Are we defined by the social roles we assume and the circumstances we find ourselves in? Stanford Psychologist Philip Zimbardo thinks so after witnessing college students degrade other students in a prison simulation in August. 1971. The Stanford Prison Experiment is not without its controversy, which Strange Country discusses in Ep. 55. Co-host Beth also admits a dark secret from her past.

Theme music: Resting Place by A Cast of Thousands.

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