The Powerful Intersection of Politics and Psy...

Stop. Don’t sign the papers yet.If you are standing on the edge of divorce, you need clarity—not just advice from friends. In this episode, we sat down with two expert psychologists to dissect the real anatomy of a marital breakdown. It’s not always about the fighting, the money, ...  Show more

هل القلق يسيطر على أمومتك؟صدمة ما بعد الولادة ليست مجرد تعب! إنها معركة نفسية تخوضها مئات الأمهات سراً. في هذه الحلقة الصريحة ، نكسر جدار الصمت لنتحدث عن الجانب المظلم الذي لا تظهره وسائل التواصل الاجتماعي ولا الأفلام الهوليوودية. Is Your Postpartum Experience Ruining Motherhood? ...  Show more

On this week's episode of the podcast, Alexander Cooley of Barnard College joins Marc Lynch to discuss Cooley's review essay, The Uprisings of Gaza: How Geopolitical Crises Have Reshaped Academic Communities from Tahrir to Kyiv. This essay reflects upon the contributions of Marc ...  Show more

Psychologists’ research has found that it’s not the nuances of policy debates that drive voter behavior but instead how voters feel about candidates and political parties -- and whom they trust to share their values. Drew Westen, PhD, of Emory University, talks about how emotions ...  Show more

Are we predisposed by our personality to be drawn to certain political policies or certain ideologies? And if so, should we take account of this when our views differ from other people? James Tilley, a professor of politics at Oxford University, talks to leading academics in the ...  Show more

Yesterday, POMEPS held a dynamic conversation with Nathan Brown about his latest book— out this week— Arguing Islam after the Revival of Arab Politics. Brown was joined by Jocelyne Cesari, a senior fellow at the Berkley Center for Religion, Peace, and World Affairs and associate ...  Show more