Climate Psychology

View In: Emotional PsychologyMarch 17, 2021 How can the climate disaster and humanity’s overall sustainability crisis be explained by 80s sitcom characters, birdbrained hats from the late 1800s, and a dubious new use for scratch-and-sniff technology? Go for a ride to discover the hidden driver of status-seeking behavior. You can always expect a topsy-turvy, twisty-turny journey when Jason,... Via: @empiricism@climatejustice.social

View In: Emotional PsychologyMarch 10, 2021 If only we were as rational as we think we are! It turns out that we’re all subject to cognitive biases, those errors in thinking that influence how we process the complex information we encounter in daily life. Jason, Rob, and Asher take a tour of ice cream shops, Scandinavian DMVs, and... Via: @empiricism@climatejustice.social

View In: Emotional PsychologyWE NEED YOUWe are at a turning point in human history. Democracy is under attack by a government who simply cannot be trusted to do what is right for its... Via: @empiricism@climatejustice.social

View In: Emotional PsychologyLatest Episode Hosts Credits Production and editing by Melody Travers. Communications and outreach by Clara Winter and Amy Buringrud. Music: “Way Huge” and “Don’t Give Up” by Midnight Shipwrecks (Copyright 2017). Thanks to all the people who financially support Crazy Town, and special thanks to our incredible volunteers: Elana Zuber for conducting countless hours of research, Anya Steuer ... Read... Via: @empiricism@climatejustice.social , @empiricism@climatejustice.social

View In: Emotional Psychology  June 17, 2020 You know you’re in for a bumpy ride when societal institutions start behaving like the Black Knight from Monty Python and the Holy Grail. In one of the most famous comedic movie scenes of all time, the delusional knight believes he can keep fighting (“It’s just a flesh wound.”) as geysers... Via: @empiricism@climatejustice.social

View In: Emotional Psychology  May 20, 2020 Besides lessons in ethics (and in Asher’s case, lessons in the English language), the Brady Bunch offers up a metaphor about the fault lines in American politics — fault lines that include the undermining of government, extreme individualism, race and class divides, and capitalist and corporate excesses. Blood pressures soar, especially... Via: @empiricism@climatejustice.social