The Human Intelligence Podcast

In this episode of the RIOT IQ Podcast, we sit down with Charles Murray to explore some of the most debated and misunderstood topics in modern social science. We cover his recent books Taking Religion Seriously, Facing Reality, and Human Diversity, along with his most well-known work, The Bell Curve. The conversation moves from spirituality and meaning to intelligence, genetics, social class, and...

In this episode of the RIOT IQ Podcast, we talk with Dr. Jennifer Jolly about how schools identify gifted students and whether the systems used to measure giftedness may be capturing personality traits rather than intelligence. The conversation explores new research examining teacher rating scales used in gifted education and asks an important question: are some of the tools used to identify gifte...

How intelligence shapes the prosperity of nations and why immigration policy can have long-term economic consequences? The conversation with Dr. Garret Jones explores the research behind national intelligence, cooperation, and economic growth. Garret explains how the average cognitive ability of a population influences productivity, institutional quality, and long-term development. We also discuss...

n this episode of the RIOT IQ Podcast, we talk with Dr. James J. Lee about why IQ is still widely misunderstood and how intelligence researchers actually think about it. The conversation breaks down what IQ measures, what it does not, and why many public discussions around IQ miss the mark. James explains how researchers interpret IQ data, how prediction works in intelligence research, and where s...

This is part of the RIOT IQ Podcast, where we explore human intelligence through science, data, and serious conversation. If you found this episode valuable, consider subscribing for future conversations like this and share it with someone interested in intelligence, neuroscience, or human behavior. 🧪 Curious about your own IQ? If you want to explore your own ability profile, you can take a free...

In this episode, we sit down with neuroscientist Dr. Richard Haier to unpack what intelligence and IQ actually look like inside the brain. We talk about what decades of brain imaging research reveal about IQ, why higher intelligence is linked to more efficient brain activity, and what PET scans, genetics, and network models tell us about how intelligence works at a biological level. We also explor...

If you want to explore your own ability profile, you can take a free sample of the RIOT IQ test at https://www.riotiq.com . In this episode, Russell talks with Damien Morris about free will, genetics, and responsibility. They explore why genetic explanations for behavior are often misunderstood, what people get wrong about determinism, and how philosophical assumptions shape research in behavioral...

If you want to explore your own ability profile, you can take a free sample of the RIOT IQ test at https://www.riotiq.com . In this episode, Dr. Russell T. Warne speaks with Dr. Jonathan Anomaly about embryo selection, polygenic scores, and what modern genetics can predict about traits like IQ, health risks, and longevity. They talk through how polygenic scores are built, what kind of IQ gains are...

If you want to test your own ability profile, you can take a free sample of the RIOT IQ test at https://riotiq.com . In this episode, Russell talks with Dr. Thomas Coyle about a surprising finding in modern intelligence research. There is an ability that predicts STEM success better than IQ, and most people never hear about it. Dr. Coyle explains what this ability is, how it develops during adoles...

In this episode, Dr. Russell Warne talks with Yujing Lin from King’s College London about her new open-access study on polygenic scores and cognitive abilities. The conversation explains how polygenic scores work, why they predict IQ and education so well, and what changes when you compare unrelated individuals to siblings raised in the same family. We explore how genetics and environment interact...

What happens to intelligence when people face extreme environments like prisons? In this episode we talk with Dr. Michael Woodley of Menie about his recent paper, “The Reversal of Spearman’s Hypothesis in Incarcerated Populations and the Role of Non-Shared Environmentality.” We explore how one of the most established ideas in intelligence research completely reverses inside prison populations. Mic...

What does "grade level" really mean, and does it still make sense in today's classrooms? Dr. Russell T. Warne sits down with Dr. Karen Rambo-Hernandez from Texas A&M University to discuss new research showing that millions of students perform above or below their assigned grade. They explore how COVID-19 changed achievement in math and reading, why classrooms can span five to seven grade level...

What does it really mean for an IQ test to be “biased”? In this episode of The Human Intelligence Podcast, Dr. Craig Frisby, author of Essentials of Assessing Bias in Intelligence Testing , explains why bias is not about score gaps but about measurement error. We explore how psychologists detect and remove biased items, why landmark cases like Larry P. and PASE v. Hannon changed the conversation,...

What does it really mean to be intelligent, and can we say the same for AI? In this episode of The Human Intelligence Podcast , Dr. Russell T. Warne speaks with Dr. Gilles Gignac from the University of Western Australia about two of his influential papers on defining and measuring intelligence. Together they explore why intelligence is about solving novel problems at our maximum capacity, how “ach...

Are our tests of intelligence really measuring universal abilities, or are they shaped by schooling and culture? In this episode, we explore how environment influences executive function and why that matters for the science of intelligence. In the first episode of the RIOT IQ Podcast , host Dr. Russell Warne , Chief Scientist at Riot IQ, talks with Ivan Kroupin , a cross-cultural cognitive scienti...