Personality Crisis
Personality Crisis
Podcast Description
A podcast featuring John Cole of Balloon-Juice.com, New York Times Pitchbot and mistermix of heymistermix.com. The focus is on politics, and specifically the motivations and psychology of the personalities involved.
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The podcast centers around political psychology, exploring the intricacies of personalities in politics with specific topics such as the impact of narcissism in leadership, the psychology behind conspiracy theories, and cult-like behavior in politics; for instance, Episode 1 features a profound discussion with Nick Carmody focusing on the interplay between dopamine responses and political motivations.
A podcast featuring John Cole of Balloon-Juice.com, New York Times Pitchbot and mistermix of heymistermix.com. The focus is on politics, and specifically the motivations and psychology of the personalities involved.
Mark Jacob is the former metro editor at the Chicago Tribune, and former Sunday editor at the Chicago Sun-Times. He’s the co-author of 11 books, mostly on history.
In this episode, the first of two with Mark, he and John Cole talk about the history of the New York Times and why it has consistently missed the moment, going back to the turn of the last century.
If you’re interested in this topic, Mark has a piece on it at his Substack, called “The New York Times is on the wrong side of history”: https://www.stopthepresses.news/p/the-new-york-times-is-on-the-wrong
Mark’s Substack Stop the Presses: https://www.stopthepresses.news/
Courier is a journalism initiative that supports Mark’s Substack and other journalism: https://couriernewsroom.com/
Mark’s recommended links:
Jennifer Schulze’s Substack Indistinct Chatter: https://jenniferschulze.substack.com/
Greg Sargent at The New Republic: https://newrepublic.com/authors/greg-sargent
Pro Publica: https://www.propublica.org/
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