June 25, 2020

The Messenger Is the Message

Behavioral scientist Stephen Martin and psychologist Joseph Marks talk about their book Messengers: Who We Listen To, Who We Don’t, and Why.

By Steve Mirsky

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That’s Stephen Martin. He and Joseph Marks are the authors of the book Messengers: Who We Listen To, Who We Don’t, and Why. Martin and Marks will tell you a bit about their backgrounds in a moment. They were in New York City before the coronavirus pandemic, so we had the now rare pleasure of meeting in person at Scientific American’s offices.

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