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Back to SearchDo simplistic ideas of power (e.g., oppressed/oppressor framings) reduce empathy? with Elizaveta Friesem
Episode 137
Elizaveta Friesem writes about media and about social power (i.e., the power people exert over other people). I first interviewed her about media an…
1 year, 9 months ago
What's life like when you don't believe in free will?, with physicist Daniel Whiteson
Episode 136
A talk with Daniel Whiteson, a professor of physics and astronomy, about free will, with a focus on what the effects in one's life are when one doesn…
1 year, 9 months ago
News media tends to deepen our divides. Does Isaac Saul have a solution?
Episode 135
A talk with journalist Isaac Saul, founder of Tangle News (readtangle.com), which shares takes from across the political spectrum. I think Tangle is …
1 year, 10 months ago
The allure of deciphering behavior, with Rounders screenwriter Brian Koppelman
Episode 134
A talk with screenwriter/producer Brian Koppelman, known for many TV and film projects, including the poker movie Rounders, the show Billions, and th…
1 year, 10 months ago
How a pro poker player makes use of poker tells, with Dara O'Kearney
Episode 133
A talk with professional poker player Dara O’Kearney about poker tells (aka, physical and verbal behaviors in poker). Dara is the co-host of the popu…
1 year, 10 months ago
Tips on interrogating people for information and confessions, with David Zulawski
Episode 132
A talk with David Zulawski from 2018. Zulawksi is an expert in interrogation and interview techniques and the cofounder of Wicklander Zulawski and As…
1 year, 11 months ago
Reading behavior and motivations in the Robbi Jade Lew poker hand, with Yakov Hirsch
Episode 131
A talk with professional poker player Yakov Hirsch about the well known high-stakes poker situation where amateur Robbi Jade Lew was accused of cheat…
1 year, 11 months ago
Understanding Trump and his voters' animosity towards the media, with Yakov Hirsch
Episode 130
A talk about trying to understand Trump's anger at the American media, Republicans' anger at the media, and how this relates to toxic polarization in…
1 year, 11 months ago
The exaggeration of antisemitism, and the importance of understanding the "other side," with Yakov Hirsch
Episode 129
A second talk with Yakov Hirsch, who writes about the Middle East conflict and about "Hasbara culture": what he sees as the tendency of some Israel-d…
1 year, 11 months ago
Why do some people want to watch the world burn?, with Kevin Arceneaux
Episode 128
A talk with Kevin Arceneaux, whose research found that a surprising number of people (around 40%) either agreed with or did not disagree with stateme…
2 years ago