Podcast Episodes featuring Paul Bloom
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This Will Make You Feel Angry: How Human Impulses Create Bad Policies | Paul Bloom
Hold These Truths with Dan Crenshaw - May 31, 2022 09:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 15.9K ratingsPsychologist Paul Bloom joins us to talk about the core human impulses that control our lives and decision making; along with their profound implications for our culture, politics, and policymaking. Dr. Paul Bloom is Professor of Psychology at the University of Toronto, and Brooks and Suzanne ...
Episode 183: Accept the Mystery (with Paul Bloom)
Very Bad Wizards - February 25, 2020 22:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 2.4K ratingsVBW favorite Paul Bloom takes a short break from his Sam Harris duties to help us break down the Coen Brothers' ode to uncertainty, A Serious Man. Does inaction have consequences? Can you understand the cat but not the math? Why are there Hebrew letters carved into the back of a goy's teeth? Dybb...
Psychopolitics: Empathy's Downsides (Robert Wright & Paul Bloom)
MeaningofLife.tv - November 26, 2019 02:16 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 67 ratingsA new study says empathy can increase political polarization ... How empathy operates in today’s political environment ... Is cognitive empathy a form of intelligence? ... The Machiavellian uses of cognitive empathy ... A counterproductive #Resistance view of Trump supporters ... Paul doesn't un...
#120 - Professor Paul Bloom - What Do BDSM & Meditation Have In Common?
Modern Wisdom - November 14, 2019 06:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 1.8K ratingsPaul Bloom is an author and a Professor of Psychology at Yale. Why is suffering a cause of pleasure for some people? What do BDSM, being robbed, extreme sports and meditation have in common? How does pleasure work? Why is empathy bad and what is the case for rational compassion? Why do we love pe...
#2: Paul Bloom on Picking the Perfect Title
Cognitive Revolution - November 05, 2019 12:23 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 14 ratingsPaul Bloom is a prolific author and has written books such as "Against Empathy," as well as articles in venues like the New York Times, the New Yorker, and the Atlantic. He is the Brooks and Suzanne Ragen Professor of Psychology and Cognitive Science at Yale. In this episode, Paul talks to Cody a...
Episode 26: Terrible Advice (with Paul Bloom)
Two Psychologists Four Beers - July 24, 2019 09:00 - 1 hour ★★★★ - 151 ratingsYoel and Mickey welcome Paul Bloom to the podcast, who is not only a returning guest but also the Brooks and Suzanne Ragen Professor of Psychology at Yale University. We first give terrible advice on parenting. Does parenting affect happiness, relationship satisfaction, and meaning? Does parentin...
Episode 162: Parents Just Don't Understand (with Paul Bloom)
Very Bad Wizards - April 16, 2019 14:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 2.4K ratingsAs parents we like to think we have an impact on our children - their future, their happiness, the kinds of people they turn out to be. But are we deluded? Dave and Tamler are joined by empathy's kryponite, the great Paul Bloom, to talk about Judith Rich Harris's view that parents matter a lot le...
34 | Paul Bloom on Empathy, Rationality, Morality, and Cruelty
Sean Carroll's Mindscape: Science, Society, Philosophy, Culture, Arts, and Ideas - February 18, 2019 02:36 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 3.7K ratingsWithin every person’s mind there is on ongoing battle between reason and emotion. It’s not always a battle, of course; very often the two can work together. But at other times, our emotions push us toward actions that our reason would counsel against. Paul Bloom is a well-known psycholog...
Episode 150: Paul Bloom Insisted That We Talk About Sex Robots
Very Bad Wizards - October 23, 2018 20:15 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 2.4K ratingsWhat better way to celebrate our 150th episode than to bring back our favorite guest – Paul Bloom! We riff on a series of topics: the new “grievance studies” hoax, sex robot brothels, perverse desires, and perverse beliefs. Then we get a little navel gazey (OK maybe more than a little) and talk a...
Paul Bloom on Cruelty
EconTalk - September 17, 2018 06:30 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 4K ratingsYale University psychologist Paul Bloom talks with EconTalk host Russ Roberts about cruelty--what motivates cruelty, the cruelty of small acts that accumulate into something monstrous, and the question of whether the abuse of a robot is a form of cruelty.
Is Empathy Good or Bad? A Conversation with Paul Bloom
Clear+Vivid with Alan Alda - July 31, 2018 01:10 - 45 minutes ★★★★★ - 3.3K ratingsYale Professor Paul Bloom doesn't think empathy is such a good thing. He's even written a book about it called, The Case Against Empathy. However, he does have an interesting theory about what he calls rational compassion. Paul and Alan Alda discuss their views for and against empathy and find o...
Episode 5: I Love How You Hurt Me (with Paul Bloom)
Two Psychologists Four Beers - July 18, 2018 10:00 - 1 hour ★★★★ - 151 ratingsYoel and Mickey welcome Yale psychologist Paul Bloom to the show, their very first guest. In a far ranging conversation, Yoel, Mickey, and Paul discuss the potential benefits of pain. Why do we sometimes choose to suffer? Are there any benefits (to self or society) to being a painful or disagreea...
The Nature of Evil: Paul Bloom and Graeme Wood
Aspen Ideas to Go - March 06, 2018 21:55 - 49 minutes ★★★★ - 213 ratingsWhy do people do evil things? We hear from Yale psychologist Paul Bloom and journalist Graeme Wood about the nature of evil. Bloom studies morality in babies, children, and adults. Wood immersed himself in ISIS, readings the terror group’s propaganda and conversing with its members, in order to ...
Episode 130: Dehumanization and Disintegration (with Paul Bloom)
Very Bad Wizards - December 26, 2017 20:45 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 2.4K ratingsIn this Very Special Boxing Day edition of the podcast, Tamler and David welcome back honorary Third Wizard Paul Bloom to discuss his latest article in the New Yorker about dehumanization and cruelty. Is it really the case that we dehumanize in order to harm others? Or does most violence actually...
Paul Bloom on Empathy
EconTalk - February 27, 2017 06:30 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 4K ratingsPsychologist Paul Bloom of Yale University talks about his book Against Empathy with EconTalk host Russ Roberts. Bloom argues that empathy--the ability to feel the emotions of others--is a bad guide to charitable giving and public policy. Bloom argues that reason combined with compassion is a be...
162 Paul Bloom - Against Empathy: The Case for Rational Compassion
Inquiring Minds - January 09, 2017 08:00 - 40 minutes ★★★★ - 821 ratingsWe welcome back cognitive scientist Paul Bloom to talk about his new book Against Empathy: The Case for Rational Compassion. Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/inquiringminds
79. Paul Bloom (Psychologist) – Cold-Blooded Kindness
Think Again – a Big Think Podcast - December 31, 2016 11:00 - 51 minutes ★★★★★ - 556 ratingsSince 2008, Big Think has been sharing big ideas from creative and curious minds. The Think Again podcast takes us out of our comfort zone, surprising our guests and Jason Gots, your host, with unexpected conversation starters from Big Think’s interview archives. Paul Bloom is an internationally ...
Episode 104: Smelling Salts for Morality: Our Top 3 Movies About Empathy (with Paul Bloom)
Very Bad Wizards - December 14, 2016 00:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 2.4K ratingsPaul Bloom takes some time away from his "Waking Up" appearances to join us for a very special movie episode: our top three films about empathy. Can movies help us understand the experiences of people who live completely different lives? Do serial killers need empathy to effectively torture their...
Episode 96: Memory and Meaning in "Memento" (with Paul Bloom)
Very Bad Wizards - August 16, 2016 18:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 2.4K ratingsSo where are you? You’re in some house. What am I listening to? Sounds like the radio. Is it the radio? No, you’re not allowed to use that language on the radio. What are they talking about? A movie, it’s called "Memento." Have I seen that? I think so, yeah. Who are these people? Hey I recognize...
Episode 85: A Zoo with Only One Animal (with Paul Bloom)
Very Bad Wizards - March 12, 2016 00:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 2.4K ratingsPhilosophers can be funny and funny movies can be philosophical. David and Tamler welcome frequent VBW guest and arch-enemy of empathy Paul Bloom to discuss their five favorite comic films with philosophical/psychological themes. Groundhog Day was off-limits for our top five (we would've all cho...
Rationally Speaking #142 - Paul Bloom on "The case against empathy"
Rationally Speaking Podcast - September 06, 2015 14:00 - 52 minutes ★★★★★ - 464 ratings"I'm writing a book on empathy," psychologist Paul Bloom tells people. They respond warmly, until he follows up with, "I'm against it." On this episode of Rationally Speaking, Julia and Paul discuss what empathy is, why Paul is concerned that it's a terrible guide to moral decision making, and wh...
60 Paul Bloom - Babies and the Origins of Good and Evil
Inquiring Minds - November 14, 2014 07:02 - 1 hour ★★★★ - 821 ratingsOn the show this week we talk to cognitive scientist Paul Bloom about the morality of babies. Most of us think of babies as selfish, impulsive, and for the most part out of control. We tend to think of their morality as shaped by experience—by society, by their parents, by early childhood event...
Episode 55: Rooting for Evil (With Paul Bloom)
Very Bad Wizards - October 21, 2014 01:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 2.4K ratingsPaul Bloom joins us to talk all things villainous -why we sometimes root for the bad guys, why we admire them even when we don't, why they are much more compelling than some of our heroes. Then more evidence that we're really a movie podcast at heart: we list our top 5 villains and antiheroes f...
Episode 42: Reason, Responsibility, and Roombas (With Paul Bloom)
Very Bad Wizards - March 03, 2014 07:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 2.4K ratingsCan a fully determined creature deliberate? How big a role does conscious reasoning play in moral judgment and everyday life? Are we responsible for our thoughts and actions? Paul Bloom rejoins us against his better judgment to discuss his book "Just Babies" and his recent article in The Atlanti...
Episode 24: The Perils of Empathy (with Paul Bloom)
Very Bad Wizards - June 10, 2013 14:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 2.4K ratingsPaul Bloom joins us in the second segment for a lively discussion about the value of empathy as a guide our moral decisions. And in our first scoop, we talk about Paul's new book (coming in November) Just Babies: The Origin of Good and Evil , racist babies, and how 80s sitcoms changed the wor...
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