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The Saad Truth with Dr. Saad

Lionel Shriver - Author of "A Better Life" (The Saad Truth with Dr. Saad_989)

The Saad Truth with Dr. Saad

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Society & Culture, Science, Education

4.71.3K Ratings

🗓️ 2 May 2026

⏱️ 43 minutes

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To order Lionel's book: https://www.amazon.com/Better-Life-Novel-Lionel-Shriver/dp/0063482142 _______________________________________ Pre-order Suicidal Empathy: https://lnk.to/SuicidalEmpathy Pre-order signed copy of Suicidal Empathy: https://squarebooks.com/book/9780063446533s _______________________________________ If you appreciate my work and would like to support it: https://subscribestar.com/the-saad-truth https://patreon.com/GadSaad https://paypal.me/GadSaad To subscribe to my exclusive content on X, please visit my bio at https://x.com/GadSaad _______________________________________ This clip was posted on May 2, 2026 on my YouTube channel as THE SAAD TRUTH_2022: https://youtu.be/xtRD3OmYcWw _______________________________________ Please visit my website gadsaad.com, and sign up for alerts. If you appreciate my content, click on the "Support My Work" button. I count on my fans to support my efforts. You can donate via Patreon, PayPal, and/or SubscribeStar. _______________________________________ Dr. Gad Saad is a professor, evolutionary behavioral scientist, and author who pioneered the use of evolutionary psychology in marketing and consumer behavior. In addition to his scientific work, Dr. Saad is a leading public intellectual who often writes and speaks about idea pathogens that are destroying logic, science, reason, and common sense.  _______________________________________

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0:00.0

I'm delighted to report that I have joined as a scholar, the Declaration of Independence Center for the Study of American Freedom at the University of Mississippi.

0:10.8

The center offers educational opportunities, speakers, internship, and reading groups for the University of Mississippi community.

0:18.9

It is named in honor of the United States founding document,

0:23.3

which constitutes the nation as a political community

0:27.0

and expresses fundamental principles of American freedom,

0:31.0

including in the recognition of the importance of Judeo-Christian values

0:35.4

in shaping American exceptionalism.

0:39.3

Dedicated to the academic and open-minded exploration of these principles, the Center exists

0:45.3

to encourage exploration into the many facets of freedom. It will sponsor a speaker series

0:51.3

and an interdisciplinary faculty research team. If you'd like to learn more

0:56.3

about the center, please visit Olmiss. That's O-L-E-M-I-S-S dot EDU slash independence slash.

1:05.6

Hi everybody. This is Gats Out. Today I've got another, a fellow Harper Collins author. Lionel Shriver,

1:13.1

how are you doing? I'm very well, and I always like to meet other writers with the same

1:21.8

publisher. And not only same publisher, same publicist at the publisher, correct?

1:27.7

Perhaps even more important.

1:29.2

Even more.

1:29.8

So we really are.

1:31.2

Especially this publicist.

1:33.3

She is a honey badger, as I like to say.

1:38.8

She's assiduous in her mission.

1:42.6

So I think we can both agree to that.

1:44.9

Let me, before we get going, discussing your latest book and other great stuff, I just want

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