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Politics on the Couch

En podcast av: Larchmont Productions

Rafael Behr examines how our minds respond to politics and how politicians mess with our minds.In each episode an expert from the world of politics, psychology, history or philosophy joins Raf on our 'couch' to discuss what's driving our political thought and behaviour

Our American listeners can also listen to Politics on the Couch at our American site

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Doom audit - a conversation with Jonathan Freedland about America, Israel, liberal angst and the unravelling West
Publicerades 2024-04-21

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Doom audit - a conversation with Jonathan Freedland about America, Israel, liberal angst and the unravelling West

Moving the needle - Tom Gray of Gomez on swapping the recording studio for the campaign trail, and what being in a band teaches you about politics.

'Bonus Couch Chat'

'Beyond the Red Wall'

'Beyond parody' - a conversation with Rob Hutton about political journalism and its complex relationship with power

Trapped! Democracy's struggle to cope with modern life and what we can do to help – a conversation with Professor Ben Ansell.

Kindness - a conversation about political empathy, its power and its limits, with Claudia Hammond

Contrarianism, social media and the future of culture wars - a conversation with Atlantic writer Helen Lewis

Populism, democracy and the parliamentary battle over Brexit

Party People - a stroll around the grassroots of democracy

The French Connection - myth and misunderstanding across the Channel

'The world's a stage' - politics and storytelling with James Graham

Procrastination - the politics of putting off hard choices and why it's so bad for democracy

'Putinophilia' - how America's radical right fell for a Kremlin strongman, a conversation with Anne Applebaum

'Bregret' - how is Britain coping with a Brexit that nobody loves?

Consciousness - a deep dive into the politics of brain science with Anil Seth

The authoritarian personality - why some voters feel drawn to populism and how to lure them away

The authenticity gap - can Labour seize the post-Boris moment? (recorded the day he resigned)

The Megacrisis - how the world's problems piled up - a conversation with Helen Thompson

Is Democracy Rational? A conversation with Steven Pinker

Order and chaos - why the left keeps losing

Empire State of Mind, with Sathnam Sanghera

Radicalisation - how minds go to extremes, and how to turn them back

Fear of Change - Matt d'Ancona on fixing a broken politics

Optimism - how we're drawn to the bright side, even in a pandemic

Identity – David Baddiel on Jewishness, antisemitism (and a bit about football)

Anti-vaxxers – fear, anxiety and the psychology of misinformation

Goodbye 2020, Hello 2021: What happens next?

'Dissonance Theory' – why no-one says they were wrong

Nostalgia - canvassing the politics of memory lane

The Madness of King Don - a journey to the dark side of charisma, with Drew Westen

Election Anxiety - Trump, the media and fear for American democracy

The Political Animal - a breed apart?

Brexit and the revolutionary mentality, with Fintan O'Toole

Truth, lies and statistics - Rafael Behr meets Tim Harford

Farewell to normal?

We can log out but can we ever leave? Helen Lewis talks about the trouble with Twitter

Trust in the Time of Coronavirus

Has Cummings cut through - in all the wrong ways?

How does it feel ? In conversation with Parliament's only politician and psychotherapist