Sign up to save your podcasts
Or
Share Episode 13: Terrorism
Share to email
Share to Facebook
Share to X
Share to email
Share to Facebook
Share to X
Or
Episode 13: Terrorism
Why do young people join ISIS? Is it nihilism, or, as social scientists suggest, a perverse idealism? This week on Hidden Brain, we explore the psychology of terrorist groups, and why so many young people leave behind promising futures to join them.
Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.
View all episodes
By Hidden Brain, Shankar Vedantam
4.6
4096240,962 ratings
Why do young people join ISIS? Is it nihilism, or, as social scientists suggest, a perverse idealism? This week on Hidden Brain, we explore the psychology of terrorist groups, and why so many young people leave behind promising futures to join them.
Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.
More shows like Hidden Brain
View all
This American Life
90,849 Listeners
TED Radio Hour
21,993 Listeners
Radiolab
43,990 Listeners
Freakonomics Radio
32,200 Listeners
Fresh Air
38,594 Listeners
Planet Money
30,823 Listeners
The Moth
27,167 Listeners
Invisibilia
21,617 Listeners
Science Friday
6,441 Listeners
10% Happier with Dan Harris
12,760 Listeners
The Daily
112,847 Listeners
Throughline
16,366 Listeners
Life Kit
4,813 Listeners
People I (Mostly) Admire
2,071 Listeners
The Ezra Klein Show
16,150 Listeners
My Unsung Hero
1,186 Listeners