What you should do when accused of being biased

All of us are biased. We have individual biases, momentary biases, morning biases and evening biases. Our institutions are biased. Our constitutions are biased. So what to do about it? IDEAS producer Tom Howell explores the art of naming your most important biases — and deciding which to keep, as he continues his investigation into what the field of ‘bias studies’ has to offer us. *This episode is part two of a three-part series exploring the meaning of 'bias.' It originally aired on Feb. 3, 2022.

Guests in this episode:

Olivier Sibony is the author of Noise: A Flaw in Human Judgment and You're About to Make a Terrible Mistake.

Jessica Nordell is the author of The End of Bias: A Beginning.

Jimmy Calanchini is assistant professor of psychology at University of California, Riverside.

Jack Nagler was the ombudsman at the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation.