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Politics on the Couch

17 Episodes

60 minutes | 13 days ago
Optimism - how we're drawn to the bright side, even in a pandemic
Rafael Behr talks to Professor Tali Sharot about optimism bias
61 minutes | a month ago
Identity – David Baddiel on Jewishness, antisemitism (and a bit about football)
Rafael talks to David Baddiel on the launch of his new book - 'Jews Don't Count'
50 minutes | a month ago
Anti-vaxxers – fear, anxiety and the psychology of misinformation
Rafael Behr talks to Imran Ahmed the founder of the Centre for Countering Digital Hate about misinformation.
57 minutes | 2 months ago
Goodbye 2020, Hello 2021: What happens next?
Rafael Behr looks ahead to the challenges facing Labour, Tories, Remainers and Brexiteers in 2021.
58 minutes | 2 months ago
'Dissonance Theory' – why no-one says they were wrong
American social psychologist Dr Carol Tavris explains cognitive dissonance and how it works in the world of politics.
42 minutes | 3 months ago
Nostalgia - canvassing the politics of memory lane
Prof. Constantine Sekidikes and Prof. Tim Wildschut explain the psychology behind nostalgia.
85 minutes | 4 months ago
The Madness of King Don - a journey to the dark side of charisma, with Drew Westen
Eminent US psychologist Drew Westen discusses Donald Trump's many psychopathologies.
41 minutes | 4 months ago
Election Anxiety - Trump, the media and fear for American democracy
New York Times columnist Ben Smith discusses the 2020 US presidential election.
51 minutes | 4 months ago
The Political Animal - a breed apart?
Rafael Behr talks to social anthropologist Emma Crewe about Parliament and politicians.
63 minutes | 5 months ago
Brexit and the revolutionary mentality, with Fintan O'Toole
57 minutes | 6 months ago
Truth, lies and statistics - Rafael Behr meets Tim Harford
29 minutes | 6 months ago
Farewell to normal?
31 minutes | 9 months ago
We can log out but can we ever leave? Helen Lewis talks about the trouble with Twitter
50 minutes | 9 months ago
Trust in the Time of Coronavirus
23 minutes | 9 months ago
Has Cummings cut through - in all the wrong ways?
47 minutes | 10 months ago
How does it feel ? In conversation with Parliament's only politician and psychotherapist
41 minutes | a year ago
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