47 Épisodes

  1. 'The ideological brain' – are some people hard-wired for radicalisation?

    Publié: 19/03/2025

  2. Red Wall, Blue Wall, Grey Area - a conversation about voter volatility with Professor Paula Surridge

    Publié: 05/03/2025

  3. 'System Fail' - a conversation with Sam Freedman about the way Britain's broken politics can suffocate even the best intentions.

    Publié: 22/08/2024

  4. ‘The gen Z revolution’ - how a student protest toppled a corrupt and violent government

    Publié: 09/08/2024

  5. Is this what hope feels like? Rafael Behr's reflections on Labour's 2024 victory

    Publié: 22/07/2024

  6. Going Ape - a conversation about evolution, morality and political cooperation

    Publié: 27/05/2024

  7. Doom audit - a conversation with Jonathan Freedland about America, Israel, liberal angst and the unravelling West

    Publié: 21/04/2024

  8. 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.

    Publié: 05/12/2023

  9. 'Bonus Couch Chat'

    Publié: 29/09/2023

  10. 'Beyond the Red Wall'

    Publié: 20/07/2023

  11. 'Beyond parody' - a conversation with Rob Hutton about political journalism and its complex relationship with power

    Publié: 07/07/2023

  12. Trapped! Democracy's struggle to cope with modern life and what we can do to help – a conversation with Professor Ben Ansell.

    Publié: 17/05/2023

  13. Kindness - a conversation about political empathy, its power and its limits, with Claudia Hammond

    Publié: 04/05/2023

  14. Contrarianism, social media and the future of culture wars - a conversation with Atlantic writer Helen Lewis

    Publié: 30/03/2023

  15. Populism, democracy and the parliamentary battle over Brexit

    Publié: 21/03/2023

  16. Party People - a stroll around the grassroots of democracy

    Publié: 14/03/2023

  17. The French Connection - myth and misunderstanding across the Channel

    Publié: 08/03/2023

  18. 'The world's a stage' - politics and storytelling with James Graham

    Publié: 04/03/2023

  19. Procrastination - the politics of putting off hard choices and why it's so bad for democracy

    Publié: 22/02/2023

  20. 'Putinophilia' - how America's radical right fell for a Kremlin strongman, a conversation with Anne Applebaum

    Publié: 14/02/2023

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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.

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