When suicide bombers blow up crowded marketplaces, or a lone shooter attacks a nightclub, one question we’re always left with is why. This hour, a look at the underlying psychology of political violence.

Guests:

Mubin Shaikh

Clark McCauley

Åsne Seierstad

Tanya Luhrmann

Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche

Interviews in this hour:

The Reformed Radical

The Psychology of Terrorism

What Can Americans Learn from a Norwegian Massacre?

Let’s Change the Way We Think About Thinking

The Buddhist Master Who Went on a Four Year Wandering Retreat