Arlie’s new book Strangers in Their Own Land ... The red state paradox ... The psychology of Tea Party discontent ... Does identity politics breed identity politics? ... Justifying Trump’s bad behavior ... Racial attitudes in rural white communities ... The blue state paradox ...

The search for non-human consciousness ... Consciousness in the organic and inorganic worlds ... Measuring consciousness ... Lucky us: The universe breeds consciousness ... How scientific and spiritual worldviews can enrich each other ... Artificial intelligence is not (necessarily) artificial consciousness ... The Allen Institute for Brain Science and its mission ...

Why Trumpism isn’t surprising ... Trump’s vulgarity as a feature, not a bug ... Glenn: “America first” puts humanity last ... The emptiness of attacks on Trump ... How liberal elites give power to Trump’s dog whistles ... Does America need an anti-tribalism movement? ...

Bob and Pam team up to analyze the mind of Trump ... Inside the mind of a narcissist ... Narcissists are made not born ... Psychoanalyzing Trumpism ... A moment of compassion for Trump ...

How Eileen’s fascination with science led to her new book, A Perfect Life ... Getting meaning from minutiae ... Why Eileen left physics for writing ... Bridging the gap between the humanities and science ...

When rage intrudes on meditation ... The internal logic of bad acts ... Susan explains the uses of lovingkindness meditation ... Resisting the temptation to take pleasure in anger ... Seeing terrorists as humans ... Susan: don’t flee from bad feelings ...

Introducing the Saunatarian movement ... Varieties of sauna ... Jack's conversion and the start of thermovangelism ... Spiritual aspects of sauna ... (Limited) data on health benefits ... Where do I sign up? ...

What is a social norm? ... Why do norms like genital mutilation exist?  ... Ways to change norms (and ways to fail) ... Change we have seen: smoking, gay marriage, bullying ... Fear disrupts norms and helps people like Trump ... The internet as a tool against "pluralistic ignorance" ... Why the political establishment is in trouble ...

The bell-curve of awakening ... Being enlightened feels "meta-okay" ... The benefits of experiencing life impersonally ... Does enlightenment have to have a moral dimension? ... Awakening as growing up ... The lenses and filters through which we see life ...

What made Spinoza a heretic? ... Why Spinoza matters today ... Perspectives on the purpose, if any, of nature ... Religion: a source of morality, meaning, and fear ... Spinoza's mysticism—or lack thereof ... Parallels between Spinozan and Buddhist thought ...