Talk Nerdy with Cara Santa Maria

Cara Santa Maria

Booking Overview

An expert interview podcast focused on science, psychology, and broader intellectual topics, typically featuring professors, authors, researchers, and award-winning journalists discussing significant books or areas of scholarship. Credible candidates include published experts with academic appointments, substantial research, or timely nonfiction releases; booking difficulty is high because guests generally have recognized expertise and strong credentials.

Metrics

Episodes: 620

Frequency: Weekly

Rating: 4.7/5.0

Estimated listeners: 10k-100k

Gender skew: Unknown

Location: USA

Instagram: 1.4k followers

Contact Information

Publicly listed emails

shoptalknerdy@gmail.com

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Host

Cara Santa Maria - Clinical health psychologist, television presenter, and science communicator.

Booking Intelligence

Booking Requirements

high

Typical Credentials:

Published authors, university professors, researchers, subject-matter experts, and accomplished journalists with substantial expertise in science, psychology, society, culture, or the humanities.

Required Achievements:

Published nonfiction books, University professorships or major academic appointments, Recognized research or scholarship, Award-winning journalism

Recent Guest Discussions

Angela Jones - Erotic Lives, Sexuality, Gender, And The Social Power Of Sex.

Roberta Kwok - Scientific Discovery, Curiosity, And Scientists' Adventures Into The Unknown.

Roopika Risam - Data, Colonialism, Digital Humanities, And The Power Of Information.

Valerie Fridland - Language Variation, Accents, And How People Speak.

Maria Tatar - Spiders, Folklore, Literature, And Their Cultural Significance.

Recent Topics

Science, Psychology, Health, Humanities, Society

Episodes

Here's the recent few episodes on

Talk Nerdy with Cara Santa Maria

Punctuation w/ Florence Hazrat

September 21, 2026

In this episode of Talk Nerdy, Cara is joined by researcher, writer, and punctuation expert, Florence Hazrat. They discuss her latest book, On the Mark: From Periods to Interrobangs, How Punctuation Remade the World. Follow Florence: @thepunctuationlady

The Datafication of Language w/ Xiaochang Li

September 14, 2026

In this episode of Talk Nerdy, Cara is joined by assistant professor in the Department of Communication at Stanford University, Dr. Xiaochang Li. They discuss her book, Divination Engines: Natural Language Processing, Artificial Intelligence, and the Making of Algorithmic Culture. Follow Dr. Li: @xiaochang

Sex Is a Spectrum w/ Agustín Fuentes

September 07, 2026

In this episode of Talk Nerdy, Cara is joined by biological anthropologist and the chair of the Department of Anthropology at Princeton University, Agustín Fuentes. They discuss his new book, Sex Is a Spectrum: The Biological Limits of the Binary. Follow Agustín: @Anthrofuentes

Publicly listed emails

shoptalknerdy@gmail.com

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