SWAY

Press and Reviews for ‘SWAY: UNRAVELLING UNCONSCIOUS BIAS’

REVIEW AND INTERVIEWS: PRINT

VOGUE Magazine: ‘We Are All Biased to a Certain Degree’: A New Book Shows Why We Stereotype. And How to Unlearn the Behavior’. Review and Interview with Pragya, 4 June 2020

GOOP Lifestyle Magazine: Unlearning Unconscious Bias. Non-fiction pick and interview with Pragya, 30 June 2020

Read Pragya’s author interview in The Bookseller here

Read Pragya’s interview in BBC Science Focus Magazine, May 2020 HERE

Read Pragya’s interview and feature in Observer Magazine (12 Apr 2020) HERE

Read Pragya’s Interview with People Management Magazine (23 April 2020) HERE

Review of SWAY in 24 April Guardian Weekly HERE

Review of SWAY in Guardian Review section 1 April 2020 HERE

Interview with LightHouse Bookshop- Edinburgh’s Radical Bookshop HERE

Feature in Psychologies Magazine, ‘My Life, My Way’, December 2019

Q & A with Pragya on ‘From First Page to Last’ HERE

Feature in RED Magazine ‘How Biased are you?, April 2020

Read invited blog post on Waterstones website ‘Pragya Agarwal On a World of Unconscious Bias’ , 25 March 2020

Q & A for the Age UK website based on research in SWAY HERE

Review of SWAY for Financial Express 26 July 2020 HERE

REVIEWS AND INTERVIEWS: RADIO, VIDEO, PODCAST

Live Interview with Editor-in-chief of Psychologies Magazine Suzy Walker,, 18 June 2020

NPR Podcast SHORT WAVE on Unravelling Unconscious Bias 15 July 2020

Intelligence Squared Podcast with Journalist and Author Kavita Puri, 18 June 2020

Invited video for Waterstones channels HERE

Talk Radio Badass Women’s Club, 28 March 2020

Cosmic Shambles with Robin Ince, Josie Long and Richard Wiseman

BBC Asian Network Big Debate 5 May 2020 LISTEN HERE

BBC Radio 4 show ‘The Spark’ talking with Helen Lewis, 1 and 3 June 2020 HERE

ALCS Authors’ Matters Podcast HERE

Women of Tap CIC 2020 Talk and Podcast HERE

Talk with The Trouble Club online, 18 May 2020

In conversation with NESTA 26 May 2020 on Unravelling Unconscious Bias

Talk about Gender Bias for Women on Tap conference HERE

Speaking with Royal Society of Arts Chief Executive Matthew Taylor for ‘Bridges to the Future’ 6 June 2020

Interview with Juliet Russell for SALON LONDON (Also Festival) 26 July 2020

“If you think you don't need to read this book, you really need to read this book.” - JANE GARVEY, presenter, BBC Radio 4

“An exhaustive, brilliantly researched survey of bias and how it seeps so easily into our everyday thoughts and actions, from gender essentialism to casual racism. Calmly and without polemic, Agarwal explains why we all need to work harder to avoid lazy prejudice and simplistic narratives if we are to build a fairer society. An eye-opening book that I hope will be widely read.” - ANGELA SAINI, science journalist and author of Superior and Inferior

“This indispensable book takes us into our own minds and helps us understand why we believe what we believe and how we can confront ourselves with not just an understanding of other people, but who we are too. A book that is challenging, fascinating and useful, and if we take notice, a book that could make us better people.” - ROBIN INCE, comedian, writer and broadcaster

“An important look at one of the issues facing Western society today. This book exposes the insidiousness of unconscious bias and offers us a way to change the way we think that is practical, useful, readable and essential for the times we are living in. You need to read this book and think about the way you live and how you view others.” - NIKESH SHUKLA, author and editor of The Good Immigrant, screenwriter and fellow of the Royal Society of Literature

“Approaching the contentious issue of social bias with nuance and a broad range of exhaustive research, behavioural scientist, activist and writer, Agarwal demonstrates how unconscious prejudice is still immensely prevalent in contemporary society. Cogently argued and intensely persuasive, Sway is an enlightening account of how entrenched sets of stereotypes have become. ” - WATERSTONES

“Scrupulously researched, engagingly written, and searingly relevant.” - CAROLINE SANDERSON, editor at The Bookseller

“This book is totally fascinating and a reminder that we are all complex creatures with multiple layers. This book is vital reading, totally eye-opening and a helping hand to arm ourselves with the knowledge to be and do better.” - EMMA GANNON, author and podcaster of Clt-Alt-Del and Multi-Hyphen Method

“ A fascinating and vital read.” - Good Housekeeping

“A well-researched and cogent work. It accessibly reveals the insidious nature of stereotyping and does much to encourage readers to examine - and take responsibility for - their own implicit biases.” - Publishers Weekly

“A serious exploration of the neuroscience and psychology of bias. Solid, definitely-not-dumbed-down popular science.”- KIRKUS REVIEWS

“If like me you thought you were non-racist and non-sexist, this book is for you. You will be amazed at how biased we all are. Very well researched, full of great examples from real life. This book should be taught at school.'“ - PROFESSOR MICHAEL MAKRIS, University of Sheffield

PROFESSOR PRAGYA AGARWAL

PROFESSOR PRAGYA AGARWAL

PROFESSOR PRAGYA AGARWAL

Press and Reviews for ‘SWAY: UNRAVELLING UNCONSCIOUS BIAS’

REVIEW AND INTERVIEWS: PRINT

REVIEWS AND INTERVIEWS: RADIO, VIDEO, PODCAST

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