639. Understanding Stereotypes & How They Impact Us with Claude M. Steele
From unSILOed with Greg LaBlanc by Greg La Blanc
April 9, 2026 · 50 min · Episode 639
About this episode
Claude Steele discusses the impact of stereotypes on identity and cognitive load, drawing from his research and books.
Claude Steele is a professor of psychology at Stanford University and the author of the landmark book, Whistling Vivaldi: How Stereotypes Affect Us and What We Can Do. His new book, Churn: The Tension That Divides Us and How to Overcome It, takes the theories from Whistling Vivaldi and examines the psychological stress that comes with navigating diversity. Claude joins Greg to discuss his decades' worth of research on the concept of identity, the impacts stereotypes have on our cognitive load, even if we don’t subscribe to those stereotypes, the limits to “colorblindness”, the concept of “wiseness,” and why trust could be the antidote to the churn. *unSILOed Podcast is produced by University FM.*
People in this episode
Host: Greg LaBlanc
Guest: Claude Steele
Topics covered
- stereotypes
- identity
- cognitive load
- diversity
- trust
- psychological stress
Keywords
- stereotypes
- identity
- cognitive load
- diversity
- trust
- psychological stress
- Whistling Vivaldi
- Churn
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Stanford University
Books & works: Whistling Vivaldi, Churn: The Tension That Divides Us and How to Overcome It
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