Jesse Singal
Journalist and podcast host
Jesse Singal is an American journalist who writes about the social sciences. He wrote The Quick Fix, a 2021 book on where fad psychology falls short.
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American Born 1983
About Jesse Singal
Jesse Singal was born in 1983. His journalism has run in outlets such as The Atlantic, The New York Times and New York magazine. He once edited Science of Us, New York magazine's behavioral-science section. He earned a Master's in Public Affairs at Princeton University and was a Bosch Fellow in Berlin. Alongside journalist Katie Herzog, he hosts the podcast Blocked and Reported, and he also runs a newsletter. His first book, The Quick Fix, came out in 2021 and examines why fad psychology has failed to solve social problems.