Original air date: December 14, 2015
Host Taylor Weech takes a look at the psychology of fear in an attempt to understand the intense wave of xenophobia and violence personified not only by Donald Trump’s presidential race and the language of his supporters, but also by a liberal culture lacking the empathy and courage to confront root causes.
Includes portions of the following:
http://www.theguardian.com/environment/earth-insight/2014/apr/29/climate-denial-oil-addiction-xenophobia-neocons
http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2015/dec/14/anti-islam-hysteria-united-states-donald-trump-obama
http://www.unesco.org/new/en/social-and-human-sciences/themes/international-migration/glossary/xenophobia/
https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/the-main-ingredient/201303/fear-vs-power
https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/our-humanity-naturally/201506/anti-intellectualism-is-killing-america
Closing poem: “On the Pulse of Morning” by Maya Angelou