We are up again two infections right now: COVID-19 and panic. In this episode, Tania and Brian break down the psychology of mass panic (like panic shopping, dance plague, and penis panic), moral panic (like xenophobia), and individual panic. They explain why mental health = physical health and share their favorite ideas for how to keep your cool.

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Further Reading:

• Collective Behavior by Turner, Ralph, and Killian (1993). 
• Folk Devils and Moral Panics by Cohen (3rd edition - 2001).
• Medieval and Renaissance Medicine by Gordon (1959).
• Hoaxes, Myths, and Manias by Bartholomew and Radford (2003). 
• Tarantella Dance video
• “Protean nature of mass sociogenic illness” by Bartholomew and Wessely (2002).
• “A brief history of hysteria: From the ancient to the modern” by Trimble and Reynolds (2016).
• “Spasms of the Soul: The Tanganyika Laughter Epidemic in the Age of Independence” by Nasser and Shiraz (2014). 
• “Does stress alter everyday moral decision-making?” by Starcke et. al (2010).
• “Myeloid differentiation architecture of leukocyte transcriptome dynamics in perceived social isolation” by Steven Cole et. al. (2015) 
• Lecture: The health and psychological effects of translating emotional experiences into words by Pennebaker (2017). 

Produced by Scarlet Moon Things
Music by Barrie Gledden, Kes Loy, and Richard Kimmings