Politics on the Couch

By Larchmont Productions

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Subscribers: 125
Reviews: 1
Episodes: 41

Caroliine
 Oct 7, 2020
A thoughtful show with good guests. Original and engaging.

Description

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.



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Episode Date
Doom audit - a conversation with Jonathan Freedland about America, Israel, liberal angst and the unravelling West
Apr 21, 2024
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.
Dec 05, 2023
'Bonus Couch Chat'
Sep 29, 2023
'Beyond the Red Wall'
Jul 20, 2023
'Beyond parody' - a conversation with Rob Hutton about political journalism and its complex relationship with power
Jul 07, 2023
Trapped! Democracy's struggle to cope with modern life and what we can do to help – a conversation with Professor Ben Ansell.
May 17, 2023
Kindness - a conversation about political empathy, its power and its limits, with Claudia Hammond
May 04, 2023
Contrarianism, social media and the future of culture wars - a conversation with Atlantic writer Helen Lewis
Mar 30, 2023
Populism, democracy and the parliamentary battle over Brexit
Mar 21, 2023
Party People - a stroll around the grassroots of democracy
Mar 14, 2023
The French Connection - myth and misunderstanding across the Channel
Mar 08, 2023
'The world's a stage' - politics and storytelling with James Graham
Mar 04, 2023
Procrastination - the politics of putting off hard choices and why it's so bad for democracy
Feb 22, 2023
'Putinophilia' - how America's radical right fell for a Kremlin strongman, a conversation with Anne Applebaum
Feb 14, 2023
'Bregret' - how is Britain coping with a Brexit that nobody loves?
Feb 07, 2023
Consciousness - a deep dive into the politics of brain science with Anil Seth
Dec 22, 2022
The authoritarian personality - why some voters feel drawn to populism and how to lure them away
Jul 14, 2022
The authenticity gap - can Labour seize the post-Boris moment? (recorded the day he resigned)
Jul 07, 2022
The Megacrisis - how the world's problems piled up - a conversation with Helen Thompson
May 05, 2022
Is Democracy Rational? A conversation with Steven Pinker
Oct 29, 2021
Order and chaos - why the left keeps losing
Jul 30, 2021
Empire State of Mind, with Sathnam Sanghera
Jul 08, 2021
Radicalisation - how minds go to extremes, and how to turn them back
May 09, 2021
Fear of Change - Matt d'Ancona on fixing a broken politics
Mar 13, 2021
Optimism - how we're drawn to the bright side, even in a pandemic
Feb 23, 2021
Identity – David Baddiel on Jewishness, antisemitism (and a bit about football)
Feb 04, 2021
Anti-vaxxers – fear, anxiety and the psychology of misinformation
Jan 23, 2021
Goodbye 2020, Hello 2021: What happens next?
Jan 03, 2021
'Dissonance Theory' – why no-one says they were wrong
Dec 28, 2020
Nostalgia - canvassing the politics of memory lane
Dec 12, 2020
The Madness of King Don - a journey to the dark side of charisma, with Drew Westen
Nov 12, 2020
Election Anxiety - Trump, the media and fear for American democracy
Oct 29, 2020
The Political Animal - a breed apart?
Oct 25, 2020
Brexit and the revolutionary mentality, with Fintan O'Toole
Oct 11, 2020
Truth, lies and statistics - Rafael Behr meets Tim Harford
Sep 13, 2020
Farewell to normal?
Aug 23, 2020
We can log out but can we ever leave? Helen Lewis talks about the trouble with Twitter
Jun 17, 2020
Trust in the Time of Coronavirus
Jun 08, 2020
Has Cummings cut through - in all the wrong ways?
May 27, 2020
How does it feel ? In conversation with Parliament's only politician and psychotherapist
May 07, 2020
How pandemics affect our political brain
Apr 11, 2020