Intrinsic Investigations: Exploring the Impact of Original Student Research

About Intrinsic Investigations: Exploring the Impact of Original Student Research

Intrinsic Investigations is a podcast to showcase the work and ideas of high school students after a year of conducting original research. By sharing their stories, we hope to normalize the challenges and frustrations that come with independent research and also share those moments where students transcend the normal grind of the school day to discover concepts that range from the global to deeply personal.

Publisher

Bergen County Techincal School Students and Mr. Olivo

Category

education · society & culture

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

29 May 2024

Latest episode

1 Jun 2026

Latest episodes

43 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   1 Jun 2026

   Professional Signaling and Peer Pressure in High School

   This episode's title refers to a psychological phenomenon where people overestimate how widespread a behavior is because the most visible members of their social circle are doing it. Liz surveys 76 students to examine whether teens are overestimating how common professional signaling behaviors like having a job, dressing for work, and building a LinkedIn profile actually are. The most memorable moment comes when we turn the lens on the room she's sitting in and we ask whether AP Research itself might be subject to the same forces she spent a year studying. Scrub to 1:10 to skip the introduction.

2. 

   1 Jun 2026

   Patterns in Buy Now, Pay Later Consumer Complaints

   This episode's title refers to the themes Geffen uncovered in over 3,000 complaints filed with the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. Using a machine learning method called Latent Dirichlet Allocation, he analyzes what consumers are actually saying about Buy Now, Pay Later companies and finds that the complaints go beyond hidden fees and confusing payment structures to something newer: the ways technology itself may be used to obscure what consumers are really agreeing to. His closing advice is worth the listen alone. Scrub to 1:10 to skip the introduction

3. 

   28 May 2026

   Media Bias in War Reporting on the Russo-Ukrainian Conflict

   This episode's title refers to the idea that word choice in news reporting shapes how audiences understand a conflict without ever stating a position. Joe analyzes five news outlets from the five countries contributing the most funding to the Russo-Ukrainian war and finds that each one has its own distinct form of bias, not just in what it says, but in what it chooses to focus on at all. Scrub to 1:10 skip the introduction.

Reach and audience

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Apple Podcasts (US)

5.0 / 5

1 ratings

Spotify

5.0 / 5

2 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 12 / 100

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Quality

11

Social presence

0

YouTube

0

Engagement

32

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