Fable of the Dragon-Tyrant (2018)
Elizabeth F. Loftus Self - Psychologist (voice) Self - Psychologist (voice) See fewer	1	Dream Weaver Chronicles Vol 3 (2011)
Amartya Sen Self - Economist (voice) Self - Economist (voice) See fewer	1	Nobelity (2006)
Kimberle Crenshaw Self - Professor of Law (voice) Self - Professor of Law (voice) See fewer	1	Mr. Civil Rights: Thurgood Marshall and the NAACP (2014)
Laurie Santos Self - Professor of Psychology (voice) Self - Professor of Psychology (voice) See fewer	1	Wild Genius (2024)
Alison Gopnik Self - Psychologist (voice) Self - Psychologist (voice) See fewer	1	The Singularity (2012)
Cathy Price Self - Neuroscientist (voice) Self - Neuroscientist (voice) See fewer	1	Fry's Planet Word (2011)
Sandy Pentland Self - Computer Scientist (voice) Self - Computer Scientist (voice) See fewer	1	Through the Wormhole (2010)
Esther Duflo Self - Economist (voice) Self - Economist (voice) See fewer	1	Poor Us: An Animated History of Poverty (2012)
James Robinson Self - Economist & Political Scientist (voice) Self - Economist & Political Scientist (voice) See fewer	1	Social Science Bites (2012)
David Chalmers Self - Philosopher (voice) Self - Philosopher (voice) See fewer	1	Stingers (1998)
Robin Dunbar Self - Anthropologist (voice) Self - Anthropologist (voice) See fewer	1	The World About Us (1967)
Mahzarin Banaji Self - Psychologist (voice) Self - Psychologist (voice) See fewer	1	Bias (I) (2018)
Carol Dweck Self - Psychologist (voice) Self - Psychologist (voice) See fewer	1	Brainious (2018)
Suzanne Simard Self - Professor of Forest Ecology (voice) Self - Professor of Forest Ecology (voice) See fewer	1	Mission NinetyTwo: Dragonfly (2016)
Molly Crockett Self - Neuroscientist (voice) Self - Neuroscientist (voice) See fewer	1	Science Club (2012)
Patrick O. Brown Self - Biomedical Researcher (voice) Self - Biomedical Researcher (voice) See fewer	1	CBS News Sunday Morning with Jane Pauley (1979)
Miles Hewstone Self - Social Psychologist (voice) Self - Social Psychologist (voice) See fewer	1	The Tourist Trap (1998)
Sarah-Jayne Blakemore Self - Psychologist (voice) Self - Psychologist (voice) See fewer	1	Rocks (2019)
Onora O'Neill Self - Philosopher (voice) Self - Philosopher (voice) See fewer	1	Sternstunden (1994)
Daniel Susskind Self - Economist (voice) Self - Economist (voice) See fewer	1	The Real! ChatGPT: Creator or Terminator? (2024)
Kate Pickett Self - Epidemiologist (voice) Self - Epidemiologist (voice) See fewer	1	Caminhada Lésbica por Marielle (2020)
Eva Jablonka Self - Geneticist (voice) Self - Geneticist (voice) See fewer	1	Philosophy for Our Times (2016)
Samuel Scheffler Self - Philosopher (voice) Self - Philosopher (voice) See fewer	1	Philosophy Talk (2003)
Phil E. Tetlock Self - Professor of Psychology (voice) Self - Professor of Psychology (voice) See fewer	1	The 80,000 Hours Podcast (2017)
Susanne Karstedt Self - Criminologist (voice) Self - Criminologist (voice) See fewer	1	The Big Idea (2018)
Matthew Walker Self - Neuroscientist (voice) Self - Neuroscientist (voice) See fewer	1	The Joe Rogan Experience (2009)
Erica Chenoweth Self - Political Scientist (voice) Self - Political Scientist (voice) See fewer	1	Nova (1974)
Sophie Scott Self - Neuroscientist (voice) Self - Neuroscientist (voice) See fewer	1	Doozy (2018)
Lawrence Sherman Self - Criminologist (voice) Self - Criminologist (voice) See fewer	1	CBS News Sunday Morning with Jane Pauley (1979)
Edward Glaeser Self - Economist (voice) Self - Economist (voice) See fewer	1	The Daily Show (1996)
Michele Gelfand Self - Psychologist (voice) Self - Psychologist (voice) See fewer	1	Sean Carroll's Mindscape (2018)
Lisa Bortolotti Self - Philosopher (voice) Self - Philosopher (voice) See fewer	1	Philosophy for Our Times (2016)
Valerie Curtis Self - Professor of Hygiene (voice) Self - Professor of Hygiene (voice) See fewer	1	The Human Body: Secrets of Your Life Revealed (2017)
Peter Johansson Self - Psychologist (voice) Self - Psychologist (voice) See fewer	1	Murder in Malexander (2001)
Joshua Knobe Self - Experimental Philosopher (voice) Self - Experimental Philosopher (voice) See fewer	1	Very Bad Wizards (I) (2012)
Sarah Garfinkel Self - Neuroscientist (voice) Self - Neuroscientist (voice) See fewer	1	The Dissenter (2018)
John A. List Self - Economist (voice) Self - Economist (voice) See fewer	1	The Big Idea (2018)
Ernst Fehr Self - Economist (voice) Self - Economist (voice) See fewer	1	Sternstunden (1994)