<description>&lt;p&gt;Whoever wins the election, Americans will still want to rip each other's heads off. Social psychologist Jay Van Bavel helps us understand why we should care about polarization, how we got here, and what, if anything, we can do about it. &lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt; &lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;From the episode: &lt;/p&gt; &lt;ul&gt; &lt;li&gt;Jay Van Bavel is a social psychologist at New York University and the author of The Power of Us: Harnessing Our Shared Identities to Improve Performance, Increase Cooperation, and Promote Social Harmony: https://www.powerofus.online/&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;The paper on political sectarianism Jay co-wrote: &lt;a href= "https://www.jayvanbavel.com/_files/ugd/9c6579_b289e58eb65b461aa67c03f4cc5d4804.pdf"&gt; https://www.jayvanbavel.com/_files/ugd/9c6579_b289e58eb65b461aa67c03f4cc5d4804.pdf&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;Follow Jay on X and Instagram: @jayvanbavel&lt;/li&gt; &lt;/ul&gt; &lt;p&gt; &lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Episode credits:&lt;/p&gt; &lt;ul&gt; &lt;li&gt;Produced by Yowei Shaw, with help from Anakaren Santana&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;Edited by Tim Howard&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;Mixed by Kyle Pulley&lt;/li&gt; &lt;/ul&gt; &lt;p&gt; &lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Proxy is a completely independent production. To support the show and get exclusive bonus episodes and our newsletter, go to &lt;a href="http://patreon.com/proxypodcast" target="_blank" rel= "noopener noreferrer nofollow"&gt;patreon.com/proxypodcast&lt;/a&gt;. &lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt; &lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Follow us on Instagram: @proxypodcast @yoweishaw&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt; &lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Rate and review us on Apple Podcasts! That stuff matters apparently.&lt;/p&gt;</description>

Proxy with Yowei Shaw

Y3 Productions

#9 Is there anything we can actually do about polarization?

OCT 29, 202443 MIN
Proxy with Yowei Shaw

#9 Is there anything we can actually do about polarization?

OCT 29, 202443 MIN

Description

Whoever wins the election, Americans will still want to rip each other's heads off. Social psychologist Jay Van Bavel helps us understand why we should care about polarization, how we got here, and what, if anything, we can do about it. 

 

From the episode: 

 

Episode credits:

  • Produced by Yowei Shaw, with help from Anakaren Santana
  • Edited by Tim Howard
  • Mixed by Kyle Pulley

 

Proxy is a completely independent production. To support the show and get exclusive bonus episodes and our newsletter, go to patreon.com/proxypodcast. 

 

Follow us on Instagram: @proxypodcast @yoweishaw

 

Rate and review us on Apple Podcasts! That stuff matters apparently.