Brian Klaas (political scientist)

Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard

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🗓️ 27 January 2022

⏱️ 111 minutes

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Brian Klaas is a political scientist and professor. Brian joins the Armchair Expert to discuss the topics of power and corruption, how he got connected to talk to dictators for his research, and the differences between functional and dysfunctional psychopaths. Brian and Dax talk about power-seeking versus power-obtaining behavior, how faces can influence the results of elections, and the story of the Madagascar Yogurt Kingpin. Brian explains how systems of power can be reformed using shadow boards, how police recruiting strategies differ, and how the psychological distance between humans can have an effect on policymaking. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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0:00.0	Welcome, welcome welcome to armchair expert, experts on expert. I'm Jack Shepard, I'm joined by
0:06.5	Monica Lillie Padman.
0:08.0	Hi there, we were just talking about Santa Claus and then I got excited about Christmas
0:11.8	but then I remember Christmas is a long way away.
0:13.8	Right. And even if you bring up Christmas right now, people will be probably inclined to think this
0:18.4	intro was recorded months ago. No, I'm just saying I love Christmas.
0:22.3	I know, I know, I know. But if they thought like, just saying I love Christmas. I know I know but if they thought like oh they have Christmas
0:25.0	cheer they must have recorded this intro like in December.
0:27.6	Christmas cheer all year. Okay cheer ding ding ding ding d ding no not for this but ding ding d'
0:32.2	people liked the Easter egg of stew.
0:35.6	Yeah. And far less people got it than I would have predicted. That's good.
0:39.0	But alas, the ding-ding-ding-ding forer is not in this episode.
0:42.8	Dr Brian Class is a political scientist and author.
0:46.7	He is currently a columnist for the Washington Post and an associate professor in global politics
0:51.2	at University College of London.
0:53.0	He has an array of wonderful books,
0:55.0	The Death Spots Apprentice, The Death Spots Accomplice,
0:59.0	and How to Rig an Election.
1:00.0	He has a new book called Corible who gets power and how it
1:05.3	changes us and that's what we talk about it it's really fascinating it really is it
1:09.7	kind of explores the old axiom does power corrupt or people corrupt and gain power.
1:15.4	Something like that.
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