Radio Replay: The Power Hour

Hidden Brain

Hidden Brain Media

Social Sciences, Arts, Performing Arts, Science

4.6 • 42.6K Ratings

🗓️ 26 January 2018

⏱️ 49 minutes

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Summary

Call it adulation, adoration, idolization: we humans are fascinated by glamour and power. But this turns out to be only one side of our psychology — we also feel envious and resentful of the rich and powerful. In this Radio Replay, we explore the evolutionary history behind this ambivalence. Plus, we look at how we gain influence, and what happens to us once we have it.

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0:00.0	This is Hidden Brain, I'm Shankar Vidantam.
0:05.4	This episode is a radio replay,
0:07.3	a pairing of two previously-aired podcast episodes
0:10.1	that we've married together to play on our radio show.
0:13.5	What you're about to listen to is a combo of the episodes,
0:16.2	pedestals and guillotines and the perils of power.
0:20.0	We're calling it the power hour.
0:26.0	Power dynamics shape everything in our society,
0:28.4	from high school.
0:29.4	You're wearing sweatpants.
0:31.4	So, so that's against the rules, and you can't sit with us.
0:35.4	To the highest court of the land.
0:37.2	We'll hear argument first this morning in case 10, 5,400.
0:41.2	Topia versus...
0:42.2	What are the qualities that give people power?
0:44.6	And what happens to us when we have it?
0:47.4	We answer those questions and more on today's show.
0:51.5	Alright, let's get to it.
1:01.1	Welcome to Los Angeles, the celebrity capital of the world.
1:05.3	It's a city that conjures palm-line boulevards,
1:08.1	sprawling mansions, luxury cars.
1:11.8	At the center of all the glitz, Hollywood.
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