Podcasts about Ostracism

Send us a textThe suicide of a young man at Oxford University has prompted a warning letter to the UK Government about 'cancel culture' on campus. The review into his death 'identified evidence of a concerning practice of social ostracism among students, often referred to as a cancel culture,' according the coroner.'[The review's] evidence was that this behaviour, where individuals are isolated and excluded from social groups based on allegations or perceptions of wrongdoing, poses a significant risk to student mental health and well-being.'I brought Susie in to talk about where cancel culture has come from, why it's become popular, and how we parents can help our kids be a force for good. PODCAST ON DEI :This Isn't Working by Tanya de GrunwaldFICTION BOOK:The Outcast - Sadie JonesEPISODES: Conflict resolution skills: https://www.teenagersuntangled.com/conflict-resolution-skills-can-deepen-your-relationship-with-your-teen-heres-how/Consequnces: https://www.teenagersuntangled.com/32-rules-consequences-and-the-teen-who-doesnt-seem-to-care/BLOG about consequences:https://www.teenagersuntangled.com/blog/whats-going-on-when-our-boundaries-and-consequences-dont-seem-to-work/Seven Ideas to Reduce Cancel Culture in Yourself or Your Students and Build Resilience from https://growingleaders.com/the-correlation-between-cancel-culture-and-resilience-in-students/:Do not react on impulse. Think first. Give yourself a day to reflect.Practice the 101% Principle. Find the 1% you agree on and give it 100% of your attention. Listen before you speak. Recover the art of really hearing from the other side. Phone a friend. Don't respond in a vacuum. Include others' perspectives before acting.Apologize when and where you're wrong. This goes a long way in fostering relationships. Forgive when appropriate. To make a mistake is human; to forgive is divine.Build a bridge where there's a wall. Find a way to connect with the opposing side.https://comment.org/why-we-cancel/https://www.depts.ttu.edu/rise/Blog/cancelculture.phphttps://www.researchgate.net/publication/375520893_Cancelled_Exploring_the_Phenomenon_of_Cancel_Culturehttps://www.thetimes.com/uk/education/article/oxford-student-took-own-life-after-ostracism-over-sexual-encounter-cjx389t5rhttps://www.mindingthecampus.org/2024/08/27/the-dangerous-evolution-of-cancel-culture/https://www.mindingthecampus.org/2024/08/27/the-dangerous-evolution-of-cancel-culture/https://medium.com/@julesdixon/ostracism-social-exclusion-in-adulthood-8764ea1a4003https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Pl_86DNyN4cicero Support the showThank you so much for your support. Please hit the follow button if you like the podcast, and share it with anyone who might benefit. You can review us on Apple podcasts by going to the show page, scrolling down to the bottom where you can click on a star then you can leave your message. I don't have medical training so please seek the advice of a specialist if you're not coping. My email is teenagersuntangled@gmail.com The website has a blog, searchable episodes, and ways to contact us:www.teenagersuntangled.comInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/teenagersuntangled/Facebook: https://m.facebook.com/teenagersuntangled/Susie is available for a free 15 minute consultation, and has a great blog:www.amindful-life.co.uk

In this episode, which is part of our Thriving at Work series, Richard is joined by two experts in ostracism at work, to discuss what it is, how it impacts employees and what we can do about it. Dr. Ian Tyndall and Dr. Daniel Waldeck discuss their research and why they got involved in this specific topic. Unlike the loneliness experience we discussed back in Ep 135 with Dr. Sarah Wright, where people aren't feeling enough connection with others, ostracism centres of feelings and beliefs about being shut out from a team, group or community and involves uncertainty about the reason. Like loneliness, it can have a signitive negative impact on our wellbeing and our experience of work.  Richard, Ian and Dan look at the ostracism phenomenon through the lens of ACT and psychological flexibility, exploring some of the ways building psychological fleixbility can help employees overcome the experience.  Do get in touch with your questions and comment. And big thanks to Ian and Dan for their time.  You can find full show notes for this episode at https://www.worklifepsych.com/podcast/171   Thanks for listening!

In this episode, I address a listener's inquiry about universal morality and the challenges of engaging with politicians who often undermine this principle. I critique the duality of political figures masking self-interest behind a facade of moral authority, comparing them to predators in nature. The discussion explores the difficulties of managing violent or deceitful individuals within communities, suggesting strategies like ostracism and confinement while recognizing their ethical complexities. I underscore the need for clear boundaries and accountability, asserting that true engagement relies on shared values of reason and respect, prompting listeners to reflect on morality and authority in a complex world.GET MY NEW BOOK 'PEACEFUL PARENTING', THE INTERACTIVE PEACEFUL PARENTING AI, AND AUDIOBOOK!https://peacefulparenting.com/Join the PREMIUM philosophy community on the web for free!Also get the Truth About the French Revolution, the interactive multi-lingual philosophy AI trained on thousands of hours of my material, private livestreams, premium call in shows, the 22 Part History of Philosophers series and much more!See you soon!https://freedomain.locals.com/support/promo/UPB2022

Stefan Molyneux covers a range of topics, from viral memes to the profound impact of sexuality on relationships and society. We explore men's interest in explicit content, retirement planning, financial decisions, and societal norms. We delve into the significance of discretion in matters of wealth and success, cautioning against flaunting these aspects to avoid unwanted attention. We discuss social media's influence, trust funds, and the repercussions of ostracism, emphasizing the importance of seeking and offering sound advice for personal growth and fulfillment. Drawing insights from 'The Great Gatsby,' we analyze the importance of prioritizing actions over intentions and fostering a virtuous society through collective accountability and empirical evidence.Join the PREMIUM philosophy community on the web for free!NOW AVAILABLE FOR SUBSCRIBERS: MY NEW BOOK 'PEACEFUL PARENTING' - AND THE INTERACTIVE PEACEFUL PARENTING AI AND AUDIOBOOK!Also get the Truth About the French Revolution, the interactive multi-lingual philosophy AI trained on thousands of hours of my material, private livestreams, premium call in shows, the 22 Part History of Philosophers series and much more!See you soon!https://freedomain.locals.com/support/promo/UPB2022

Join me and my four panelists as we dive into bBrave's "Research study on #Workplace #Bullying and #Ostracism at the #Workplace."

During this week's episode, Mike and Elizabeth discuss a unique study in which, over the course of a week, 5 co authors agreed to be ostracized by the other 4, each for 1 day.  The authors documented their experiences of being targets and perpetrators. Despite  foreknowledge and consent, the co authors reported feeling rejected, confused and guilty. Their work and personal relationships were strained.  The authors advise that, while the project was an important contribution to the field (specifically the psychology of ostracism), future research be undertaken with caution. Mike and Elizabeth agree. Ostracism is so powerful that even obvious and orchestrated simulations have the potential for serious negative outcomes for individuals and groups.  Reference: Williams, K. D., Bernieri, F. J., Faulkner, S. L., Gada-Jain, N., & Grahe, J. E. (2000). The Scarlet Letter Study: Five Days of Social Ostracism. Journal of Personal & Interpersonal Loss, 5(1), 19–63.

David Pizarro is Professor of Psychology at Cornell University. While he teaches and publicly discusses a wide variety of material in the discipline, his primary research interest is in moral judgment. In this episode, Robinson and David discuss some of the conceptual underpinnings of moral psychology before turning to the research on praise, blame, social cognition, and the relationship between disgust and political affiliation. David is also the co-host of two podcasts, Very Bad Wizards with Tamler Sommers and Psych with Paul Bloom. David's Website: http://peezer.net David's Twitter: https://twitter.com/peez Very Bad Wizards: https://verybadwizards.fireside.fm Psych: https://psych.fireside.fm OUTLINE 00:00 In This Episode… 00:39 Introduction 02:52 David's Interest in Moral Psychology 06:42 Morality, Judgment, and Intuition in Psychology 30:40 Did Psychology Advance Too Fast 33:44 The Psychology of Praise and Blame 56:26 Why Do We Blame Objects and Robots? 01:10:09 Ostracism, Loneliness, and the Human Condition 01:14:27 The Psychology of Disgust 01:32:26 Disgust and Moral Judgement 01:40:10 Disgust Sensitivity and Political Affiliation Robinson's Website: http://robinsonerhardt.com Robinson Erhardt researches symbolic logic and the foundations of mathematics at Stanford University. Join him in conversations with philosophers, scientists, weightlifters, artists, and everyone in-between.  --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/robinson-erhardt/support

1. Christ Considers the Characteristics of True Christians (20-23) a. True Christians are Characterized by Spiritual Poverty and Humility (20-21)b. True Christians are Characterized by Ostracism from the Outside (22-23)2. Christ Warns of the Worldly Ways of the Wicked (24-26) a. The Wicked Trust in Their Worldly Treasure (24-25) b. The Wicked Take Pleasure in the Praise of People (26)Support the show

Church discipline is often necessary. But church discipline is never to be carried out harshly but conducted in a gracious, yet firm manner. In this episode, Jason teaches from 2 Thessalonians 3:13-17, and brings clarity to how churches ought to handle troublemakers.

Christians must have a category for shaming other Christians so that they might repent and be reconciled.

This is a teaser of the bonus episode, Ostracism found over on Patreon.We now continue our look at the systems and institutions that would develop in early Athens and Sparta. For this episode we will now turn the the political mechanism of Ostracism that would develop in Athens after the period of tyranny that had existed there in the last half of the 6th century BC.We will look at what Ostracism was and what its purpose was. We will look at why it would develop, by understanding the pervious phase of Athenian politics. Then we will look at examples of ostracism being used into the Classical period. Then, finally we will look at if the system was still being used for its intended application. If you would like to hear more and support the series click on the Patreon link at the bottom of the page or you can head to my website to discover other ways to support the series, HereISupport the show

There is no impulse more natural than the desire to protect ourselves and our loved ones from pain. When we experience social-emotional pain, we activate the same instincts as a mama bear who jumps to protect her cub as an effort to dial down emotions of distress. An unhealthy emotional pain management can lead to actively taking steps to inflict pain on others through the acts of withholding affection, interactions, or reciprocity. The “silent treatment” or social exclusion is one such powerful tool that delivers insurmountable distress to others providing individuals with only temporary relief.On this podcast, a pioneer and world-leading expert on social and psychological dynamics of ostracism, author, and a distinguished Professor of Psychological Sciences at Purdue University, Kipling Williams, discusses how the silent treatment can damage relationships, sometimes irreparably and provides effective and meaningful ways we can manage our own disappointments, let-downs, or hurt by engaging personal growth and emotional agility.About Kipling WilliamsKipling Williams is Distinguished Professor of Psychological Sciences at Purdue University. He earned his B.S. from the University of Washington—Seattle (1975) and his PhD at The Ohio State University (1981). Prior to coming to Purdue, Williams was on faculties at Macquarie University and University of New South Wales (both in Sydney, Australia), University of Toledo (Ohio), and Drake University (Iowa). He is a pioneer and world-leading expert on social and psychological dynamics of ostracism. As well as his authored book, Ostracism: The Power of Silence, he has edited ten books, including The Social Outcast, and the soon-to-be published Frontier Handbook on Ostracism, Social Exclusion, and Rejection. He has been an associate editor of Group Dynamics: Theory, Research, & Practice, as well as Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, and Journal of Experimental Social Psychology. He was the editor of Social Influence from 2010-2019.His research interests include ostracism, social influence, and motivation in groups. He has published over 180 articles and chapters, with articles in Science, Scientific American-MIND, Psychological Science, and other top journals in the field of social psychology. In 2012, he was a Lorentz Fellow of the Netherlands Institute for Advanced Studies. He was a co-winner of the American Association for the Advancement of Science Socio-Psychological (AAAS), and Purdue University's College of Health and Human Sciences Research Achievement Award. He is past president of the Society for Australasian Social Psychologists and the Midwestern Psychological Association.Website: http://williams.socialpsychology.orgBook:Ostracism: The Power of SilenceAbout Host, Sucheta KamathSucheta Kamath, is an award-winning speech-language pathologist, a TEDx speaker, a celebrated community leader, and the founder and CEO of ExQ®. As an EdTech entrepreneur, Sucheta has designed ExQ's personalized digital learning curriculum/tool that empowers middle and high school students to develop self-awareness and strategic thinking skills through the mastery of Executive Function and social-emotional competence.Support the show

Welcome to The Nonlinear Library, where we use Text-to-Speech software to convert the best writing from the Rationalist and EA communities into audio. This is: [Letter] Russians are Welcome in America, published by lsusr on March 5, 2022 on LessWrong. Dear [redacted], I'm sorry. I had notifications turned off and didn't see your message until right now. Get out of Russia before the borders close! If your in-group is LW-adjacent techies then you're probably smart enough to find a great job in the USA that pays way more than you could ever earn in Russia (even before the war and the sanctions). I ask you for advice on how to help them find safe place in the foreign social fabric? Is there anyone left who can offer them studentIT positions w/t being ostracised? Lol. Ostracism is a complete non-issue for Russians in the United States. (And, presumably, other Western nations.) I have never met a single person in real life with hatred towards Russians. Nobody hates Russians here. Russians fit right in. All you need is good English (and, judging by your message, your English is fine (even if it's not, English isn't too hard for Russian-speakers to learn)). Don't get me wrong. The United States has problems with racism, prejudice and xenophobia. But it's not directed towards Russians living in America. Getting a visa is hard. But that's it. Once you're in, you're in. (Don't worry about obtaining an American visa right now. Just get out of the country immediately. Worry about obtaining an American visa later.) You know that Russian rocket scientist friend I was advertising? I have already gotten contacts from three companies that want to help him acquire employment and a visa. And not just three ordinary companies. Three of the best places to work in the entire United States of America. I can't promise you the same, but I hope my words help reassure you. We literally have a giant statue in New York symbolizing how welcoming this country is to immigrants. Your priorities should be. Get the hell out of Russia before the borders close. Secure your short-term finances. Start figuring out how to get a tech job. Sincerely, Lsusr Thanks for listening. To help us out with The Nonlinear Library or to learn more, please visit nonlinear.org.

Link to original articleWelcome to The Nonlinear Library, where we use Text-to-Speech software to convert the best writing from the Rationalist and EA communities into audio. This is: [Letter] Russians are Welcome in America, published by lsusr on March 5, 2022 on LessWrong. Dear [redacted], I'm sorry. I had notifications turned off and didn't see your message until right now. Get out of Russia before the borders close! If your in-group is LW-adjacent techies then you're probably smart enough to find a great job in the USA that pays way more than you could ever earn in Russia (even before the war and the sanctions). I ask you for advice on how to help them find safe place in the foreign social fabric? Is there anyone left who can offer them studentIT positions w/t being ostracised? Lol. Ostracism is a complete non-issue for Russians in the United States. (And, presumably, other Western nations.) I have never met a single person in real life with hatred towards Russians. Nobody hates Russians here. Russians fit right in. All you need is good English (and, judging by your message, your English is fine (even if it's not, English isn't too hard for Russian-speakers to learn)). Don't get me wrong. The United States has problems with racism, prejudice and xenophobia. But it's not directed towards Russians living in America. Getting a visa is hard. But that's it. Once you're in, you're in. (Don't worry about obtaining an American visa right now. Just get out of the country immediately. Worry about obtaining an American visa later.) You know that Russian rocket scientist friend I was advertising? I have already gotten contacts from three companies that want to help him acquire employment and a visa. And not just three ordinary companies. Three of the best places to work in the entire United States of America. I can't promise you the same, but I hope my words help reassure you. We literally have a giant statue in New York symbolizing how welcoming this country is to immigrants. Your priorities should be. Get the hell out of Russia before the borders close. Secure your short-term finances. Start figuring out how to get a tech job. Sincerely, Lsusr Thanks for listening. To help us out with The Nonlinear Library or to learn more, please visit nonlinear.org.

Episode six of the third season of the Podcast on Crimes Against Women welcomes neuroscientist, clinical psychologist, founder of Viva Excellence, and the CEO of the Trauma Counseling Center, Dr. Kate Truitt. Dr. Truitt's research focuses on brain health during the recovery process, treatment outcomes, and psychophysiology. Her clinical practices and scientific studies have led Dr. Truitt to specialize in the treatment of traumatic stress and PTSD.In this episode, Dr. Truitt takes a deep dive into the concepts of silence, shame and ostracism, and how these directly impact victims of abuse and crime. Dr. Truitt delves into how human beings are hard-wired to experience feeling shame and the science behind this, how offenders can use shame/silence/ostracism to further harm or manipulate their victims, and how the “silent treatment” is something that is employed by both abused and non-abused individuals as a form of either purposeful or unintentional control.

Are You Feeling Family Separation Anxiety? Do You or Another Elderly Person or Family Member Feel Ostracized? Ostracism+Exclusion or ostracism is so painful because it threatens this need and the core of our self-esteem.Coping can mean the person tries to harder be included. For example, they may try to engage in behaviors that might foster acceptance: mimicking, complying, obeying orders, cooperating or expressing attraction. If this tactic doesn't work, and hope for inclusion is lost, people stop worrying about being liked and decide they just want to be noticed. In this stage, they may resort to provocative behavior and even aggression. However, if a person has been ostracized for a long time, people can't continue to cope with the pain and often eventually give up. This is the third stage, called resignation. The third stage is called resignation. In some people who have been ostracized, they become less helpful and more aggressive to others in general. They also may feel an increase in anger and sadness. “Long-term ostracism can result in alienation, depression, helplessness, and feelings of unworthiness.” When a person feels ostracized they feel out of control, and aggressive behavior is one way to restore that control. Here are some tips if you have experienced ostracism: Seek a safe, supportive therapist, counselor or wise friend who can help you traverse the pain. Seek out healthy individuals who are accepting, healthy and supportive. We also need to be aware (and teach our kids) that ostracism hurts people as deeply, if not more so, than a physical wound. Sometimes, ostracism happens unintentionally and for no reason, in this case. When you are feeling composed and confident it's important to stand up for yourself and remind the other person that you are also important. Being lighthearted and finding humor in these situations may pay off. By understanding that nothing catastrophic happened by someone else ignoring and excluding you can help improve your mood. At the Amen Clinics, we have compassionate therapists who may be able to help you find peace, self-esteem, and acceptance after a painful ostracizing, shunning or other experience of being excluded. We may also be able to suggest exercises, supplements, and if needed, medication to help. bhsalesvpweb.com --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/bhsales/message

"Safety first" is what we usually hear. But is safety the best compass for living well? Charles Eisenstein, author of "The More Beautiful World Our Hearts Know is Possible,” holds a magnifying glass up to what's happening in our society and in our lives. He challenges our choices and how we are responding to the current narrative. He warns against ostracizing individuals or groups and invites us to let intuition guide us on how to live best and most fully. Check out Charles' website: charleseisenstein.org Visit our website for more resources: westonaprice.org Go to thehighwire.com for health news. See our sponsors: Optimal Carnivore, Paleo Valley, One Earth Health

Scapegoating particular communities during an epidemic — be it tuberculosis, HIV or COVID-19 — is nothing new. Outbreaks of disease are often accompanied by the demonizing of some portion of humanity that is supposedly the source of the contagion. They are to blame.Must it be this way? Why do we feel the need to point the finger at each other when threatened like this — even when the threat is ultimately not from people but from viruses or bacteria? And what does this sort of blanket indictment during a health crisis have in common with cancel culture? Host Amna Khalid discusses these pressing issues with Nicholas Christakis, the Sterling Professor of Social and Natural Science, Internal Medicine & Biomedical Engineering at Yale University, and the author of Apollo’s Arrow: The Profound and Enduring Impact of Coronavirus on the Way We Live, now out in paperback.TRANSCRIPTDONALD TRUMP: Covid-19 — that name gets further and further away from China, as opposed to calling it the “Chinese virus.” [Cheers]...it’s got all different names: Wuhan…...Chinese virus......Kung flu, yes. [Cheers] Kung flu...AMNA KHALID: That was former president Donald Trump taking every opportunity to suggest that the coronavirus was spread by China — rather than by American apathy and incompetence. Of course, scapegoating particular communities during an epidemic — be it tuberculosis, HIV or Covid — is nothing new. Outbreaks of disease are often accompanied by the demonizing of some portion of humanity that is supposedly the source of the contagion. They are to blame.Must it be this way? Why do we feel the need to point the finger at each other when threatened like this — even when the threat is ultimately not from people but from viruses or bacteria? And what does this sort of blanket indictment during a health crisis have in common with cancel culture?Joining me to talk about the connection is Nicholas Christakis, the Sterling Professor of Social and Natural Science, Internal Medicine & Biomedical Engineering education at Yale University. A sociologist and a physician, Christakis directs the Human Nature Lab at Yale and is the author of Apollo’s Arrow: The Profound and Enduring Impact of Coronavirus on the Way We Live. He is also a keen critic of cancel culture, especially as it's playing out on college campuses.Nicholas, thanks for being here.NICHOLAS CHRISTAKIS: Thank you so much for having me.KHALID: We’re in the middle of a pandemic. Some people think we're towards the end of it, but I believe you describe it as towards the end of the beginning of the pandemic, which I, as an historian of medicine, would very much agree with having studied how epidemics play out. But shortly after we were hit by COVID, you wrote a most phenomenal book called Apollo's Arrow, and I was struck by how quickly you were able to put together what you were seeing, both of how the virus was progressing and the kinds of ways in which it was impacting our society. So can you tell me a little bit about what led you to write that book?CHRISTAKIS: What happened was I had a long standing collaboration with some Chinese scientists. We had been studying phone data that tracks people's social interactions and their movements, doing a bunch of research on different topics. And it dawned on us in January of 2020 we could use that data to study the spread of the virus. And we scrambled, beginning January 15th, to write a paper that was eventually published in April in the journal Nature about how the flow of people through Wuhan perfectly predicted the timing, intensity, and location of the epidemic throughout China through the end of February. So as a result of this, I was paying attention to this virus very early on. And as a result of that, became aware of the fact that on January 24th the Chinese promulgated regulations that required 930 million people to stay at home. In other words, the Chinese saw in the virus an enemy of sufficient magnitude that they basically detonated a social nuclear weapon to stop it. And this really got my attention. Of course, I knew the history of epidemic disease having studied that. And I was following what Chinese, and soon after, Italian scientists were putting online. It was very clear to me this was going to be a serious epidemic. And meanwhile, our public discourse was very minimalizing. The president of the United States was saying it'll go away, which is ridiculous. Any expert knew that was false. So I began to send out Twitter threads with sort of basic EPI 101 information about here's what happens with respiratory pandemics. Here's what's going to unfold and so on. And to my amazement, several of those went viral. I think there was a hunger in the United States for sort of basic scientific information about respiratory pandemics. By the middle of March, I began to redirect all the efforts of my lab towards the pandemic — or most of the efforts, not all — March the 15th, I started writing the book and it was due July the 15th, four months later. That was Apollo's Arrow: The Profound and Enduring Impact of Coronavirus on the Way We Live. And the reason I was able to write the book so swiftly, I think, is that so much is known about respiratory pandemics. I mean, the thing to understand is that this experience so many of us are having and this way we've come to live right now, which feels so alien and unnatural, is not. Plagues are not new to our species. They're just new to us. We think this is crazy — what's happening — but that's ridiculous. Humans have been interacting with pandemic disease for centuries. I mean, they're in the Bible. They're in the Iliad. The canonical work of Western fiction begins with a plague. They’re in Shakespeare. They’re in Cervantes. This is a part of the human experience. And there is therefore expertise — both human experience and in our religious traditions, in our literary traditions and also scientific expertise, as you mentioned, in medical historians, in epidemiologists. People know. We know about these things. Therefore, pretty much everything that has happened, almost without exception, has been foreseeable.KHALID: So, as I was reading the book, Nicholas — and for our listeners, I should mention that the paperback version of the book has just come out with a new preface. And if you're listening to this episode, you should go out and get a version because there are substantive differences, I think, between the hardback and the paperback. But I want to go back to the book itself. And when I was reading it, what I was struck by was how you explain these really complicated, scientific things in a very accessible fashion. But to my heart, what speaks to me is how you bring precisely what you mentioned — the history of how humans have coped with pandemics — into the frame. Because in our own lifetimes, we've been fortunate in that we have not seen anything of this scale. We've seen, you know, the SARS-1. We've seen a few other — Ebola. But, particularly in the U.S., we've been pretty insulated, I'd say, compared to other historical times. And I just found it fascinating how you were able to weave that into a discussion of what's happening right now. One of the things that I do when I'm teaching my history of medicine course is I tell my students that historians are interested in epidemics precisely because they reveal the fault lines of society. It's like that pressure point where everything that is papering over differences kind of evaporates and you can see what's going on. And we saw that happen this time too. Particular communities get scapegoated. Can you say a little bit about that? I mean, we've heard our prior president talk about the virus as a “China virus,” as “kung flu.” There is demonization of certain peoples.CHRISTAKIS: One of the things that's so interesting about plagues is that they have a biological and epidemiological existence, but, as you're pointing out, they also have a sociological existence. They bring with them certain psychological, economic, and sociological impacts, which are pretty much invariant. For example, plagues are a time of denial and lies. We see denial and lies for thousands of years. People have said that we have accounts from bubonic plague outbreaks from, you know, 1500 years ago where observers say it's crazy. There's all this superstition around what's happening, you know. Or the emergence of quacks, you know, who sell nostrums to cure the plague that even people in real time observe doesn't work, for example. So the emergence of lies and denial is typical. Fear is typical. Grief — the grief making power of plagues, sort of depression. Marcus Aurelius writes about a plague in Rome, about how worse even than the deaths was the kind of sense of depression that had settled over the city. All of these things that we're experiencing on a psychosocial plane are things that have been observed with plagues in the past. And as you're highlighting, one further such thing is this notion of blame, because during times of plague, it is stereotypic to blame others. During, for example, the bubonic plague, the Jews were blamed, right? There was an ascendant antisemitism. Countless Jews in many cities were burned at the stake or buried alive, blamed wrongly — of course — for the plague. During HIV, for example, gays were blamed or Haitians were blamed or IV drug users were blamed. And during this epidemic, we've seen that Asians are blamed or migrants are blamed. Part of the reason, I think, psychodynamically we are so eager and willing to blame others is that the alternatives are more frightening. So another alternative is that the plague is the workings of an implacable God, right? That God is bringing annihilation to us, right? That's scary. Or another alternative is that the plague is the inexorable workings of the natural world. Well that's frightening too. Whereas if you imagine that human agency is responsible, that some other humans are causing the plague, then you might imagine, in a soothing sort of way, that human agency might cause the plague to remit, that there's something we can do to stop it. But even within the category of blame — this issue of who gets blamed and why do we blame certain other groups of humans? On the one hand, there have been voices that have said kill the other. The other is responsible. There have also always been voices that have said no, that's not the case. For example, even during the first outbreak of bubonic plague in the 1340s, Pope Clement VI, during this wave of anti-Semitism, in an astonishing set of statements for a sitting pope — by the way, he comported himself remarkably humanely during this whole episode, taking great personal risk, having real sorrow and sympathy for the plight of human beings — he observed, just very logically, he goes, it couldn't possibly be the Jews that are responsible because they're also dying. You know, just very basic reasoning, you know, like the plague is killing everyone. Why would the Jews be doing this to themselves? Or Saint Cyprian — and I'll just read this — people have often said, well, why wouldn't the emergence of a common threat — like a plague is like a shared enemy — why wouldn't it bind human beings together? So here is an observation by Saint Cyprian. During the third century of the common era, there was another plague in Rome. Rome was about a million people in those days, which is astonishing. 5,000 people a day were dying, and Saint Cyprian said, “It disturbs some that this mortality is common to us with others; and yet what is there in this world which is not common to us with others...So long as we are here in the world, we are associated with the human race in fleshly equality.” This idea that we're all together in this, facing this common threat, we shouldn't allow ourselves to be divided by these superficial differences, this tension between no, there shouldn't be a bright line between us and them, or yes, there should be a bright line between us and them is also an ancient feature of plagues.KHALID: I'm loving the fact that you're drawing out this tension because I think this tension is at the heart of how we deal with pandemics. You've got these two forces contending with each other. At one level, you've got people — even during the Black Death — who believed that this is a curse from God for not caring for the poor. But coming back to the implications of scapegoating and essentially, you know, for banishing people — people have been banished during times of pandemics and for chronic illnesses as well. There is the idea of “leper” colonies and people who were sent away who were suffering from leprosy. And it was not just a physical death that they were sent towards, but there is very distinctly a social death that takes place. Can you comment and reflect on that a little bit in light of what's happening today as well?CHRISTAKIS: If you think about it, short of killing someone or maiming them, ostracizing them is a very powerful sanction. Ostracism comes from the Greek word ostrakon, which means little shards of pottery that they would write someone's name in to ostracize. Or there are many traditional societies where a witchdoctor, a traditional healer, might sort of identify who is the person who is responsible for the woes in our group, and that person would be cast out. Or sailors' accounts, you know, of why a ship has suffered a calamity, and it must be because this person on our ship is bad, that person would be flung overboard, for example. So there are many, many ways in which this idea of purging a group of an individual might somehow represent a kind of catharsis. And be, by the way, a very serious sanction to the person that was sent out, whether guilty or innocent. Many of the examples I just gave are innocent people being sacrificed for the benefits of the group. Sometimes they are guilty parties and we don't want to execute them, but let's say we'll banish them, which was a bad, bad sanction in old days. Now, the reason it's such a bad sanction is that we are actually social animals. It is very vulnerable to be on your own. To be cast out of a group and to have to survive on your own elicits a lot of very serious anxieties in human beings because, in our ancestral past, to be on your own was risky. So banishment, whether as a punishment for a bona fide crime or as a kind of immoral, I would say, act of purification — I mean, you see this in, for example, in the Cultural Revolution, you know where people were picked from a group and everyone else got to feel good because they cast out this person. This is a perverse reflection of a very fundamental human fear and even a human tendency.KHALID: Yeah, there is a kind of in-group and outgroup, right? This kind of tribalism that suddenly can get very starkly reinforced.CHRISTAKIS: We see that also, by the way, in the suboptimal way our country has responded to the pandemic. So, for example, in my view, we have needlessly politicized things like mask wearing and vaccination. I think it's wonderful that we live in a plural democracy. We have a range of political beliefs about all kinds of topics. And we resolve our differences how? Not by force of arms, we vote. That's what we do in our society. We vote to resolve our differences. And I would rather live in the kind of heterogeneous political pluralism than in a political monoculture. So I like the fact that we have a civilized way — to the extent possible — of resolving our differences, which is terrific. But this idea that you're going to signal your political affiliation by whether you choose to get vaccinated or not is really dumb. The vaccine should be seen as a kind of technocratic, apolitical tool. If people wanted to politicize whether you got Moderna or Pfizer, I think that would still be stupid. But if they want to politicize whether you get a vaccine at all, I mean, I think that's just not only illogical but self-injurious.KHALID: We've talked about this tension and this tribalism that is present, but I would argue that the coronavirus or a disease is a historical agent in its own right in that it acts and causes change in a way that exacerbates existing tendencies and sometimes even sows the seeds — it's not just exacerbation — but sometimes even sows the seeds of new kinds of rifts within society. How would you respond to that?CHRISTAKIS: Anything that puts stress on a society, whether a war or a famine or a natural disaster like a major earthquake or a plague highlights divisions or stresses in a society. It can also elicit wonderful qualities. There's a whole literature on the communities that form in the wake of disaster, for example. So, when people are flung out of a city and they're living in a camp and how they help each other out, you know. There are, of course, criminals and thieves and others who take advantage of the situation, but people tend to bond together in these types of things. I think that the virus struck us at a particularly vulnerable moment from the point of view of the intellectual fabric of our society. So there were a number of macro trends that were happening. First of all, we were at century level highs of economic inequality. We had historically very high levels of political polarization, which political scientists have documented. Those were in the background. In addition, we had a kind of anti-elitism — partly reflecting that inequality — and swept up in that anti-elitism was a kind of anti-scientism. Scientists were seen as just another kind of elite that was feeding at the public trough, which is kind of, in my view, a wrong way to see scientists. It's like seeing judges as an elite. You know, like the judges are feeding at the public trough because they're paid by our taxes. Well no, we don't see judges as a constituency, right? We don't see judges as an interest group. Some people have come to see scientists that way. And we also, as a nation, seem to have lost the capacity for nuance, right? Like we had these conversations in which everything is black or white or you’re with me or you're against me, again reflecting the kind of politicization of so many of our disagreements, as you just said. So all of these things were happening in our society when the virus struck. And I think it really exploited that. I think many more thousands of Americans died because we were unable as a nation to come together, and, by the way, in my view, with the previous administration, were poorly led at the level of the White House. We were not well led. You could have come and you could have said, you know, the American people are being attacked by this external virus. We need to come together to rebuff this. We need to work together as a nation. There's a kind of appeal — almost a jingoistic appeal — that could have been made that I think would have been appealing to the right and the left politically that could have worked. I do fault the White House, but there were Democratic governors who also did a lousy job — and mayors. But the White House is the White House, right? I think the inability of the White House to organize an effective national response is sort of the flip side of the unwillingness of much of the citizenry to face up to the unpleasant reality. The plague struck and exploited or exacerbated a variety of ongoing problems in our society.KHALID: When you wrote your book and the hardcover came out, at that point, the lab leak theory was really pooh-poohed and wasn't really something that was being considered as a possibility. And between that and your next edition, people are thinking differently about it or new evidence has come to light. Could you reflect on where you stand right now on that?CHRISTAKIS: People early on were saying that there was no evidence that this was an engineered bioweapon. I think those people advancing that theory were seen as a little bit of like conspiracy theorists. When you make extraordinary claims, you need to have some evidence for the claim. Many people acknowledge that it was possible that this was a leak from a lab, but they thought — and I was one of them — that it was more likely that this was a zoonotic leap rather than a lab leak. So one theory is that this was a virus that was brought back from the wild into the laboratory for study and then inadvertently leaked. And that is, by the way, still possible. We don't have good evidence one way or the other. And certainly, Chinese secrecy about this raises suspicions. The other idea is that there was some unobserved natural leap from a bat to a human probably in sort of the second half of 2019. And that theory, I think, is still more likely, partly because we know there are many such zoonotic leaps. You mentioned some. Ebola is a zoonotic leap. SARS-1 in 2003 was a zoonotic leap. Influenza is a zoonotic leap. Zika virus, hantavirus, HIV. All of these things we've all lived through, these are all zoonotic leaps, well documented zoonotic leaps. It happens and it's happening increasingly. In fact, there's some evidence that the zoonotic leaps are happening increasingly partly because of climate change, if you can believe it. So there's a deep connection between climate change and pandemic disease. And so, I still think that is probably what happened in this case, but I can't be sure. There's no reason to politicize this. We'll go wherever the evidence leads us. I mean, I don't have a political dog in this fight.KHALID: But this is the part that's interesting, right? Like you said, we can wait for the evidence, but there is this tendency, again, to go down that blame route, to try and see it as maliciously intentioned and something that has a conspiracy behind it. With HIV, in your book, you were reflecting on how the gay population got scapegoated and you said it just so happens that the virus settles in a particular community and that is the one that gets stigmatized. It's not necessarily inherently anything about that community. Another kind of parallel movement in our society, particularly American society, where cancelations are on the rise, where somehow there is this fear of contagion of ideas, and therefore we can't even bear to listen to anyone who holds a viewpoint that is contrary to us, and we must banish them. You know, we must cancel them. It's happening all around us, but it's happening in institutions of higher education which should be the places where we slow down, take a step back, and like you said, wait for the evidence and think things through. But that's not what's going on. Do you see similar dynamics in our social ways of dealing with difference?CHRISTAKIS: You know, the contagion of ideas can be modeled in ways similar to the contagion of germs. And my laboratory has done a lot of work on spreading processes and social networks. We've developed a lot of data sets and mathematical models and ideas that are highly relevant to understanding such phenomena. On the issue of silencing one's opponents, the desire to silence one’s opponents is a very primitive and ancient desire as well. But I think it's a weak desire. You know, if you're so confident in the integrity and validity of your ideas, win the battle of ideas. Argue. Bring evidence and data and rhetoric and logic to the field of battle and win. It's only people who lack confidence, in my view, who actually secretly suspect that maybe their ideas are not valid, that seek to silence their opponents, to prevent their opponents from speaking.And we see this on the right and on the left. For example, on the right they don't want to fund gun research, gun epidemiology research. Why would you not want to fund basic research on how guns kill people? Well, maybe you're afraid that if we find such evidence, it might lead to new policies that you disagree with. And rather than winning the battle of ideas and arguing about the policies, you're like, well, let's just suppress the evidence. Same with climate change. On the left, things having to do with gender, the biological reality of sex, for example. People would rather suppress such evidence or contort such evidence rather than engage with the evidence in a very, you know, mature way and recognize the subtleties and the nuance in any of these topics. Or in behavior, genetics is another topic that the left doesn't want to explore — you know, the role of genetics in human behavior. This is weak minded, in my view. I would rather have a full airing of people's ideas. And I would rather try to create institutions in our societies like universities, which are special places for such airing. And incidentally, as James Mill famously said, “He who knows only his own side of the case knows little of it.”Your ideas get stronger when you test them against opponents. Why — when you fight in martial arts, why do you bow to your opponent? You're grateful to your opponent for giving you an opportunity to perfect your own skills. You couldn't do that without an opponent, right? It's the same in intellectual battle — you need to test your ideas. Whether it's scientific claims about the world or philosophical stances about the world, I think they get better in the crucible of contention. And so, this is why I am gravely concerned that there are many topics which have become taboo on university campuses, on the left and on the right. It's below a great nation like ours, and it's below our best universities to fall prey to such desires, to create a culture of censorship. What happens typically is that someone is cast out. Like someone is identified for like a minor delict and is cast out, and that has a real silencing effect on everyone else. People are oh, better not discuss that topic. The costs are too high of discussing that topic, and it's dropped.KHALID: Yeah, this is an excellent point, and I've actually had a few people push back and say well, you know, there’re not that many professors who've been canceled recently, if you count the numbers compared to the proportion. It's not about the actual numbers of people who are being canceled, but those who are subsequently silenced and who are self-censoring for fear of being canceled. There is this parallel of the fear that we're facing with the pandemic and this fear that is now being cultivated through these kinds of cancelations and scapegoating of people.CHRISTAKIS: I may bungle this example, and there may be listeners of yours who know more about it. But my understanding of training to become a SEAL — you know, an elite warrior — is that there is an exercise early on in that training where they throw all the men and women into the water and there's a little raft and everyone has been issued like a little tripod and you start treading water. And they tell them all, you will all tread water until one of you climbs up onto this raft and sets up their little tripod and rings the bell and gives up. Then we'll let the rest of you out of the water. And these soldiers tread water for 24 hours until finally one person gives up. So the SEAL — the trainers are willing to sacrifice one guy early on for the benefits of solidarity that accrue to everyone else, where everyone else feels we made it. We're good material. It's us. You know, we are now us because we have symbolically cast out a member of our erstwhile community. People get this kind of free zone, this kind of sense of solidarity by sacrificing someone. And many of these cases of cancelation that we have seen have this element. There's a case at the Yale Law School right now where a Native American student who's politically on the right sent out, innocently — we now have on record that he was unaware that his lighthearted party invitation could be seen by some other people as having racist connotations. He referred to having a party at his “trap house.” This is a slang I was previously unfamiliar with, but if you look it up, it's been used by many people with nonracial connotations for quite a long time now. Its primary definition does not have racial connotations. He mentioned the foodstuffs that would be available, which included apple pie and fried chicken at this event. Turns out he didn't even pick the fried chicken. It was a convenient fast food store near their house. One of his roommates had made that selection. He sends out an announcement, and nine people at Yale Law School — primarily African Americans — were so offended by this that they reported him to some deans who then called the student in and tried to engineer an apology from him. And then the student was denounced by this body within the university that his email was racist and pejorative, even though on record — we now have audiotapes of the conversation. It was clear he had no idea. And they told him they believed him that he had no idea. Nevertheless, they denounced him. And then everyone is circling the wagons now, reading his actions in the most uncharitable way. To me, this seems like a situation in which they're trying to cast out an innocent person in order to make themselves feel better and build group solidarity and police the margins of acceptable discourse. All of which is wrong, in my view.KHALID: You know, the irony is that this is happening at a law school, which is all about teaching students how to pass out evidence, how to think through who is responsible, and how you hold them responsible. And also, one of the key elements of legal schooling is to learn there is the action but then there is the intention. And you cannot discount the intention. The intention is what makes the difference between the verdict for manslaughter versus murder. CHRISTAKIS: Yes.KHALID: Somehow that has been completely erased from our conversation right now.CHRISTAKIS: There was no due process. There was no right to confront your accusers. It was so unlawyerly from start to finish, as far as I can tell, ignoring some of these philosophical elements that are so important in our jurisprudence. It's embarrassing. And furthermore, some of the students claim that this party invitation from this guy was physically harmful to them, they claimed, in a kind of histrionic language that I think needs to be called for what it is. They use the term “never again,” which is a phrase we usually use when talking about genocide. We say genocide should never happen again. These are very extreme statements, really unwarranted in this type of a situation. The uncharitable reading, the witch hunt mentality, the over involvement of administrators in business they really shouldn't be involving themselves in, the attempts at forced apology — you know, they drafted an apology note for him to sign and then threatened him with reporting him to the bar if he didn't sign it. There's so many elements of this case that are just shameful.KHALID: The parallels are really striking between how communities and pandemics are scapegoated and how people, right now, for their speech are being ostracized and being blamed. And the implications — what we were talking about earlier about a social death — are very real because these kinds of cancelations and attacks and censorship have implications for people's lives in very real ways.CHRISTAKIS: Just imagine being widely reviled. I mean, it's one thing if you are a murderer and you're widely reviled. Imagine if you're not. There was a case at Dartmouth a few years ago of a chair of a department of psychology who was wrongly accused of being complicit — falsely and wrongly accused of being complicit in sexual harassment done by other professors. And he was rejected by the local community. People would see him in the grocery store and take it upon themselves to denounce him. And this man eventually took his own life. I mean, this is appalling. It is extremely painful to be cast out of a community. And it is not a light sanction to impose, especially unjustly. This is not a civilized way to act, in my view. I think there are better ways to handle the stumbles that people sometimes make around many hot button issues in our society. And I would especially like to see us do better at our best universities.KHALID: Thank you, Nicholas. I feel like that's a good way to converge the two conversations. Thank you so much for joining us today.CHRISTAKIS: Amna, thank you so much for having me. KHALID: Nicholas Christakis is a physician, a professor at Yale, and author of Apollo’s Arrow: The Profound and Enduring Impact of Coronavirus on the Way We Live — which is now out in paperback. It’s a book I highlighly recommend to all Banished listeners. My conversation with Christakis, as you heard, called to mind the protocol for casting out those suffering from leprosy in Medieval England. Here is an excerpt from a set  of instructions used by the diocese at Salisbury for banishing a “leper” —  in the parlance of the time:The priest casts earth on each of his feet saying “Be thou dead to the world, but alive again unto God.” Then the priest must lead him from the church to his house as a dead man, chanting libre me Domine, in such ways that the sick man is covered with a black cloth. Then when he comes into the open fields … he ends by imposing prohibitions on him in the following manner:I forbid you to ever enter churches or go into a market or a mill or in any assemblies of people.I forbid you henceforth to go out without your leper’s dress, that you may be recognised by others; and you must not go outside your house unshod.I forbid you henceforth to eat or drink in any company except that of lepers.I would encourage you to heed the advice of Nicholas Christakis and imagine being reviled by many thousands of people for some perceived transgression. Really sit with that for a while and then ask yourself: Are the judgements of Medieval clergy so different from those of Twitter mobs or university administrators today? Is one social death really less painful than another? Less barbaric? Less, oh, I don’t know, medieval? Please support the work we do at Booksmart Studios by becoming a paying subscriber, and get access to full interviews, bonus segments, and more.Don’t forget to rate and share what you've heard here today on whichever platform you listen on and leave a comment so we know what you think. Our success here at Booksmart depends as much on you as on us.Banished is produced by Matthew Schwartz and Mike Vuolo. And I, as always, am Amna Khalid. This is a public episode. If you’d like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit banished.substack.com/subscribe

This year, the CARP Lab's annual conference was dedicated to cancel culture, which we define as the practice of expelling people from their social or professional circles due to real or alleged offensive behavior. Those who are “canceled” may be scapegoated, stigmatized, and publicly shamed. Whether rightly or wrongly, canceled people often feel that they have been silenced and are unable to speak up for themselves. Although cancel culture is often associated with the rise of social media, social exclusion and ostracism are much older phenomena. That's why we were so lucky to speak with Dr. Kipling D. Williams, a Distinguished Professor of Psychology at Purdue University who is widely recognized as the world's leading authority on ostracism and social rejection. In this episode, Deirdre Jane Prigge and Dr. Williams discuss ostracism's evolutionary roots, how it works, and why no one is immune to its effects. He also explains how a chance encounter with two Frisbee players led to the development of his ball toss and Cyberball experiments, innovative methods to study how ostracism works in the lab. Finally, Dr. Williams shares why some people recover from ostracism more quickly than others, what we can learn from the stories of amazing people who survived and thrived after experiencing ostracism and exclusion, and how you can help others cope with its effects. We truly hope that this episode can be of help to anyone who feels isolated, ignored, or excluded. Ostracism is incredibly painful, but it can be overcome. Finally, if someone you know is dealing with ostracism, don't be afraid to reach out and form a connection. Even one smile or kind word can make a huge difference. If you liked this episode, comment, subscribe, leave us a 5-star rating, and share it with your friends and family. We really appreciate it. Show Notes Dr. Williams is a Distinguished Professor of Psychology in the Department of Psychological Sciences at Purdue University. His work primarily addresses social influence, which he calls the heart of social psychology. Dr. Williams has conducted research into many areas of social psychology, including ostracism, social loafing and social compensation, internet research, stealing thunder, and psychology and law. You can read more of his work here. For more updates about the CARP Lab's work, check out our website. We're also on Twitter @CARP_Lab.

Her daughter and youngest son, Grayson, have remained perfectly healthy without Covid-19 vaccinations. Yet, on the heels of Grayson entering first grade, Governor Andrew Cuomo announced a mandate that only vaccinated children could attend school in NY. More than 26,000 children were banned from public and private education.Angela was forced to quit her career to be a home-schooling mom. She was especially concerned about the impact that rejection and resulting ostracism by other children had on Grayson.Thus was born I am Not Contagious, an illustrated children's book which explores a child's frustration and the wisdom to know there is nothing wrong with him or her. The book is a heartwarming story from a youngster's perspective, filled with confidence, compassion and courage.

We're back, baby! How have y'all been? Thank you for hanging around while we took a much-needed break. Podcasting with full-time jobs is hard, but you make it worth it. Today's episode covers coffee origin stories and the smelly story of "ostracize." Portia's Sources: The History of Coffee (ncausa.org) Coffee's Mysterious Origins - The Atlantic Carolyn's Sources: ostracize | Search Online Etymology Dictionary (etymonline.com) The History of Butt Wiping: What Did People Use Before Toilet Paper? – Pristine Sprays Ostracism - How the Athenians voted people out of office (thevintagenews.com) The Practice of Ostracism at Athens* | Antichthon | Cambridge Core Ostracism, political practice in ancient Athens | Short history website --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/what-in-the-word/message

What if you could put troublesome citizens into time out for a decade? That's what ancient Athenians did through the practice of ostracism. This vote, which wasn't the same thing as a trial, resulted in a surprisingly progressive ten-year exile for the ostracized. In today's episode, the guys take a closer look at the system, and wonder whether something like it could work in the modern day. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com

Welcome, everybody! I am recording from the lovely town of Port Angeles, Washington. This past week I was able to go to stake girls camp for the last evening. They give the bishops an hour and a half to spend with the young women. Played paper airplane golf. What an awesome thing that is to be able to connect with the young women in the ward. I know that there are some things that I will look back on very fondly one day of the time that I served as a bishop, and this is going to be one of them. I hope that they continue that tradition each year. Well today I have a good show for you about the silent treatment. So let's get to it. I read an article in The Atlantic written by Daryl Austin who is based in Utah. He spoke of the silent treatment. It reminded of two families on my mission. They shared a driveway that went out to the main road. You would go down this dirt road and then it split into a Y and one went to one house and the other went to the other house. There was an accident. They hadn't spoken to each other in years. They stopped going to church. They are next door neighbors. The silent treatment goes by many names: shunning, social isolation, stonewalling, ghosting. Although psychologists have nuanced definitions for each term, they are all essentially forms of ostracism. And the tactic is nothing new. Ancient Greeks would get expelled for 10 years if they were thought to be a threat to democracy. Early American settlers banished people accused of practicing witchcraft. Some churches like the Church of Scientology recommends total “disconnection” from anyone deemed antagonistic toward the religion. So this type of Ostracism can also happen in many ways maybe someone walks out of the room in the middle of a conversation. Someone looks the other way when you wave at them, or a person addresses comments from everyone in a message thread except you. The article says that “Ostracism can take a heavy toll whereby victims become anxious, withdrawn, depressed, or even suicidal.” He quoted Joel Cooper a psychology professor at Princeton. “Because we humans require social contact for our mental health, the ramifications of isolation can be severe,” “In the short term, the silent treatment causes stress. In the long term, the stress can be considered abuse.” “People use the silent treatment because they can get away with it without looking abusive to others,” Williams explained, “and because it's highly effective in making the targeted individual feel bad.” Tune in to hear the rest! Rocky Mountain Sunshine Podcast by Jason Bringhurst who is a faithful member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Sometimes referred to as Mormon or Mormons. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/rocky-mountain-sunshine/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/rocky-mountain-sunshine/support

Welcome, everybody! I am recording from the lovely town of Port Angeles, Washington. This past week I was able to go to stake girls camp for the last evening. They give the bishops an hour and a half to spend with the young women. Played paper airplane golf. What an awesome thing that is to be able to connect with the young women in the ward. I know that there are some things that I will look back on very fondly one day of the time that I served as a bishop, and this is going to be one of them. I hope that they continue that tradition each year. Well today I have a good show for you about the silent treatment. So let's get to it. I read an article in The Atlantic written by Daryl Austin who is based in Utah. He spoke of the silent treatment. It reminded of two families on my mission. They shared a driveway that went out to the main road. You would go down this dirt road and then it split into a Y and one went to one house and the other went to the other house. There was an accident. They hadn't spoken to each other in years. They stopped going to church. They are next door neighbors. The silent treatment goes by many names: shunning, social isolation, stonewalling, ghosting. Although psychologists have nuanced definitions for each term, they are all essentially forms of ostracism. And the tactic is nothing new. Ancient Greeks would get expelled for 10 years if they were thought to be a threat to democracy. Early American settlers banished people accused of practicing witchcraft. Some churches like the Church of Scientology recommends total “disconnection” from anyone deemed antagonistic toward the religion. So this type of Ostracism can also happen in many ways maybe someone walks out of the room in the middle of a conversation. Someone looks the other way when you wave at them, or a person addresses comments from everyone in a message thread except you. The article says that “Ostracism can take a heavy toll whereby victims become anxious, withdrawn, depressed, or even suicidal.” He quoted Joel Cooper a psychology professor at Princeton. “Because we humans require social contact for our mental health, the ramifications of isolation can be severe,” “In the short term, the silent treatment causes stress. In the long term, the stress can be considered abuse.” “People use the silent treatment because they can get away with it without looking abusive to others,” Williams explained, “and because it's highly effective in making the targeted individual feel bad.” Tune in to hear the rest! Rocky Mountain Sunshine Podcast by Jason Bringhurst who is a faithful member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Sometimes referred to as Mormon or Mormons. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/rocky-mountain-sunshine/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/rocky-mountain-sunshine/support

Another amazing episode is released this week featuring an amazing guest.  Dr Kip D Williams.  Dr Kip Williams is a Professor of Social Psychology and he's currently teaching at Purdue University, Indiana. Kip's interests lie broadly in group processes and social influence. His specific research topics include ostracism, social loafing and social compensation, stealing thunder, Internet research, and psychology and law. OSTRACISM:  Kip primarily researches ostracism--being ignored and excluded--and how it affects individuals and groups. His studies have indicated that the initial reaction to ostracism is pain, which is similarly felt by all individuals regardless of personality or social/situational factors. Ostracism then instigates actions aimed at recovering thwarted needs of belonging, self-esteem, control, and meaningful existence.  Kip is also an author of: Ostracism: The power of silence. NY: Guilford Press. You can purchase this on Amazon.com. https://www.amazon.co.uk/Ostracism-Silence-Emotions-Social-Behavior/dp/1572308311/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1628214558&sr=1-5 Kip has also been featured in a film tilted: 'REJECT'  you can watch the film on; http://rejectfilm.com  Kip can be contacted on E-mail: kipw@purdue.edu Website CV: Kip Williams.pdf If you have experienced estrangement, please join the private Facebook group using the link below. www.facebook.com/groups/587817455514932/

#S4.2 Ostracism Now can you picture a young man's thoughts battling in his own mind what misery it brought plus I got some demons running free they coming for my throat nights are different, it reminded me of the wars that I fought so don't blame me for being me in a world I didn't create raise by hustlers, never bow down always retaliate because when the fate arrives I gotta be strong never lose hope always praying, lord take me where I belong there's too much injustice got me screaming fuck it! how can we rely when they use us, how can I trust this ? so I bust this now comprehend where we come from youth getting high and why there are guns drawn? who got the power to suppress the revolution? modern slavery ain't no part of human evolution it's a notion so understand the scene lean to the truth before the whole goddamn generation becomes an aimless youth I see head wid no brains bigger thoughts hard to understand by an average man it's insane when you realised the bigger picture sitting low watching time fly, drinking cheap liquor so I never saw it coming was too busy bullshitting always running so I learnt lessons as I grow old time of our lives got memories like gold but there's ain't no more love in the hood so my heart's gone jealousy and envy are factors got me roll alone bad times revealing who's real and who's fake sorry if m a late bloomer but this moment is mine to take. Written and voiced by Saurav Kanojia Published by Sumon Gohain Reach us at mypenmysword2909@gmail.com --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/mypenmysword/message

This episode we'll talk about what to do when you're excluded in the workplace and make some suggestions for managing your mind and the discomfort that ostracism delivers. We'll also: unpack why this usually happens  discuss tactics for managing your discomfort review 6 suggestions for how to move forwardFollow @jillGriffinOfficial on Instagram daily inspiration. Visit JillGriffinCoaching.com for access to free content and more strategies to refresh and reset your career. 

Welcome to The Big Idea of the Week!On today’s episode of The Dhru Purohit Podcast, Dhru talks to us about how to stop being a chronic people-pleaser. In this episode we dive into:-10 signs you’re a people pleaser (3:48)-Definition of people pleasing (7:51)-Understanding the origins of people pleasing (8:15)-How to break free from people pleasing (22:21)-Why you have a difficult time saying no (23:50)-Why you don’t admit when your feelings are hurt (30:55)-Why you apologize way too often (33:24)-How to get out of chronic people pleasing (41:38)Also mentioned in this episode:-https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/what-mentally-strong-people-dont-do/201708/10-signs-youre-people-pleaser-https://hhs.uncg.edu/pcs/wp-content/uploads/sites/7/2019/11/2017-Soderberg-Fry-Anthropological-Aspects-of-Ostracism-ch.17.pdf-https://tim.blog/2019/06/11/jerry-colonna/For more on Dhru Purohit, be sure to follow him on Instagram @dhrupurohit, on Facebook @dhruxpurohit, on Twitter @dhrupurohit, and on YouTube @dhrupurohit. You can also text Dhru at (302) 200-5643. Interested in joining Dhru’s Facebook Community? Submit your request to join here https://www.facebook.com/groups/2819627591487473/. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Ostracism, condemnation of memory, sanctions, boycotts. Are these all forms of cancel culture? Is cancel culture as democratic as it gets or is it curtailing freedom of speech?--Additional Notes, Corrections, and Context for this Episode--Ostracism according to the World History EncyclopediaDamnatio memoriae, the Roman phenomenon of condemnation of memoryErased, the 2012 film

Lesson- Humanity's fallen condition results in many social ills, reminding you to hope for the heavenly rule of Christ.-Sermon Outline--I. Oppression -v. 1-3-.-II. Occupation -v. 4-6-. -III. Ostracism -v. 7-12-.-IV. Office -v. 13-16-.

This week we discuss the concept of cancel culture, in the context of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops’ recommendation to avoid the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine. And, I recently spoke with Professor Pilar Gonalons-Pons of the University of Pennsylvania about her recent paper titled “Exit, voice, and loyalty in the family: findings from a basic income experiment.” The paper is to be published in the Socio-Economic Review, and is co-authored by David Calnitsky. Segment 1 – Pilar Gonalons-Pons on “Exit, voice, and loyalty in the family: findings from a basic income experiment.” Segment 2 – Cancel culture, excommunication, and capitalism

A look at the phenomenon known as the Cancel Culture.

On this week’s episode, TT talks about the fear of missing out (FOMO), what it means, how it has played a major role in her life and how she relates to other people, and how she reminds herself that it does not have to be so deep.Earworm of the Week: KAI – MmmhReferenced article: Social Media and the Fear of Missing Out: Scale Development and Assessment – JP Abel, CL Buff & SA Burr (2016) – https://sci-hub.do/https://www.clutejournals.com/index.php/JBER/article/view/9554Don’t forget to follow Get Me Off This Ride on Twitter, @GetMeTFasap. If you want to send an email in to the show, you can do so to ttmakatu@gmail.com.

Episode 29.

I've been very intrigued at the power that emotions hold over us and how we can improve the process. Several books later, I have some clarity.

Produced by Michael DrittoWritten by Claire Malkie and Michael DrittoTheme Music by Terrance JacksonTransition Music by Kristina WalterHeadline Music by SoundEffectsFactory on YoutubeJoke submissions by Connor Morehouse Theatre in the Dark's A War of the Worlds:  https://www.theatreinthedark.com/REFERENCES AND RESOURCESACLU. (2014, May 1). Ohio Complaint. Retrieved August 30, 2020, from https://www.aclu.org/sites/default/files/assets/ohio_complaint.pdfACLU. (2020). Know Your Rights | Voter Intimidation. Retrieved August 30, 2020, from https://www.aclu.org/sites/default/files/field_pdf_file/kyr-voterintimidation-v03.pdfACLU. (2020). Voting Rights. Retrieved August 31, 2020, from https://www.aclu.org/issues/voting-rights?redirect=voting-rightsACLU. (2020, February 3). Block the Vote: Voter Suppression in 2020. Retrieved August 31, 2020, from https://www.aclu.org/news/civil-liberties/block-the-vote-voter-suppression-in-2020/Anthony, S. B. (2017, February 15). Anthony, "Is It a Crime...," Speech Text. Retrieved August 31, 2020, from https://voicesofdemocracy.umd.edu/anthony-is-it-a-crime-speech-text/ASCSA. (2010). The Unenfranchised II - Slaves and Resident Aliens. Retrieved August 30, 2020, from http://www.agathe.gr/democracy/slaves_and_resident_aliens.htmlBall, T., & Dagger, R. (2020, January 30). Conservatism. Retrieved August 31, 2020, from https://www.britannica.com/topic/conservatismBarksdale, F. (2015, April 26). The Long and Short of Voting Lines in North Carolina. Retrieved August 31, 2020, from https://www.aclu.org/blog/voting-rights/promoting-access-ballot/long-and-short-voting-lines-north-carolina?redirect=blog/voting-rights/long-and-short-voting-lines-north-carolinaBrennan Center. (2017, January 31). Debunking the Voter Fraud Myth. Retrieved August 31, 2020, from https://www.brennancenter.org/our-work/research-reports/debunking-voter-fraud-mythBriggs, A. (2018, November 01). How the Founding Fathers understood U.S. citizenship. Retrieved August 30, 2020, from https://www.nationalgeographic.com/culture/2018/10/birthright-citizenship-explainer-united-states-history/Brophy, A. (n.d.). Guinn v. United States (1915): The Encyclopedia of Oklahoma History and Culture. Retrieved August 30, 2020, from https://www.okhistory.org/publications/enc/entry.php?entry=GU001Cartledge, P. (2011, February 17). History - Ancient History in depth: Critics and Critiques of Athenian Democracy. Retrieved August 31, 2020, from http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/ancient/greeks/greekcritics_01.shtmlCartwright, M. (2020, August 29). Ostracism. Retrieved August 30, 2020, from https://www.ancient.eu/Ostracism/Chen, M. K., Haggag, K., Pope, D., & Rohla, R. (2019). Racial Disparities in Voting Wait Times: Evidence from Smartphone Data. doi:10.3386/w26487City of DC. (n.d.). Why Statehood for DC. Retrieved August 31, 2020, from https://statehood.dc.gov/page/why-statehood-dcConstitution Center. (2015). The 23rd Amendment of the U.S. Constitution. Retrieved August 31, 2020, from https://constitutioncenter.org/interactive-constitution/amendment/amendment-xxiiiCraig Timberg, I. (2020, August 26). Black voters are being targeted in disinformation campaigns, echoing the 2016 Russian playbook. Retrieved August 31, 2020, from https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2020/08/26/race-divisions-highlighted-disinformation-2016/Dahl, R. (2020, February 19). The Roman Republic. Retrieved August 30, 2020, from https://www.britannica.com/topic/democracy/The-Roman-RepublicDEMOs. (2020). Combatting Wrongful Voter Purges: A Toolkit. Retrieved August 31, 2020, from https://www.demos.org/policy-briefs/combatting-wrongful-voter-purges-toolkitDiAngelo, R. J. (2018). White fragility: Why it's so hard for White people to talk about racism. Boston, MA: Beacon Press.DOJ. (2017, July 28). History Of Federal Voting Rights Laws. Retrieved August 31, 2020, from https://www.justice.gov/crt/history-federal-voting-rights-lawsThe Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica. (2011, November 25). Civitas. Retrieved August 30, 2020, from https://www.britannica.com/topic/civitasFussell, M. A. (2016, April 15). Dead Men Bring No Claims: How Takings Claims Can Provide Redress for Real Property Owning Victims of Jim Crow Race Riots. Retrieved August 30, 2020, from https://scholarship.law.wm.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=3652&context=wmlrHaberman, M., & Rogers, K. (2020, August 18). On Centennial of 19th Amendment, Trump Pardons Susan B. Anthony. Retrieved August 31, 2020, from https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/18/us/politics/trump-susan-b-anthony-pardon.htmlHarris, A. (2020, July 02). The Voting Disaster Ahead. Retrieved August 31, 2020, from https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2020/06/voter-suppression-novembers-looming-election-crisis/613408/History.com Editors. (2010, February 16). The 26th Amendment. Retrieved August 31, 2020, from https://www.history.com/topics/united-states-constitution/the-26th-amendmentHistory.com Editors. (2010, March 09). Susan B. Anthony. Retrieved August 31, 2020, from https://www.history.com/topics/womens-history/susan-b-anthonyHistory.com Editors. (2018, February 28). Jim Crow Laws. Retrieved August 31, 2020, from https://www.history.com/topics/early-20th-century-us/jim-crow-lawsHo, R. (2012, November 15). The History of Black Voting Rights - From the 1700's to Present Day. Retrieved August 30, 2020, from https://originalpeople.org/the-history-of-black-voting-rights-from-the-1700s-to-present-day/Imai, S. (2013, March 19). Naturalization Act of 1790. Retrieved August 30, 2020, from http://encyclopedia.densho.org/Naturalization_Act_of_1790/James, M. (2015, March 08). Federalist Papers No. 10. Retrieved August 30, 2020, from https://billofrightsinstitute.org/founding-documents/primary-source-documents/the-federalist-papers/federalist-papers-no-10/Jefferson, T. (1958). Thomas Jefferson to James Madison | The Papers of Thomas Jefferson. Retrieved August 31, 2020, from https://jeffersonpapers.princeton.edu/selected-documents/thomas-jefferson-james-madisonKim, Y. (2018, November 20). Voter Suppression Has Gone Digital. Retrieved August 31, 2020, from https://www.brennancenter.org/our-work/analysis-opinion/voter-suppression-has-gone-digitalKraut, R. (2020, May 06). The perceived fragility of Athenian democracy. Retrieved August 31, 2020, from https://www.britannica.com/biography/Socrates/The-perceived-fragility-of-Athenian-democracyLiptak, A. (2013, June 25). Supreme Court Invalidates Key Part of Voting Rights Act. Retrieved August 31, 2020, from https://www.nytimes.com/2013/06/26/us/supreme-court-ruling.htmlLitt, D. (2020, June 18). The Racist History of Voter Registration. Retrieved August 31, 2020, from https://time.com/5855885/voter-registration-history-race/LOC. (n.d.). 15th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution: Primary Documents in American History: Introduction. Retrieved August 30, 2020, from https://guides.loc.gov/15th-amendmentLOC. (n.d.). Voting Rights for Native Americans. Retrieved August 30, 2020, from https://www.loc.gov/teachers/classroommaterials/presentationsandactivities/presentations/elections/voting-rights-native-americans.htmlMcCarthy, R. (2020, July 16). "Outright Lies": Voting Misinformation Flourishes on Facebook. Retrieved August 31, 2020, from https://www.propublica.org/article/outright-lies-voting-misinformation-flourishes-on-facebookMonticello. (2020). Quotations on the Jefferson Memorial. Retrieved August 31, 2020, from https://www.monticello.org/site/research-and-collections/quotations-jefferson-memorialNat'l Archives. (n.d.). 19th Amendment to the Constitution: Women's Right To Vote. Retrieved August 30, 2020, from https://www.ourdocuments.gov/doc.php?flash=falseNDI. (2019, May 20). Disinformation and Electoral Integrity. Retrieved August 31, 2020, from https://www.ndi.org/sites/default/files/Disinformation and Electoral Integrity_NDI_External_Updated May 2019 (1).pdfPTV. (n.d.). Election Protection – Nonpartisan Volunteers To Stop Voter Suppression. Retrieved August 31, 2020, from https://protectthevote.net/Roos, D. (2012, May 15). How Voter Suppression Works. Retrieved August 30, 2020, from https://people.howstuffworks.com/voter-suppression.htmRoot, A. (2020, July 8). How Partisan Gerrymandering Limits Voting Rights. Retrieved August 31, 2020, from https://www.americanprogress.org/issues/democracy/reports/2020/07/08/487426/partisan-gerrymandering-limits-voting-rights/Rosalind Helderman, J. (2020, August 22). Trump's suggestion of deploying law enforcement officials to monitor polls raises specter of voting intimidation. 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Being ostracized is painful, regardless of whether it occurs in our non-work or work lives. We explore workplace ostracism in this episode with Josh Cogswell, an assistant professor of management at Nicholls State University who recently published a meta-analysis on workplace ostracism in the Journal of Applied Psychology. Specifically, we discuss: What is ostracism and why does it matter in the workplace Outcomes of ostracism What leads to ostracism and implications for people, leaders, and organizations Links and Other Information Josh Cogswell: LinkedIn or at the Nicholls State University College of Business Administration Howard, M. C., Cogswell, J. E., & Smith, M. B. (2019). The antecedents and outcomes of workplace ostracism: A meta-analysis. Journal of Applied Psychology. Click here

Episode NotesProduced by Michael DrittoWritten by Claire Malkie and Michael DrittoTheme Music by Terrance JacksonTransition Music by Kristina WalterHeadline Music by SoundEffectsFactory on YoutubeReferences & ResourcesACLU. (2014, May 1). Ohio Complaint. Retrieved August 30, 2020, from https://www.aclu.org/sites/default/files/assets/ohio_complaint.pdfACLU. (2020). Know Your Rights | Voter Intimidation. Retrieved August 30, 2020, from https://www.aclu.org/sites/default/files/field_pdf_file/kyr-voterintimidation-v03.pdfACLU. (2020). Voting Rights. Retrieved August 31, 2020, from https://www.aclu.org/issues/voting-rights?redirect=voting-rightsACLU. (2020, February 3). Block the Vote: Voter Suppression in 2020. Retrieved August 31, 2020, from https://www.aclu.org/news/civil-liberties/block-the-vote-voter-suppression-in-2020/Anthony, S. B. (2017, February 15). Anthony, "Is It a Crime...," Speech Text. Retrieved August 31, 2020, from https://voicesofdemocracy.umd.edu/anthony-is-it-a-crime-speech-text/ASCSA. (2010). The Unenfranchised II - Slaves and Resident Aliens. Retrieved August 30, 2020, from http://www.agathe.gr/democracy/slaves_and_resident_aliens.htmlBall, T., & Dagger, R. (2020, January 30). Conservatism. Retrieved August 31, 2020, from https://www.britannica.com/topic/conservatismBarksdale, F. (2015, April 26). The Long and Short of Voting Lines in North Carolina. Retrieved August 31, 2020, from https://www.aclu.org/blog/voting-rights/promoting-access-ballot/long-and-short-voting-lines-north-carolina?redirect=blog/voting-rights/long-and-short-voting-lines-north-carolinaBrennan Center. (2017, January 31). Debunking the Voter Fraud Myth. Retrieved August 31, 2020, from https://www.brennancenter.org/our-work/research-reports/debunking-voter-fraud-mythBriggs, A. (2018, November 01). How the Founding Fathers understood U.S. citizenship. Retrieved August 30, 2020, from https://www.nationalgeographic.com/culture/2018/10/birthright-citizenship-explainer-united-states-history/Brophy, A. (n.d.). Guinn v. United States (1915): The Encyclopedia of Oklahoma History and Culture. Retrieved August 30, 2020, from https://www.okhistory.org/publications/enc/entry.php?entry=GU001Cartledge, P. (2011, February 17). History - Ancient History in depth: Critics and Critiques of Athenian Democracy. Retrieved August 31, 2020, from http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/ancient/greeks/greekcritics_01.shtmlCartwright, M. (2020, August 29). Ostracism. Retrieved August 30, 2020, from https://www.ancient.eu/Ostracism/Chen, M. K., Haggag, K., Pope, D., & Rohla, R. (2019). Racial Disparities in Voting Wait Times: Evidence from Smartphone Data. doi:10.3386/w26487City of DC. (n.d.). Why Statehood for DC. Retrieved August 31, 2020, from https://statehood.dc.gov/page/why-statehood-dcConstitution Center. (2015). The 23rd Amendment of the U.S. Constitution. Retrieved August 31, 2020, from https://constitutioncenter.org/interactive-constitution/amendment/amendment-xxiiiCraig Timberg, I. (2020, August 26). Black voters are being targeted in disinformation campaigns, echoing the 2016 Russian playbook. Retrieved August 31, 2020, from https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2020/08/26/race-divisions-highlighted-disinformation-2016/Dahl, R. (2020, February 19). The Roman Republic. Retrieved August 30, 2020, from https://www.britannica.com/topic/democracy/The-Roman-RepublicDEMOs. (2020). Combatting Wrongful Voter Purges: A Toolkit. Retrieved August 31, 2020, from https://www.demos.org/policy-briefs/combatting-wrongful-voter-purges-toolkitDiAngelo, R. J. (2018). White fragility: Why it's so hard for White people to talk about racism. Boston, MA: Beacon Press.DOJ. (2017, July 28). History Of Federal Voting Rights Laws. Retrieved August 31, 2020, from https://www.justice.gov/crt/history-federal-voting-rights-lawsThe Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica. (2011, November 25). Civitas. Retrieved August 30, 2020, from https://www.britannica.com/topic/civitasFussell, M. A. (2016, April 15). Dead Men Bring No Claims: How Takings Claims Can Provide Redress for Real Property Owning Victims of Jim Crow Race Riots. Retrieved August 30, 2020, from https://scholarship.law.wm.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=3652&context=wmlrHaberman, M., & Rogers, K. (2020, August 18). On Centennial of 19th Amendment, Trump Pardons Susan B. Anthony. Retrieved August 31, 2020, from https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/18/us/politics/trump-susan-b-anthony-pardon.htmlHarris, A. (2020, July 02). The Voting Disaster Ahead. Retrieved August 31, 2020, from https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2020/06/voter-suppression-novembers-looming-election-crisis/613408/History.com Editors. (2010, February 16). The 26th Amendment. Retrieved August 31, 2020, from https://www.history.com/topics/united-states-constitution/the-26th-amendmentHistory.com Editors. (2010, March 09). Susan B. Anthony. Retrieved August 31, 2020, from https://www.history.com/topics/womens-history/susan-b-anthonyHistory.com Editors. (2018, February 28). Jim Crow Laws. Retrieved August 31, 2020, from https://www.history.com/topics/early-20th-century-us/jim-crow-lawsHo, R. (2012, November 15). The History of Black Voting Rights - From the 1700's to Present Day. Retrieved August 30, 2020, from https://originalpeople.org/the-history-of-black-voting-rights-from-the-1700s-to-present-day/Imai, S. (2013, March 19). Naturalization Act of 1790. Retrieved August 30, 2020, from http://encyclopedia.densho.org/Naturalization_Act_of_1790/James, M. (2015, March 08). Federalist Papers No. 10. Retrieved August 30, 2020, from https://billofrightsinstitute.org/founding-documents/primary-source-documents/the-federalist-papers/federalist-papers-no-10/Jefferson, T. (1958). Thomas Jefferson to James Madison | The Papers of Thomas Jefferson. Retrieved August 31, 2020, from https://jeffersonpapers.princeton.edu/selected-documents/thomas-jefferson-james-madisonKim, Y. (2018, November 20). Voter Suppression Has Gone Digital. Retrieved August 31, 2020, from https://www.brennancenter.org/our-work/analysis-opinion/voter-suppression-has-gone-digitalKraut, R. (2020, May 06). The perceived fragility of Athenian democracy. Retrieved August 31, 2020, from https://www.britannica.com/biography/Socrates/The-perceived-fragility-of-Athenian-democracyLiptak, A. (2013, June 25). Supreme Court Invalidates Key Part of Voting Rights Act. Retrieved August 31, 2020, from https://www.nytimes.com/2013/06/26/us/supreme-court-ruling.htmlLitt, D. (2020, June 18). The Racist History of Voter Registration. Retrieved August 31, 2020, from https://time.com/5855885/voter-registration-history-race/LOC. (n.d.). 15th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution: Primary Documents in American History: Introduction. Retrieved August 30, 2020, from https://guides.loc.gov/15th-amendmentLOC. (n.d.). Voting Rights for Native Americans. Retrieved August 30, 2020, from https://www.loc.gov/teachers/classroommaterials/presentationsandactivities/presentations/elections/voting-rights-native-americans.htmlMcCarthy, R. (2020, July 16). "Outright Lies": Voting Misinformation Flourishes on Facebook. Retrieved August 31, 2020, from https://www.propublica.org/article/outright-lies-voting-misinformation-flourishes-on-facebookMonticello. (2020). Quotations on the Jefferson Memorial. Retrieved August 31, 2020, from https://www.monticello.org/site/research-and-collections/quotations-jefferson-memorialNat'l Archives. (n.d.). 19th Amendment to the Constitution: Women's Right To Vote. Retrieved August 30, 2020, from https://www.ourdocuments.gov/doc.php?flash=falseNDI. (2019, May 20). Disinformation and Electoral Integrity. Retrieved August 31, 2020, from https://www.ndi.org/sites/default/files/Disinformation and Electoral Integrity_NDI_External_Updated May 2019 (1).pdfPTV. (n.d.). Election Protection – Nonpartisan Volunteers To Stop Voter Suppression. Retrieved August 31, 2020, from https://protectthevote.net/Roos, D. (2012, May 15). How Voter Suppression Works. Retrieved August 30, 2020, from https://people.howstuffworks.com/voter-suppression.htmRoot, A. (2020, July 8). How Partisan Gerrymandering Limits Voting Rights. Retrieved August 31, 2020, from https://www.americanprogress.org/issues/democracy/reports/2020/07/08/487426/partisan-gerrymandering-limits-voting-rights/Rosalind Helderman, J. (2020, August 22). Trump's suggestion of deploying law enforcement officials to monitor polls raises specter of voting intimidation. 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Sirr, NeNe, Eterniti(The Safe Word, The Souf Has Something 2 Say Podcast) Malcolm (of Fandoms' Anonymous) Katie Kelly (Liv Yo Life Podcast), Lauren (Mind, Body and Wellness Nutrition), Valencia (Urs Truly Cosmetics & Beauty CO.) Welcome to Episode 1 of a new roundtable series! Squad Goals will conduct a conversation among a few of our peers discussing various topics, this 1st topic is about being woke, a nerd and dating. Pull up a chair.

Episode 14 of the Caligynephobia chronicles. I share my awkward. Shocking and hilarious experiences of hate. Envy and abuse I've received from men and women. Lessons learned along the way. Plus excerpts from my books Caligynephobia and covert abuse tactics exposed.

Dr. Bryant provides a few tips for Higher Education students on how to "Outlast Ostracism" from your peers. Isolation and Ostracism are real, but you are empowered to get through any challenge of life. Don't be discouraged, ask God for wisdom on what to do, and how to get things done, but remember you are more than a conqueror, and no weapon formed against you will prosper. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/aimtowardsthetarget/support

THIS WEEK: *The ancient Athenians had it right in dealing with amateurs! Hint: it’s where we get the word, “ostracized”. *My suggestion on how to publicly embarrass amateurs now *Worst. Robbers. Ever. *Worst. HOA. Ever. PLUS: *“60 'CoronaVirus-FREE' Seconds” *On “3 Pro Things”, where to find nothing but good news, how to “de-rut” yourself during quarantine, and if you’re a rock/metal fan or especially a musician, an Amazon doc you’ll wanna see in your free time. Also known, as “always”. Get the book! https://amzn.to/2qWAOlz Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/LouSantiniEntertainment Twitter: @lousantini Instagram: @lousantini3 Website: lousantini.com LISTEN ON: ITunes, Spotify, Google Podcasts, Stitcher, Breaker, Pocketcasts, Overcast, Castbox, PodOmatic, RadioPublic, Anchor, SoundCloud, iHeartRadio, Pandora

If you have grown up being shy or insecure you have 100% been in situations , relationships, friendships, environments, workplace scenarios where you felt left out. Call it FOMO, left out, […]

If you have grown up being shy or insecure you have 100% been in situations , relationships, friendships, environments, workplace scenarios where you felt left out. Call it FOMO, left out, ostracized… either way it feels like crap. It’s the fear of being left out and ostracized which is ultimately creating these situations for us.  We worry about disappointing others, not being fun enough, not being enough for others. We going into situations and events with that fear exuding from us. We get so focused on these negative feelings, fears and worries and what that does it energetically separates us from people. We are no longer focused on things that connect us with others. Things that connect us with others- joy, transparency, ease, fun, love, vulnerability  These are all churning this negative concoction and  it creates this cocktail of negative emotion, and people dont’ connect with that- they get repelled by it.  Listen to the full episode on how you can control these situations and How to be a magnet for fun, good vibes and positivity! Join the Community on Facebook! Take a personal approach to your Confidence Journey! Want More Goodies to Use in your Every Day Life? Enjoy more Journal Theory with Workbooks, Printable Planners, and Journal Templates on Etsy! Want to Work with Me? Book a Free Call!

If you have grown up being shy or insecure you have 100% been in situations , relationships, friendships, environments, workplace scenarios where you felt left out. Call it FOMO, left out, ostracized… either way it feels like crap. It’s the fear of being left out and ostracized which is ultimately creating these situations for us.  We worry about disappointing others, not being fun enough, not being enough for others. We going into situations and events with that fear exuding from us. We get so focused on these negative feelings, fears and worries and what that does it energetically separates us from people. We are no longer focused on things that connect us with others. Things that connect us with others- joy, transparency, ease, fun, love, vulnerability  These are all churning this negative concoction and  it creates this cocktail of negative emotion, and people dont’ connect with that- they get repelled by it.  Listen to the full episode on how you can control these situations and How to be a magnet for fun, good vibes and positivity! Join the Community on Facebook! Take a personal approach to your Confidence Journey! Want More Goodies to Use in your Every Day Life? Enjoy more Journal Theory with Workbooks, Printable Planners, and Journal Templates on Etsy! Want to Work with Me? Book a Free Call!

President Trump, Ukraine, a Whistleblower and ImpeachmentGuest: Ryan Vogel, JD, Director of the Center for National Security Studies, Utah Valley UniversityHouse Democrats have begun a formal impeachment inquiry into President Trump, stemming from a phone call the president had with the newly elected president of Ukraine on July 25th. The White House has released a rough transcript of the call. It shows President Trump asking Ukraine's president to investigate Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden and offering the US Attorney General's help in that. It's illegal for a US politician to solicit campaign support from a foreign country. That seems to be the reason a whistleblower raised the alarm about this phone call with Ukraine's president. Research Shows How Ostracism Can Lead People to ExtremismGuest: Andrew Hales, Postdoctoral Researcher in the Frank Batten School of Leadership and Public Policy at the University of VirginiaBeing excluded and left out never feels good. It didn't feel good as a kid on the playground and, it doesn't feel good when you get left out of a lunch with coworkers or old friends. The question is, so what? Does being ostracized lead people to behave in worrisome ways? Sure, parents, teachers and bosses care about the answer. But, so do leaders of nations where whole groups of people are ostracized because of their race, religion or immigrant status. Adapting to Life as an Empty NesterGuest: Jeffrey Arnett, Research Professor of Psychology at Clark University in Worcester, Massachusetts and Co-Author of “Getting to 30: A Parent's Guide to the 20-Something Years”A lot of parents dropped off their 18-year-old kidat college in the past few weeks. Sending off that child is a moment of excitement and pride, but it can also be really sad for parents who don't have any children left at home anymore. Some of those “empty nesters” now face loneliness and a bad marriage, but for others, it means freedom with their spouse. In the Surprisingly Organized World of Kidnapping for Ransom, Insurance Companies are KeyGuest: Anja Shortland, Professor in Political Economy, King's College London, and Author of “Kidnap: Inside the Ransom Business”You've probably got a bunch of insurance –for your house, your car, your health, maybe even your life. Ever heard of kidnap insurance? There's a surprisingly organized industry built around kidnapping people for ransom globally. The companies that provide insurance against the possibility that you'll get kidnapped for ransom play a strange and important role, according to research of Anja Shortland. Students with SchitzophreniaGuest: Cecilia McGough, CEO and founder of Students with Schizophrenia The first indication of schizophrenia often appears in young adulthood. That's also when many are experiencing the stresses of college life. The combination can be lethal. It nearly was for Cecilia McGough who attempted suicide her freshman year in college. She was finally able to get a diagnosis and treatment for her schizophrenia. And then she turned to helping other young people overcome the stigma. Cecilia McGough is founder of the nonprofit advocacy group Students with Schizophrenia. Why Kids from Homes with Lots of Books Do Better in SchoolGuest: Rachel Wadham, Host, Worlds Awaiting on BYUradio, Education and Juvenile Collections Librarian, BYUIn a recent research report, written by sociologists, the phrase, Family Scholarly Culture, was used to describe the quality of life inside homes where books regularly serve as levers for inserting new ideas and experiences into the ongoing family conversation. This research was conducted in 27countries (of every economic level and every political persuasion) over a 20 year period. These scientists made comparisons of families using a range of criteria and then statistically matched those up with the records of school success of the family's children. As it turns out, the single best predictor of school success was the number of books in the home. The authors however, divined that the presence of books altered the kind of conversation that goes on in the home.

Ryan Vogel, Utah Valley University on whistleblowing on the President and impeachment. Andrew Hales, University of Virginia, on how ostracism can lead to extremism. Psychologist Jeffrey Arnett on adapting to empty nester life. Rachel Wadham of Worlds Awaiting on how books in the home can determine student success. Author Anja Shortland, “Kidnap: Inside the Ransom Business”, on kidnap insurance. Water sommelier, Martin Riese, on professional water tasting.

Do you gossip? Have you been gossiped about? Even the word gossip brings out a negative reaction in most people, so if we all agree that gossip is a ‘bad’ thing, and we discourage our children from engaging in it, then why is it such a prevalent part of our social fabric? On today's episode, we dive into the truth about gossip, the different types of gossip, and how gossip can benefit a group. You may walk away from today's episode having a whole new view on the subject of gossip and the way that we communicate with one another.  What you’ll hear in this podcast: What is Gossip The difference between Investigative Gossip & Malicious Gossip Triangulation and the conflict personality types Setting group norms with gossip Changing egoistic behavior through gossip Ostracism, exploitation & cooperative tendencies Work with Lara Apply for an On-air Coaching Call! Free Breakthrough Assessment Got a Question? Comments? Email Lara Corporate Trainings   Resources: “Research on Gossip: Taxonomy, Method’s, and Future Directions” “Gossip and the Group: A Self Categorization Perspective” “Who Do We Tell and Whom Do We Tell On? Gossip as a Strategy for Status Enhancement” “Gossip in Evolutionary Perspective” “Knowledge Through the Grapevine: Gossip as Inquiry” “Gossip and Ostracism Promote Cooperation in Groups” “Leadership from a Dancing Guy” or ‘One Crazy Man or the Leader of a Revolution?’   Show Intro music is Whispering Through by Asura  

On this episode of Dirty History, we will discuss why executioners were shunned and feared by middle ages society, and how they coped with it. Also, there is the obligatory recounting of brutal torture executions, a few asides on torture, how to verify death, the various dirty jobs an executioner had to perform, and a rumination on mob violence. This episode does get a touch graphic, but that is to be expected because this is Dirty History.

www.wrongthinkradio.com The main stream media is basically ignoring a school shooting at Highlands Ranch, Colorado because one shooter was transgender and the other said he was angry about Christian teachings on homosexuality. The Left wont call this a hate crime, the media wont call it Left-wing violence, and it will be memory holed to never be heard from again. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

The culture clash is getting more press as girls begin to push back. Their privacy has been invaded, and no one even warmed them. At Pennsylvania’s Honesdale High School girls discovered the new transgender policy when they found a biological boy in women’s underwear in their locker room while they were changing. Girls in other schools … LGBT Issues Force Girls to Choose Between Privacy and Ostracism Read More » The post LGBT Issues Force Girls to Choose Between Privacy and Ostracism appeared first on Granite Grok.

We're gonna wreck it! It's what we do here on the show, we're going to wreck Wreck-it Ralph and let you in on some little known background information that is the keystone to understanding the true perpetrators when it comes to the good vs. bad labels. Ralph sets out to prove that he is a true hero with a big heart. There might still be time to get some of the deals we launched in your direction: www.actualanarchy.com/deals Come back next week where we have the Anarchist Mom on to discuss the Lord of the Rings Trilogy! Show notes and more: www.actualanarchy.com/104 Presented by www.ActualAnarchy.com Robert and I analyze popular movies from a Rothbardian/Anarcho-Capitalist perspective. We use movies as a starting point for people who may not be familiar with this way of thinking.   Discussion of the plot and decisions that characters make in relation to morality and violations of the non-aggression principle are our bread and butter. We also will highlight and discuss any themes or lessons from Austrian Economics that we can glean from the film. The point is to show what anarchy actually is with instances that are presented in film. We publish at least once per week; and occasionally will do specials surrounding holidays or events (elections/olympics) and have guests. SUBSCRIBE, RATE AND REVIEW ON APPLE PODCASTS (or iTUNES)

The Stoics advise us over and over again that exile is not something to fear. We generally don't face exile in the same way the Greeks and Romans did, but we can live in exile without even leaving home. Stoic week is coming up! Find out more at https://modernstoicism.com/

In this podcast I look at the oddity that was ostracism in Ancient Athens. Why was it needed? What did it aim to do? There's also a brief chat about tyrants and which includes an instance which Herodotus calls the silliest trick in history. Feel free to find me on twitter (@ancientblogger) Music by Brakhage (Le Vrai Instrumental)

“Discovery requires serendipity but serendipity is not a chance event alone. It is a process in which a chance of event is seized upon by a creative person who chooses to pay attention to the event, unravel its mystery and find a proper application for it.” In this episode of Made You Think, Neil and Nat discuss Happy Accidents by Morton A Meyers. In this book we look at the serendipity of so many scientific discoveries and the author suggests how we can foster these chance happenings to make giant leaps in research and discovery. “Penetrating intelligence, keen perception, and sound judgment — is essential to serendipity. The men and women who seized on lucky accidents that happened to them were anything but mindless. In fact, their minds typically had special qualities that enabled them to break out of established paradigms.” We cover a wide range of topics, including: Penicillin, Petri Dishes and Moldy Mary The impact of freedom on research Tangents on Private Schools, Social Media & Conspiracy Theories Modern Diets, Drugs and Toxins turned into cures Self experimentation, Ostracism and changing Medical opinions A possible special kayaking retreat for supporters And much more. Please enjoy, and be sure to grab a copy of Happy Accidents by Morton A Meyers! You can also listen on Google Play Music, SoundCloud, YouTube, or in any other podcasting app by searching “Made You Think.” If you enjoyed this episode, be sure to check out our episodes on Skin in the Game by Nassim Taleb where he shares other stories of scientists trying treatments firsthand, and Merchants of Doubt by Naomi Oreskes and Erik Cornway for more on controversial science, academia and Pharma companies. Be sure to join our mailing list to find out about what books are coming up, giveaways we're running, special events, and more. Links from the Episode Mentioned in the show Bottom Up Methodology [01:31] Scientific Method [1:48] Penicillin [05:27] LSD Discovery [05:48] Contact High [06:01] Dogmatic [06:19] Petri dishes [08:01] Lifehacker [08:47] The Structure of Scientific Revolutions by Thomas S. 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Kuhn [9:31] Boron Letters by Gary C. Halbert [14:44] Skin in the Game by Nassim Taleb [30:00] (Nat’s notes) (book episode) Merchants of Doubt by Naomi Oreskes and Erik M. Conway [01:02:02]] (Nat’s notes) (book episode) Merchants of Doubt by Naomi Oreskes and Erik M. Conway [01:02:02] (Nat’s notes) (book episode) Homo Deus by Yuval Harari [01:02:36] (Nat’s notes) (book episode) Words that Work by Frank Luntz [01:28:24] LSD My Problem Child by Albert Hofmann [01:40:51] Brave New World by Aldous Huxley [01:48:46] People mentioned Morton A Meyers David Deutsch [00:42] (Beginning of Infinity episode) Andrew Yang [00:51] (The War on Normal People episode) Winston Churchill [05:04] Alexander Fleming [05:29] Nassim Taleb [07:02] (Antifragile episode) (Skin in the Game episode) Thomas Kuhn [09:21] Peter Thiel [10:12] Gary C. Halbert [14:44] Charles Darwin [18:39] (Daniel Dennett’s book) Ernst B Chain [22:31] Moldy Mary [25:56] Barry Marshall [31:07] Robert Koch [32:10] Bill Clinton [01:00:32] George W Bush [01:01:18] Erik M. Conway [01:02:02] Yuval Harari [01:02:45] (Homo Deus episode) (Sapiens part I and part II) FDR [01:13:08] Claude Bernard [01:22:24] Frank Luntz [01:28:24] John William Gofman [1:31:35] President Eisenhower [01:34:48] Timothy Leary [01:40:28] Albert Hofmann [01:40:51] Steve Jobs [01:41:00] Louis Pasteur [01:45:32] Aldous Huxley [01:48:46] Show Topics 00:26 – The book is fun to read, light, enjoyable, easy going. An exploration of scientific discovery and progress and how consistently it is influenced and driven by the role of Serendipity. A case opposite or complementary to the Scientific Method. Serendipity defined as a combination of accidents and sagacity. 05:05 – Not all discoveries are immediately realized or understood. Winston Churchill – “Men occasionally stumble over the truth, but most of them pick themselves up and hurry off as if nothing had happened”. Penicillin and LSD examples. The dangers of being dogmatic without leaving room for the unexpected. 06:53 – Central theme of the book–How do you foster that serendipitous mindset? Nassim Taleb says that serendipity comes from chance encounters, like a cocktail party. The potential gain from a chance encounter is worth the effort of stepping outside your comfort zone. 07:42 – Trying to harness serendipity for your own benefit. Serendipity through disorder and randomness. Investigating how scientists can foster serendipity in their lab work and how academia and education and research grants, peer review could change because of that. 09:41 – Normal vs revolutionary science, Meyers is dismissive of puzzle solving. Normal science is making incremental improvements on existing knowledge, whereas serendipity fosters revolutionary discoveries as they come from a change in the ordinary methods. 10:51 – Two stages to serendipity. You need something unusual to happen and you have to recognize it to take advantage of it too. 11:21 – Innovation departments rarely come up with paradigm-shifting ideas and products. Need a certain mindset to make the most of these opportunities. Reason, intuition and imagination. Too much experience in a field can cloud your judgement on new ideas. 13:51 – The book is primarily about serendipity in medicine and science but it can be applied to most fields. Breaking out of the norm and finding inspiration for innovation in other industries. Looking at magazines to apply to blog copywriting. 15:33 – "Analogical thinking has certainly been a cornerstone of science." Another theme in the book is looking for one thing but ending up on a totally different path. All of the people making discoveries seemed to have a level of independence in their research to follow a new path when it interests them. The narrative fallacy involved in serendipitous scientific discovery or startups growth. 17:40 – Alexander Fleming and discovery of Penicillin as anti-bacterial.  Fleming said that if he was working on a research team at the time it would have been ignored as it wasn’t what he was working on. Being free allows you to pursue these anomalies. 19:04 – Darwin and the finches in the Galapagos. Being told to go and study something brings different results than if you’re free to follow your own curiosity. The constraints of research impose harmful limits on discoveries. 19:54 – Structure of the book is Introduction of the premise, 30+ chapters of examples and the conclusion. Myers suggests at the end of the book that the structure for scientific research and funding is counter to the ability for these serendipitous events to happen. 20:50 – More on Fleming and Penicillin. Odds of it happening were astronomically low. He was away for two weeks and on returning and viewing his petri dishes on his desk discovered an anti-bacterial zone around the mold. It wasn’t until 7 years later that another researcher realized what he had found. 23:09 – For Fleming it took a number of environmental factors that allowed Penicillin to be discovered at all: heat, location, time. Penicillin wasn’t originally pitched as a drug, originally suggested as a way to isolate bacterial colonies. Then there was the huge scale up and production process of the drug. Peoria (IL), the role of corn syrup, and the mold discovered by chance. 29:00 – Bonus Material Discussion, Aquatic Apes, Patreon, future episode ideas. 29:52 – Causes of ulcers, used to be thought of as stress and spicy food. Discovery that it is caused by bacteria in 1981. Marshall ran an experiment on himself to take the bacteria, give himself ulcers and cure himself with antibiotics. Pharmaceutical industry had a strong incentive to not prove this as the cause, current drugs of acid inhibitors were reaching sales of $6 Billion dollars in 1992. 35:04 – Pharma companies lobbying to decrease acceptable cholesterol ranges to induce more people into treatments. Changing opinions of statins within last 10 years. Effects of low cholesterol on longevity, links to all-cause mortality. Reducing cholesterol and precursors to creating testosterone in diet has lead to a reduction in testosterone and erectile dysfunction requiring a need for Viagra. 39:59 – What are we currently doing in society now that we will look back on and question in the future? Possible future problems associated with over consumption of social media. Mental and physical health complaints are unknown. 41:53 – Pull away in society from open sharing, moving towards private communities. Effectiveness of diets, feeling good vs having long term health benefits. Benefits of adopting a new diet may be equal to reducing other harmful choices – like stopping drinking for a month. The changing conventions of meal-times, quality of dog food, college debt. 47:12 – Tangent. Education and the need to change the K through 12 program instead of starting with College reform. The benefits of private vs public school. Mixing with different socioeconomic backgrounds, expense of private school. Both build very different sets of social and academic skills. Bay Area dystopia, where citizens pay lots in taxes that go into public schools, but parents end choosing private ones. 55:53 – Chemical weapons, World Wars and the changing use of toxins into cures. Bombing a ship leading to the first chemo treatments for cancer. North Korea and the development of nuclear tech (more info in the Bonus material). Google health trends being able to predict health outbreaks based on search volume. Sex hormones and noticing the change of tumors in animals after castration. 01:07:55 – Consequences of controversial testing on wartime prisoners that have given us useful data. Study of African-American men with syphilis, they were told they were having free medical treatment but they were mislead and were being studied for the untreated effects of syphilis over 40 years. Possibilities of current testing on prisoners or other conspiracies. 01:11:52 – History of Thalidomide being marketed as a sedative and pain management. Widely distributed before it was realized it had the side effect of severely inhibiting fetal development. U.S avoided this because the FDA already setup due to a drug being administered alongside Diethyl Glycol which was toxic, killing over 100 children. Testing required before products could be marketed. Thalidomide now used as an anti-cancer drug as it inhibits new blood vessel growth. 01:15:05 – Acne treatments and the imbalanced side-effects on fertility. Use of cleanser on the face strips natural oils. Use of antibiotics for acne which causes destruction of the microbiome. Latex gloves that may transmit more bacteria than your hands. Effects of steroids and keto on curing eczema. Nat not using shampoo even after a Spartan race. Body naturally cleansing. 01:21:06 – Tangents, aquatic apes, blockchain, negative reviews. 01:21:59 – Heart chapter and testing of catheterization. Self-experimentation and the need to prove theories. Ostracism and dangerous procedures. 01:24:44 – Viagra, originally for treating angina, it was found that this medication increased blood flow and became a cure for impotence – renamed to erectile dysfunction. Self-experimentation on erectile dysfunction. "The annual scientific meeting of the American Urologic Association is usually a pretty staid Affair but one meeting has entered the annals of folklore in the early 1980s. During the course of his lecture on the effectiveness of injecting substances directly into the penis to increase blood flow one urologist announced that he had performed such injections on himself only an hour earlier. Stepping from behind the lectern and he dropped his trousers and proudly demonstrated to the audience his own erect manhood. Urologists who attended this meeting still shake their heads at the memory." 01:28:00 – The power of names and the words used, like pro-life and pro-choice. How you phrase something changes the impact. Pharmaceuticals changing the names of conditions to promote sales of new drugs. Sales of Viagra were $780 Million in the first 9 months of 1998. 01:30:02 – 1% of women take Viagra to increase arousal and sensation and orgasm strength. Netflix’s biggest competitor is sleep, Viagra’s biggest competitor is death. 01:31:48 – Cholesterol testing on rabbits. Cholesterol data seems outdated with the book being 11 years old. Comparison of Chinese soldiers and lifestyle and diet. Lack of nutrition education in Doctors, mostly educated by pharmaceutical companies. People seem to want to take a pill rather than change their lifestyle or diet and doctors have lack of trust in the patient that they will try to improve their own situation. 01:38:07 – Psychiatric stuff. Hoffman discovering LSD by accidentally pouring it over his skin. LSD microdosing experiences. 01:42:40 – Tangents on kayaking, LSD microdosing and the Made You Think – Patreon $1000 Tier. 01:43:06 – Conclusion. Modern sciences are antithetical to the process of serendipity and how our institutions penalize our ability to take advantage of it. Government contracts and grants impose constraints. If you're getting money to research a specific topic you will be disincentivized from exploring things that deviates. If you're a free agent, then you can run down those rabbit holes. 01:44:31 – Peer reviews. Most businesses are judged by their customers but academia is judged solely by their peers. Ostracism as a consequence of investigating fringe theories. Direct to consumer advertising for drugs. Diseases and disorders that seems to be created and renamed just to increase drug sales. Long terms effects of drugs. 01:52:19 – On Patreon you get all kinds of goodies. Bonus materials, detailed notes for each episode and book highlights. You get a space to discuss the show with both of us. You can also join for our monthly live Hangouts. If you join the $1000 a month tier you can join us for a major excursion – Made You Trip! 01:54:57 – Patreon is a great way to support the show and let us keep doing this ad free. So we don't have to break up the episode with ads and we keep rolling with the tangents. 01:55:48 – Leave a review on iTunes that is super helpful for us because we show up as a recommended podcast and also is a great way for us to book guests. Other ways to support the show, you can go MadeYouThinkPodcast.com/support and tell your friends. 01:57:58 – If you want to talk to us, you can talk to us on Twitter anytime. I'm @TheRealNeilS and I am @NatEliason. If you're shopping on Amazon click through on our link. We super appreciate that.  All right, we will see everyone next week. See you guys next time. 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A tale of one Irishman and several thousand angry Irishmen.

Episode 2 of the Coming Out Project where LGBTQ2s folks can redo their coming out experience through role play.

The word "ostracism" can be traced back to Ancient Athens. For the Ancient Athenians, an "ostracism" was not a sociological phenomenon, but an electoral vote that sought to protect the integrity of democracy. Today's episode provides a concise overview of Ancient Athenian society and looks at the details of the ancient ostracism vote. For a free Audible trial, go to: audibletrial.com/wordsforgranted

Don't be the reason someone rejects Jesus. I grew up with a ton of supernatural experiences. The church didn't have answers. I went to the New Age and they were all too willing to provide answers. Albeit, they were the wrong answers. Thank God Jesus rescued me - because the church was no help. My supernatural book promotion; The church is uninformed on spiritual things; Ostracism is the norm; Getting mad at the church; Leaving to the New Age; Get my book here - http://amzn.to/2aGrk0m ; Please, Rate, Share, Comment! Join the Inner Circle! http://bit.ly/ConradRocksInnerCircle Support https://www.paypal.me/ConradRocks

Don't be the reason someone rejects Jesus. I grew up with a ton of supernatural experiences. The church didn't have answers. I went to the New Age and they were all too willing to provide answers. Albeit, they were the wrong answers. Thank God Jesus rescued me - because the church was no help. My supernatural book promotion; The church is uninformed on spiritual things; Ostracism is the norm; Getting mad at the church; Leaving to the New Age; Get my book here - http://amzn.to/2aGrk0m ; Please, Rate, Share, Comment! Join the Inner Circle! http://bit.ly/ConradRocksInnerCircle Support https://www.paypal.me/ConradRocks

Don’t tell me you haven’t had this question at least once in your mind: wow, I like this guy/gal, but we disagree on some key issues, what do I do? The Art of Stress-Free Relationships to the rescue! In this episode I talk about the practical applications of the friends vs. allies (episode 37) and foundations of trust systems (episode 39) to solve this thorny issue.Part 1: Friends vs. Allies: http://valiantgrowth.com/e37 Part 2: The Best Way to Find Love Is To Know What Love Is: http://valiantgrowth.com/e38 Part 3: Philosophy and Psychology - The Foundations of Trust: http://valiantgrowth.com/e39 Join the discussion!: http://www.valiantgrowth.com/community Website: http://valiantgrowth.com

Ostracism is the democratic gesture to rid someone thought to have the power to become the tyrant. The middle class stabilizes the country. Oligarchy can take democracy off its track. Tyrants most often arise from popular leaders. If the country is evolving into a democracy, the constitution is devalued. The problem is when those with preeminence act arrogantly and self-deal. Education does not create virtue. Virtue is defined by what the Scriptures say Christ is. Only God's grace and justifying and sanctifying work of God makes us good. Consider that Aristotle is writing The Politics for Alexander the Great. Christians are called to act on behalf of virtue in order to seek justice. To set the well-off against the multitude is to undermine the concord of the regime. Fighting with the well-off divides the city into two.

Stefan Molyneux, host of Freedomain Radio, discusses self interest and ostracism. Freedomain Radio is the largest and most popular philosophy show on the web - http://www.freedomainradio.com

Why is being ostracised a painful experience? This is one of the questions Professor Kip Williams explores in experiments in his psychology lab at Purdue University, along with measuring aggressive behaviour which ostracism can stir up in someone given the silent treatment. He tells Claudia Hammond that the tools of his trade include a computer game called Cyberball and bottles of hot chilli sauce. An 'All in the Mind' listener describes her state of mind when she attempted suicide several years ago. She contacted the show after last week's item on bereavement by suicide. She says she was not able to think rationally about the consequences of her actions on her family. Claudia talks to people involved in a coaching scheme called Expert Carers Helping Others for the parents of people with anorexia. Looking after someone with the eating disorder can be extremely stressful and family emotional turmoil can make the anorexic person's symptoms even worse. To combat this, Professor Janet Treasure of the Maudsley Hospital set up a national skills coaching course where experienced carers of people with anorexia train other parents on how best to help their daughters or sons recover from their eating disorder. If listeners are interested in joining the ECHO scheme, we advise them to approach the unit where the person with anorexia is being treated to see if that unit is taking part in the project.

Thursday 22 and Friday 23 of May saw two days of protest in London England, with growing numbers of people taking to the streets to expose the hypocrisy of the Dalai Lama and demand an end to the religious discrimination and intimidation he is inflicting on millions of Shugden practitioners around the world. The Dalai Lama has banned a main stream Buddhist prayer. He has instigated an oath to receive an identity card. If you don't agree to give up your practice of Dorje Shugden then you cannot get an identity card. Without the card you cannot receive food from shops, medicine from hospitals, you are denied education, monks are being thrown out of their monasteries. Tibetan Dorje Shugden practitioners are becoming refugees again, monks being separated from monks, this time at the hand of the Dalai Lama. This is worst than what the Chinese did. The Chinese never separated the monks who always lived in harmony. The Dalai Lama is destroying religious harmony in the world.

Main points: 1) Dalai Lama says there is no ban on Dorje Shugden practice being enforced but this is a LIE. 2) There is evidence of a ban including evidence of schoolchildren being expelled from schools, monks being kicked out of monasteries, Shugden practitioners being denied travel papers because they don't have an identity card, and Shugden practitioners being denied access to hospitals and medicine. People are being forced to give up their Spiritual Guide or become a refugee within the refugee community. 3) People are suffering because of the ban instigated by the Dalai Lama. Dalai Lama, please revoke the ban.

The Western Shugden Society match for Relgious freedom in Nantes, France. Protesting the ban on Dorje Shugden practice by HH the Dalai Lama

On Friday May 16, the Western Shugden Society organized another demonstration against the Dalai Lama, this time in Germany. Almost 400 people gathered in the Ruhr district town of Bochum to protest against the Dalai Lama's continued religious discrimination against Shugden practitioners, and his abuse of human rights.

On Tuesday May 27, the Western Shugden Society arranged two protests in the English city of Nottingham. As people gathered to listen to the Dalai Lama at the Ice Arena in the morning, they were greeted by a vociferous picket of monks, nuns, and lay Buddhists from over 30 countries representing thousands of Western Shugden Society members around the world. They were protesting the discrimination and harm caused by the Dalai Lama's ban to the practice of Wisdom Buddha Dorje Shugden.

On April 22 2008, 450 Western practitioners of the Deity Dorje Shugden -- including 100 Tibetan practitioners resident in the West -- protested outside the Dalai Lama's visit to Colgate University in Hamilton, NY. Protest was regarding Dalai Lama's ban of Dorje Shugden practice. This ban instigated by the Dalai Lama is causing ostracism, suffering, and disharmony. The Dalai Lama is denying religious freedom and advocating and practicing intolerance towards his own people in the Tibetan exiled communities and all Dorje Shugden practitioners in the world.

Against the chilling backdrop of the Zeppelin Field, where Hitler addressed the vast Nazi rallies in the 30's, the Dalai Lama gave a talk at the Arena Versicherung in N?rnberg, Germany on Sunday May 18. The Dalai Lama's actions against Dorje Shugden practitioners are similar to what Hitler did to the Jews: single out Shugden practitioners and cause them immense suffering, labeling them as undesirable and persecuting them. The Dalai Lama is persecuting his own countrymen in a similar way as Hitler did to the Jews.

Music video detailing the human rights abuses of the Dalai Lama and showing the Demonstrations which were organised by the Western Shugden Society

The Western Shugden Society response to the Australian Sangha Association statement regarding protests at the teachings of HH the Dalai Lama

Must we bury ourselves in order to be resurrected?