Speaking & media

Below you’ll find videos of a selection of Christian’s talks and interviews, followed by a full list of his talks and media appearances from 2019 onwards and from 2008 to 2018, and finally coverage of his work in newspapers, magazines and blogs.

In May 2021, Christian appeared on The Psychology Podcast to discuss his book BE WHO YOU WANT with host and psychologist Scott Barry Kaufman
Listen to the entire interview with Nihal Arthanayake here, from 1:05.52
In May 2021, to coincide with the release of BE WHO YOU WANT, Christian appeared on Seize The Moment podcast to discuss the science of personality change
In 2018, in the midst of writing BE WHO YOU WANT, Christian gave a two-hour lecture on personality change for The Weekend University
↑ Interview for Funzing 2018
Christian speaking at the British Neuroscience Association Xmas meeting 2018
↑ BBC One Show 2017, Christian appears from about 1 minute into the short film
Talk on myths and facts about the brain and learning, for the Learning Technologies conference, 2015
Talk for British Psychological Society, 2018
Christian scripted this TED Ed video in 2016, over 1.4 million views to date

Talks and media appearances, 2019 onwards

2023

  • August. Interviewed psychologist Kimberley Wilson about her book Unprocessed for the Intelligence Squared podcast
  • July. Guest speaker at the graduation ceremony of the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience, King’s College London
  • June. Hosted the London Sophia Club “live philosophy” event on survival psychology
  • January. Guest expert on the Eureka! Science podcast: Can you change your personality?

2022

2021

2020

Talks and media appearances, 2008–2018

2018

2017

  • November. The Science of Personality Change. Funzing talk at Number 177 bar, Hoxton, London
  • November. PsychCrunch podcast episode 10: How to stop procrastinating
  • June. How to ensure your research makes an impact. Psychology Postgraduate Affairs Group (PsyPAG), Leeds University Business School
  • June. BBC One, The One Show film on power posing
  • June. York Festival of Ideas: Is free will an illusion?
  • April. Great Myths of the Brain. Talk at the Gordon Museum of Pathology, London, for the LiDo doctoral training programme
  • February. PsychCrunch podcast episode 9: How to get the best from your team
  • February. BBC Radio London, The Vanessa Feltz Show, on personality change through life

2016

2015

  • December. PsychCrunch podcast episode 4: The psychology of gift giving
  • December. Psychology Heaven and Hell. Public talk at Senate House, London, celebrating 10 years of the Research Digest
  • October. PsychCrunch podcast episode 3: How to win an argument
  • September. Nerd Nite London: How to bend people to your will
  • June. PsychCrunch podcast episode 2: breaking bad habits
  • June. The Matt Townsend Show, BYU Radio, on body language
  • June. Learning Technologies Summer Forum: More myths and facts about the brain and learning
  • May 19. Oxford University talk on psychology writing
  • March. Huddersfield Literary Festival: brain myths
  • March. Words by the Water Literary Festival, Lake District: brain myths
  • February. PsychCrunch podcast episode 1: dating and attraction
  • January. Learning Technologies Conference, London: Myths and facts about the brain and learning
  • January 12. BBC Radio Manchester, on the Mozart effect

2014

  • December. This Way Up, Radio New Zealand National, on brain myths
  • December. WBAL Baltimore radio, on the effect of mothers’ criticism on teenagers’ brains
  • November 26. University of Lincoln school seminar on brain myths
  • November 25. “Psychology in the News” teaching session, University of Lincoln
  • November. BBC Radio 4, All in the Mind, on the latest psychology research
  • June. KUOW radio, Seattle, on neurohype
  • February. BBC Tees, on the psychology of possessions

2013

  • December. BBC Radio 4, All in the Mind, on the latest psychology research
  • December 3. “Psychology in the News” teaching session, University of Lincoln
  • November 27. Brain myths. Oxford University Psychological Society
  • October 1. Great Myths of the Brain. Bath Royal Literary and Scientific Institution
  • July 19. Blogging workshop, PsyPAG 2013, Lancaster University
  • April 30. BBC Radio 4, All in the Mind
  • April. Discussant for the symposium “Revisiting the classic studies in social psychology”, British Psychological Society annual conference, Harrogate
  • March. Science writing career seminar, Royal Holloway, University of London

2012

  • December. “Psychology in the News” teaching session, University of Lincoln
  • June. Session chair, first international conference on Social Identity and Health, University of Exeter
  • April 27. Science writing seminar, Oxford University Department of Experimental Psychology
  • April. British Psychological Society annual conference
  • March. British Psychological Society Welsh Branch, Cardiff
  • March 13. Royal Holloway, University of London, psychology department
  • March 7. University of Westminster psychology department seminar series
  • January. Association for Science Education annual conference, University of Liverpool

2011

  • October. From womb to tomb. TV21 bar, Manchester, for the BPS North West Branch “Psychology for non-psychologists” series
  • July. Keynote address, Association for the Teaching of Psychology conference, University of Hertfordshire
  • March. Southwest Conferences inset day for psychology teachers, London

2009

  • March. Psychology for All. University of Westminster

2008

  • July. Wellcome Trust narrative training day

Coverage of Christian’s work