I’ve thought about political polarization a lot the last few years. It’s been a frequent focus of mine for my psychology podcast, and I’m currently working on a book about healing American divides. One thing I’ve come to believe is that a key part of reducing polarization is convincing more…

This will be a transcription of this episode of my podcast, which was an interview with Peter Wood, a conservative thinker and writer who strongly believes the 2020 election was not legitimate. I think these conversations are important. If you’re someone who doesn’t believe these things and finds them ludicrous…

“How strange it is to be anything at all.” ‐ from Neutral Milk Hotel lyrics This is a piece that examines the idea that our awareness of, and anxiety about, the strangeness of our existence may be a key type of stressor, in existential psychology terms. This stressor might be…

The title of this piece is meant to be a little funny. Talking about politics with people we don’t agree with these days is never fun. But let’s face it: there’s a good chance you’re going to end up arguing about politics during the holidays (or some other time). Or…

The following is a transcript of the audio from this podcast episode. Welcome to the People Who Read People podcast. This is a podcast about better understanding people and why they behave they way they do. You can learn more about it at www.behavior-podcast.com. There’s no guest on this episode…

For my psychology podcast, People Who Read People, I’ve done quite a few interviews with various experts and academics on the subject of political polarization, social media effects on polarization, and some other polarization-related topics. …

If broadcast TV was an opiate of the masses, is social media an amphetamine? — This is an abridged version of a longer piece. For an audio version, see this podcast episode. If you’re interested in political polarization, check out all my podcast episodes related to that. Does social media play a role in amplifying our divides and increasing political polarization? Much of the thinking…

This will be a place where I examine indicators of videos being deceptive or staged. There’s only one here now but I will add to this over time. If you have ideas for interesting videos to examine, send them my way and I’d appreciate it. My experience and interest in fake/staged videos To skip to the video…

If broadcast TV was an opiate of the masses, is social media an amphetamine? — I have an abridged version of this piece here, which I recommend. For an audio reading, see my podcast. If you’re interested in polarization, check out all my podcast episodes related to that. Does it feel like everyone is becoming more angry? It’s not your imagination, and it’s not confined…