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Psychology In Seattle Podcast

The Psychology of the Fyre Festival (2019 Rerun)

Psychology In Seattle Podcast

Kirk Honda

Mental Health, Health & Fitness

4.61.2K Ratings

🗓️ 3 July 2022

⏱️ 100 minutes

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[Rerun] Dr. Kirk Honda and Humberto talk about the Fyre Festival disaster and the psychology of its organizer, Billy McFarland. Is he a psychopath? Is he a victim of capitalism? Were we all subject to a mass delusion?

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0:00.0

So, Burdo, have you heard of the Fire Festival, like the music festival and the Caribbean?

0:11.5

Have you heard of it?

0:12.5

I was there, baby!

0:13.5

No, you weren't.

0:14.5

What do you know about it?

0:15.5

Oh, man.

0:16.5

Well, so there was what I knew when it happened.

0:19.5

I didn't know.

0:22.0

I don't follow really like social media.

0:25.0

I'm not on Instagram stuff like that, so I didn't know about it ahead of time.

0:29.7

But when the catastrophe happened, I remember the news stories coming out, and I was so confused.

0:35.7

I was like, what is this?

0:38.7

Why would someone travel all the way to some island and then like get stuck there?

0:43.7

It was really confusing.

0:45.7

And then months went by and I didn't really think about it again.

0:48.7

And then the documentary came out and I watched both documentaries and read several online things about it.

0:55.7

You know, just flabbergasted and fascinated by the whole fiasco.

1:01.7

Yeah, so we're going to talk about that in this episode.

1:05.7

What do you say, Burdo?

1:06.7

Let's do it.

1:07.7

This is the Psychology and Seattle podcast.

1:08.7

I'm your host, Dr. Kirkhan, I'm a therapist and a professor.

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