Three new podcasts consider human evils lurid and mundane, from serial killers to schoolsBad People | BBC SoundsThe Bomb | BBC SoundsNice White Parents | New York TimesThree new podcasts this week, each directly or indirectly considering the idea of when humans go wrong. The first, Bad People, is explicit. In it, criminal psychologist Dr Julia Shaw and comedian Sofie Hagen take a look at properly horrible people: murderers, cannibals, sexual abusers, corporate psychopaths. Why? Well, partly because true crime sells, and partly because examining such extreme people might lead us to understand more about the human psyche. Continue reading…
Three new podcasts consider human evils lurid and mundane, from serial killers to schools
Bad People | BBC Sounds
The Bomb | BBC Sounds
Nice White Parents | New York Times
Three new podcasts this week, each directly or indirectly considering the idea of when humans go wrong. The first, Bad People, is explicit. In it, criminal psychologist Dr Julia Shaw and comedian Sofie Hagen take a look at properly horrible people: murderers, cannibals, sexual abusers, corporate psychopaths. Why? Well, partly because true crime sells, and partly because examining such extreme people might lead us to understand more about the human psyche.