People Who Read People: A Behavior and Psychology Podcast
Science:Social Sciences
If you're someone who pays a lot of attention to politics, but feels that doing so makes you miserable, this may be an important listen. What if someone were to tell you that paying attention to politics is not a morally correct way to spend your time and energy? Political philosopher Chris Freiman is the author of Why It's OK to Ignore Politics. He makes a case that paying a lot of attention to politics is often a waste of time, and may even be immoral compared to other ways you could be spending your time and energy. We talk about how our collective focus on and anger about politics may be contributing to society's us-versus-them animosity and polarization (which may be the root cause of our dysfunction).
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Psychology in waiting tables and running a restaurant, with Robin Dibble
Two former congresspeople, a Democrat and a Republican, discuss toxic polarization
Aphantasia, internal monologue, and the challenges of describing thought, with Russell Hurlburt
How a bus driver predicts the behavior of drivers and passengers, with Brendan Bartholomew
To reduce polarization, is it optimal to work on systemic change or cultural change?, with David Foster
Do simplistic ideas of power (e.g., oppressed/oppressor framings) reduce empathy? with Elizaveta Friesem
What's life like when you don't believe in free will?, with physicist Daniel Whiteson
News media tends to deepen our divides. Does Isaac Saul have a solution?
The allure of deciphering behavior, with Rounders screenwriter Brian Koppelman
How a pro poker player makes use of poker tells, with Dara O'Kearney
Tips on interrogating people for information and confessions, with David Zulawski
Reading behavior and motivations in the Robbi Jade Lew poker hand, with Yakov Hirsch
Understanding Trump and his voters' animosity towards the media, with Yakov Hirsch
The exaggeration of antisemitism, and the importance of understanding the "other side," with Yakov Hirsch
Why do some people want to watch the world burn?, with Kevin Arceneaux
Reading "tells" in football, baseball, and other sports, with Jon Hoefling
Dealing with debilitating anxiety, with Scott Stossel
Electrodermal activity is what lie detectors measure, but what is it?, with Christopher Moyer
Dogs' and cats' interactions with humans, with Daniel Mills
On the art of listening and the challenges of being an introvert, with Joel Berman
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