This episode focuses on cancel culture and how to move past cancel culture to have productive and constructive conversations when someone makes a mistake, including how to maintain accountability without "canceling" someone, and "calling people in" rather than "calling them out." "Respond" to criticism, rather than merely "reacting" to it. Listen With Humility when issues related to DEI come up.

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Valeria Martinez, Esq., an immigration attorney, joins Drs. Cox and Nelson to talk legal issues related to immigration, including some historical information related to the topic, as well as the role of the law in mandating fairness, asylum seekers, the definition of migrants as compared to refugees. And Broaden Your Input via Contact: Seek positive, genuine contact with those different from you.

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This Halloween episode focuses on the power of representation in media and analogy for teaching meaningful lessons, followed by an audience question about costumes and cultural appropriation and setting expectations when having a costume party to avoid unacceptable behavior. The bias habit-breaking skill is Don't Try to Bluntly Suppress Stereotypes as that can affect your later thinking.

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This episode's discussion topic involves the concept of colonialism and decolonization, in which we seek to understand and examine personal or cultural practices that arise from colonial history. For story time, Will and Amber share stories related to people falsely adopting identities they do not hold. And our bias habit-breaking skill is to Question Assumptions. (Amber recommends Beyoncé.)

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Will and Amber discuss the response they've gotten to the 1st season of the show and discuss the core philosophy behind "diverse joy", and why joy is crucial for diversity work. Later, the idea of yucking someone's yum, which can rob joy from others. Plus, how to stay motivated in the face of events and movements that oppose DEI work. Skill: How to Approach Bias as a Habit to Be Broken.

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We discuss ways that biases can seep into healthcare settings, through the perceptions of medical professionals, treatment plans, and even in the way medical equipment works. Later, Will shares stories about a doctor jumping to biased conclusions about him, before finding a more inclusive PCP. The habit-breaking skill is learning to disrupt Self-Fulfilling Prophecy.

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It's Gay Pride Month and the hosts discuss wellness and self-care, both individual (like getting a massage) and collective (such as coming together with community), and why it's especially important for people frequently disadvantaged by biases and inequities. The habit-breaking skill is to Speak Up when bias occurs, and we review several key guidelines on how to speak up about bias effectively.

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The hosts discuss a major topic from Will's research career: the notion of "gaydar" as a legitimizing myth that perpetuates stereotyping related to lesbian/gay/bisexual (LGB) folks; research in this area consistently shows that those intuitions most often lead to largely inaccurate conclusions in the real world. This episode's bias habit-breaking skill: identify and disrupt Attentional Spotlight.

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Our topic is “Intersectionality”, a framework for understanding how various identities come together in unique ways. The question dispels misconceptions raised in rude public discourse that intersectionality is just about “adding up” identities for victimization. Amber discusses the nuances of being Black and dealing with the police. The habit-breaking skill is to Seek Individuating Information.

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For Disability Awareness Month, guest Nicki Vander Meulen returns to talk about the ADA and how other movements, including the Black civil rights and gay rights, cooperated to help bring about the ADA. They discuss how accommodations help everyone, not just those with disabilities. The featured bias habit-breaking skill is to catch Untested Assumptions and not let biases perpetuate in our minds.

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