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Have you ever stopped to wonder why so many of history’s bad guys have been at the wheel of so many mass-moving stories? Why so many of us have been duped by mistruth over and over again? Why people of authority tell so many obvious lies, and so many people listen intently? Monkeys and Psychopaths traces the bizarre link between dangerous people and powerful, mass-moving stories that have influenced the course of history. It explores why the ordered mind is so susceptible to good narrative and why the disordered mind is so well wired to deliver it.
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Tuesday Nov 10, 2020
The Salesman and The Psychopath
Tuesday Nov 10, 2020
Tuesday Nov 10, 2020
In this episode, Joe and Nick explore a history of lies, deception, and manipulation. On this journey, they ask, if lying is so wrong and its consequences often so damaging, why have we evolved to be so good at it? Diving into politics, war, con artistry, journalism, and, of course, monkeys, they try to analyse our relationship with truth.
Saturday Aug 08, 2020
Monkeys & Psychopaths: What Bad People Tell Us About Good Stories
Saturday Aug 08, 2020
Saturday Aug 08, 2020
Have you ever stopped to wonder why so many of history’s bad guys have been at the wheel of so many mass-moving stories? Why so many of us have been duped by mistruth over and over again? Why people of authority tell so many obvious lies and so many people listen intently?
This first episode traces the bizarre link between dangerous people and powerful, mass-moving stories that have influenced the course of history. Monkeys and Psychopaths explores why the ordered mind is so susceptible to good narrative and why the disordered mind is so well wired to deliver it.