Politics on the Couch

A podcast by Larchmont Productions

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41 Episodes

  1. Order and chaos - why the left keeps losing

    Published: 7/30/2021
  2. Empire State of Mind, with Sathnam Sanghera

    Published: 7/8/2021
  3. Radicalisation - how minds go to extremes, and how to turn them back

    Published: 5/9/2021
  4. Fear of Change - Matt d'Ancona on fixing a broken politics

    Published: 3/13/2021
  5. Optimism - how we're drawn to the bright side, even in a pandemic

    Published: 2/23/2021
  6. Identity – David Baddiel on Jewishness, antisemitism (and a bit about football)

    Published: 2/4/2021
  7. Anti-vaxxers – fear, anxiety and the psychology of misinformation

    Published: 1/23/2021
  8. Goodbye 2020, Hello 2021: What happens next?

    Published: 1/3/2021
  9. 'Dissonance Theory' – why no-one says they were wrong

    Published: 12/28/2020
  10. Nostalgia - canvassing the politics of memory lane

    Published: 12/12/2020
  11. The Madness of King Don - a journey to the dark side of charisma, with Drew Westen

    Published: 11/12/2020
  12. Election Anxiety - Trump, the media and fear for American democracy

    Published: 10/29/2020
  13. The Political Animal - a breed apart?

    Published: 10/25/2020
  14. Brexit and the revolutionary mentality, with Fintan O'Toole

    Published: 10/11/2020
  15. Truth, lies and statistics - Rafael Behr meets Tim Harford

    Published: 9/13/2020
  16. Farewell to normal?

    Published: 8/23/2020
  17. We can log out but can we ever leave? Helen Lewis talks about the trouble with Twitter

    Published: 6/17/2020
  18. Trust in the Time of Coronavirus

    Published: 6/8/2020
  19. Has Cummings cut through - in all the wrong ways?

    Published: 5/27/2020
  20. How does it feel ? In conversation with Parliament's only politician and psychotherapist

    Published: 5/7/2020

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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. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.