The Psychology of America - PG:CC with Nick Carmody

The PoliticsGirl Podcast

MeidasTouch Network, Leigh McGowan

News Commentary, Politics, News

4.9 • 3.3K Ratings

🗓️ 16 August 2022

⏱️ 51 minutes

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Today’s pod is a candid conversation with Nick Carmody, psychotherapist, lawyer, and Executive Board Member for the World Mental Health Coalition. Nick uses his psychology expertise to look at politics and how politics affects the personality of the country. If there’s already political science, Nick believes there should be political psychology. We talk about what’s going on with the Republican Party, Trumpism, and the recent search of Mar-a-lago from a psychological perspective, and we discuss about how the cult of personality has transformed individuals into a tribe who seem almost pathologically devoted to Trump and Trumpism no matter how much damage they do to themselves or the country. Guest social: Twitter: @Nick_Carmody Website: https://www.patreon.com/NickCarmody Please RATE and SUBSCRIBE so we can grow the show, open the dialogue, and inspire change moving forward! All show links here!: https://linktr.ee/politicsgirl Don’t forget to send questions via email, video or audio for the ASK PG Episode to: [email protected] Thank you to today’s sponsors! www.everlywell.com/politicsgirl www.clickup.com Code: PoliticsGirl www.thirdlove.com/politicsgirl Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	two of the most difficult sentences for human beings to speak are I was wrong and I'm sorry.
0:04.5	And so, you know, once you go down this path of having to defend yourself,
0:09.5	of having to defend your Trump, or defend Trump, it becomes very difficult to pivot six months in,
0:15.5	six years in whatever it is to suddenly say, my bad, you know, all those times I was being a,
0:20.8	you know, complete jerk about this stuff, I was wrong, you were right.
0:34.6	Hello and welcome to the Politics Girl podcast. I'm your host, Lee McGowan. Let's get into it.
0:39.3	Today's pod is a candid conversation with Nick Carman, the psychotherapist, lawyer,
0:43.6	and executive board member for the World Mental Health Coalition. Nick is a survivor of not one,
0:48.8	but two traumatic brain injuries, which inspired him to go back to school to better understand
0:53.4	the brain and how it affects our functioning, personality, and emotional processing.
0:58.0	After getting his masters in psychology, he started to look at politics and how politics affects
1:02.8	the personality of the country. If there is already political science, he believes we should have
1:07.6	political psychology. I'm having him on today to discuss what's going on with the Republican
1:11.9	Party from a psychological perspective and how the Cult of Personality has transformed the
1:16.4	party into a tribe who are essentially devoted to Trump and Trumpism no matter how much damage they
1:21.9	do to themselves or to the country. Nick gives us insight into the human instinct behind Trumpism,
1:27.6	which we're going to need as we go head to head with this group for the soul of the nation.
1:32.0	And for those of you listening, I just want to apologize for my voice. I know I sound like a little
1:36.4	abdiba-diba-demba-demba, but that's because I'm getting over COVID, and this is the way it is.
1:46.1	It might sound a bit wonky, but the context of the podcast will be incredibly clear. So without further ado,
1:46.4	please welcome my guest, psychotherapist, lawyer, and executive board member for the World Mental
1:51.1	Health Coalition, Nick Carmedy. Welcome, Nick. Thank you, Leah. Appreciate being there.
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